Joint mitigation of nonlinear RF and baseband distortions in wideband direct-conversion receivers

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 166-182

  Grimm, Michael ^a   Allen, Markus ^b   Marttila, Jaakko ^b   Valkama, Mikko ^b   Thoma, Reiner ^a  

^a ILMENAU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Adaptive signal processing; cognitive radio (CR); interference cancellation; intermodulation distortion (IMD); linearization techniques; nonlinear distortion; software defined radio (SDR)

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL DEVICES; DIGITAL RADIO; DISTORTION (WAVES); INTERMODULATION DISTORTION; LINEARIZATION; LOW NOISE AMPLIFIERS; NONLINEAR DISTORTION; RADAR SYSTEMS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOFTWARE RADIO;

ADAPTIVE SIGNAL PROCESSING; DIRECT CONVERSION RECEIVERS; FEED-FORWARD LINEARIZATIONS; INTERFERENCE CANCELLATION; LINEARIZATION TECHNIQUE; NONLINEAR DISTORTION EFFECTS; SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIOS; SPURIOUS-FREE DYNAMIC RANGE;

RADIO RECEIVERS;

EID: 84892435855     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2013.2292603     Document Type: Article

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