Full feedforward of the output voltage to improve efficiency for envelope-tracking power supply using switch-linear hybrid configuration

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 451-456

  Xi, Huan ^a   Jin, Qian ^a   Ruan, Xinbo ^a,b   Xiong, Xiaoling ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS   (China)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Envelope tracking (ET); Feedforward; Power amplifier (PA); Switch linear hybrid configuration

Indexed keywords

BUCK CONVERTERS; CLASS-AB; ENVELOPE TRACKING; FEED-FORWARD; HYBRID CONFIGURATIONS; LINEAR AMPLIFIERS; OUTPUT POWER; OUTPUT VOLTAGES; POWER SUPPLY; SINE-WAVE; SYNCHRONOUS RECTIFICATION; SYSTEM EFFICIENCY;

POWER AMPLIFIERS;

ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS;

EID: 84866432387     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2012.2200109     Document Type: Article

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