On Passive Intermodulation Test of Analog and Digital Systems

Dmitry Kozlov; Alexey Shitvov; Alexander Schuchinsky

doi:10.1109/INMMIC.2015.7330375

On Passive Intermodulation Test of Analog and Digital Systems

Dmitry Kozlov, Alexey Shitvov, Alexander Schuchinsky

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Abstract

This paper presents initial results of evaluating suitability of the conventional two-tone CW passive intermodulation (PIM) test for characterization of modulated signal distortion by passive nonlinearities in base station antennas and RF front-end. A comprehensive analysis of analog and digitally modulated waveforms in the transmission lines with weak distributed nonlinearity has been performed using the harmonic balance analysis and X-parameters in Advanced Design System (ADS) simulator. The nonlinear distortion metrics used in the conventional two-tone CW PIM test have been compared with the respective spectral metrics applied to the modulated waveforms, such as adjacent channel power ratio (ACPR) and error vector magnitude (EVM). It is shown that the results of two-tone CW PIM tests are consistent with the metrics used for assessment of signal integrity of both analog and digitally modulated waveforms.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2015 Integrated Nonlinear Microwave and Millimetre-wave Circuits Workshop (INMMiC)
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Number of pages	3
ISBN (Print)	9781467364966
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/INMMIC.2015.7330375
Publication status	Published - 2015
Event	The International Workshop on Integrated Nonlinear Microwave and Millimetre-wave Circuits - Sicily, Taormina, Italy Duration: 01 Oct 2015 → 02 Oct 2015

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Conference	The International Workshop on Integrated Nonlinear Microwave and Millimetre-wave Circuits
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Taormina
Period	01/10/2015 → 02/10/2015

Keywords

Communication nonlinearities
passive intermodulation
signal integrity
nonlinear distortion

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Kozlov, D, Shitvov, A & Schuchinsky, A 2015, On Passive Intermodulation Test of Analog and Digital Systems. in 2015 Integrated Nonlinear Microwave and Millimetre-wave Circuits Workshop (INMMiC). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., The International Workshop on Integrated Nonlinear Microwave and Millimetre-wave Circuits, Taormina, Italy, 01/10/2015. https://doi.org/10.1109/INMMIC.2015.7330375

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