On the significance of envelope peak-to-average ratio for estimating the spectral regrowth of an rf/microwave power amplifier

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1065-1068

  Sevic, John F ^a,c   Steer, Michael B ^b,c  

^a Spectrian Corporation   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Digital modulation; Intermodulation distortion; Linearity; Microwave power amplifier; Peak to average ratio; Rf power amplifier; Signal statistics; Spectral regrowth

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747362165     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.904746     Document Type: Article

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