• DocumentCode
    1323980
  • Title

    Measurement of RF power amplifier AM/AM AM/PM characteristics at constant junction temperature

  • Author

    He, Q. ; Faulkner, Michael

  • Author_Institution
    Mobile Commun. & Signal Process. Group, Victoria Univ. of Technol., Melbourne, Vic., Australia
  • Volume
    36
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    2/3/2000 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    259
  • Lastpage
    261
  • Abstract
    A new low cost method is presented for measuring the input-output AM/AM and AM/PM characteristics of an RF or microwave power amplifier at constant junction temperature (Tj). A thermal model of a bipolar junction transistor (BJT) RF power device is used to estimate T j during the power sweep of a standard network analyser
  • Keywords
    radiofrequency amplifiers; AM/AM characteristics; AM/PM characteristics; BJT thermal model; RF power amplifier; RF power device; bipolar junction transistor; constant junction temperature; input-output characteristics measurement; low cost method; microwave power amplifier; power sweep; standard network analyser;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:20000204
  • Filename
    836572
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1323980