Active envelope load-pull for wideband multi-tone stimulus incorporating delay compensation

Proceedings of the 38th European Microwave Conference, EuMC 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 317-320

  Hashim, S J ^a   Hashmi, M S ^a   Williams, T ^a   Woodington, S ^a   Benedikt, J ^a   Tasker, P J ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; DIGITAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC LOADS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ACTIVE LOADS; DELAY COMPENSATIONS; DIGITAL CONTROL UNITS; FEED-BACK LOOPS; FREQUENCY INDEPENDENTS; HIGH-SPEED SIGNAL PROCESSING; LOAD IMPEDANCES; LOAD PULLS; LOOP DELAYS; MULTI TONES; NEW SOLUTIONS; PHASE ENVELOPES; PROOF OF CONCEPTS; RECONFIGURABLE FPGA; REFLECTED SIGNALS; RF COMMUNICATIONS; SIGNAL EXCITATIONS; TIME-VARYING; WIDE BANDS;

MICROWAVES;

EID: 62349084006     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EUMC.2008.4751452     Document Type: Conference Paper

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