A surprisingly good book (despite being a SAMS book) on RF design which unlocks many practical secrets (and even makes sense of Smith charts) is RF Circuit Design ((o surprise)) Chris Bowick Howard W Sams & Co 1st published 1982 (don't let that put you off) $US22.95 at one time in the US ISBN 0-672-21868-2 Sams ref MAY be 21868 176 pages A4 Russell McMahon _____________________________ ----- Original Message --- -- From: "Sean Breheny" To: Sent: Monday, 9 July 2001 19:37 Subject: [EE]: Class C amps > Hi all, > > In the midst of my research for the topics in my RF > tutorial, I have found a question which really has me > stumped and for which I can't find any answers anywhere. > > All the books on RF amplifier design say that class C > RF amps should be operated with the transistor going > fully between saturation and cutoff to maximize > efficiency. This makes sense to me because you don't > want the transistor conducting current AND having a > significant voltage drop at the same time. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu