• DocumentCode
    933451
  • Title

    The Calibration of Amplitude Modulation Meters with a Heterodyne Signal

  • Author

    Macdonald, John R.

  • Author_Institution
    Texas Instruments Inc., Dallas, Texas
  • Volume
    42
  • Issue
    10
  • fYear
    1954
  • Firstpage
    1515
  • Lastpage
    1518
  • Abstract
    Errors which may occur in the calibration of peak or average reading amplitude modulation meters with a heterodyne signal are investigated in detail. Relations between the heterodyne-amplitude ratio M and the true modulation factor m of a sinusoidally modulated wave are derived. Using these results, heterodyne calibration of modulation analyzers to read m exactly can readily be carried out.
  • Keywords
    Amplitude modulation; Bridge circuits; Calibration; Correlators; Diodes; Distortion measurement; Filters; Frequency; RF signals; Signal analysis;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Proceedings of the IRE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0096-8390
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JRPROC.1954.274731
  • Filename
    4051555