Class E RF tuned power amplifiers in CMOS technologies: Theory and circuit design considerations

IEEE Communications Magazine

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2004, Pages

  Tu, Steve Hung Lung ^a,b  

^a FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b ACARD Technology Corp   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; HARMONIC DISTORTION; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT LAYOUT; MOSFET DEVICES; SWITCHING CIRCUITS; TRANSCEIVERS; VARACTORS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

DRIVING STAGE; POWER ADAPTIVE TECHNIQUE; SWITCHING MODE AMPLIFIERS; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TRANSCEIVER;

POWER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 4644247360     PISSN: 01636804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCOM.2004.1336718     Document Type: Article

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