Three-paths microwave inteferometric system based on a six-port technique

Author

Haddadi, Kamel ; Lasri, Tuami

Author_Institution

Inst. d´Electron., de Microelectron. et de Nanotechnol. (IEMN-DHS), Univ. Lille 1, Villeneuve d´Ascq, France

fYear

2013

fDate

6-10 Oct. 2013

Firstpage

1603

Lastpage

1606

Abstract

This paper presents a new type of six-port instrument to meet the specific needs of electrical characterization tools for impedances clearly different than the standard 50Ω reference impedance. A method is developed for the precise adjustment of the reference impedance of the measurement system to any complex impedance value. A proof-of-concept system based on the association of a four-port network analyzer associated to an original three-paths additive mixing architecture is developed in the frequency range 1-10 GHz to validate the approach proposed.

Keywords

electric impedance measurement; interferometry; measurement systems; microwave measurement; network analysers; complex impedance value; electrical characterization tools; four port network analyzer; frequency 1 GHz to 10 GHz; measurement system; microwave interferometric system; precise reference impedance adjustment; proof of concept system; resistance 50 ohm; six port technique; three path additive mixing architecture; Attenuators; Impedance; Impedance measurement; Microwave measurement; Microwave theory and techniques; Probes; Transmission line measurements; impedance measurement; microwave interferometry; mixer; six-port;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Conference (EuMC), 2013 European

Conference_Location

Nuremberg

Type

conf

Filename

6686979