CiteULike: dcastros Asbeck http://www.citeulike.org/user/dcastro/author/Asbeck CiteULike.org en-gb Copyright © 2004-2008 citeulike.org http://www.citeulike.org/user/dcastro/article/2782041 <i>Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on, Vol. 50, No. 3. (2002), pp. 814-826.</i><br /><br />The generation of RF/microwave power is required not only in wireless communications, but also in applications such as jamming, imaging, RF heating, and miniature dc/dc converters. Each application has its own unique requirements for frequency, bandwidth, load, power, efficiency, linearity, and cost. RF power is generated by a wide variety of techniques, implementations, and active devices. Power amplifiers are incorporated into transmitters in a similarly wide variety of architectures, including linear, Kalm, envelope tracking, outphasing, and Doherty. Linearity can be improved through techniques such as feedback, feedforward, and predistortion Power amplifiers and transmitters for RF and microwave FH Raab P Asbeck S Cripps PB Kenington ZB Popovic N Pothecary JF Sevic NO Sokal doi:10.1109/22.989965 Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on, Vol. 50, No. 3. (2002), pp. 814-826. 2008-05-09T23:54:52-00:00 Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on 50 3 814 826 amplifier microwave power rf transmitter http://www.citeulike.org/user/dcastro/article/2762226 <i>Microwave Symposium Digest, 1998 IEEE MTT-S International, Vol. 1 (1998), pp. 327-330 vol.1.</i><br /><br />This paper presents several power amplifier approaches that promise to significantly improve efficiency, while meeting the linearity requirements of advanced, spectrally efficient wireless systems. The approaches include: a) use of active integrated antenna structures that provide harmonic terminations for high efficiency Class F amplifiers; b) integrated dc-dc converters for power conditioning and envelope restoration; c) switching mode amplifiers based on bipolar transistors with controlled saturation; and d) the use of band-pass delta-sigma modulators to tailor input signals Device and circuit approaches for improved linearity and efficiency in microwave transmitters PM Asbeck T Itoh Y Qian MF Chang L Milstein G Hanington PF Chen V Schultz DW Lee DW Lee J Arun A10 doi:10.1109/MWSYM.1998.689385 Microwave Symposium Digest, 1998 IEEE MTT-S International, Vol. 1 (1998), pp. 327-330 vol.1. 2008-05-06T18:30:58-00:00 Microwave Symposium Digest, 1998 IEEE MTT-S International 1 327 330 vol.1 efficiency microwave transmitter http://www.citeulike.org/user/dcastro/article/2762148 <i>Microwave Symposium Digest, 1998 IEEE MTT-S International, Vol. 2 (1998), pp. 589-592 vol.2.</i><br /><br />This paper presents a technique for raising power efficiency in portable wireless transmitters by integrating a variable voltage output DC-DC converter together with a MESFET RF power amplifier. Significant increases in power efficiency are obtainable over a large range of output power levels. The system includes an envelope detector, a closed feedback loop, and a pulse width modulator operating at 10 MHz. A 300 mW transmitter is shown for which battery life can be extended by over 1.4 times Microwave power amplifier efficiency improvement with a 10 MHz HBT DC-DC converter G Hanington PF Chen V Radisic T Itoh PM Asbeck doi:10.1109/MWSYM.1998.705062 Microwave Symposium Digest, 1998 IEEE MTT-S International, Vol. 2 (1998), pp. 589-592 vol.2. 2008-05-06T17:42:50-00:00 Microwave Symposium Digest, 1998 IEEE MTT-S International 2 589 592 vol.2 amplifier power