Evaluating co-channel distortion ratio in microwave power amplifiers

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 49, Issue 10 I, 2001, Pages 1777-1784

  Pedro, J C ^a   De Carvalho, N B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Amplifier distortion; Bridge circuits; Design automation; Measurement

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIER DISTORTION;

BRIDGE CIRCUITS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC DISTORTION; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; POWER AMPLIFIERS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

MICROWAVE AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 0035475962     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.954784     Document Type: Article

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