Combined class F monolithic PA design

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 360-362

  Colantonio, Paolo ^a   Giannini, Franco ^a   Giofrè, Rocco ^a   Limiti, Ernesto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Class F; Monolithic limits; Power amplifier; X band

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; POWER ELECTRONICS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE;

MONOLITHIC LIMITS; OUTPUT POWER; POWER ADDED EFFICIENCY; X-BAND APPLICATIONS;

POWER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 33846567642     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mop.22141     Document Type: Article

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