Design of efficient class-E power amplifiers for short-distance communications

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2210-2220

  Tan, Jun ^a   Heng, Chun Huat ^a   Lian, Yong ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Circuit theory; class E; efficiency; low power; nonlinear circuits; power amplifier

Indexed keywords

CIRCUIT THEORY; DESIGN; EFFICIENCY; LOW POWER ELECTRONICS;

ANALYTICAL FORMULAS; CLASS E; CLASS E POWER AMPLIFIERS; LOW POWER; NONLINEAR CIRCUIT; OUTPUT POWER LEVELS; OVERALL EFFICIENCY; SHORT DISTANCE COMMUNICATIONS;

POWER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 84867331949     PISSN: 15498328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSI.2012.2188951     Document Type: Article

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