Advanced load pull systems

IET Seminar Digest

Volumn 2006, Issue 11495, 2006, Pages 27-54

  Mayer, M ^a   Arthaber, H ^a   Magerl, G ^a   Kother D ^b   Lees, J ^c   Benedikt, J ^c   Tasker, P J ^c  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b IMST ^*  (Germany)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC LOADS; ELECTRIC POWER MEASUREMENT; LINEAR SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POWER AMPLIFIERS;

BROADBAND MODULATION; POWER HANDLING; REALISTIC STIMULI; RF POWER DEVICES;

ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS;

EID: 33845648565     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1049/ic:20060002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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