• DocumentCode
    1968583
  • Title

    Novel base-band envelope load pull architecture [RF device testing]

  • Author

    Williams, Tudor ; Benedikt, Johannes ; Tasker, Paul J.

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Eng., Cardiff Univ., UK
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    6-7 Sept. 2004
  • Firstpage
    157
  • Lastpage
    161
  • Abstract
    The paper presents a novel active load-pull architecture capable of providing a constant broadband load with varying drive conditions that is unconditionally stable thus overcoming for the first time many of the problems associated with existing active load pull architectures.
  • Keywords
    UHF measurement; electric impedance measurement; electronic equipment testing; impedance matching; test equipment; 1.8 GHz; RF device testing; active load-pull architecture; base-band envelope load pull architecture; constant broadband load; load impedance emulation; unconditionally stable drive conditions; varying load drive conditions; Circuits; Demodulation; Emulation; Frequency conversion; Impedance; RF signals; Radio frequency; Reflection; Signal generators; Testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    High Frequency Postgraduate Student Colloquium, 2004
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8426-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/HFPSC.2004.1360378
  • Filename
    1360378