Distributed broad-band frequency translator and its use in a 1-3-GHz coherent reflectometer

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 46, Issue 12 PART 2, 1998, Pages 2244-2250

  Akkaraekthalin, Prayoot ^a   Kee, Scott ^a   Van Der Weide, Daniel W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Frequency translator; Microwave measurements; Nonlinear transmission line

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC LINES; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYZERS; INTERFERENCE SUPPRESSION; LINEARIZATION; MICROWAVE MEASUREMENT; MICROWAVES; MODULATORS; PHASE SHIFTERS; REFLECTOMETERS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

DISTRIBUTED BROADBAND FREQUENCY TRANSLATORS; NONLINEAR TRANSMISSION LINES (NLTL);

FREQUENCY SYNTHESIZERS;

EID: 0032291531     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.739205     Document Type: Article

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