Novel Linearizer Using Balanced Circulators and Its Application to Multilevel Digital Radio Systems

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 1989, Pages 1237-1243

  Imai, Nobuaki ^a   Nojima, Toshio ^a   Murase, Takehiro ^a  

^a NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION--APPLICATIONS; RADIO SYSTEMS--MICROWAVES; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE--APPLICATIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES--APPLICATIONS; TRANSISTORS, FIELD EFFECT--APPLICATIONS;

BALANCED CIRCULATORS; CUBER LINEARIZER TECHNIQUE; DIGITAL MICROWAVE SYSTEMS; QUADRATURE AMPLITUDE MODULATION (QAM); RF PREDISTORTION LINEARIZER;

AMPLIFIERS, POWER TYPE;

EID: 0024716331     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.31085     Document Type: Article

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