Effect of Collector Current Exponential Decay on Power Efficiency for Class E Tuned Power Amplifier

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Fundamental Theory and Applications

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 69-72

  Blanchard, J A ^a   Yuan, J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; CARRIER COMMUNICATION; DIODES; ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; ELECTRIC CURRENT CONTROL; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRIC WAVEFORMS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; SWITCHING CIRCUITS; TUNING;

CLASS E TUNED POWER AMPLIFIERS; COLLECTOR CURRENT EXPONENTIAL DECAY; POWER EFFICIENCY;

POWER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 0028274527     PISSN: 10577122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/81.260226     Document Type: Article

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