Analysis of the effect of finite d.c. blocking capacitance and finite d.c. feed inductance on the performance of inverse class-E amplifiers

IEE Proceedings: Circuits, Devices and Systems

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 129-135

  Mury, T ^a   Fusco, V F ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; INDUCTANCE; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); POWER ELECTRONICS;

FINITE D.C. BLOCKING CAPACITANCE; FINITE D.C. FEED INDUCTANCE; INVERSE CLASS-E AMPLIFIERS; ZERO-CURRENT DERIVATIVE CONDITIONS; ZERO-CURRENT SWITCHING;

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC);

EID: 33644995237     PISSN: 13502409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/ip-cds:20050243     Document Type: Article

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