A 1-3-GHz Digitally Controlled Dual-RF Input Power-Amplifier Design Based on a Doherty-Outphasing Continuum Analysis

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 3743-3752

  Andersson, Christer M ^a   Gustafsson, David ^a   Chani Cahuana, Jessica ^a   Hellberg, Richard ^b   Fager, Christian ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b ERICSSON RESEARCH   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chireix; Doherty; energy efficiency; gallium nitride (GaN); outphasing; power amplifiers (PAs)

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; GALLIUM NITRIDE; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY TRANSISTORS; III-V SEMICONDUCTORS; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; MICROWAVE AMPLIFIERS; POWER AMPLIFIERS;

CHIREIX; DIGITALLY CONTROLLED; DOHERTY; GALLIUM-NITRIDE; HIGHER HARMONICS; INPUT POWER; MULTIHARMONIC; OUTPHASING; POWER AMPLIFIER; POWER AMPLIFIER DESIGNS;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84885618410     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2013.2280562     Document Type: Article

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