• DocumentCode
    802960
  • Title

    Voltage clamped class-E amplifier with Zener diode

  • Author

    Suetsugu, Tadashi ; Kazimierczuk, Marian K.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Wright State Univ., Dayton, OH, USA
  • Volume
    50
  • Issue
    10
  • fYear
    2003
  • Firstpage
    1347
  • Lastpage
    1349
  • Abstract
    A class-E amplifier with a clamped switch peak voltage by a Zener diode is proposed and experimented. The effect of the Zener diode on the switch voltage waveform, output power, and efficiency are examined. The experimental verification is presented using a prototype circuit.
  • Keywords
    Zener diodes; power amplifiers; Zener diode; clamped peak switch voltage; class-E amplifier; switching power amplifier; Capacitors; Circuits; Diodes; Frequency response; Harmonic distortion; Harmonics suppression; Power harmonic filters; Signal processing; Total harmonic distortion; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Circuits and Systems I: Fundamental Theory and Applications, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1057-7122
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TCSI.2003.817757
  • Filename
    1236546
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=802960