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
Link To Document :
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