Title :
Immunity of six-port measurement techniques to the AM-PM noise of the microwave signal generator
Author :
Poiré, Phiilippe ; Ghannouchi, Fadhel M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Ecole Polytech. de Montreal, Que., Canada
Abstract :
This paper presents a study of the influence of AM-PM noise present in a microwave source on the precision of six-port measurements. It has been found that a noisy microwave signal source does not degrade the precision of the measurements. Experimental validation on passive and active devices was carried out and confirm the immunity of six-port measurement techniques to the AM-PM noise of the microwave signal generator
Keywords :
amplitude modulation; interference (signal); microwave generation; microwave measurement; pulse modulation; signal generators; AM-PM noise; active devices; experimental validation; microwave signal generator; microwave source; passive and active devices; six-port measurement; Measurement techniques; Microwave devices; Microwave generation; Microwave measurements; Microwave theory and techniques; Noise generators; Noise measurement; Power measurement; Signal generators; Signal to noise ratio;
Conference_Titel :
Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 1996. IMTC-96. Conference Proceedings. Quality Measurements: The Indispensable Bridge between Theory and Reality., IEEE
Conference_Location :
Brussels
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3312-8
DOI :
10.1109/IMTC.1996.507573
