A 19W high-efficiency wide-band CMOS-GaN class-E Chireix RF outphasing power amplifier

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Van Der Heijden, Mark P ^a   Acar, Mustafa ^a   Vromans, Jan S ^a   Calvillo Cortes, David A ^b  

^a NXP SEMICONDUCTORS   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Balun; Chireix combiner; class E; CMOS; efficiency; gallium nitride; outphasing amplifier; power amplifier

Indexed keywords

BALUN; CHIREIX COMBINER; CLASS E; CMOS; OUTPHASING;

BROADBAND AMPLIFIERS; GALLIUM NITRIDE; POWER AMPLIFIERS;

EFFICIENCY;

EID: 80052327705     PISSN: 0149645X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MWSYM.2011.5972564     Document Type: Conference Paper

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