Recent advances in real-time load-pull systems

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2640-2646

  Teppati, Valeria ^a   Ferrero, Andrea ^a   Pisani, Umberto ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Directional couplers; Microwave devices; Microwave measurements; Microwave phase shifters; Microwave power amplifiers; Microwave power FETs; Tuners; Yttrium iron garnet filters

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); DIRECTIONAL COUPLERS; GARNETS; MICROWAVE AMPLIFIERS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; MICROWAVE GENERATION; MICROWAVE POWER TRANSMISSION; MICROWAVES; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; POWER AMPLIFIERS; SILICATE MINERALS; TUNERS; WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS; YTTRIUM; YTTRIUM ALLOYS; YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS;

ACCURATE; AMPLIFIER OUTPUTS; MICROWAVE PHASE SHIFTERS; MICROWAVE POWER AMPLIFIERS; MICROWAVE POWER FETS; OVERALL COSTS; PASSIVE TUNERS; PULL SYSTEMS; PULL TESTS; ULTRALOW-LOSS; YTTRIUM IRON GARNET FILTERS;

REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

EID: 54949085734     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2008.926044     Document Type: Article

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