Measurement of frequency conversion losses with 3-mixer method for traceable mm-wave power measurement method in D-band

Author

Tosaka, Toshihide ; Fujii, Katsumi ; Fukunaga, Kaori ; Matsumoto, Yasushi

Author_Institution

Nat. Inst. of Inf. & Commun. Technol., Tokyo, Japan

fYear

2012

fDate

23-28 Sept. 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

Power measurement standard above 110 GHz is undefined even if we want to measure the power of an electromagnetic wave at the frequency. To measure the wave by using a spectrum analyzer, an external mixer was needed. In this paper, we determine the conversion losses of a mixer used with a spectrum analyzer to measure power at mm-wave frequencies. We determine the mixer conversion losses by a 3-mixer method that is based on different combinations of the 3 mixers. We then evaluate the measurement uncertainty.

Keywords

electromagnetic waves; frequency convertors; measurement uncertainty; millimetre wave mixers; power measurement; spectral analysers; 3-mixer method; D-band; electromagnetic wave; external mixer; frequency conversion loss measurement; measurement uncertainty; mixer conversion loss; mm-wave frequency; power measurement standard; spectrum analyzer; traceable mm-wave power measurement; Frequency measurement; Loss measurement; Measurement uncertainty; Mixers; Power measurement; Radio frequency;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 2012 37th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Wollongong, NSW

ISSN

2162-2027

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1598-2

Electronic_ISBN

2162-2027

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2012.6380427

Filename

6380427