Active harmonic load-pull with realistic wideband communications signals

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2979-2988

  Marchetti, Mauro ^a   Pelk, Marco J ^a   Buisman, Koen ^a   Neo, W C Edmund ^b   Spirito, Marco ^a   De Vreede, Leo C N ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b NXP SEMICONDUCTORS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Complex modulated signals; Device characterization; Large signal characterization; Laterally diffused metal oxide semiconductor (LDMOS); Load pull; Mixed signal; Wideband

Indexed keywords

CODE DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS; DC-DC CONVERTERS; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; MOS DEVICES; REFLECTION; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

COMPLEX MODULATED SIGNALS; DEVICE CHARACTERIZATION; LARGE-SIGNAL CHARACTERIZATION; LATERALLY DIFFUSED METAL-OXIDE-SEMICONDUCTOR (LDMOS); LOAD-PULL; MIXED SIGNAL; WIDEBAND;

SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 57849158664     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2008.2007330     Document Type: Conference Paper

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