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Vector-corrected Power Sensor Calibration
A new power sensor calibration system incorporating a vector network analyzer that significantly reduces overall calibration uncertainty
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Network Analyzer Calibration for Measurements Near the Waveguide Cutoff Frequency
Confirmation of the TRL calibration technique as the preferred method since the accuracy of its corrected scattering coefficient results remain consistently good over the 6.6 to 12.4 GHz bandwidth for WR90 waveguide
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A Sub 1 W Load-pull Quarter-wave Prematching Network Based on a Two-tier TRL Calibration
A vector network analyzer error-correction characterization technique based on a two-tier calibration using 7 mm and microstrip thru-reflect-line (TRL) calibrations
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Miniaturized Low Cost 30 GHz Monolithic Balanced BPSK and Vector Modulators: Part 1
The advantages of using direct carrier modulation at mm-wave frequencies as well as the active device characterization and detailed circuit analysis of both single-stage and balanced modulators
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Measurement of a Small Signal Near a Large Signal Using a Spectrum Analyzer
Factors to be considered to determine the measurement limitations of a small signal in the presence of a large signal
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Spiral Inductors Substrate Loss Modeling in Silicon RFICs
A new physical model for studying and minimizing the less understood substrate losses, which limit the quality factors of spiral inductors constructed in silicon IC technologies
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Improvement of a Cassegrain Antenna by Secondary Surface Corrections
A method to correct for the phase front distortions in the aperature field caused by the main mirror deformations in a large Cassegrain antenna
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