Comparison of a single channel and a dual channel microwave attenuation measurement system

Author

Wu, Thomas Y. ; Chua, S.W.

Author_Institution

National Metrology Center, A*STAR, 1 Science Park Dr, Singapore 118221, Republic of Singapore

fYear

2008

fDate

15-20 June 2008

Firstpage

62

Lastpage

67

Abstract

The performance of a single channel microwave attenuation measurement system is compared to a dual channel implementation. The results show that a single channel system is more suitable for attenuation measurement from 10 MHz to 4 GHz since it can cover this frequency range using only two bands, while a dual channel system has to be used for attenuation measurement from 4 GHz to 26.5 GHz since the receiver reading is more stable in this frequency range.

Keywords

microwave amplifiers; microwave isolators; microwave measurement; phase noise; dual channel microwave attenuation measurement system; frequency 10 MHz to 4 GHz; locked amplifier; microwave isolators; phase noise; receiver reading; single channel microwave attenuation measurement system; Attenuation measurement; Attenuators; Isolators; Measurement standards; Microwave measurements; Noise measurement; Radio frequency; Testing; Tuners; Voltage; Attenuation measurement; locked amplifier; microwave isolators; microwave measurement; phase noise; standard;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium Digest, 2008 IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Atlanta, GA

ISSN

0149-645X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1780-3

Electronic_ISBN

0149-645X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.2008.4633330

Filename

4633330