{"title":"Nonlinear Amplifier and Mixer Measurements with a Vector Network Analyzer","authors":"B. Brown","doi":"10.1109/ARFTG.1988.323915","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"This paper describes an RF network analyzer, the HP 8753B, which has the ability to make nonlinear measurements of amplifiers and mixers. The measurements to be discussed are swept-frequency harmonic distortion, gain compression with power metal calibration, and swept-frequency conversion loss of a mixer. In addition, the block diagram of the network analyzer will be examined in order to explain how these measurements are made.","PeriodicalId":235867,"journal":{"name":"32nd ARFTG Conference Digest","volume":"84 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1988-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"32nd ARFTG Conference Digest","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ARFTG.1988.323915","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
This paper describes an RF network analyzer, the HP 8753B, which has the ability to make nonlinear measurements of amplifiers and mixers. The measurements to be discussed are swept-frequency harmonic distortion, gain compression with power metal calibration, and swept-frequency conversion loss of a mixer. In addition, the block diagram of the network analyzer will be examined in order to explain how these measurements are made.