Ultra-low output impedance RF power amplifier for parallel excitation

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 952-961

  Chu, Xu ^a   Yang, Xing ^a   Liu, Yunfeng ^a   Sabate, Juan ^a   Zhu, Yudong ^b  

^a GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (China)

^b GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Current source; Decoupling; Parallel excitation; Parallel transmit; RF power amplifier; Transmit array

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; METALS; MOSFET DEVICES; OXIDE SEMICONDUCTORS;

CURRENT SOURCES; DECOUPLING; PARALLEL EXCITATION; PARALLEL TRANSMIT; RF POWER AMPLIFIERS; TRANSMIT ARRAYS;

POWER AMPLIFIERS;

ELEMENT;

AMPLIFIER; ARTICLE; COILED BODY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS COUPLING REACTION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENERGY RESOURCE; EXCITATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR; IMPEDANCE; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MAGNETIC FIELD; METALLIC OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHANTOM; POWER SPECTRUM; RADIOFREQUENCY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ULTRA LOW OUTPUT IMPEDANCE RADIOFREQUENCY POWER AMPLIFIER;

EID: 66249138443     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.21908     Document Type: Article

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