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Gain compression

Known as: Clipping, Compression, Soft clipping 
Gain compression is a reduction in 'differential' or 'slope' gain caused by nonlinearity of the transfer function of the amplifying device. This… 
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AmplifierAutomatic gain controlBandwidth (signal processing)Clipping (signal processing)

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Signal processing

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Highly Cited
2015
Highly Cited
2015
An Ultra-Low Phase Noise Class-F 2 CMOS Oscillator With 191 dBc/Hz FoM and Long-Term Reliability
In this paper, we propose a new class of operation of an RF oscillator that minimizes its phase noise. The main idea is to… 
2011
2011
Large-Signal Analysis of a Transistor Laser
Small- and large-signal analyses of transistor lasers (TLs) are demonstrated for 0.98-μm wavelength GaInAs/GaAs and 1.3-μm… 
Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Root-Cause Analysis of Peak Power Saturation in Pulse-Pumped 1100 nm Broad Area Single Emitter Diode Lasers
Many physical effects can potentially limit the peak achievable output power of single emitter broad area diode lasers under high… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Temporal Dynamics of the Alpha Factor in Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers
The temporal evolution of the alpha-factor during pump-probe experiments in semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs) is not… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Differential Gain and Gain Compression in Quantum-Dot Lasers
The dynamics of optical gain in semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) is investigated. Simple analytical expressions are derived… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Active Integrated Antenna Design Using a Contact-Less, Proximity Coupled, Differentially Fed Technique
A novel contact-less, differential feeding technique suitable for integrated active antenna design is demonstrated. This… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Building a 2.4-GHZ radio transceiver using IEEE 802.15.4
IEEE CIRCUITS & DEVICES MAGAZINE ■ NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2005 8755-3996/05/$20.00 ©2005 IEEE T he ZigBee Alliance has been developing… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Accurate estimation of digital communication system metrics - SNR, EVM and /spl rho/ in a nonlinear amplifier environment
A nonlinear spectral analysis technique that enables digital communication system metrics; SNR, EVM and the waveform quality… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Incomplete LU preconditioner for FMM implementation
An incomplete LU (ILU) preconditioner using the near-field matrix of the fast multipole method (FMM) is investigated to increase… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Performance of GaAs MESFET Mixers at X Band
A theoretical analysis and experimental verification of the signal properties of the GaAs MESFET mixer are presented… 
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