Class-EM switching-mode tuned power amplifier - High efficiency with slow-switching transistor

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1662-1676

  Telegdy, Attila ^a   Molnár, Béla ^a   Sokal, Nathan O ^b  

^a BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

^b Design Automation Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Amplifier; Class E; Class EM; High efficiency; Microwave; Microwave power; Power; Power amplifier; RF; RF power; RF microwave power; Switching mode; Zero current switching (ZCS); Zero voltage switching (ZVS)

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC LOADS; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC WAVEFORMS; MICROWAVES; SWITCHING NETWORKS; TRANSISTORS;

CLASS E; HIGH EFFICIENCY; MICROWAVE POWER; SLOW-SWITCHING TRANSISTOR; SWITCHING-MODE TUNED POWER AMPLIFIER; ZERO-CURRENT SWITCHING; ZERO-VOLTAGE SWITCHING;

POWER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 0037600548     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2003.812562     Document Type: Article

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