Design of class E amplifier with nonlinear and linear shunt capacitances for any duty cycle

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 484-491

  Mediano, Arturo ^a,b   Molina Gaudó, Pilar ^a,b   Bernal, Carlos ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Class E amplifier; Duty cycle; High efficiency; Nonlinear shunt capacitance; RF power

Indexed keywords

CLASS E AMPLIFIER; DUTY CYCLE; HIGH EFFICIENCY; NONLINEAR SHUNT CAPACITANCE; RF POWER;

CAPACITANCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MICROWAVES; OPTIMIZATION; TUNING;

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC);

EID: 33847774884     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2006.890512     Document Type: Article

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