if you happen to have TWT amplifiers laying around (2 - 8 GHz and 8-18 GHz models are common), they will produce harmonics for you without any effort at all on your part.
> From: [email protected] > Reply-To: [email protected] > Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 14:40:51 -0400 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Extending Freq Range of Sig Gen > > > I need to characterize a filter up to 10 GHz, but my signal generator has a > top end of 4 GHz. Is there a simple means of generating a third harmonic > from a signal generator while maintaining a 50 ohm source impedance? My > thinking is that a diode circuit should be able to create the harmonics and > then follow that circuit up with a 3-6 dB pad to maintain the source > impedance. Am I on the right track? Any circuit and component suggestions > would be appreciated. > > Richard Woods > Sensormatic Electronics > Tyco International > > > ------------------------------------------- > This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety > Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. > > Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ > > To cancel your subscription, send mail to: > [email protected] > with the single line: > unsubscribe emc-pstc > > For help, send mail to the list administrators: > Ron Pickard: [email protected] > Dave Heald: [email protected] > > For policy questions, send mail to: > Richard Nute: [email protected] > Jim Bacher: [email protected] > > Archive is being moved, we will announce when it is back on-line. > All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: > http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc > This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: [email protected] Dave Heald: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] Archive is being moved, we will announce when it is back on-line. All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
