Why, Thank-you!

In the case of amplifiers, presumably we are talking
about the effects of unwanted strong signals driving the
amplifier into its non-linear region (and therefore acting
as a mixer)?

"Wes Stewart" wrote in message
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On Fri, 4 Feb 2005 16:31:00 -0000, "Airy R.Bean"
wrote:
From off the top of my head, without any revision.....


Pretty good explanation for a mixer, however, IP3 relates equally well
to amplifiers.

In receivers, IP3 is used as a figure of merit and describes how a
receiver will handle weak signals in the presence of other stronger
signals. It is as explained earlier, a theoretical value.