Source-pull/load-pull oscillator measurements at microwave/MM wave frequencies

Author

Ghannouchi, Fadhel M. ; Bosisio, Renato G.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Ecole Polytech. de Montreal, Que., Canada

Volume

41

Issue

1

fYear

1992

fDate

2/1/1992 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

32

Lastpage

35

Abstract

A six-port reflectometer with variable test port impedance over 2-6 GHz was designed, built, and tested. The potential use of this reflectometer is in large signal characterization of negative resistance devices and oscillators. Experimental source-pull/load-pull measurements on a commercial oscillator (Rieke diagram) were performed using this reflectometer over the entire Smith chart

Keywords

microwave reflectometry; negative resistance effects; network analysers; oscillators; reflectometers; 2 to 6 GHz; MM wave frequencies; Rieke diagram; Smith chart; commercial oscillator; microwave measurement; negative resistance devices; oscillators; six-port reflectometer; source-pull/load-pull measurements; variable test port impedance; Electrical resistance measurement; Frequency measurement; Impedance measurement; Microwave devices; Microwave measurements; Microwave oscillators; Q measurement; Scattering parameters; System testing; Tuners;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9456

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/19.126626

Filename

126626