Multiharmonic source-pull/load-pull active setup based on six-port reflectometers: Influence of the second harmonic source impedance on RF performances of power transistors

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1118-1124

  Bergeault, Eric ^a   Gibrat, Olivier ^a   Bensmida, Souheil ^a   Huyart, Bernard ^a  

^a Departement Communications   (France)

Author keywords

Load pull; MESFET; Multiharmonic; Nonlinear; Power amplifiers; Six port; Source pull

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; POWER AMPLIFIERS; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION; TRANSISTORS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

MULTIHARMONIC SOURCES; POWER TRANSISTORS; POWER-ADDED EFFICIENCY (PAE); SIX-PORT REFLECTOMETERS;

REFLECTOMETERS;

EID: 2442621310     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2004.825713     Document Type: Article

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