Intermodulation distortion improvement by active compensation in IMPATT amplifiers
Abstract
The letter discusses how the intermodulation distortion in IMPATT-diode amplifiers can be improved significantly by active compensation. Theoretical evaluation based on a large-signal IMPATT-diode model predicts considerable improvement in the intermodulation behavior; in particular, the improvement in the third-order intercept point is found to be in excess of 12 dB.
- Publication:
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Electronics Letters
- Pub Date:
- February 1985
- DOI:
- 10.1049/el:19850134
- Bibcode:
- 1985ElL....21..190R
- Keywords:
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- Avalanche Diodes;
- Intermodulation;
- Microwave Amplifiers;
- Equivalent Circuits;
- Microwave Circuits;
- Power Gain;
- Electronics and Electrical Engineering