Simple nonlinear large signal MOSFET model parameter extraction for class E amplifiers

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits, and Systems

Volumn 1, Issue , 2002, Pages 269-272

  Gaudó, Pilar Molina ^a   López, Francisco Del Águila ^b   Schönwälder, Pere Palà ^b   Artigas, Jesús Navarro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASS-E AMPLIFIER; HIGH EFFICIENCY; HIGH FREQUENCY; INTERNAL LOSS; LARGE-SIGNALS; MODEL PARAMETERS; MOSFET MODEL; NEW PARAMETERS; NON-LINEAR; NON-LINEARITY; OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES; OUTPUT PORTS; SIMULATION MODEL; SWITCHING APPLICATIONS; SWITCHING DEVICES; THEORETICAL DESIGN;

CAPACITANCE; PARAMETER EXTRACTION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 60649091754     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICECS.2002.1045385     Document Type: Conference Paper

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