NIST passive intermodulation measurement comparison for wireless base station equipment

Author

Jargon, J.A. ; DeGroot, D.C. ; Reed, K.L.

Author_Institution

Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Boulder, CO, USA

fYear

1998

fDate

3-4 Dec. 1998

Firstpage

128

Lastpage

139

Abstract

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has initiated a passive intermodulation measurement comparison for the US wireless industry. The goal is to determine the agreement in the measurements of third-order intermodulation products of passive devices made by participating companies for currently deployed communication bands. We provide the details of this comparison along with preliminary results. In addition, we present a model describing third-order intermodulation distortion within a cable assembly and show how the cable and load affect passive intermodulation measurements.

Keywords

electric distortion measurement; intermodulation distortion; intermodulation measurement; mobile radio; telecommunication equipment testing; telecommunication standards; NIST passive intermodulation measurement comparison; US wireless industry; cable assembly; intermodulation distortion; passive devices; third-order IMD; third-order intermodulation products; wireless base station equipment; Assembly; Base stations; Connectors; Distortion measurement; Frequency; Intermodulation distortion; NIST; Particle measurements; Personal communication networks; Transceivers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

ARFTG Conference Digest, 1998. Computer-Aided Design and Test for High-Speed Electronics. 52nd

Conference_Location

Rohnert Park, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5686-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ARFTG.1998.768634

Filename

768634