Analysis and simulation of feedback capacitance effect in class-E power amplifiers

2008 International Conference on Microwave and Millimeter Wave Technology Proceedings, ICMMT

Volumn 3, Issue , 2008, Pages 1495-1498

  Liao, Zhongyu ^b   Zhu, Xiaowei ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Class E power amplifier; Feedback capacitance

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND AMPLIFIERS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAIN CURRENT; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; MICROWAVES; MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; MILLIMETER WAVES; POWER AMPLIFIERS;

CLASS-E POWER AMPLIFIER; FEEDBACK CAPACITANCE;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES;

EID: 51149119314     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICMMT.2008.4540730     Document Type: Conference Paper

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