Class-E Amplifier with an Inductive Impedance Inverter

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1990, Pages 160-166

  Kazimierczuk, Marian K ^a   Bui, Xung T ^b  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Dynamic Control Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC INVERTERS; ELECTRIC WAVEFORMS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES, MOSFET;

CLASS-E AMPLIFIER; INDUCTIVE IMPEDANCE INVERTER; ZERO-VOLTAGE SWITCHING;

AMPLIFIERS, POWER TYPE;

EID: 0025419637     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: 15579948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/41.52966     Document Type: Article

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