Instabilities in RF-Power Amplifiers Caused by a Self Oscillation in the Transistor Bias Network

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1976, Pages 703-712

  Vidkjaer, Jens ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS, POWER TYPE;

EID: 0017012362     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: 1558173X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.1976.1050801     Document Type: Article

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