A New Method for the Analysis and Design of the Class E Power Amplifier Taking into Account the QLFactor

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1987, Pages 687-691

  Voulgaris, N C ^b  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS - DESIGN; ELECTRIC MEASUREMENTS - Q FACTOR; ELECTRIC NETWORKS - OPTIMIZATION;

CAAB ANALYSIS METHOD; SERIES-TUNED, SHUNT-CAPACITOR CLASS E CONFIGURATION;

AMPLIFIERS, POWER TYPE;

EID: 0023364833     PISSN: 00984094     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCS.1987.1086185     Document Type: Article

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