An Exact Analysis of Class E Amplifiers with Finite DC-Feed Inductance at Any Output Q

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1990, Pages 530-534

  Smith, Gene H ^a   Zulinski, Robert E ^a  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC NETWORKS--ANALYSIS;

CLASS E AMPLIFIERS; CLASS E CIRCUITS; DC-FEED INDUCTANCE;

AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 0025414237     PISSN: 00984094     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/31.52755     Document Type: Article

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