Design of a S-Band Class-E GaN HEMT Power Amplifier

WANG Deyong; ZHANG Panpan; ZHANG Jincan; LIU Min; LIU Bo; SUN Ligong

doi:10.13911/j.cnki.1004-3365.210177

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