In article , gwhite wrote:
Ken Smith wrote:
RF transmitter power amps are certainly "impedance matched" to the
intended load.
I'm sorry, but they are not. Nor are any power amps that I know of. Efficiency
(and thus necessarily output swing) is what matters for power amps. To maximize
swing requires load line matching, not impedance matching.
I still say they are. Motorola AN-721 takes on the theory. AN-758 does a
practical example matching 12.5 Ohms into 50 Ohms
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