DocumentCode
1916167
Title
AM/AM and AM/PM power amplifier characterisation technique
Author
Ciccognani, W. ; Colantonio, Paolo ; Giannini, Franco ; Limiti, Ernesto ; Rossi, Massimiliano
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Univ. of Rome "Tor Vergata", Italy
Volume
2
fYear
2004
fDate
17-19 May 2004
Firstpage
678
Abstract
A novel power amplifier´s AM/AM and AM/PM characterisation technique is proposed, making use of two-tone test miming a DSB-SC modulated signal. Its main advantage is related to the possibility to extract the amplifier behaviour under operating conditions closer to actual modulated signals. Moreover, the proposed set-up is featured by simplicity, reduced cost and characterisation effort.
Keywords
amplitude modulation; cost reduction; distortion measurement; phase modulation; power amplifiers; radiocommunication; AM-PM power amplifier characterisation; DSB-SC modulated signal; two-tone test miming; Amplitude modulation; Costs; Electronic equipment testing; Frequency conversion; High power amplifiers; Performance evaluation; Power amplifiers; Power engineering and energy; Power measurement; Vectors;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Microwaves, Radar and Wireless Communications, 2004. MIKON-2004. 15th International Conference on
Print_ISBN
83-906662-7-8
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/MIKON.2004.1357126
Filename
1357126
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