Unless you are a hermit or a Stylite, robust interaction with your neighbors is usually a good thing. Of course, this is not the case with broadcast transmitters, where living in isolation is usually ...

Distortion comes in two basic classes: Linear distortion, which is not an oxymoron; and nonlinear distortion, which includes all other distortions except noise. Noise is quite another matter and is ...

The linearity requirements of power amplifiers for use in digital cellular systems can be specified by several figures of merit, including intermodulation distortion and adjacent channel power ratio.

Intermodulation distortion (IMD) measurements are frequently used to characterize the non-linearity of RF components, including ferrite circulators and isolators. Measuring the IMD products of a ...

Mixed-signal printed circuit boards (PCBs) present unique challenges in high-performance applications, such as vibration analysis and other multi-channel data acquisition systems. Nonlinear ...

Harmonic and intermodulation distortion are discussed, and the reasons given for the failure of the former on disc recording. An apparatus for producing two tones and an analysing equipment for the ...

The relationship between saturation, intermodulation distortion and spectral regrowth is important in the design and test of RF power amplifiers. A binary phase shift keyed (BPSK) signal using a 1010 ...

Intermodulation distortion is one of the most interesting signal analyzer measurements. Often abbreviated IMD, it is an important metric of linearity for a wide range of RF and microwave components.

A linear system is one whose transfer function is deterministic (does not change randomly), obeys superposition (signals do not affect each other), and time-invariant. The signal may be distorted, ...