• DocumentCode
    341971
  • Title

    Increasing TWTA multi-carrier saturated power with limiters and linearizers

  • Author

    Katz, A.

  • Author_Institution
    Coll. of New Jersey, NJ, USA
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    13-19 June 1999
  • Firstpage
    337
  • Abstract
    TWTA transmission of multi-carrier signals is becoming increasingly common. Frequently, system linearity requirements allow multi-carrier operation of a TWTA at or near saturation. This is often the case when the TWTA is linearized. This paper investigates the relationship between single carrier and multi-carrier saturation. It is shown that by using a limiter-linearizer combination, TWTA 2-carrier saturated power, can be increased by more than 1 dB and TWTA multi-carrier power (/spl ges/4) by more than 2 dB.
  • Keywords
    linearisation techniques; microwave limiters; microwave power amplifiers; microwave tubes; travelling wave amplifiers; TWT amplifier; TWTA multi-carrier saturated power; limiter-linearizer combination; limiters; linearizers; multicarrier saturation; system linearity requirements; Educational institutions; Intermodulation distortion; Linearity; Low pass filters; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Power measurement; Power system harmonics; Production facilities; Testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Symposium Digest, 1999 IEEE MTT-S International
  • Conference_Location
    Anaheim, CA, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-5135-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MWSYM.1999.779488
  • Filename
    779488