A figure of merit for the evaluation of long term memory effects in RF power amplifiers

被引:1
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作者
Martins, Joao Paulo [1 ]
Carvalho, Nuno Borges [1 ]
Pedro, Jose Carlos [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Aveiro, Inst Telecomunicacoes, P-3800 Aveiro, Portugal
来源
2006 IEEE MTT-S INTERNATIONAL MICROWAVE SYMPOSIUM DIGEST, VOLS 1-5 | 2006年
关键词
power amplifiers; nonlinear systems; long term memory;
D O I
10.1109/MWSYM.2006.249957
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
This paper proposes a long term memory effect figure of merit, FOM, that can be easily measured in a microwave laboratory and has a simple interpretation in the power amplifier, PA, linearization field. For that, a brief explanation of the long term memory effects' origins in a RF PA is first presented, and then, the concept of the optimum memoryless PA linearizer is introduced. This is used to define a FOM capable of classifying PAs from a slow dynamics perspective.
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页码:1109 / +
页数:2
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