A time-domain large-signal measurement setup

International Journal of RF and Microwave Computer-Aided Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 3-12

  Arthaber, Holger ^a   Mayer, Markus L ^a   Gafni, Amnon ^a   Gadringer, Michael ^a   Mageri, Gottfried ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Harmonic load pull; Harmonic tuning; Nonlinear characterization; Power amplifier

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FREQUENCY MULTIPLYING CIRCUITS; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POWER AMPLIFIERS; SYNCHRONIZATION; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

HARMONIC LOAD PULL; HARMONIC TUNING; NONLINEAR CHARACTERIZATION;

SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 12344291086     PISSN: 10964290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mmce.20041     Document Type: Article

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