Title :
Proving the usefulness of a three-port nonlinear vectorial network analyzer through mixer measurements
Author :
Van Moer, Wendy ; Rolain, Yves
Author_Institution :
Electr. Meas. Dept., Vrije Univ. Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
Abstract :
A three-port nonlinear vectorial network analyzer (NVNA) is presented. This new measurement instrument allows designers to measure for the first time the full nonlinear three-port behavior for any arbitrary mixer. The usefulness of the three-port NVNA is proven on amplitude and phase calibrated three-port measurements of a microwave mixer.
Keywords :
S-parameters; calibration; microwave measurement; microwave mixers; multiport networks; network analysers; S-parameter calibration; amplitude calibrated measurements; arbitrary mixer; connectorised continuous wave measurements; harmonic sampling; microwave mixer; nonlinear measurement system; nonlinear vectorial network analyzer; phase calibrated measurements; phase calibration; power calibration; three-port network analyzer; Bandwidth; Baseband; Clocks; Frequency synchronization; Instruments; Microwave measurements; Phase measurement; Radio frequency; Signal analysis; Time measurement;
Journal_Title :
Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TIM.2003.820467
