DocumentCode
909735
Title
Intermodulation Distortion and Gain Compression in Varactor Frequency Converters (Short Papers)
Author
Ghobrial, S.I.
Volume
23
Issue
2
fYear
1975
fDate
2/1/1975 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
255
Lastpage
257
Abstract
Using the nonlinear theory of Gardiner and Ghobrial gain compression in varactor frequency converters is characterized and related to the distortion performance of the device. It is shown that gain compression results from the generation of a current component at the sideband frequency which is in antiphase with the main sideband current component. It is also shown that under certain conditions, high levels of intermodulation distortion can exist with practically zero gain compression.
Keywords
Couplers; Coupling circuits; Dielectric constant; Dielectric substrates; Differential equations; Frequency conversion; Intermodulation distortion; Microstrip; Notice of Violation; Varactors;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9480
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TMTT.1975.1128535
Filename
1128535
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