10 MHz large signal bandwidth, 95% efficient power supply for 3G-4G cell phone base stations

Conference Proceedings - IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition - APEC

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 7-13

  Norris, Mark ^a   Maksimovic, Dragan ^a  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACTIVE COMPENSATION; AVERAGE POWER; BASE STATION TRANSMITTERS; CELL PHONE; CELL PHONE TRANSMISSION; CURRENT SLEW RATE; DUTY CYCLES; DYNAMIC TIMING; EFFICIENT POWER; LARGE-SIGNALS; MAXIMUM EFFICIENCY; OPERATING CONDITION; OPERATING FREQUENCY; OUTPUT POWER; PHASE CURRENTS; POWER SUPPLY; RF POWER AMPLIFIERS; SHORT PERIODS; SWITCHED-MODE; TRACKING SIGNALS; TRANSMISSION POWER;

BASE STATIONS; CELLULAR TELEPHONES; EXHIBITIONS; MOBILE PHONES; POWER ELECTRONICS; SOFT SWITCHING; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT;

MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84860179763     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/APEC.2012.6165791     Document Type: Conference Paper

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