Increasing dynamic range of practical microwave spectrum analysis by reducing or compensating system noise

Author

Lipovac, Vlatko ; Honisch, Wolfgang

Author_Institution

Agilent Technol., Vienna, Austria

Volume

2

fYear

2003

fDate

20-23 Sept. 2003

Firstpage

1069

Abstract

The dynamic range of many spectrum measurements can be improved by 10 dB or more by compensating for, or subtracting, the thermal noise and/or phase noise of the measuring device - microwave spectrum analyzer. Through a combination of careful measurements and straightforward mathematical operations, engineers working on microwave measurements can achieve the high dynamic range required by modern communications and radar systems.

Keywords

measurement errors; microwave measurement; phase noise; spectral analysers; thermal noise; instrumentation noise; measurement errors; microwave measurements; microwave spectrum analysis; microwave spectrum analyzer; noise subtraction; phase noise; spectrum analysis dynamic range; spectrum measurements; system noise compensation; system noise reduction; thermal noise; Dynamic range; Microwave communication; Microwave devices; Microwave measurements; Noise measurement; Noise reduction; Phase measurement; Phase noise; Radar measurements; Spectral analysis;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference, 2003. IMOC 2003. Proceedings of the 2003 SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7824-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMOC.2003.1242870

Filename

1242870