New architectures for radio-frequency dc/dc power conversion

PESC Record - IEEE Annual Power Electronics Specialists Conference

Volumn 5, Issue , 2004, Pages 4074-4084

  Rivas, Juan M ^a   Wahby, Riad S ^a   Shafran, John S ^a   Perreault, David J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellular architecture; Class E inverter; High frequency; Integrated converter; RF dc dc power converter; RF power amplifier; Self oscillating inverter

Indexed keywords

INPUT VOLTAGES; MINIATURIZATIONS; SWITCHING FREQUENCY; ULTRA-HIGH FREQUENCY (UHF);

ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; ELECTRIC SWITCHES; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MICROWAVES; MOSFET DEVICES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; POWER ELECTRONICS; UHF DEVICES;

POWER CONVERTERS;

EID: 8744220527     PISSN: 02759306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PESC.2004.1355197     Document Type: Conference Paper

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