A Class B Switch-Mode Assisted Linear Amplifier

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1278-1285

  Walker, Geoffrey R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Class B amplifier; Class D amplifier; Dead band; Distortion; Half bridge current; Hysteretic controlled; Parallel buck converter; SMALA; Topology

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; HYSTERESIS; SIGNAL INTERFERENCE; SWITCHING CIRCUITS; VOLTAGE CONTROL;

SWITCH-MODE ASSISTED LINEAR AMPLIFIERS (SMALA);

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC);

EID: 0242527301     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2003.818825     Document Type: Article

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