A novel measurement technique for microwave frequency translating devices (FTD)

Author

Boulejfen, N. ; Ghannouchi, F.M. ; Kouki, A.B.

Author_Institution

Ecole Polytech. de Montreal, Que., Canada

fYear

1998

fDate

6-10 July 1998

Firstpage

422

Lastpage

423

Abstract

A new measurement setup for the characterization of frequency translating devices (FTD) is presented. The proposed approach allows one-step full characterization of FTDs by measuring both the magnitudes and phases of the incident and reflected waves at all signal ports. The application of the proposed approach to the characterization of a double balanced mixer is presented.

Keywords

calibration; digital storage oscilloscopes; microwave frequency convertors; microwave mixers; microwave reflectometry; network analysers; time-domain analysis; broadband sampling digital oscilloscope; double balanced mixer; incident waves; measurement technique; microwave frequency translating devices; microwave transition analyser; nonlinear network analyser; one-step full characterization; reflected waves; repetitive time domain sampling; signal ports; vector error correction; wave magnitudes; wave phases; Amplitude modulation; Calibration; Couplers; Frequency measurement; Measurement standards; Measurement techniques; Microwave devices; Microwave theory and techniques; Phase measurement; System testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Precision Electromagnetic Measurements Digest, 1998 Conference on

Conference_Location

Washington, DC, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5018-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CPEM.1998.699983

Filename

699983