Microwave measurements Part II: Non-linear measurements

IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Magazine

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 34-39

  Camarchia, Vittorio ^a   Teppati, Valeria ^a   Corbellini, Simone ^a   Pirola, Marco ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIRECTIONAL COUPLERS; ERROR CORRECTION; MULTIPLEXING EQUIPMENT; NONLINEAR ANALYSIS;

ACTIVE-LOOP TECHNIQUE; VECTOR NETWORK ANALYZER;

MICROWAVE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 34548273073     PISSN: 10946969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MIM.2007.4284255     Document Type: Article

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