Load-pull wideband Class-E amplifier

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 235-237

  Ortega González, Francisco Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Class E; Load pull; Power amplifier (PA); Wideband

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC LOADS; ELECTRIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; HARMONIC GENERATION; TRANSISTORS;

CLASS-E; FRACTIONAL BANDWIDTH; LOAD-PULL; TRANSISTOR OUTPUT CAPACITANCE;

POWER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 33847774739     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2006.890504     Document Type: Article

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