Waveform inspired models and the harmonic balance emulator

Tasker, Paul J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6760-7830 and Benedikt, Johannes ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9583-2349 2011. Waveform inspired models and the harmonic balance emulator. IEEE Microwave Magazine 12 (2) , pp. 38-54. 10.1109/MMM.2010.940101

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Abstract

The paper presents the power amplifier design. The introduction of a practical harmonic balance capability at the device measurement stage brings a number of advantages and challenges. Breaking down this traditional barrier means that the test-bench engineer needs to become more aware of the design process and requirements. The inverse is also true, as the measurement specifications for a harmonically tuned amplifier are a bit more complex than just the measurement of load-pull contours. We hope that the new level of integration between both will also result in better exchanges between both sides and go beyond showing either very accurate, highly tuned device models, or using the device model as the traditional scapegoat for unsuccessful PA designs. A nonlinear model and its quality can now be diagnosed through direct comparison of simulated and measured wave forms. The quality of a PA design can be verified by placing the device within the measurement system, practical harmonic balance emulator into the same impedance state in which it will operate in the actual realized design.

Item Type:	Article
Status:	Published
Schools:	Engineering
Subjects:	T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
Publisher:	IEEE
ISSN:	1527-3342
Last Modified:	18 Oct 2022 13:49
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/15569

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