On the Class-F Power Amplifier Design

International Journal of RF and Microwave Computer-Aided Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 129-149

  Colantonio, Paolo ^a,b   Giannini, Franco ^a,c,d   Leuzzi, Giorgio ^a,e,f   Limiti, Ernesto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b Italian Army   (Italy)

^c Italian Army ^*

^d European Union   (Belgium)

^e SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

HARMONIC TERMINATION;

POWER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 0033096993     PISSN: 10964290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-047X(199903)9:2<129::AID-MMCE7>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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