Author Topic: External mixer conversion loss: Tektronix WM490 not very specific  (Read 1052 times)

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Offline mr edTopic starter

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I am trying to measure the rf power of a homemade 120GHz transmitter (diode tripler). I have a Tektronix 492b spectrum analyzer with diplexer. I want a ballpark rf level by working backwards from the 492 display which is -40dBm. The issue I have is documentation indicates either a conversion loss around  20 or 30dB, depending on which chapter you read! (Old doc Tek 70-03731-01) 1.7 says 30 dB up to 60GHz using 10th harmonic and page 1.20 says 30dB for 120 to 240GHz which can't be the same as page 1.7 because of a much higher 23rd harmonic is used.  I would like to get to +/-3  dB accuracy.
Anybody have experience with conversions at 120GHz that knows more or better.
 

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Re: External mixer conversion loss: Tektronix WM490 not very specific
« Reply #1 on: January 28, 2025, 04:16:43 am »
The new series WM780 mixers which are back compatible to the older WM490 mixers have a proper table in the user manual. For 25GHz it's 30dB and ranging to 60dB at 140GHz.  New mixers have individual charts good to +/- 2dB.
 


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