Modeling the nonlinear response of multitones with uncorrected phase

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2147-2156

  Hart, Frank P ^a,b   Steer, Michael B ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Arithmetic operator method (AOM); Computer aided analysis; Multitone signals; Nonlinear amplifiers; Uncorrelated phase

Indexed keywords

ARITHMETIC OPERATOR METHOD (AOM); MULTITONE SIGNALS; NONLINEAR AMPLIFIERS; UNCORRELATED PHASES;

COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; CORRELATION METHODS; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; PHASE MEASUREMENT;

NONLINEAR SYSTEMS;

EID: 35348836852     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2007.906462     Document Type: Article

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