Adaptive digital predistortion linearization of frequency multipliers

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2516-2522

  Park, Youngcheol ^a,b   Kenney, J Stevenson ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjacent channel power ratio (ACPR); Frequency multiplier; Linearization; Nonlinear distortion; Predistortion; Schottky barrier diode

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; FREQUENCY DOUBLERS; NONLINEAR DISTORTION; PHASE MODULATION; POWER AMPLIFIERS; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES; TABLE LOOKUP; VARACTORS;

ADAPTIVE DIGITAL PREDISTORTION LINEARIZATION; ADJACENT-CHANNEL POWER RATIO; PHASE DEVIATION; STEP-RECOVERY DIODES;

FREQUENCY MULTIPLYING CIRCUITS;

EID: 0742269423     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2003.819771     Document Type: Article

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