A physical model of power amplifiers AM/AM and AM/PM distortions and their internal relationship

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Nunes, Luis C ^a   Cabral, Pedro M ^a   Pedro, Jose C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Amplitude distortion; Phase distortion; Power amplifier

Indexed keywords

AM/AM AND AM/PM DISTORTION; AMPLITUDE DISTORTIONS; AMPLITUDE VARIATIONS; DISTORTION EFFECTS; GENERATION MECHANISM; INTERNAL RELATIONSHIPS; PHASE DISTORTIONS; PHASE VARIATION;

DISTORTION (WAVES); NONLINEAR DISTORTION;

POWER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 84893268724     PISSN: 0149645X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MWSYM.2013.6697497     Document Type: Conference Paper

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