Analysis of reliability and power efficiency in cascode class-E PAs

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1222-1229

  Mazzanti, Andrea ^a,b,c   Larcher, Luca ^a,b,d   Brama, Riccardo ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c Dipartimento di Inaegneria dell'Informazione   (Italy)

^d Dipartimento di Inaegneria dell'Informazione ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Class e; Cmos power amplifier; Radio frequency (rf) circuits; Switching amplifier; Wireless communications

Indexed keywords

CLASS-E; CMOS POWER AMPLIFIERS; RADIO-FREQUENCY (RF) CIRCUITS; SWITCHING AMPLIFIERS; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS;

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC SWITCHES; TOPOLOGY; VOLTAGE CONTROL;

POWER ELECTRONICS;

EID: 33646429476     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2006.872734     Document Type: Conference Paper

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