On the robustness of the predistortion function synthesis for highly nonlinear RF power amplifiers linearization

Proceedings of the 36th European Microwave Conference, EuMC 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 145-148

  Hammi, Oualid ^a   Boumaiza, Slim ^a   Ghannouchi, Fadhel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Digital predistorter; Look up tables; Non linearity; Polynomial model; Power amplifiers

Indexed keywords

CODE DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; POWER AMPLIFIERS;

DIGITAL PREDISTORTERS; POLYNOMIAL MODELS;

DISTORTION (WAVES);

EID: 41649089514     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EUMC.2006.281239     Document Type: Conference Paper

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