High Efficiency RF and Microwave Solid State Power Amplifiers

High Efficiency RF and Microwave Solid State Power Amplifiers

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1-498

  Colantonio, Paolo ^a   Giannini, Franco ^a   Limiti, Ernesto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

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DOI: 10.1002/9780470746547     Document Type: Book

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