Class E Power Amplifiers and Frequency Multipliers with Finite DC-Feed Inductance

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 1987, Pages 1074-1087

  Zulinski, Robert E ^a   Steadman, John W ^b  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

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EID: 84941456434     PISSN: 00984094     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCS.1987.1086268     Document Type: Article

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