Nonlinear simulation of mixers for assessing system-level performance

International Journal of RF and Microwave Computer-Aided Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 350-361

  Carvalho, Nuno B ^a   Pedro, José C ^a   Jang, Wonhoon ^b   Steer, Michael B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Harmonic balance; Mixers; Nonlinear systems; Simulation techniques

Indexed keywords

ADJACENT CHANNEL (AC) INTERFERER; HARMONIC-BALANCE; SIGNAL IMPAIRMENT; VOLTERRA SERIES ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR DISTORTION; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; TRANSCEIVERS;

MIXER CIRCUITS;

EID: 21644486397     PISSN: 10964290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mmce.20091     Document Type: Article

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