Compact formulas to relate ACPR and NPR to two-tone IMR and IP3

Microwave Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 1999, Pages

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SIGNAL DISTORTION; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

ADJACENT-CHANNEL POWER RATIO (ACPR); MULTITONE INTERMODULATION RATIO; NOISE POWER RATIO (NPR); THIRD-ORDER INTERCEPT POINT;

MICROWAVE CIRCUITS;

EID: 17144454565     PISSN: 01926225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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