High power time domain measurement system with active harmonic load-pull for high efficiency base station amplifier design

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Volumn 3, Issue , 2000, Pages 1459-1462

  Benedikt, Johannes ^a   Gaddi, Roberto ^a   Tasker, Paul J ^a   Goss, Martin ^b   Zadeh, Mahmoud ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Nokia Telecom Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE HARMONIC LOAD PULL; MICROWAVE TRANSITION ANALYZER;

CAPACITANCE; COUPLED CIRCUITS; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; MOSFET DEVICES; SCATTERING PARAMETERS; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS;

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC);

EID: 0033678327     PISSN: 0149645X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MWSYM.2000.862249     Document Type: Article

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