Articles by Jad Faraj, Verspecht-Teyssier-DeGroote SAS, France; Simon Mathias, Mesuro Ltd., UK; Jean-Pierre Teyssier, XLIM, University of Limoges, France; Johanne

The capability of a Nonlinear Vector Network Analyzer (NVNA) repetitive sampling receiver, which is designed to perform pulsed RF S-parameter and load-pull measurements, is presented. Due to its unique sampler-based architecture, unlike a mixer based VNA, the dynamic range of the NVNA is independent of the duty cycle. This...