Analysis of microwave MESFET power amplifiers for digital wireless communications systems

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1284-1291

  Huang, Chien Chang ^a   Pai, Han Ting ^a,b   Chen, Kuan Yu ^a  

^a YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b SE Technologies Corporation ^*  (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Computer aided analysis; Digital radio; MESFET power amplifiers (PAs); Nonlinear distortion; Volterra series

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; DIGITAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; DIGITAL RADIO; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; GAUSSIAN NOISE (ELECTRONIC); MESFET DEVICES; MICROWAVE DEVICES; NONLINEAR DISTORTION; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; POWER AMPLIFIERS;

ADJACENT-CHANNEL POWER RATIO (ACPR); MESFET POWER AMPLIFIERS; NOISE CHANNELS; VOLTERRA SERIES;

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 2442598098     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2004.825646     Document Type: Article

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