Three-tone characterization of nonlinear memory effects in radio-frequency power amplifiers

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2646-2657

  Rönnow, Daniel ^a   Wisell, Wisell ^b   Isaksson, Magnus ^c  

^a WESTERNGECO   (United Kingdom)

^b ERICSSON RESEARCH   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Behavioral model; Nonlinear; Power amplifier (PA); Radio frequency (RF); Symmetry properties; Volterra kernel

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; FREQUENCY MODULATION; INTERMODULATION; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; POWER AMPLIFIERS;

RADIO FREQUENCY; THREE-TONE MEASUREMENT; VOLTERRA KERNEL;

RADIO FREQUENCY AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 37249031973     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2007.907958     Document Type: Article

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