DocumentCode
2228617
Title
Evaluation and correction of time dependent amplifier non-linearity
Author
Katz, A. ; Dorval, R.
Author_Institution
Trenton State Coll., USA
Volume
2
fYear
1996
fDate
17-21 June 1996
Firstpage
839
Abstract
Both very high linearity and wide bandwidth are required by many new microwave and wireless systems. The linearity of power amplifiers degrades with increasing signal bandwidth. This paper shows that this degradation is related to time-dependent changes in amplifier transfer characteristics. A new method for evaluating an amplifier´s wideband, dynamic, linearity is introduced, and strategies for improving the performance of both conventional and linearized amplifiers are discussed.
Keywords
electric distortion; power amplifiers; radiofrequency amplifiers; wideband amplifiers; amplifier transfer characteristics; linearity degradation; power amplifiers; time dependent amplifier nonlinearity; wide bandwidth operation; wideband dynamic linearity evaluation; Bandwidth; Broadband amplifiers; Degradation; Frequency; Intermodulation distortion; Linearity; Phased arrays; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Testing;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Microwave Symposium Digest, 1996., IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location
San Francisco, CA, USA
ISSN
0149-645X
Print_ISBN
0-7803-3246-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/MWSYM.1996.511068
Filename
511068
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