Basic Limitations on Waveforms Achievable in Single-Ended Switching-Mode Tuned (Class E) Power Amplifiers

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1984, Pages 144-146

  Molnar, Bela ^a  

^a BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

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AMPLIFIERS, POWER TYPE;

EID: 0021376389     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: 1558173X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.1984.1052099     Document Type: Article

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