A PXI fast switching LO synthesizer enables 26.5 GHz synthetic instruments

Author

Chenakin, Alexander ; Ojha, Suresh ; Mahal, Charanbir

Author_Institution

Phase Matrix, Inc., San Jose, CA

fYear

2008

fDate

8-11 Sept. 2008

Firstpage

133

Lastpage

137

Abstract

PXI synthetic instrumentation is an emerging technology that offers a cost-effective modular approach for building complex test and measurement equipment. The performance of synthetic instruments primarily depends on technical characteristics of their core modules such as a downconverter and LO oscillator. This paper presents a fast switching frequency synthesizer module, which covers 3 to 9 GHz frequency band with a 0.1 Hz step size. The developed module occupies two standard 3-U PXI slots and is used as an LO source for a 26.5 GHz harmonic downconverter. The module construction and test results are discussed.

Keywords

frequency synthesizers; test equipment; PXI fast switching LO synthesizer; fast switching frequency synthesizer module; synthetic instruments; test and measurement equipment; Cities and towns; Frequency synthesizers; Instruments; Local oscillators; Microwave ovens; Phase measurement; Radio frequency; Standards development; Switching frequency; System testing; PXI; frequency synthesizer; local oscillator; microwave downconverter; synthetic instrument;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

AUTOTESTCON, 2008 IEEE

Conference_Location

Salt Lake Cirty, UT

ISSN

1088-7725

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2225-8

Electronic_ISBN

1088-7725

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AUTEST.2008.4662599

Filename

4662599