Nonlinear characterization of microwave power amplifiers with supply modulation

International Workshop on Integrated Nonlinear Microwave and Millimetre-Wave Circuits, INMMiC 2014

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages

  Gibiino, Gian Piero ^a,b   Avolio, Gustavo ^b   Schreurs, Dominique ^b   Santarelli, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Large signal measurements; power amplifier characterization; supply modulation

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; MODULATION; POWER AMPLIFIERS;

CONVERSION FUNCTION; HIGH-FREQUENCY CHARACTERIZATION; INNOVATIVE APPROACHES; LARGE-SIGNALS; MICROWAVE POWER AMPLIFIER; NONLINEAR CHARACTERIZATION; PORT CHARACTERIZATION; SUPPLY MODULATION;

MICROWAVE AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 84901407622     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/INMMIC.2014.6815098     Document Type: Conference Paper

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