Title :
Linearity and efficiency improvement by active compensation in IMPATT amplifiers
Author :
Riris, A. ; Aitchison, C.S.
Author_Institution :
Chelsea College, Department of Electronics, London, UK
Abstract :
Active compensation is a successful microwave circuit technique previously developed to improve the gain-bandwidth performance of reflection amplifiers under small-signal conditions. The letter describes how this technique can be used to enhance the linearity of IMPATT amplifiers under large-signal conditions.
Keywords :
IMPATT diodes; microwave amplifiers; solid-state microwave circuits; IMPATT amplifiers; active compensation; efficiency; large-signal conditions; linearity; microwave circuit technique;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19850133
