High power harmonic active load-pull using broadband impedance transformers

IEEE High Frequency Postgraduate Student Colloquium

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 145-150

  Aboush, Zaid ^a   Benedikt, Johannes ^a   Tasker, Paul ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC LOAD MANAGEMENT; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSISTORS; VISUALIZATION;

BROADBAND IMPEDANCE TRANSFORMER; DEVICE UNDER TEST (DUT); LOAD PULL SYSTEMS; MISMATCHED SYSTEMS;

ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS;

EID: 4644228833     PISSN: 15466523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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