Title :
Development of a compact, broadband FET linearizer for satellite use
Author :
Ogura, Shotaroh ; Seino, K. ; Kamikokura, A. ; Hirose, Hideo
Author_Institution :
Mitsubishi Electr. Corp., Kanagawa, Japan
Abstract :
A small sized, high performance linearizer has been developed. This linearizer consists of only one FET and simple matching circuits and is useful in a very broadband from 2 to 12 GHz. The linearizer has been adopted into an SSPA for the GLOBALSTAR program, and a 2 dB NPR improvement has been achieved at the 3 dB output backoff point.
Keywords :
field effect transistor circuits; linearisation techniques; microwave power amplifiers; satellite communication; 2 to 12 GHz; GLOBALSTAR; NPR; SSPA; compact broadband FET linearizer; matching circuit; output backoff point; satellite communication; Bandwidth; Crosstalk; Equivalent circuits; FETs; High power amplifiers; Phase distortion; Power amplifiers; Predistortion; Satellite communication; Scattering parameters;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Symposium Digest, 1997., IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
Denver, CO, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3814-6
DOI :
10.1109/MWSYM.1997.596541
