A linear assisted DC/DC converter for envelope tracking and envelope elimination and restoration applications

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 3302-3309

  Miaja, Pablo F ^a   Rodríguez, Miguel ^b   Rodríguez, Alberto ^a   Sebastián, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

DC DC power conversion; envelope amplifier; envelope elimination and restoration (EER); envelope tracking (ET); switching mode power supplies

Indexed keywords

BUCK CONVERTERS; COMMUNICATION SIGNALS; COMPLETE SYSTEM; DC-DC POWER CONVERSION; DIGITAL CONTROL; ENHANCED DATA RATES FOR GSM EVOLUTIONS; ENVELOPE ELIMINATION AND RESTORATIONS; ENVELOPE TRACKING; LINEAR STAGES; MULTIPLE INPUTS; OVERALL EFFICIENCY; RF POWER AMPLIFIERS; SLEW RATE; STANDARD SIGNALS; SWITCHING MODE POWER SUPPLIES;

COMMUNICATION; DIGITAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; EFFICIENCY; POWER SUPPLY CIRCUITS; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

DC-DC CONVERTERS;

EID: 84859760169     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2011.2181869     Document Type: Article

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