Title :
Intermodulation distortion in class F amplifiers
Author :
Moazzam, M.R. ; Darvishzadeh, M.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electron. & Manuf. Syst. Eng., Westminster Univ., London, UK
Abstract :
This paper presents the results of a CAD investigation on the intermodulation distortion performance of class F RF and microwave amplifiers. The investigation reveals that the employing class F technique causes a reduction in the level of the third order intermodulation distortion in the amplifier. The investigation concludes that the termination of the even harmonics to a short circuits plays the major role in this reduction
Keywords :
MESFET circuits; UHF amplifiers; circuit CAD; circuit analysis computing; harmonics; intermodulation distortion; microwave amplifiers; radiofrequency amplifiers; CAD investigation; IMD performance; MESFET amplifiers; RF amplifiers; class F amplifiers; even harmonics; intermodulation distortion; microwave amplifiers; short circuits; third order IMD reduction;
Conference_Titel :
RF Design Scene, IEE Colloquium on
Conference_Location :
London
DOI :
10.1049/ic:19960177
