High efficiency GaN switching converter IC with bootstrap driver for envelope tracking applications

Digest of Papers - IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 353-356

  Hong, Young Pyo ^a   Mukai, Kenji ^a,b   Gheidi, Hamed ^a   Shinjo, Shintaro ^b   Asbeck, Peter M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bootstrap; DC DC converter; envelope tracking power amplifiers; GaN; pulse width modulation

Indexed keywords

BOOTSTRAP; DC POWER CONSUMPTION; ENVELOPE TRACKING; ENVELOPE TRACKING POWER AMPLIFIERS; GAN; POWER SUPPLY VOLTAGE; SWITCHING CONVERTER; SWITCHING RATES;

DC-DC CONVERTERS; DIGITAL INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; POWER AMPLIFIERS; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; SWITCHING CIRCUITS;

GALLIUM NITRIDE;

EID: 84883314675     PISSN: 15292517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/RFIC.2013.6569602     Document Type: Conference Paper

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