Intermodulation Distortion Analysis of Reflection-Type IMPATT Amplifiers Using Volterra Series Representation

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 1977, Pages 729-734

  Goud, Paul A ^c  

^a NORTEL NETWORKS   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS, DIODE; AMPLIFIERS, MICROWAVE; INTERMODULATION; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES - TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; SIGNAL DISTORTION;

IMPATT AMPLIFIERS; VOLTERRA SERIES;

SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES, IMPATT;

EID: 0017536288     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.1977.1129203     Document Type: Article

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