An exact analysis of class-DE amplifier at any output Q

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

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1228-1239

  Albuleţ, Mihai ^a  

^a MICROSOFT   (United States)

Author keywords

DC AC power conversion; Inverters; Power amplifiers; Q factor; Switching circuits

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC NETWORK SYNTHESIS; ENERGY CONVERSION; SWITCHING CIRCUITS; TUNING;

SERIES-TUNED CIRCUITS;

POWER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 0033204447     PISSN: 10577122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/81.795836     Document Type: Article

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