Modified class-F distributed amplifier

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 481-483

  Eccleston, Kimberley W ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Class F amplifiers; Distributed amplifiers; Dual fed distributed amplifiers; Power combining

Indexed keywords

CLASS-F AMPLIFIERS; DISTRIBUTED AMPLIFIERS; DUAL-FED DISTRIBUTED AMPLIFIERS; POWER COMBINING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; FREQUENCIES; MACHINE DESIGN; TOPOLOGY; TRANSISTORS;

POWER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 6344280961     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2004.834570     Document Type: Article

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