Band separation and efficiency optimization in linear-assisted switching power amplifiers

PESC Record - IEEE Annual Power Electronics Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Yousefzadeh, Vahid ^a   Alarcón, Eduard ^b   Maksimović, Dragan ^a  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; ELECTRIC FILTERS; PHASE MODULATION; POWER CONVERTERS; SWITCHING CIRCUITS;

BAND SEPARATION; EFFICIENCY OPTIMIZATION; LINEAR AMPLIFIERS; LINEAR-ASSISTED SWITCHING POWER AMPLIFIERS;

POWER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 42449116567     PISSN: 02759306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PESC.2006.1712188     Document Type: Conference Paper

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