Efficient Transmission-Power-Control Scheme for Ku-Band High-Power Amplifiers in Portable User Earth Terminals

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1167-1173

  Okazaki, Hiroshi ^a   Ohira, Takashi ^b   Araki, Katsuhiko ^a  

^a NTT Network Innovation Laboratories   (Japan)

^b ADVANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

DC power reduction; high power amplifier; satellite communication; transmission power control

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008008283     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.925513     Document Type: Article

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