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Talks and Poster Presentations (with Proceedings-Entry):

N. Leder, T. Faseth, H. Ruotsalainen, H. Arthaber:
"Characterization and Modeling of Pulse Drivers for Switch Mode Power Amplifier Measurements";
Talk: 2015 IEEE Radio & Wireless Week (RWW), San Diego, CA, USA; 2015-01-25 - 2015-01-28; in: "Proceedings of the 2015 IEEE Topical Conference on Power Amplifiers for Wireless and Radio Applications", (2015), ISBN: 978-1-4799-5515-2; 43 - 45.



English abstract:
The paper adresses linearity issues of pulse drivers for the use in class-S power amplifiers. Nonlinear effects introduce unwanted signal components, however, pulse drivers are usually designed to be driven into saturation. Hence, it is a challenging but often necessary task to characterize and model these nonlinear effects especially in an early design stage. This paper addresses that issue by measurements carried out on a configurable pulse driver, namely Triquint's TGA4954-SL. It is demonstrated that characterization and modeling of a digital pulse generating system can be performed using a relatively short and generic excitation sequence.

Keywords:
Delta-sigma modulation, microwave amplifiers, nonlinear distortion, nonlinear modeling, power amplifiers, pulse amplifiers

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