The limitations in applying analytic design equations for optimal class e RF power amplifiers design

2005 IEEE VLSI-TSA International Symposium on VLSI Design, Automation and Test,(VLSI-TSA-DAT)

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 161-164

  Lie, Donald Y C ^a,b,c   Lee, Patrick ^a,d   Popp, Jeremy D ^a,b   Rowland, Jason F ^a,b   Ng, Horace H ^a,d   Yang, Annie H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Naval Command   (United States)

^c Dynamic Research Corporation DRC   (United States)

^d Kyocera Wireless   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE INDUCTANCE; POWER CONSUMPTION; RADIO FREQUENCY (RF);

INDUCTANCE; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT LAYOUT; MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; PRODUCT DESIGN; Q FACTOR MEASUREMENT; TRANSCEIVERS;

POWER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 33745447937     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/VDAT.2005.1500045     Document Type: Conference Paper

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