High-efficiency X-band MMIC GaN power amplifiers with supply modulation

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages

  Zai, Andrew ^a   Li, Dongxue ^a   Schafer, Scott ^a   Popovic, Zoya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

efficiency; envelope tracking; GaN; MMIC; power amplifier

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); EFFICIENCY; GALLIUM NITRIDE; HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY TRANSISTORS; MICROWAVE AMPLIFIERS; MODULATION; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; POWER AMPLIFIERS;

BROADBAND MODULATORS; ENVELOPE ELIMINATION AND RESTORATIONS; ENVELOPE TRACKING; GAN; MMIC POWER AMPLIFIER; POWER-ADDED EFFICIENCY; STATIC CHARACTERIZATION; SWITCHING MODULATORS;

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT TESTING;

EID: 84904991763     PISSN: 0149645X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MWSYM.2014.6848545     Document Type: Conference Paper

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