A technique to extend the bandwidth of an RF power amplifier test bed

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1488-1494

  Wisell, David ^a,b,c   Rönnow, Daniel ^b,d   Händel, Peter ^b,c  

^a ERICSSON RESEARCH   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d WESTERNGECO   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amplifier model; Bandwidth extension; Dynamic range; Measurement system; Power amplifier (PA); Test bed

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH EXTENSION TECHNIQUE; DOHERTY AMPLIFIER; WIDEBAND SIGNAL;

BANDWIDTH; CODE DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS; ERROR ANALYSIS;

POWER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 34547860353     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2007.900101     Document Type: Article

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