Title :
Power amplifier for microwave digital radios with inherent phase compensation
Author :
Bura, P. ; Gelerman, D. ; Ntake, P.
Author_Institution :
Analogue & Radio Transmission Div., Northern Telecomm. Canada Ltd., St Laurent, Que., Canada
fDate :
10/1/1988 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The linearity requirements and the design of an amplifier for a 64 QAM digital radio are described. A partial phase compensation between the cascaded bipolar transistor and FET amplifying stages helps to achieve bit error rates better than 10-20.
Keywords :
microwave amplifiers; power amplifiers; radio equipment; solid-state microwave circuits; 3.7 to 4.2 GHz; 64 QAM digital radio; FET amplifying stages; bit error rates; cascaded bipolar transistor; inherent phase compensation; linearity requirements; microwave amplifier; microwave digital radios; power amplifier;
Journal_Title :
Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation, IEE Proceedings H