This page defines the term "third order intercept" and provides some helpful advice.

What are third order products?

  • It is in the frequency domain.  Third Order products are the intermodulation distortion products between the one of fundamental signals and the harmonic of the other signal.
  • Consider the diagram below:

E & I Intercept


To plot the Third Order Response follow Steps 1 – 4 illustrated below:


E & I Intercept