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Sampling-Oscilloscope Measurement of a Microwave Mixer With Single-Digit Phase Accuracy

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Author(s)

Dylan F. Williams, Hassen Khenissi, Fabien Ndagijimana, Catherine A. Remley, Joel Dunsmore, Paul D. Hale, Jack Wang, Tracy S. Clement

Abstract

We describe a straightforward method of separately characterizing up-conversion and down-conversion in microwave mixers with a sampling oscilloscope. The method mismatch-corrects the results, determines both magnitude and phase, and uses a novel time-base correction scheme to improve the accuracy of the measurements.
Citation
IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques
Volume
54
Issue
3
Pub Type
Journals

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Keywords

Down-conversion, frequency translation, jitter correction, magnitude measurement, mismatch correction, mixer measurement, mixer reciprocity, oscilloscope, phase measurement, time-base correction, up-conversion

Citation

Williams, D. , Khenissi, H. , Ndagijimana, F. , Remley, C. , Dunsmore, J. , Hale, P. , Wang, J. and Clement, T. (2006), Sampling-Oscilloscope Measurement of a Microwave Mixer With Single-Digit Phase Accuracy, IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, [online], https://doi.org/10.1109/TMTT.2005.864102 (Accessed October 12, 2025)

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Created March 1, 2006, Updated November 10, 2018
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