Title :
Proving the usefulness of a 3-port nonlinear vectorial network analyser through mixer measurements
Author :
Van Moer, W. ; Rolain, Y.
Author_Institution :
Dept. ELEC/TW, Vrije Univ., Brussels, Belgium
Abstract :
A 3-port Nonlinear Vectorial Network Analyser (NVNA) is presented. This new measurement instrument allows designers for the first time to measure the full nonlinear 3-port behaviour for any arbitrary mixer. The usefulness of the 3-port NVNA is proven on amplitude and phase calibrated 3-port measurements of a microwave mixer.
Keywords :
microwave measurement; microwave mixers; multiport networks; network analysers; measurement instrument; microwave mixer; three-port nonlinear vectorial network analyser; Bandwidth; Calibration; Frequency synchronization; Hardware; Instruments; Microwave measurements; Phase measurement; Radio frequency; Sampling methods; Time measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Symposium Digest, 2003 IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7695-1
DOI :
10.1109/MWSYM.2003.1210454
