Using digital modulation to measure and model RF amplifier distortion

Applied Microwave and Wireless

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1997, Pages

  Heutmaker, Michael S ^a,b,c   Welch, John R ^a,d   Wu, Eleanor ^a,d  

^a NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 4244009770     PISSN: 10750207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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