Quantifying memory effects in RF power amplifiers

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2843-2849

  Ku, Hyunchul ^a   McKinley, Michael D ^a   Kenney, J Stevenson ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral model; Intermodulation distortion (IMD); Memory effects; Nonlinearities; Power amplifier (PA); Predistortion

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISTORTION (WAVES); INTERMODULATION; RADIO FREQUENCY AMPLIFIERS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

MEMORY EFFECTS;

POWER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 0036904610     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2002.805196     Document Type: Article

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