Measurements of time-domain voltage/current waveforms at RF and microwave frequencies based on the use of a vector network analyzer for the characterization of nonlinear devices - Application to high-efficiency power amplifiers and frequency-multipliers optimization

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1259-1264

  Barataud, Denis ^a   Arnaud, Caroline ^a   Thibaud, Barbara ^a   Campovecchio, Michel ^a   Nebus, Jean Michel ^a   Villotte, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMOGES   (France)

Author keywords

Active loop technique; Experimental optimization; Frequency multiplier; Load pull source pull; Microwave and RF transistors; Modified vector network analyzer; Time domain characterization; Voltage current waveforms

Indexed keywords

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYZERS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FREQUENCY MULTIPLYING CIRCUITS; OPTIMIZATION; POWER AMPLIFIERS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TRANSISTORS;

VOLTAGE-CURRENT WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032179126     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/19.746594     Document Type: Article

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