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TechnologyMake Sense of Nonlinear Distortion Part 2: Predicting and minimizing distortion
Figure 1: Pulse response of an amplifier with thermal distortion memory In Part 1, we viewed nonlinear distortion as a level-dependent shift in modulation, amplitude and phase. Next, we use that technique to
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UncategorizedMake Sense of Nonlinear Distortion Part 1: Viewing distortion as a modulation effect
Figure 1 Two-tone modulation vector behavior If not managed, nonlinear distortion can cause havoc in satellite links by degrading Bit Error Rate (BER) and generating interference to other signals. To control