7 GHz MMIC GaN doherty power amplifier with 47% efficiency at 7 dB output back-off

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 34-36

  Camarchia, Vittorio ^a   Fang, Jie ^a   Moreno Rubio, Jorge ^b   Pirola, Marco ^a   Quaglia, Roberto ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PEDAGÓGICA Y TECNOLÓGICA DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Backhaul networks; Doherty power amplifier (DPA); gallium nitride; monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC)

Indexed keywords

BACKHAUL NETWORKS; DOHERTY; DOHERTY POWER AMPLIFIER; DRAIN EFFICIENCY; GAIN COMPRESSION; INTERMODULATION RATIOS; LARGE-SIGNALS; POWER GAINS; SATURATED OUTPUT POWER;

DOHERTY AMPLIFIERS; GALLIUM NITRIDE;

MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 84872293135     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2012.2234090     Document Type: Article

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