Improvement of a Class-C Transistor Power Amplifier by Second-Harmonic Tuning

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1979, Pages 430-433

  Mazumder, Shamsur R ^a   Azizi, Ataollah ^a   Gardiol, Fred E ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS - TUNING; TRANSISTORS;

CLASS-C AMPLIFIER; SECOND HARMONIC TUNING;

AMPLIFIERS, POWER TYPE;

EID: 0018468481     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.1979.1129644     Document Type: Article

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