Multi-Level Chireix Outphasing GaN MMIC PA

2015 IEEE Compound Semiconductor Integrated Circuit Symposium, CSICS 2015

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages

  Litchfield, Michael ^a   Popović, Zoya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Chireix; MMIC; outphasing; power amplifier

Indexed keywords

GALLIUM NITRIDE; MODULATION; POWER AMPLIFIERS; QUADRATURE PHASE SHIFT KEYING;

CHIREIX; CHIREIX COMBINER; FUNDAMENTAL FREQUENCIES; HARMONIC TERMINATION; OUTPHASING; PEAK OUTPUT POWER; SUPPLY MODULATION; TOTAL EFFICIENCY;

MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 84962250825     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CSICS.2015.7314519     Document Type: Conference Paper

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