Title :
A Simple New Method to Calibrate Millimeter-Wave Mixers
Author :
Kazemipour, Alireza ; Salhi, Mohammed ; Kleine-Ostmann, Thomas ; Schrader, Thorsten
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;
Journal_Title :
Design & Test, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MDAT.2014.2355419
