Design considerations for outphasing power amplifiers

German Microwave Conference, GEMIC 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Gerhard, W ^a   Knochel R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Base station; Chireix; GaN; LDMOS; Outphasing; Power amplifier; WCDMA

Indexed keywords

BASE STATIONS; DESIGN; EFFICIENCY; GALLIUM NITRIDE; HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY TRANSISTORS; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; MOS DEVICES;

CHIREIX; CHIREIX POWER COMBINING; DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS; LDMOS; LDMOS TRANSISTORS; OUTPHASING; OUTPUT POWER BACK OFFS; WCDMA;

POWER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 85010962088     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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