System and method for measuring essential power amplification functions
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1. An apparatus for measuring signals comprising:
- an amplifier coupled to a network analyzer;
a first switch coupled between the amplifier and the network analyzer;
a second switch coupled between the amplifier and the network analyzer;
a third switch coupled between a device under test and the network analyzer;
a first air-line directional coupler coupled between the second switch and the device under test; and
a first attenuator coupled to the first air-line directional coupler.
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Abstract
An apparatus includes a device under test, a network analyzer, an internal amplifier, a first switch, a second switch, a third switch, a first air-line directional coupler, and a first attenuator. A method of characterization measurement includes providing a harmonics signal from the device under test to a spectrum analyzer, providing a generated signal and a reflected signal to a first receiver disposed within a network analyzer, and recording a parameter deviation of the network analyzer.
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1. An apparatus for measuring signals comprising:
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an amplifier coupled to a network analyzer;
a first switch coupled between the amplifier and the network analyzer;
a second switch coupled between the amplifier and the network analyzer;
a third switch coupled between a device under test and the network analyzer;
a first air-line directional coupler coupled between the second switch and the device under test; and
a first attenuator coupled to the first air-line directional coupler. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system for measuring signals comprising:
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a network analyzer;
a device under test having an input and an output;
an amplifier, having an input and an output, coupled to the network analyzer;
a first switch coupled between the input of the amplifier and the network analyzer;
a second switch coupled between the output of the amplifier and the network analyzer;
a third switch coupled between the input of the device under test and the network analyzer;
a first air-line directional coupler, having an input, a main-line output, and a coupled-line input, coupled between the second switch and the output of the device under test; and
a first attenuator coupled to the main-line output of the first air-line directional coupler, wherein the first attenuator is a high-power attenuator. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for measuring signals comprising a mode that includes:
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providing a first signal at a predetermined first frequency (F1) to an input of a device under test, wherein the first signal drives the device under test to full power output;
providing a second signal at a predetermined second frequency (F2) to an input of a first amplifier disposed within a measurement interface apparatus to provide an amplified second signal;
providing the amplified second signal to a wideband isolator disposed within the measurement interface apparatus to provide an isolated second signal;
passing the isolated second signal through a coupled-line of a first air-line directional coupler to a main-line of the first air-line directional coupler disposed within the measurement interface apparatus to provide a coupled second signal;
providing the coupled second signal to an output of the device under test, wherein the device under test reflects a portion of the coupled second signal as a first reflected signal (S22);
passing the first reflected signal through an input port of a main-line of a second air-line directional coupler disposed within the measurement interface apparatus to a coupled-line of the second air-line directional coupler to provide a first coupled reflected signal;
providing the first coupled reflected signal from an output port of the coupled-line of the second air-line directional coupler to a first attenuator to produce a first attenuated reflected signal; and
providing the first attenuated reflected signal to a first receiver disposed within a network analyzer coupled to the measurement interface apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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