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Everything about Two-tone testing
Two-tone testing is a means of testing electronic components and systems, particularly radio systems, for intermodulation distortion. It consists of simultaneously injecting two sinusoidal signals of different frequencies (tones) into the component or system. Intermodulation distortion usually occurs in active components like amplifiers, but can also occur in some circumstances in passive items such as cable connectors, especially at high power. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Two-tone testingA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: Technical CommunicationThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Two-Tone Signal Generation for ADC TestingCited 10 times
- Go sideways: IntermodulationA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Third-order intercept pointA closely related topic
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
📚 Books worth reading
Technical CommunicationJohn M. Lannon · 2000
Ten epochs of church historyFulton, John, 1834-1907, Locke, Clinton, 1829-1904 · 1879
Fundamentals of musicEarl Henry · 2009
Fundamentals of musicEarl Henry · 1988
Tonal Harmony, With an Introduction to Twentieth-Century MusicStefan Kostka, Dorothy Payne · 1989
The Bible, its meaning and supremacyFrederic William Farrar · 1897
Houghton Mifflin college reading seriesHoughton Mifflin Company, Hmco · 2004
The Conspirators HierarchyJohn Coleman · 1992
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