Active simultaneous harmonic source and load pull assisted by local polyharmonic distortion models

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1166-1169

  Leoni III, Robert E ^a   Harris, Scott A ^a   Ries, David G ^a  

^a RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral modeling; High efficiency power amplifiers; Large signal measurement; Nonlinear systems; Polyharmonic distortion models; Transistor characterization

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL MODELING; DC CHARACTERISTICS; DISTORTION MODEL; HARMONIC SOURCES; HIGH EFFICIENCY POWER AMPLIFIERS; LARGE-SIGNALS; LOAD PULL; LOAD PULL SYSTEMS; PARASITIC REACTANCE; PEAK EFFICIENCY; REAL-WORLD; RF CONVERSION; STEEPEST ASCENT; THEORETICAL APPROACH;

DC POWER TRANSMISSION; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; POWER AMPLIFIERS; TECHNOLOGY; TRANSISTORS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 77957819303     PISSN: 0149645X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MWSYM.2010.5515961     Document Type: Conference Paper

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