Title :
A computerized study of the class-C-biased RF-power amplifier
fDate :
4/1/1978 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Comparisons between experiments and simulations on a widely used output stage in mobile transmitters are made. It is demonstrated that the operation cycle in this type of circuit differs from the one commonly assumed. The reason is that base widening dominates the feedback effect of the transistor.
Keywords :
Bipolar transistor circuits; Electronic engineering computing; Power amplifiers; Radiofrequency amplifiers; bipolar transistor circuits; electronic engineering computing; power amplifiers; radiofrequency amplifiers; Circuits; Computer simulation; Feedback; Mobile computing; Navigation; Power amplifiers; Pulse amplifiers; Radio frequency; Radiofrequency amplifiers; Transmitters;
Journal_Title :
Solid-State Circuits, IEEE Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JSSC.1978.1051027