Simultaneous AM-AM/AM-PM Distortion Measurements of Microwave Transistors Using Active Load-Pull and Six-Port Techniques

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 1995, Pages 1584-1588

  Ghannouchi, Fadhel M ^a   Zhao, Guoxiang ^b   Beauregard, François ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYZERS; MESFET DEVICES; MICROWAVE DEVICES; PHASE MODULATION; PHASE SHIFT; REFLECTOMETERS; TRANSISTORS;

CONVERSION COEFFICIENT; LOAD PULL MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PHASE DISTORTION;

ELECTRIC DISTORTION;

EID: 0029342568     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.392918     Document Type: Article

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