Microwave measurements - Part III: Advanced non-linear measurements

IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Magazine

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 17-22

  Teppati, Valeria ^a   Ferrero, Andrea ^a,b,c   Camarchia, Vittorio ^a,d   Neri, Alessandra ^a   Pirola, Marco ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b HEWLETT PACKARD COMPANY   (United States)

^c ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Frequency measurement; Harmonic analysis; Microwave amplifiers; Microwave devices; Microwave measurements; Microwave theory and techniques; Time domain analysis

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FREQUENCY MEASUREMENT; FOURIER SERIES; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENTS; MICROWAVE AMPLIFIERS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; MICROWAVE MEASUREMENT; MODULATION; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

DESIGN DEVELOPMENTS; DEVICE MODELS; DEVICE UNDER TESTS; FREQUENCY MEASUREMENT; HARMONIC FREQUENCIES; LINEAR MEASUREMENTS; MEASUREMENT CONDITIONS; MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; MICROWAVE SOURCES; MODULATION LOADS; NON-LINEAR DEVICES; NON-LINEAR MEASUREMENTS; OPERATING CONDITIONS; OPTIMUM INPUTS; OUTPUT POWERS; PASSIVE LOADS; PERFORMANCE DESIGNS; PERFORMANCE METRICS; PULL SYSTEMS; SIGNAL CONDITIONS; TIMEDOMAIN WAVEFORMS; TONE EXCITATIONS; WIRELESS APPLICATIONS;

MICROWAVES;

EID: 57849162476     PISSN: 10946969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MIM.2008.4694153     Document Type: Article

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