Dealing with Large-Signal Behavior of Microwave and RF Devices

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Please answer the 16 questions below concerning the way you are dealing with large-signal device behavior. This is not a test. So if you are in doubt just fill in the answer you feel most comfortable with. In order to be eligible for winning the book you need to provide an answer to all of the questions.


1. How would you categorize your main job type? (select one below or fill in the "other" text box)
research    development    production    support    marketing   
other (please describe):  

2. On average, how many hours a week do you spend on performing and interpreting measurements? (select one)
none    4 hours    8 hours    16 hours    32 hours

3. On average, how many hours a week do you spend on performing and interpreting simulations? (select one)
none    4 hours    8 hours    16 hours    32 hours

4. What is the total RF bandwidth you are dealing with (including harmonics)?
typical (select one)    18GHz    26.5GHz    50GHz    110GHz    above 110GHz
maximum (select one)    18GHz    26.5GHz    50GHz    110GHz    above 110GHz

5. What is the total modulation bandwidth you are dealing with (including spectral regrowth)?
typical (select one)    0Hz (CW)    1MHz    10MHz    100MHz    above 100MHz
maximum (select one)    0Hz (CW)    1MHz    10MHz    100MHz    above 100MHz

6. What power levels are you dealing with?
typical (select one)    10dBm    20dBm    30dBm    40dBm    above 40dBm
maximum (select one)    10dBm    20dBm    30dBm    40dBm    above 40dBm

7. By what means do you contact your device?
wafer probes    a test fixture    coaxial connectors   
other (please describe):  

8. Are your device interfaces unbalanced (signal and ground terminal) or balanced (differential terminals)? (check all that apply)
unbalanced (signal and ground terminal)    balanced (differential terminals)   

9. What is the amount of money that you spent or authorized on behalf of your company or institute on RF and microwave software last year?
none    2k$    5k$    10k$    20k$    above 20k$

10. What is the amount of money that you spent or authorized on behalf of your company or institute on outside services (e.g. consulting and measurement services) last year?
none    5k$    10k$    25k$    50k$    above 50k$

11. What is the amount of money that you spent or authorized on behalf of your company or institute on instrumentation hardware last year?
none    5k$    10k$    20k$    50k$    100k$    above 100k$

12. What is the acceptable price for a large-signal S-parameter option on a network analyzer?
$0 (no interest)    $5k    $10k    $20k    $50k    $100k    above $100k

13. What kind of devices and components are you dealing with? (check all that apply)
Power transistors  Mixers  Modulators  Demodulators  RFICs
Amplifiers  Switches  Attenuators  Filters  Digital Circuits
other (please describe):  

14. What instruments do you use for large-signal characterization? (check all that apply)
vector network analyzer  spectrum analyzer  transition analyzer  large-signal network analyzer 
loadpull system  logic state analyzer  vector signal analyzer  oscilloscope 
other (please describe):  

15. What large-signal aspects are you dealing with? (check all that apply)
spectral regrowth  compression  output matching  input matching  isolation
harmonic distortion  reflection  AM-to-PM conversion  power added efficiency  error vector magnitude
time domain waveforms  loadpull  bit-error-rate  frequency conversion  intermodulation distortion
other (please describe):  

16. What is your most pressing issue for nonlinear measurement systems to address?

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