Highly efficient dual-switch hybrid switching supply modulator for envelope tracking power amplifier

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 285-287

  Kim, Dongsu ^a   Kang, Daehyun ^a   Kim, Jooseung ^a   Cho, Yunsung ^a   Kim, Bumman ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Buck converter; envelope tracking; long term evolution (LTE); power amplifier (PA); supply modulator

Indexed keywords

BUCK CONVERTERS; CHANNEL BANDWIDTH; COMBINED STRUCTURE; ENVELOPE TRACKING; HYBRID-SWITCHING; LINEAR AMPLIFIERS; OUTPUT POWER; SLEW RATE CONTROL; SUPPLY MODULATOR; SWITCHING AMPLIFIERS;

DC-DC CONVERTERS; LONG TERM EVOLUTION (LTE); SWITCHING;

POWER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 84862009417     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2012.2197382     Document Type: Article

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