Multi-Frequency Measurements for Supply Modulated Transmitters

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 2931-2941

  Schafer, Scott ^a   Popovic, Zoya ^a  

^a University of Colorado   (United States)

Author keywords

Drain impedance; envelope tracking (ET); high efficiency transmitters; microwave power amplifiers (PAs); transition characterization

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; MICROWAVE AMPLIFIERS; MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MODULATION; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; POWER AMPLIFIERS;

DYNAMIC IMPEDANCE; ENVELOPE TRACKING; HIGH-EFFICIENCY; MEASUREMENT SETUP; MICROWAVE POWER AMPLIFIER; PEAK TO AVERAGE POWER RATIO; SUPPLY MODULATION; SUPPLY MODULATOR;

TRANSMITTERS;

EID: 85027948082     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2015.2458962     Document Type: Article

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