New time-domain voltage and current waveform measurement setup for power amplifier characterization and optimization

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 224-231

  Bensmida, Souheil ^b   Poiré, Philippe ^c   Negra, Renato ^a,b   Ghannouchi, Fadhel M ^a,b   Brassard, Gilles ^d  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c THALES ALENIA SPACE   (France)

^d CANADIAN SPACE AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Power amplifier; Reference generator; Six port (SP) reflectometer; Source pull load pull; Step recovery diode (SRD); Voltage current waveform

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; GALLIUM COMPOUNDS; OPTIMIZATION; VOLTAGE MEASUREMENT; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

HOMODYNE VECTOR NETWORK ANALYZER; STEP RECOVERY DIODE (SRD);

POWER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 38149109095     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2007.912225     Document Type: Article

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