Power losses and efficiency of class e RF power amplifiers at any duty cycle

ISCAS 2001 - 2001 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Conference Proceedings

Volumn 3, Issue , 2001, Pages 533-536

  Kessler, Donald J ^a   Kazimierczuk, Marian K ^a  

^a Wright State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCUIT DESIGNS; CLASS E; POWER-LOSSES; RF POWER AMPLIFIERS; TOTAL EFFICIENCY;

INTEGRATED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURE; POWER AMPLIFIERS;

CAPACITANCE; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; MOSFET DEVICES; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

INITIAL DUTY CYCLE; POWER LOSSES;

EID: 0035023740     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISCAS.2001.921365     Document Type: Conference Paper

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