DocumentCode
1928033
Title
Analysis and measurement of multi-tone intermodulation distortion of microwave frequency converters
Author
Pedro, J.C. ; Carvalho, N.B.
Author_Institution
Inst. de Telecomunicacoes, Aveiro Univ., Portugal
Volume
3
fYear
2001
fDate
20-24 May 2001
Firstpage
1671
Abstract
Using a time-variant 3rd order model, it is shown that the distortion arising in microwave frequency converters can be identified by signal-uncorrelated distortion components, but also by another signal-correlated part. Because this correlated contribution cannot be observed with conventional intermodulation set-ups, a new measurement bench is proposed and tested.
Keywords
electric distortion measurement; intermodulation distortion; intermodulation measurement; microwave frequency convertors; microwave measurement; microwave frequency converter; multi-tone intermodulation distortion measurement; signal correlated component; signal uncorrelated component; time-variant third-order model; Circuits; Distortion measurement; Frequency conversion; Frequency measurement; Intermodulation distortion; Microwave measurements; Mixers; Nonlinear distortion; RF signals; Radio frequency;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Microwave Symposium Digest, 2001 IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location
Phoenix, AZ, USA
ISSN
0149-645X
Print_ISBN
0-7803-6538-0
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/MWSYM.2001.967226
Filename
967226
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