EFFICIENCY ENHANCEMENT OF BASE STATION POWER AMPLIFIERS USING DOHERTY TECHNIQUEEFFICIENCY ENHANCEMENT OF BASE STATION POWER AMPLIFIERS USING DOHERTY TECHNIQUE
Vani Viswanathan Thesis submitted to the faculty of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of
Master of Science In Electrical Engineering
Charles W. Bostian, Chair Sanjay Raman Alex Q. Huang February 3, 2004 Blacksburg, Virginia
Keywords: Doherty power amplifier, LDMOS, WCDMA, efficiency enhancement
Copyright 2004, Vani Viswanathan
EFFICIENCY ENHANCEMENT OF BASE STATION POWER AMPLIFIERS USING DOHERTY TECHNIQUE
By Vani Viswanathan
ABSTRACT
The power amplifiers are typically the most power-consuming block in wireless communication systems. Spectrum is expensive, and newer technologies demand transmission of maximum amount of data wit……
