Being seventy-five still young: The doherty power amplifier

Microwave Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 72-88

  Giofre R ^a   Piazzon, L ^a   Colantonio, P ^a   Giannini, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AUXILIARY DEVICE; DOHERTY POWER AMPLIFIER; DRAIN BIAS VOLTAGE; FUNCTION OF FREQUENCY; HYBRID FORMS; INPUT POWER; MAIN AMPLIFIERS; MAXIMUM EFFICIENCY; OUTPUT POWER LEVELS; POWER GAINS; REALIZATION METHOD; STATE OF THE ART;

BENCHMARKING; FREQUENCY BANDS;

DOHERTY AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 84860766319     PISSN: 01926225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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