Multitone phase and amplitude measurement for nonlinear device characterization

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 53, Issue 6 II, 2005, Pages 1982-1988

  Martins, João Paulo ^a,b   Carvalho, Nuno Borges ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b Martifer Energia SA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Instrumentation; Measurement; Nonlinear distortion; Phase measurement

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; DISCRETE FOURIER TRANSFORMS; EQUIPMENT TESTING; FREQUENCIES; MODULATION; NONLINEAR DISTORTION; POWER AMPLIFIERS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

DEVICE-UNDER-TEST (DUT); INSTRUMENTATION; INTERMODULATION DISTORTION; NONLINEAR FUNCTIONS;

PHASE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 23144442155     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2005.848841     Document Type: Conference Paper

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