Test and Measurement Channel

RSS

This paper describes a technique developed by Rohde & Schwarz for the network analyzers of the R&S®ZVA family: It allows high-precision group delay measurements of converters and mixers even without access to the local oscillator or the reference signal. This technique uses a two-tone signal to stimulate the mixer or converter. The phase difference between these two carriers is measured at the input and the output of the DUT (device under test) to calculate the group delay from the phase shift caused by the DUT.