• DocumentCode
    1644902
  • Title

    A general purpose microwave power amplifier characterization setup and its phase calibration

  • Author

    Shen, Yilong ; Gajadharsing, John ; Tauritz, J.

  • Author_Institution
    RF Power & Basestation, NXP Semicond., Nijmegen, Netherlands
  • fYear
    2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    A test setup similar in working principle to that of a commercial VSG&VSA combination is presented for the dynamic characterization of microwave power amplifiers (PAs). Features and performance of the setup are discussed. The paper also considers calibration of the phase measurement of such time domain systems based on the concept of nonlinear phase distortion.
  • Keywords
    calibration; distortion measurement; microwave measurement; microwave power amplifiers; time-domain analysis; VSG&VSA combination; dynamic characterization; general purpose microwave power amplifier; nonlinear phase distortion; phase measurement calibration; time domain systems; Calibration; Distortion measurement; Frequency; Microwave amplifiers; Performance evaluation; Phase distortion; Phase measurement; Power amplifiers; Radiofrequency amplifiers; Testing; Calibration; demodulation; nonlinear distortion; phase distortion; phase measurement; power amplifiers; time domain measurements;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Measurement Conference, 2009 73rd ARFTG
  • Conference_Location
    Boston, MA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-3442-8
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-3443-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ARFTG.2009.5278077
  • Filename
    5278077