Simulation and Design of Microwave Class-C Amplifiers Through Harmonic Analysis

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 1979, Pages 1043-1051

  Filicori, Fabio ^a   Monaco, Vito Antonio ^a   Naldi, Carlo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES - HARMONIC ANALYSIS;

AMPLIFIERS, MICROWAVE;

EID: 0018700506     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.1979.1129789     Document Type: Article

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