Output power capability of class-E amplifiers with nonlinear shunt capacitance

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages 891-894

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

MOSFET power amplifiers; Power MOSFETs; Semiconductor device modeling

Indexed keywords

CLASS-E AMPLIFIERS; POWER MOS-FET; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELING; SHUNT CAPACITANCE;

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); CAPACITANCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL NONLINEARITIES; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FREQUENCIES; MOS CAPACITORS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SWITCHING; TRANSISTORS;

SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

EID: 4444318195     PISSN: 0149645X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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