A calibrated RF/IF monolithic vector analyzer

Author

Cowles, J. ; Gilbert, B.

Author_Institution

Analog Devices-Northwest Labs., Beaverton, OR, USA

Volume

3

fYear

2001

fDate

20-24 May 2001

Firstpage

2163

Abstract

This work presents the first monolithic integrated circuit that provides precise, scaled measurements of gain and phase difference between two signals up to 3 GHz. A 60 dB gain range and 180 degree phase range are achieved with 30 mV/dB and 10 mV/degree scaling, respectively. This function has wide application for in-situ measurement of vector RF parameters and in linearization of transmission systems such as power amplifiers.

Keywords

UHF integrated circuits; UHF measurement; gain measurement; monolithic integrated circuits; phase detectors; phase measurement; 180 degree phase range; 3 GHz; RF/IF monolithic vector analyzer; calibrated monolithic vector analyzer; gain range; in-situ measurement; monolithic integrated circuit; phase difference; power amplifier linearisation; precise scaled measurements; transmission system linearisation; vector RF parameters; Bandwidth; Detectors; Gain measurement; Integrated circuit measurements; Monolithic integrated circuits; Phase detection; Phase measurement; Power measurement; Radio frequency; Transfer functions;

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.2001.967343

Filename

967343