Linearization of large-signal scattering functions

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 53, Issue 4 I, 2005, Pages 1369-1376

  Verspecht, Jan ^a   Williams, Dylan F ^b   Schreurs, Dominique ^c   Remley, Kate A ^b   McKinley, Michael D ^b  

^a Jan Verspecht bvba   (Belgium)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Frequency translation; Large signal; Network analysis; Nonlinear; Scattering parameters; Vector signal generator

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; LINEARIZATION; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MICROWAVES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL PHASE CONJUGATION; SCATTERING PARAMETERS; SIGNAL SYSTEMS; TRANSISTORS;

FREQUENCY TRANSLATION; LARGE SIGNAL; NONLINEAR; VECTOR SIGNAL GENERATORS;

LIGHT SCATTERING;

EID: 18744397280     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2005.845771     Document Type: Article

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