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
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