DocumentCode
2560625
Title
A simple noise calibration radiometer
Author
Perera, S.
Author_Institution
Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Boulder, CO, USA
fYear
1990
fDate
11-14 June 1990
Firstpage
32
Lastpage
33
Abstract
A relatively inexpensive radiometer intended to serve the needs of a calibration laboratory with a moderate workload is presented. It utilizes heterodyning for broad frequency coverage and a precision waveguide-below-cutoff attenuator to achieve a null-balancing mode of operation. The overall accuracy (with a primary cryogenic standard attached) is about 2%. Due to cost constraints, the radiometer is relatively slow and relies on a separate vector network analyzer to measure the reflection coefficients.<>
Keywords
calibration; electric noise measurement; measurement standards; radiometers; thermal noise; NIST; calibration laboratory; heterodyning; noise calibration radiometer; null-balancing mode; primary cryogenic standard; reflection coefficients; thermal noise; vector network analyzer; waveguide-below-cutoff attenuator; Calibration; Circuit noise; Circuit testing; NIST; Noise generators; Noise measurement; Power generation; Radio frequency; Radiometry; Temperature;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Precision Electromagnetic Measurements, 1990. CPEM '90 Digest., Conference on
Conference_Location
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CPEM.1990.109910
Filename
109910
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