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Precision Millimeter-Wave Modulated Wideband Source for Over-The-Air Reference at 92.4 GHz

April 22, 2020
Author(s)
Paritosh Manurkar, Robert D. Horansky, Benjamin F. Jamroz, Jeffrey A. Jargon, Dylan F. Williams, Catherine A. Remley
As the next generation communications technology continues to evolve to utilize millimeter-wave frequencies, calibration methods are needed for the nonidealities related to these frequencies in communications electronics. In this work, we demonstrate a 1

Characterizing LTE User Equipment Emissions: Factor Screening

September 30, 2019
Author(s)
Jason Coder, Adam Wunderlich, Michael R. Frey, Paul T. Blanchard, Dan Kuester, Azizollah Kord, Max Lees, Aric Sanders, Jolene Splett, Lucas N. Koepke, Rob Horansky, Duncan McGillivray, John M. Ladbury, Jeffrey T. Correia, Venkatesh Ramaswamy, Jerediah Fevold, Shawn Lefebre, Jacob K. Johnson, John Carpenter, Mark Lofquist, Keith Hartley, Melissa Midzor
Characterizations of long-term evolution (LTE) user equipment (UE) emissions are a key ingredient in models of interference between wireless cellular networks and other systems that must use the same radio frequency spectrum. This report presents (i) a

The Effect of Peripheral Equipment Loading on Reverberation-Chamber Metrics

September 1, 2019
Author(s)
Anouk Hubrechsen, Laurens A. Bronckers, Kate Remley, Rob Jones, Rob Horansky, Ad Reniers, Anne Roc'h, Bart Smolders
Measuring wireless devices in a reverberation chamber often requires ancillary equipment to be present in the chamber. This paper illustrates the effect of their presence on metrics that are important in wireless device tests, such as chamber decay time

LTE Handset Emissions: Radiation Pattern Measurements Final Test Report

August 16, 2019
Author(s)
Robert D. Horansky, Jason B. Coder, John M. Ladbury
The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Defense Spectrum Organization (DSO) throughthe Spectrum Sharing Test and Development (SSTD) program proposed a National AdvancedSpectrum and Communications Test Network (NASCTN) measurement campaign to

Large-Signal-Network-Analyzer Phase Calibration on an Arbitrary Grid

April 30, 2019
Author(s)
Aric Sanders, Dylan Williams, Joshua Kast, Kate Remley, Rob Horansky
We have developed a method for improving the synchronization of large-signal network analyzers and transferring "cross-frequency" phase calibrations from a calibrated sampling oscilloscope to the large-signal vector network analyzer on an arbitrary

Correlation-Based Uncertainty in Loaded Reverberation Chambers

October 1, 2018
Author(s)
Maria G. Becker, Michael R. Frey, Sarah B. Streett, Catherine A. Remley, Robert D. Horansky, Damir Senic
When reverberation chambers are loaded to increase the coherence bandwidth for modulated-signal measurements, a secondary effect is decreased spatial uniformity. We show that an appropriate choice of stirring sequence, consisting of a combination of mode

Sub-nanosecond Tuning of Microwave Resonators Fabricated on Ruddlesden-Popper Dielectric Thin Films

July 9, 2018
Author(s)
Aaron M. Hagerstrom, Xifeng Lu, Natalie Dawley, H. Nair, Jordi Mateu, Robert D. Horansky, Charles A. Little, James C. Booth, Christian J. Long
Voltage-tunable dielectric materials are widely used for microwave-frequency signal processing. Among tunable dielectric thin films, (SrTiO3)nSrO Ruddlesden-Popper (RP) superlattices have exceptionally low loss at high frequencies. This paper reports the

Importance of Preserving Correlations in Error-Vector-MagnitudeUncertainty

June 14, 2018
Author(s)
Ben Jamroz, Dylan Williams, Kate Remley, Rob Horansky
Correlations are an important consideration in the uncertainty analysis of high-frequency electronic systems. We introduce a method to scramble the correlations of a correlated uncertainty analysis and develop a software tool to do this as part of the NIST

Spatial Channels for Wireless Over-the-Air Measurements in Reverberation Chambers

April 9, 2018
Author(s)
Maria G. Becker, Rob Horansky, Damir Senic, Vincent T. Neylon, Kate Remley
NIST is developing a hybrid test chamber for over-the-air characterization of the next generation of wireless devices in spatial channel environments. By combining features of both reverberation and anechoic chambers, the hybrid chamber will produce

A NIST Testbed Approach to Verifying mmWave Wireless Communication Signals

January 18, 2018
Author(s)
Catherine A. Remley, Dylan F. Williams, Robert D. Horansky
This presentation discusses NIST methods for providing traceable modulated signals at microwave and millimeter-wave frequencies in both conducted and free-field environments. It was presented at the 3rd NSF mmWave Research Coordination Network Workshop in

Estimating and Correcting the Device-Under-Test Transfer Function in Loaded Reverberation Chambers for Over-the-Air Tests

December 1, 2017
Author(s)
Catherine A. Remley, Ryan J. Pirkl, Chih-Ming Wang, Damir Senic, Arvand Homer, Matt V. North, Maria G. Becker, Robert D. Horansky, Christopher L. Holloway
We assess the potential error in measurements of the power transfer function corresponding to a reverberation chamber set-up when different antenna types are used for the reference and DUT measurements. We derive a mathematical description of the transfer

The Role of Filtering Higher Order Reflections in Antenna Extrapolation Measurements

September 30, 2017
Author(s)
Rob Horansky, Mohit S. Mujumdar, Dylan Williams, Kate Remley, David R. Novotny, Michael H. Francis
With more and more wireless devices being made with no test ports, and with the need to test these devices in real-world scenarios with no cable interference, over-the-air (OTA) testing has been dominating the test and manufacture industry. At NIST, we are