PM noise measurement at W-band

Author

Hati, A. ; Nelson, C. ; Howe, D.

Author_Institution

Time & Freq. Div., Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol. (NIST), Boulder, CO, USA

Volume

61

Issue

12

fYear

2014

fDate

Dec. 2014

Firstpage

1961

Lastpage

1966

Abstract

We report a high-performance 92 to 96 GHz cross-spectrum phase modulation (PM) noise measurement system. Utilizing this system, we measured residual PM noise of several amplifiers, mixers, and frequency multipliers. Data for the measurement system noise floor and the PM noise of W-band components are reported. These results can serve as a temporary benchmark because little or no information is available on the PM noise of components in this frequency range. In addition, we discuss an enhanced-performance frequency synthesizer that operates in the 92 to 96 GHz range. We achieved 5 to 10 dB improvement in the PM noise at 96 GHz compared with our previously designed synthesizer.

Keywords

frequency multipliers; frequency synthesizers; millimetre wave amplifiers; millimetre wave measurement; millimetre wave mixers; noise measurement; phase modulation; PM noise measurement; W-band; amplifier; cross-spectrum phase modulation noise measurement system; enhanced-performance frequency synthesizer; frequency 92 GHz to 96 GHz; frequency multiplier; mixer; Frequency measurement; Frequency synthesizers; Mixers; Noise; Noise measurement; Oscillators; Synthesizers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-3010

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TUFFC.2014.006647

Filename

6968691