Transistor Power Losses in the Class E Tuned Power Amplifier

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1978, Pages 912-914

  Raab, Frederick H ^a   Sokal, Nathan O ^b  

^a Polhemus Navigation Sciences Inc A Subsidiary of The Austin Company ^*  (United States)

^b Design Automation Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASS E TUNED POWER AMPLIFIERS;

AMPLIFIERS, POWER TYPE;

EID: 0018051734     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: 1558173X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.1978.1052069     Document Type: Article

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