Title :
Class-E RF power amplifier with a flat-top transistor-voltage waveform
Author :
Mediano, Arturo ; Sokal, Nathan O.
Author_Institution :
Aragon Institute for Engineering Research (I3A), University of Zaragoza, 50018, Spain
Abstract :
This paper shows a Class-E RF power amplifier designed to obtain a flat-top transistor-voltage waveform whose peak value is 81% of the peak value of the voltage of a “Classical” Class-E amplifier.
Keywords :
Harmonic analysis; Microwave amplifiers; Microwave circuits; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Power harmonic filters; Radio frequency; Class E; RF amplifier; efficiency; peak voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Symposium Digest (MTT), 2012 IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
Montreal, QC, Canada
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1085-7
Electronic_ISBN :
0149-645X
DOI :
10.1109/MWSYM.2012.6259441
