• DocumentCode
    2135329
  • Title

    Evaluation of 2ND and 3RD Order Intermodulation Distortion of Cascaded MESFET´s

  • Author

    Pedro, José Carlos ; Domingues, Paulo Grilo

  • Author_Institution
    Instituto de Telecomunicações - Universidade de Aveiro - 3800 AVEIRO - Portugal. Tel: 351-34-383089 / FAX: 351-34-383091 / E-mail: jcpedro@gm400.det.ua.pt
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    1997
  • fDate
    8-12 Sept. 1997
  • Firstpage
    739
  • Lastpage
    744
  • Abstract
    2nd and 3rd order intermodulation distortion, IMD, produced in a cascade of GaAs MESFET´s, is, for the first time, evaluated. The conclusions were drawn from both numerical simulations and simple analytic calculations, using Volterra Series techniques, and specific nonlinear device modeling for IMD prediction. Cascode, asymmetric differential pair and common-source chain configurations are addressed, and conditions for IMD reduction are investigated. Laboratory results obtained with such a prototype validate the approach.
  • Keywords
    Character generation; Gallium arsenide; Intermodulation distortion; Laboratories; MESFETs; Numerical simulation; Predictive models; Prototypes; Telecommunications; Transfer functions;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Conference, 1997. 27th European
  • Conference_Location
    Jerusalem, Israel
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EUMA.1997.337882
  • Filename
    4138934