Performance of an integrated six-port reflectometer operated with pulsed signals

Author

Colef, Gabriel ; Ettenberg, Morris ; Karmel, Paul R.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., City Coll. of New York, NY, USA

fYear

1989

fDate

25-27 Apr 1989

Firstpage

522

Lastpage

528

Abstract

The authors investigated the performance of a microstrip integrated six-port reflectometer operated with pulsed signals, using diode detectors. The circuit configuration and the calibration and measurement procedures are presented. The performance of a reflectometer designed with a center frequency of 8 GHz was investigated for pulse durations down to 3 μs and found to be excellent for frequencies from 4 GHz to 12 GHz and satisfactory up to 14 GHz. The pulsed measurements exhibit the same accuracy as the CW (continuous wave) measurements. The investigation shows that this type of network analyzer can be used to perform measurements on pulsed RF components

Keywords

microwave detectors; microwave reflectometry; network analysers; pulse circuits; reflectometers; strip line components; 3 mus; 4 to 14 GHz; 8 GHz; calibration; center frequency; configuration; diode detectors; integrated six-port reflectometer; microstrip; microwave reflectometry; network analyzer; pulsed RF components; pulsed measurements; pulsed signals; Circuits; Diodes; Envelope detectors; Frequency; Microstrip; Optical pulses; Pulse measurements; Pulse modulation; Signal design; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 1989. IMTC-89. Conference Record., 6th IEEE

Conference_Location

Washington, DC

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMTC.1989.36915

Filename

36915