Perturbation analysis and experimental verification of intermodulation and harmonic distortion for an anti-series varactor pair

IEICE Transactions on Electronics

Volumn E88-C, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 89-96

  Han, Qing ^a,b   Inagaki, Keizo ^a,b   Ohira, Takashi ^a,b  

^a ADVANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL   (Japan)

^b IEEE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abrupt p n junction; Anti series varactor pair; Nonlinear distortion; Perturbation method

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; HARMONIC DISTORTION; INTERMODULATION; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; VARACTORS;

ABRUPT P-N JUNCTION; ANTI-SERIES-VARACTOR PAIR; PERTURBATION METHOD;

NONLINEAR DISTORTION;

EID: 27544436595     PISSN: 09168524     EISSN: 17451353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ietele/E88-C.1.89     Document Type: Article

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