X-band two-stage high-efficiency switched-mode power amplifiers

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 2899-2907

  Pajić, Srdjan ^a,b   Wang, Nansi ^a,b   Watson, Paul M ^a,c   Quach, Tony K ^a,c   Popović, Zoya ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Class E; Load pull; Power amplifiers; Two stage

Indexed keywords

CLASS E; LOAD PULL; SATURATED GAIN; TWO STAGE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HETEROJUNCTION BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; MESFET DEVICES; MICROWAVE AMPLIFIERS;

POWER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 27744603557     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2005.854239     Document Type: Conference Paper

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