GaN power amplifiers with supply modulation

2015 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium, IMS 2015

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages

  Popovic, Zoya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

envelope tracking; high efficiency; power amplifiers; supply modulation

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; EFFICIENCY; GALLIUM NITRIDE; HIGH FREQUENCY AMPLIFIERS; III-V SEMICONDUCTORS; POWER AMPLIFIERS; TRANSMITTERS;

ENVELOPE TRACKING; GAN POWER AMPLIFIER; HIGH-EFFICIENCY; OUTPHASING TRANSMITTERS; PEAK TO AVERAGE POWER RATIO; SUPPLY MODULATION; TECHNICAL CHALLENGES; X-BAND FREQUENCY RANGE;

MODULATION;

EID: 84946051005     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MWSYM.2015.7167057     Document Type: Conference Paper

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