Wideband active load–pull by device output match compensation using a vector network analyzer

AM Angelotti, GP Gibiino, TS Nielsen… - IEEE Transactions …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This work investigates wideband active load-pull (WALP) on microwave electron devices
with a standard vector network analyzer (VNA), solely using calibrated frequency-domain …

Error vector magnitude measurement for power amplifiers under wideband load impedance mismatch: System-level analysis and VNA-based implementation

GP Gibiino, AM Angelotti, A Santarelli, PA Traverso - Measurement, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Error Vector Magnitude (EVM) is a fundamental metric used in communications
to quantify the wideband distortion generated by a non-linear device subject to modulated …

Error vector magnitude as a performance standard for antennas in the millimeter-wave era: Part 1: Metric comparisons and measurement concepts

D Brown, Y Rahmat-Samii - IEEE Antennas and Propagation …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Millimeter-wave communication systems will rely on the large-scale deployment of
wideband digital modulation schemes and highly integrated phased arrays to significantly …

Combined wideband active load-pull and modulation distortion characterization with a vector network analyzer

AM Angelotti, GP Gibiino, A Santarelli… - 2021 97th ARFTG …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present a demonstrator set-up for amplifier error-vector magnitude (EVM)
characterization in the presence of wideband load termination arbitrarily set by the user …