David B. Rutledge

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

• Optics
• Electrical engineering
• Amplifier

His scientific interests lie mostly in Electrical engineering, Electronic engineering, Integrated circuit, Optoelectronics and Amplifier. His Instrumentation amplifier, Linear amplifier, Power-added efficiency, Direct-coupled amplifier and Frequency grid study are his primary interests in Electrical engineering. His work in Electronic engineering addresses subjects such as Power dividers and directional couplers, which are connected to disciplines such as CMOS, Series and parallel circuits and Impedance matching.

While the research belongs to areas of Integrated circuit, David B. Rutledge spends his time largely on the problem of Optics, intersecting his research to questions surrounding Antenna array and Radiation pattern. His Diode study, which is part of a larger body of work in Optoelectronics, is frequently linked to Varicap, bridging the gap between disciplines. His Amplifier study combines topics in areas such as Transistor and Voltage.

His most cited work include:

• Fully integrated CMOS power amplifier design using the distributed active-transformer architecture (368 citations)
• Distributed active transformer-a new power-combining and impedance-transformation technique (361 citations)
• INTEGRATED-CIRCUIT ANTENNAS. (357 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

David B. Rutledge mainly focuses on Optics, Electrical engineering, Optoelectronics, Amplifier and Electronic engineering. His Optics research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Antenna array and Antenna. David B. Rutledge has researched Optoelectronics in several fields, including Microbolometer, Planar and Dipole antenna.

His Amplifier study incorporates themes from Grid, Transistor and Control theory. The study incorporates disciplines such as Equivalent circuit and Power dividers and directional couplers in addition to Electronic engineering. His study in Direct-coupled amplifier is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Power-added efficiency and Linear amplifier.

He most often published in these fields:

• Optics (33.51%)
• Electrical engineering (31.94%)
• Optoelectronics (30.37%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2002-2019)?

• Amplifier (29.32%)
• Electronic engineering (27.23%)
• Control theory (6.81%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

David B. Rutledge mainly investigates Amplifier, Electronic engineering, Control theory, Electrical engineering and Transistor. His Amplifier study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Optoelectronics and Voltage. Specifically, his work in Electronic engineering is concerned with the study of Bandwidth.

David B. Rutledge interconnects Biasing and Oscillation in the investigation of issues within Control theory. His Electrical engineering research includes themes of Electricity generation and Grid. His studies deal with areas such as High-electron-mobility transistor, Linear amplifier and Power dividers and directional couplers as well as Direct-coupled amplifier.

Between 2002 and 2019, his most popular works were:

• The class-E/F family of ZVS switching amplifiers (234 citations)
• Transmitter Architectures Based on Near-Field Direct Antenna Modulation (139 citations)
• Estimating long-term world coal production with logit and probit transforms (117 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

• Optics
• Electrical engineering
• Amplifier

David B. Rutledge mostly deals with Amplifier, Electronic engineering, Control theory, Transistor and Harmonic balance. A large part of his Amplifier studies is devoted to Distributed active transformer. His Electronic engineering research incorporates elements of Transmitter, Reflector and Antenna.

His Transistor research integrates issues from Energy conversion efficiency, Oscillation, Pole–zero plot and Nonlinear system. His research investigates the connection between Circuit design and topics such as Optoelectronics that intersect with problems in Dipole antenna. His CMOS research is within the category of Electrical engineering.