A comprehensive explanation of distortion sideband asymmetries

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 2090-2101

  De Carvalho, Nuno Borges ^a,b   Pedro, José Carlos ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Amplifier distortion; Describing functions; Multitone signals; Nonlinear circuits; Volterra series

Indexed keywords

BIPOLAR JUNCTION TRANSISTOR; MICROWAVE NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; MULTITONE SIGNALS; VOLTERRA SERIES;

BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; DESCRIBING FUNCTIONS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; EXTRAPOLATION; INTERMODULATION; MESFET DEVICES; MICROWAVE AMPLIFIERS; NONLINEAR NETWORK ANALYSIS; POWER AMPLIFIERS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON;

SIGNAL DISTORTION;

EID: 0036736269     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2002.802321     Document Type: Article

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