Abstract:
The present invention includes a method for generating a model of a circuit having an input port and an output port. The method determines an amplitude for current leaving the output port at a frequency ωk when a signal that includes a carrier at ωj modulated by a signal Vj(t) is input to the input port, wherein ωk is a harmonic of ωj. The determined amplitude is used to determine values for a set of constants, ak, such that a function fk(V,ak) provides an estimate of the current, Ik(t), leaving the output port at a frequency ωk when a signal having the form V ( t ) = Re ∑ k = 1 , H V k ( t ) exp ( jω k t ) is input to the input port. Here Vk(t) is a component of a set of values V. The fk(V,ak) are used to provide a simulator component adapted for use in a circuit simulator.
Abstract:
Novel excitation signals are specifically designed for testing a nonlinear device-under-test such that all of the desired intermodulation products are measurable after being converted by a sampling frequency convertor. This is achieved by using excitation frequencies which are equal to an integer multiple of the sampling frequency of the sampling frequency convertor plus or minus small frequency offsets. The offset frequencies are carefully choosen such that the frequencies of all the significant intermodulation products after being converted by the sampling frequency convertor are within the bandwidth of the sampling frequency convertor output.
Abstract:
A method and system for predistorting signals provides a test signal to model a non-linear component. Model kernels representative of static and dynamic parts of the model are extracted from an output of the non-linear component responsive to the test signal. The dynamic part represents memory effects of the non-linear component. The model kernels are then used to calculate an inverse memory model component model. An input signal is predistorted using the inverse memory model.
Abstract:
A novel method is described that enables the measurement of the phase of the spectral components generated by an harmonic phase reference generator without using a calibrated sampling oscilloscope. First one uses a vector network analyzer to measure the output reflection coefficient of an harmonic phase transfer standard and of the harmonic phase reference generator that needs to be characterized. Next one connects the transfer standard to a microwave receiver and one measures the spectral components that are generated by the transfer standard. One then connects the harmonic phase reference generator to be characterized to the microwave receiver. The spectral components of the harmonic phase reference generator to be characterized are calculated by using the spectrum of the transfer standard as measured by the receiver, the spectrum of the harmonic phase reference generator to be characterized as measured by the receiver and the known spectrum of the transfer standard.
Abstract:
Novel excitation signals are specifically designed for testing a high-frequency mixer such that all of the desired intermodulation products are measurable after being converted by a sampling frequency converter. This is achieved by using excitation frequencies which are equal to an integer multiple of the sampling frequency of the sampling frequency convertor plus or minus small frequency offsets. The offset frequencies are carefully choosen such that the frequencies of all the significant intermodulation products after being converted by the sampling frequency converter are within the bandwidth of the sampling frequency converter output.
Abstract:
The present invention includes a method for generating a model of a circuit having an input port and an output port. The method determines an amplitude for current leaving the output port at a frequency ωk when a signal that includes a carrier at ωj modulated by a signal Vj(t) is input to the input port, wherein ωk is a harmonic of ωj. The determined amplitude is used to determine values for a set of constants, ak, such that a function fk(V,ak) provides an estimate of the current, Ik(t), leaving the output port at a frequency ωk when a signal having the form V ( t ) = Re ∑ k = 1 , H V k ( t ) exp ( jω k t ) is input to the input port. Here Vk(t) is a component of a set of values V. The fk(V,ak) are used to provide a simulator component adapted for use in a circuit simulator.