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Contributions to adjacent channel power in microwave and wireless systems by PIN diodes

Author(s): James C. Peyton Jones, Robert Caverly
Year of Publication: 2006
ISBN: 0780375425 View in Library Catalog
Proceedings Title: IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest
Conference Location: San Francisco, CA
Conference Dates: June 2006
Start Page: 910
End Page: 913
Abstract: Spectral regrowth is a major design issue confronting the wireless transmitter and system designer. Considerable work has been performed by a number of investigators into the level of spectral regrowth produced by power amplifiers but no work to date has studied how the spectral regrowth is influenced by PIN diodes that in the same RF path. This paper is a first look at the contributions of PIN diodes following amplifiers to generation of adjacent channel power. A methodology based on a Volterra analysis shows how nonlinear signal contributions by PIN diodes influence spectral regrowth and how the operating conditions of the diodes may be changed to control this contribution.
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