Evaluation of signal-to-noise and distortion ratio degradation in nonlinear systems

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 813-822

  Lavrador, Pedro Miguel ^a   Borges de Carvalho, Nuno ^a   Pedro, José Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Correlation; Nonlinear distortion; Spectral analysis; Volterra series

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

DYNAMIC NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; FINITE VOLTERRA SERIES;

NONLINEAR DISTORTION;

EID: 1842422912     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2004.823543     Document Type: Article

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