Development of single-stage and Doherty GaN-based hybrid RF power amplifiers for quasi-constant envelope and high peak to average power ratio wireless standards

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 206-210

  Moreno, Jorge ^a   Fang, Jie ^a   Quaglia, Roberto ^a   Camarchia, Vittorio ^a   Pirola, Marco ^a   Ghione, Giovanni ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Doherty; GaN; microstrip; power amplifier; wireless communications

Indexed keywords

900 MHZ; BACK-OFF; CLASS-F; CONSTANT ENVELOPE MODULATIONS; DESIGN SOLUTIONS; DOHERTY; GAN; GAN HEMTS; GSM STANDARDS; HIGH DYNAMIC; MAXIMUM OUTPUT POWER; MICROSTRIPES; OUTPUT POWER; PEAK TO AVERAGE POWER RATIO; RF POWER AMPLIFIERS; SINGLE STAGE; W-CDMA STANDARDS; WIRELESS APPLICATION; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS; WIRELESS STANDARDS;

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); GALLIUM NITRIDE; POWER AMPLIFIERS; STANDARDS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

DOHERTY AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 81855184605     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: 10982760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mop.26459     Document Type: Article

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