Design of symmetrical Class E power amplifiers for very low harmonic-content applications

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1684-1690

  Wong, Siu Chung ^a   Tse, Chi K ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Class E power amplifier; Harmonic distortion; Push pull amplifier; Resonant converter

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC NETWORK SYNTHESIS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; GRAPHIC METHODS; HARMONIC DISTORTION; POWER CONVERTERS; RESONANT CIRCUITS;

CLASS E POWER AMPLIFIERS; PUSH-PULL AMPLIFIER; RESONANT CONVERTER; VERY LOW HARMONIC-CONTENT APPLICATIONS;

POWER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 26444469910     PISSN: 10577122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSI.2005.851723     Document Type: Article

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