Linearity of X-Band Class-F Power Amplifiers in High-Efficiency Transmitters

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1174-1179

  Weiss, Manoja D ^a   Raab, Frederick H ^b   Popovic, Zoya ^a  

^a University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

^b Central Vermont Medical Center   (United States)

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EID: 85008056666     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.925515     Document Type: Article

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