[AMPS] PEP and IMD

[Peter_Chadwick@mitel.com (Peter Chadwick)]

Steve says:

        >It's a nitpicking point, but if 2 tone IMD is about -30dBc or
worse, then
        >you can't rely on PEP being 4 x single tone or 2 x average power.
It's
        >almost certainly lower.

>From the formula in Pappenfus et al., when the 3rd order IMD is minus 29dBc,
the gain compression is 1dB. So it's not really nitpicking at all.

73 

Peter G3RZP




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