Design Procedure for High - Efficiency Linear Microwave Power Amplifiers

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 1980, Pages 1157-1163

  Sechi, Franco N ^a  

^a FCA UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; POWER AMPLIFIERS;

ACTIVE DEVICES; CONSTANT POWER; DESIGN PROCEDURE; FREQUENCY RANGES; HIGHER EFFICIENCY; LINEAR AMPLIFIERS; LOAD IMPEDANCE; MICROWAVE POWER AMPLIFIER; OPTIMAL DESIGN;

MICROWAVE AMPLIFIERS; AMPLIFIERS, MICROWAVE;

EID: 0019079983     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.1980.9577038     Document Type: Article

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