PALO ALTO, CA -- Agilent Technologies has issued an application note describing improved methods for measuring distortion in broadband devices.

In a statement, the company said the paper illustrates the importance of characterizing broadband commercial and defense systems for linearity. The information focuses on the tests used to determine the level of a system's distortion and how they relate to Intermodulation Distortion and Intermodulation Distortion Noise. It summarizes with the test methods and the instruments used.
 
It is downloadable at http://cp.literature.agilent.com/litweb/pdf/5989-9880EN.pdf.