Efficiency comparison between highly efficient class-F and inverse class-F power amplifiers

IEEE Microwave Magazine

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 100-110

  Woo, Young Yun ^a   Yang, Youngoo ^b   Kim, Ildu ^a   Kim, Bumman ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASS-F POWER AMPLIFIERS; HARMONIC CONTROL NETWORKS; TIME-DOMAIN WAVEFORMS; VOLTAGE SIGNALS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOURIER SERIES; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; POWER CONTROL; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

POWER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 34249806011     PISSN: 15273342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MMW.2007.365070     Document Type: Review

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