Class F Amplifier References

1. Dietsche, S., C. Duvanaud, G. Pataut, and J. Obregon, "Design of High Power-Added Efficiency FET Amplifiers Operating with Very Low Drain Bias Voltages for Use in Mobile Telephones at 1.7 GHz," Proceedings of the 23rd European Microwave Conference, pp. 252-254.

2. Ebert, J. and M. Kazimierczuk, "Class E High-Efficiency Tuned Power Oscillator," IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, Vol. 16, No. 2, Apr 1981, pp. 62-65.

3. Ebert, J. and M. Kazimierczuk, "Improving the Efficiency of High-Power Radio-Frequency Amplifiers," Radioelectronics and Communications Systems, Vol. 20, No. 11, Nov 1977, pp. 82-84.

4. Fuzik, N.S., "Biharmonic Modes of a Tuned RF Power Amplifier," Telecommunications and Radio Engineering, Vol. 25, No. 7, Jul 1970, pp. 117-124.

5. Krauss, H.L., C.W. Bostonian, and F.H. Raab, "SOLID STATE RADIO ENGINEERING," Wiley, 1980 (chapter 14).

6. Mallet, A. et al, "A Design Method for High Efficiency Class F HBT Amplifiers," 1996 IEEE MTT-S Digest, pp. 855-858.

7. Pender, H. and K. McIlwain, "ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS' HANDBOOK, ELECTRICAL COMMUNICATION AND ELECTRONICS," Wiley, 1936 (section 7, pp. 104-105).

8. Raab, Frederick H., "An Introduction to Class-F Power Amplifiers," RF Design, May 1996, pp. 79-84. (see correction July 1994, p. 14).

9. Raab, Frederick H., "Class-F Power Amplifiers with Maximally Flat Waveforms," IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, Vol. 45, No. 11, Nov 1997, pp. 2007-2012.

10. Raab, Frederick H., "FET Power Amplifier Boosts Transmitter Efficiency," Electronics, 10 Jun 1976, pp. 122-126.

11. Raab, Frederick H., "Maximum Efficiency and Output of Class-F Power Amplifiers," IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, Vol. 49, No. 6, Jun 2001, pp. 1162-1166.

12. Sokal, N.O., "Class E High-Efficiency Switching-Mode Tuned Power Amplifier with Only One Inductor and One Capacitor in Load Network - Approximate Analysis," IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, Vol. SC-16, No. 4, Aug 1981, pp. 380-384.

13. Toyoda, S., "High Efficiency Amplifiers," 1994 IEEE MTT-S Digest, pp. 253-256.

14. Toyoda, S., "High Efficiency Single and Push-Pull Power Amplifiers," 1993 IEEE MTT-S Digest, pp. 277-280.

15. Tyler, V.J., "A New High-Efficiency High-Power Amplifier," Marconi Review, Vol. 21, No. 130, 3rd Quarter 1958, pp. 96-109.

16. Wood, John W., "High Efficiency Class C Amplifier," US Patent #3,430,157, 25 Feb 1969.

17. Zivkovic, Z. and A. Markovic, "Increasing the Efficiency of the High-Power Triode HF Amplifier - Why Not with the Second Harmonic?" IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting, Vol. BC-32, No. 1, Mar 1986, pp. 5-10.

18. Zivkovic, Z. and A. Markovic, "Third Harmonic Injection Increasing the Efficiency of High-Power HF Amplifiers," IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting, Vol. BC-31, No. 2, Jun 1985, pp. 34-39.

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