Output filter design in high-efficiency wide-bandwidth multi-phase buck envelope amplifiers

Conference Proceedings - IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition - APEC

Volumn 2015-May, Issue May, 2015, Pages 2026-2032

  Zhang, Yuanzhe ^a   Rodriguez, Miguel ^a   Maksimovic, Dragan ^a  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; EFFICIENCY; GALLIUM NITRIDE; III-V SEMICONDUCTORS; POWER AMPLIFIERS; POWER ELECTRONICS; RADIO TRANSMISSION; SWITCHING FREQUENCY; ZERO VOLTAGE SWITCHING;

ACCURATE TRACKING; ENVELOPE AMPLIFIERS; ENVELOPE TRACKING; RADIO FREQUENCY TRANSMITTERS; RF POWER AMPLIFIERS; SUPPLY MODULATION; SYSTEM EFFICIENCY; TRACKING BANDWIDTHS;

RADIO FREQUENCY AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 84937825315     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/APEC.2015.7104627     Document Type: Conference Paper

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