Linearizability of TWTAs using predistortion techniques

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 718-727

  Qiu, Joe X ^a   Abe, David K ^a   Antonsen Jr , Thomas M ^b,c   Danly, Bruce G ^a   Levush, Baruch ^a   Myers, Robert E ^d  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^d NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Linearization; Microwave power amplifiers; Nonlinear distortion; Predistortion linearization; Quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM); Traveling wave tubes (TWTs)

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC NETWORK SYNTHESIS; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROWAVE AMPLIFIERS; NONLINEAR DISTORTION; OPTIMIZATION; POWER AMPLIFIERS; QUADRATURE AMPLITUDE MODULATION;

MICROWAVE POWER AMPLIFIERS; PREDISTORTION LINEARIZATION;

TRAVELING WAVE TUBES;

EID: 18844420305     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TED.2005.845838     Document Type: Article

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