• DocumentCode
    644743
  • Title

    Calibration of mm-wave power meters using a broadband calorimeter in the frequency range from 110 GHz to 170 GHz

  • Author

    Shimaoka, Kazuhiro ; Kinoshita, Moto ; Fujii, Kenichi ; Tosaka, T.

  • Author_Institution
    Nat. Inst. of Adv. Ind. Sci. & Technol., Tsukuba, Japan
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    1-6 Sept. 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    A broadband rectangular waveguide calorimeter is fabricated to establish a reliable mm-wave power standard in the frequency range from 110 GHz to 170 GHz. Two types of mm-wave power meter are calibrated using this calorimeter and their calibration factors are reported with their uncertainties. Uncertainty calculations are based on the Monte Carlo method.
  • Keywords
    Monte Carlo methods; calibration; calorimeters; measurement uncertainty; microwave measurement; power meters; rectangular waveguides; Monte Carlo method; broadband calorimeter; broadband rectangular waveguide calorimeter; frequency 110 GHz to 170 GHz; millimeter wave power meter calibration; millimeter wave power standard; uncertainty calculation; Broadband communication; Calibration; Frequency measurement; Power measurement; Time measurement; Transmission line measurements; Uncertainty;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 2013 38th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Mainz
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2013.6665712
  • Filename
    6665712