Realization of a calculable RF power standard in coplanar technology on alumina substrate

François Ziadé; Eric Bergeault; Bernard Huyart; Alireza Kazemipour

doi:10.1109/TMTT.2010.2048256

Realization of a calculable RF power standard in coplanar technology on alumina substrate

François Ziadé, Eric Bergeault, Bernard Huyart, Alireza Kazemipour

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This paper presents the first efforts toward a calculable power standard in the RF domain based on a modeling approach. Consequently, it could be possible to theoretically determine the input reflection coefficient and the efficiency of the power detector. We simulated and realized a coplanar thermistor mount prototype in the 50-MHz8-GHz frequency range whose performance has been validated by measurements. The maximum deviations between simulated and measured values do not exceed 0.06 for the reflection coefficient. The mean relative error between the measured and computed efficiency is about 1.2% over the whole frequency band. Finally, the input reflection coefficient is less than 15 dB and the efficiency is greater than 0.90 in the 50-MHz7-GHz frequency range.

Original language	English
Article number	5463027
Pages (from-to)	1592-1598
Number of pages	7
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques
Volume	58
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TMTT.2010.2048256
Publication status	Published - 1 Jun 2010
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Bolometer mount
Electrical metrology
Electrical simulation
Electromagnetic simulation
Microcalorimeter
Power sensor
RF power measurement
Reflection coefficient

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Realization of a calculable RF power standard in coplanar technology on alumina substrate

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