9.3 Multichannel Amplitude Modulation
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Table 9.1 Distribution of the number of third-order triple-beat intermodulation products for the
number of channels N ranging from 1 to 8
N
r
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
1
0
2
0
0
3
0
1
0
4
1
2
2
1
5
2
4
4
4
2
6
4
6
7
7
6
4
7
6
9
10
11
10
9
6
8
9
12
14
15
15
14
12
9
Table 9.2 Distribution of the number of third-order two-tone intermodulation products for the
number of channels N ranging from 1 to 8
N
r
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
1
0
2
0
0
3
1
0
1
4
1
1
1
1
5
2
1
2
1
2
6
2
2
2
2
2
2
7
3
2
3
2
3
2
3
8
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
CSO =
peak carrier power
peak power in composite 2nd-order IM tone
(9.18)
and
CTB =
peak carrier power
peak power in composite 3rd-order IM tone
(9.19)