A compact and power-scalable 70W GaN class-E power amplifier operating from 1.7 to 2.6 GHz

Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference Proceedings, APMC

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1546-1549

  Calvillo Cortes, David A ^a   De Vreede, Leo C N ^a   De Langen, Michel ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b NXP SEMICONDUCTORS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bondwire; class E; Gallium Nitride (GaN); power amplifiers; power transistors; transformer; wideband

Indexed keywords

BONDWIRE; CLASS E; POWER TRANSISTORS; TRANSFORMER; WIDE-BAND;

BANDWIDTH; GALLIUM NITRIDE; POWER AMPLIFIERS; POWER ELECTRONICS;

LOADING;

EID: 84860502337     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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