Effect of the loaded quality factor on power efficiency for CMOS class-E RF tuned power amplifiers

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

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 628-634

  Tu, Steve Hung Lung ^a   Toumazou, Chris ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC DISTORTION; ELECTRIC NETWORK SYNTHESIS; MOSFET DEVICES; NUMERICAL METHODS; RESONANT CIRCUITS;

CMOSFET POWER AMPLIFIERS; HARMONIC DISTORTION; POWER EFFICIENCY; QUALITY FACTOR;

POWER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 0032649347     PISSN: 10577122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/81.762928     Document Type: Article

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