Harmonic tuning of power transistors by active load-pull measurement

Microwave Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2000, Pages

  Heymann, Peter ^a   Doerner, Ralf ^a   Rudolph, Matthias ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUT FÜR HÖCHSTFREQUENZTECHNIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; HETEROJUNCTION BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; MICROWAVE DEMODULATORS; NONLINEAR NETWORK ANALYSIS; POWER ELECTRONICS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

HARMONIC TUNING; MICROWAVE TRANSMISSION ANALYZERS (MTA); POWER TRANSISTORS;

ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYZERS;

EID: 0342955068     PISSN: 01926225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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