Title :
Class E amplifier with inductive clamp circuit
Author :
Eroglu, Abdullah ; Lincoln, Dan
Author_Institution :
MKS, ENI Products, Rochester, NY, USA
Abstract :
A class E RF amplifier, which can operate into any load conditions without need for other additional circuitry to protect transistors, is introduced. This is provided by a new topology which incorporates inductive clamp circuitry to the basic class E amplifier circuit. Class E amplifiers with this topology can be used in plasma applications where the load conditions are dynamic.
Keywords :
HF amplifiers; MOSFET circuits; inductors; network topology; nonlinear network analysis; nonlinear network synthesis; power amplifiers; 13.56 MHz; RF amplifier; class E amplifier; high power MOSFET; inductive clamp circuit; plasma applications; Circuit topology; Clamps; High power amplifiers; Plasma applications; Plasma materials processing; Power amplifiers; Protection; Radiofrequency amplifiers; Switches; Switching circuits;
Conference_Titel :
Radio Frequency integrated Circuits (RFIC) Symposium, 2005. Digest of Papers. 2005 IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8983-2
DOI :
10.1109/RFIC.2005.1489833
