Chapter 35Common-emitter power amplifiers
A different perception? (Electronics World, July 1994)
Intended title: Common-Emitter Power Amplifiers
In those days, articles often appeared in Electronics World that provoked serious thought. The sumof-squares principle of Michael Williams, published in 1994 [1], sounded most intriguing, so I ran a few simulations to see if the linearity it could provide was an improvement over conventionality.
This proved not to be the case, but it did lead to an interesting intellectual journey. As usually happens when I am evaluating an idea, enough work had been done to write an article on the topic, and here it is.
Looking back, there isn’t really a lot more I have to say about this article in itself. The notion ...
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