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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2004
Akira Nara, Tokyo, JP;
Akira Nara, Tokyo, JP;
Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Abstract
A frequency down converter that maintains accuracy even if the frequency pass band is wide uses a reference frequency band within the frequency pass band, the reference frequency band being resistant to degradation by aging or temperature variation. The ideal characteristics of the reference frequency band are previously stored. The frequency down converter has a calibration signal source that inputs a calibration signal to the frequency down converter to measure the characteristics of the reference frequency band and to store differences from the ideal characteristics. The calibration signal is input to obtain the characteristic data of other frequency bands within the frequency pass band, and the characteristic data are revised by the above differences. Then compensation coefficients to compensate the revised characteristic data into the ideal characteristics are calculated. The frequency down converter uses the compensation coefficients to compensate the frequency domain data, which maintains the accuracy over the wide frequency pass band.