Novel wide band high-efficiency active harmonic injection power amplifier concept

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 664-667

  Aimuhaisen, Abdullah ^a   Wright, Peter ^a   Lees, J ^a   Tasker, P J ^a   Cripps, Steve C ^a   Benedikt, J ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Broadband amplifiers; High efficiency; Injection amplifiers; Microwave amplifiers; Power amplifiers

Indexed keywords

DRAIN EFFICIENCY; HARMONIC INJECTION; HARMONIC SIGNALS; HIGH EFFICIENCY; HIGH POWER AMPLIFIER; HIGH-EFFICIENCY OPERATIONS; HIGH-POWER; INJECTION AMPLIFIERS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODE OF OPERATIONS; WAVE FORMS; WAVEFORM SHAPING; WIDE-BAND;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GALLIUM NITRIDE; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; MICROWAVE AMPLIFIERS; MICROWAVES; POWER AMPLIFIERS;

BROADBAND AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 77957767377     PISSN: 0149645X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MWSYM.2010.5514759     Document Type: Conference Paper

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