De Keersmaeker, S., Peumans, D., Vandersteen, G., De Geeter, J., & Rolain, Y. (2025). Power Sweep Stitching in Modulated RF Experiments with Automatic Ranging. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and measurement, 74, 1-7. Article 8001107. https://doi.org/10.1109/TIM.2025.3529061

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title = "Power Sweep Stitching in Modulated RF Experiments with Automatic Ranging",
abstract = "Present-day modulated RF experiments that perform power sweeps use a fixed amplitude range to avoid discontinuities induced by range-switching in the acquisition channels of the measurement instrument. However, working with a fixed amplitude range has its shortcomings as it limits the dynamic range of the swept measurements. That{\textquoteright}s why this work proposes to do power sweeps with automatic ranging and tackle the problem of these switching discontinuities. To this end, a noise calibration procedure is developed to get rid of the discontinuities by stitching the figures-of-merit in the power sweep. The developed calibration method is experimentally validated using a power amplifier as a device under test. The calibrated results are compared and discussed with the uncalibrated results to show the impact and the improvement of the proposed calibration.",
keywords = "Noise, Noise measurement, Power measurement, Calibration, Distortion measurement, Pollution measurement, Instruments, Distortion, Distance measurement, Quantization (signal)",
author = "{De Keersmaeker}, Sander and Dries Peumans and Gerd Vandersteen and {De Geeter}, Jeroen and Yves Rolain",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 1963-2012 IEEE.",
year = "2025",
doi = "10.1109/TIM.2025.3529061",
language = "English",
volume = "74",
pages = "1--7",
journal = "IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and measurement",
issn = "0018-9456",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers",
}