Design of low-cost broadband class-E power amplifier using low-voltage supply

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 103-106

  Qin, Y ^a   Gao, S ^a   Sambell, A ^a   Korolkiewicz, E ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Broadband; Class E power amplifier; High efficiency; Power amplifier

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; BROADBAND AMPLIFIERS; BROADBAND NETWORKS; CAPACITANCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY TRANSISTORS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

CLASS-E POWER AMPLIFIERS; HIGH EFFICIENCY; PARASITIC CAPACITANCE; POWER ADDED EFFICIENCY (PAE);

POWER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 12344261441     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mop.20559     Document Type: Article

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