Analysis and design of the output filter for buck envelope amplifiers

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 213-233

  Sebastián, Javier ^a   Fernández Miaja, Pablo ^a   Rodríguez, Alberto ^a   Rodríguez, Miguel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

DC DC power converters; harmonic filters; power conversion harmonics; pulse width modulation converters; radio frequency amplifiers

Indexed keywords

DC-DC POWER CONVERTER; HARMONIC FILTER; POWER CONVERSION HARMONICS; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION CONVERTERS; RADIO FREQUENCIES;

ACTIVE FILTERS; BANDWIDTH; BUTTERWORTH FILTERS; DESIGN; EFFICIENCY; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; MODULATION; POWER AMPLIFIERS; RADIO FREQUENCY AMPLIFIERS; SWITCHING FREQUENCY; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

DC-DC CONVERTERS;

EID: 84881100536     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2013.2248752     Document Type: Article

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