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Investigations of a Power Combiner Amplifier with Feed Forward Linearization

Motavalli et al., 2010

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9291535115333911387
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Motavalli M
Solbach K
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Frequenz

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The feed forward-power combiner is shown to be an attractive concept promising intermodulation cancellation even under high-drive conditions of the power amplifiers combined in the circuit, thus high efficiency combined with high linearity. In our proof of …
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