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Effect of maximum power supply voltage on envelope tracking power amplifiers using GaN HEMTs

Hsia et al., 2011

Document ID
18184349806743322814
Author
Hsia C
Kimball D
Asbeck P
Publication year
Publication venue
2011 IEEE Topical Conference on Power Amplifiers for Wireless and Radio Applications

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This work discusses wideband high efficiency envelope tracking (ET) power amplifiers using GaN high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs) to achieve high gain and high efficiency with good linearity. The performances of two ET amplifiers using the same GaN RF device and …
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