Feed-forward scheme considering bandwidth limitation of operational amplifiers for envelope tracking power supply using series-connected composite configuration

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 3915-3926

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

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS   (China)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Envelope tracking (ET); feed forward; frequency compensation; power amplifier (PA)

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIERS; POWER AMPLIFIERS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

BANDWIDTH LIMITATION; COMPOSITE CONFIGURATIONS; ENVELOPE TRACKING; FEED FORWARD; FREQUENCY COMPENSATION; PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION; RADIO FREQUENCY POWER; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS;

BANDWIDTH;

EID: 84877762317     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2012.2206342     Document Type: Article

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