Title :
Determining the Reciprocity of Mixers Through Three-Port Large Signal Network Analyzer Measurements
Author :
Van Moer, Wendy ; Rolain, Yves
Author_Institution :
Vrije Univ. Brussel, Brussels
Abstract :
In this paper, a method to determine the reciprocity of radio-frequency mixers is proposed based on fully calibrated three-port large signal network analyzer measurements. Besides revealing the reciprocity of the mixers, this type of measurement can also be used in yielding the match conditions at all ports as well as magnitude, phase, and group-delay response of the conversion loss of the mixer.
Keywords :
microwave measurement; microwave mixers; network analysers; group-delay response; microwave measurements; mixer conversion loss; mixers reciprocity; multiport systems; radio-frequency mixers; three-port large signal network analyzer measurements; Calibration; Distortion measurement; Filters; Instruments; Microwave measurements; Mixers; Phase measurement; Radio frequency; Signal analysis; Symmetric matrices; Microwave measurements; microwave mixers; multiport systems; nonlinear measurement system; reciprocity;
Journal_Title :
Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TIM.2007.903645
