A 50 W LDMOS current mode 1800 MHz class-D power amplifier

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 1295-1298

  Kim, Ji Yeon ^a   Han, Dong Hoon ^a   Kim, Jong Heon ^a   Stapleton, Shawn P ^b  

^a Kwangwoon University   (South Korea)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Balun; Class D; Drain efficiency; Power amplifier

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; MOS DEVICES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTIMIZATION;

BALUN; DRAIN EFFICIENCY; OUTPUT TERMINATION TOPOLOGY; PUSH-PULL STRUCTURE;

POWER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 33749251846     PISSN: 0149645X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MWSYM.2005.1516916     Document Type: Conference Paper

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