Title :
Multiprobe microwave multimeter functional design
Author :
Volkov, V.M. ; Zaichenko, O.B.
Author_Institution :
Metrol. & measurement technique departament, Kharkov Univ. of Radioelectronic, Ukraine
Abstract :
Multiprobe microwave multimeter is a new type of measurement device representing an automatic multichannel system consisting of a very high frequency unit with passing power sensors and a computing unit on the basis of the microcontroller or PC and is intended for measurement incident, reflected and passing power, module and phase of a termination reflection coefficient, executing generator and termination checking in an "hot" mode. The methodology of the working MMM design with equidistant sensors arrangement, algorithms, graduation and calibration methods choice recommendation elaboration, are discussed.
Keywords :
calibration; computerised instrumentation; microwave measurement; multimeters; power measurement; power meters; automatic multichannel system; calibration methods; computing unit; equidistant sensors arrangement; functional design; long-time stability; multiprobe microwave multimeter; passing power sensors; termination reflection coefficient; very high frequency unit; wideband systems; Frequency measurement; Microcontrollers; Microwave devices; Microwave generation; Microwave measurements; Microwave sensors; Phase measurement; Power measurement; Reflection; Sensor systems;
Conference_Titel :
Physics and Engineering of Microwaves, Millimeter, and Submillimeter Waves, 2004. MSMW 04. The Fifth International Kharkov Symposium on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8411-3
DOI :
10.1109/MSMW.2004.1346140