Title :
Multiharmonic Generator for Large-Signal-Network-Analyzer Verification
Author :
Kuangda Wang ; Adhikari, Sulav ; Ghiotto, Anthony ; Ke Wu
Author_Institution :
Poly-Grames Res. Center, Ecole Polytech. de Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada
Abstract :
Since S-parameters were first used to describe linear microwave circuits in the 1960s, circuit designers, software developers, and instrument manufacturers have gradually come to an agreement on this blackbox representation, resulting in significant advancements in modeling, simulation, and measurement. As a mathematical language of high-frequency signal transmission and scattering, S-parameter stands for a unified form of the linear characteristics of microwave networks in the frequency domain. Subsequently, the vector network analyzer (VNA) was invented as the principal instrument to measure S-parameters and characterize the linear behavior of devices and components, including small-signal active circuits.
Keywords :
S-parameters; frequency-domain analysis; harmonic generation; microwave circuits; network analysers; network synthesis; signal generators; S-parameter measurement; VNA; blackbox representation; frequency domain; high-frequency signal scattering; high-frequency signal transmission; instrument manufacturer; large-signal-network-analyzer verification; linear microwave circuit network; mathematical language; multiharmonic generator; small-signal active circuit; software developer; vector network analyzer; Attenuators; Generators; Harmonic analysis; Integrated circuit modeling; Load modeling; Microwave measurement; Power amplifiers; Power harmonic filters;
Journal_Title :
Microwave Magazine, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MMM.2013.2288839
