Maximum operating frequency of class-E amplifier at any duty ratio

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 768-770

  Suetsugu, Tadashi ^a   Kazimierczuk, Marian K ^b  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Wright State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Class E power amplifiers; Frequency limitation; Maximum operating frequency; RF power amplifiers; Zero derivative switching (ZDS) operation; Zero voltage switching (ZVS) operation

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; ZERO VOLTAGE SWITCHING;

CLASS E POWER AMPLIFIERS; FREQUENCY LIMITATION; MAXIMUM OPERATING FREQUENCY; RF POWER AMPLIFIERS; ZERO-DERIVATIVE SWITCHING (ZDS) OPERATION; ZERO-VOLTAGE-SWITCHING OPERATIONS;

POWER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 50549095514     PISSN: 15497747     EISSN: 15583791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSII.2008.922407     Document Type: Article

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