Title :
A new microwave amplifier nonlinearity measurement method
Author :
Berceli, T. ; Marozsak, T.
Author_Institution :
Budapest Univ. of Technol. & Econ.
Abstract :
The measurement of the nonlinearity parameters is usually cumbersome and not accurate enough. In this paper a new method is presented for the measurement of the nonlinearity characteristics, i.e. for the AM compression and AM-to-PM conversion. The new method offers an easy measurement process which is widely applicable. It does not need special instrumentation. The new method has another important advantage: the dynamic behavior of the nonlinearity characteristics can also be obtained in a simple way. Utilizing the new measurement method the nonlinear characteristics of a microwave amplifier have been determined
Keywords :
microwave amplifiers; microwave measurement; AM compression; AM-to-PM conversion; microwave amplifier; nonlinearity characteristics; nonlinearity measurement method; Amplitude modulation; Distortion measurement; Frequency conversion; Frequency measurement; Gain; Instruments; Microwave amplifiers; Microwave measurements; Microwave theory and techniques; Phase measurement; Microwave amplifiers; measurement; nonlinear circuits;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference, 2006. 36th European
Conference_Location :
Manchester
Print_ISBN :
2-9600551-6-0
DOI :
10.1109/EUMC.2006.281286
