The Doherty Power Amplifier

International Journal of Microwave and Optical Technology

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 419-430

  Colantonio, P ^a   Giannini, F ^a   Giofre R ^a   Piazzon, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Class F; Doherty amplifier; GaN; Harmonic Tuning; LDMOS

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896870172     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15530396     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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