• DocumentCode
    66678
  • Title

    A Simple New Method to Calibrate Millimeter-Wave Mixers

  • Author

    Kazemipour, Alireza ; Salhi, Mohammed ; Kleine-Ostmann, Thomas ; Schrader, Thorsten

  • Volume
    31
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    Dec. 2014
  • Firstpage
    46
  • Lastpage
    51
  • Abstract
    This paper presents a novel method to test the conversion loss of fully reciprocal millimeter-wave mixers without measuring the absolute signal power at the radio-frequency port. The authors utilize the reciprocal feature of the mixer and obtain conversion loss based on relative power measured by a network analyzer.
  • Keywords
    calibration; millimetre wave mixers; network analysers; power measurement; absolute signal power measurement; calibration; conversion loss testing; millimeter-wave mixer; network analyzer; radiofrequency port; Calibration; Frequency measurement; Metrology; Millimeter wave circuits; Mixers; Ports (Computers); Power measurement; Radio frequency;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Design & Test, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    2168-2356
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MDAT.2014.2355419
  • Filename
    6897937