A Discrete/Continuous Time-Domain Analysis of a Generalized Class E Amplifier

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 1990, Pages 1057-1060

  Mandojana, Julio C ^a   Herman, Kelly J ^a   Zulinski, Robert E ^a  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC NETWORKS, SWITCHING; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES--TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

AMPLIFIER STATE SPACE MODEL; GENERALIZED CLASS E AMPLIFIER; LINEAR ALGEBRAIC EQUATIONS;

AMPLIFIERS, RADIO FREQUENCY;

EID: 0025476330     PISSN: 00984094     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/31.56079     Document Type: Article

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