• DocumentCode
    473965
  • Title

    Synchronization of a millimeter-wave BWO with a spectrum analyzer via a simple phaselock system

  • Author

    Jones, C.R. ; Dutta, J.M.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., North Carolina Central Univ., Durham, NC
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    2-9 Sept. 2007
  • Firstpage
    216
  • Lastpage
    217
  • Abstract
    The evaluation of very low loss materials in the millimeter-wave region requires precision measurement of the change in the linewidth of a resonant cavity when a sample is inserted. The precision required is on the order of a few kHz change in a 300 kHz linewidth. For a number of years we have utilized the combination of a backward wave oscillator (BWO) source and a microwave spectrum analyzer to obtain such measurements.
  • Keywords
    backward wave oscillators; millimetre wave oscillators; phase locked oscillators; backward wave oscillator; microwave spectrum analyzer; millimeter-wave BWO synchronization; phaselock system; resonant cavity; Crosstalk; Filters; Frequency synchronization; Millimeter wave measurements; Phase frequency detector; Phase locked loops; Resonance; Spectral analysis; Voltage; Wavelength measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 2007 and the 2007 15th International Conference on Terahertz Electronics. IRMMW-THz. Joint 32nd International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Cardiff
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1438-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICIMW.2007.4516467
  • Filename
    4516467