02 - Specifications.pdf

Requirements / Specification Document

TITLE: 2.4 mm Microcalorimeter Standards

Requesting Laboratory / Division / Group:

Communications Technology Laboratory Radio Frequency Technology Division Radio Frequency Electronics Group (672.01)

General Statement of Need:

The Communications Technology Laboratory (CTL) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) enables science and industry by providing essential measurement methods, instrumentation, and standards to support all phases of communications technology development, from fundamental characterization and discovery to production.

To support research and measurement services in radio frequency and microwave power, the Radio Frequency Technology Division in CTL requires 2.4 mm power transfer standards that are compatible with microcalorimeters. This instrumentation is needed for CTL to advance the state-of-the-art in microwave power measurements and to support 5G communication, spectrum sensing, and modulated-wave metrology.

Items and Ancillary Services:

Item 1: Impedance-Matched Power Transfer Standard Quantity: 4 Specifications:

1.1 1.2

1.3

1.4

1.5

1.6

1.7 1.8

1.9

1.10

1.11

1.12

1.13

Shall have a 2.4 mm coaxial connector.

Shall have a radiofrequency (RF) termination with an operating frequency range from DC to 50 GHz.

The RF termination shall have a reflection coefficient magnitude of less than 0.2 across the operating frequency range when referenced to a 50 Ω impedance.

The RF termination shall have a maximum input power of at least 20 dBm.

RF leakage from the transfer standard shall be at least 40 dBc below the RF input power across the operating frequency range.

Shall have a DC heater with a maximum input power of at least 20 dBm.

The DC heater shall have a four-wire lead configuration.

The DC heater shall have a DC resistance in the range of 50 Ω to 2 kΩ.

Shall have a thermopile to sense heating from RF power dissipation with a sensitivity of at least 100 mV/W and a thermopile to sense heating from DC power dissipation with a sensitivity of at least 100 mV/W. Heating from both RF and DC power may be sensed with a single thermopile or with one thermopile for the RF termination and one for the DC heater.

Shall have a DC connector that allows direct electrical connections to the DC heater, the thermopile(s), and any auxiliary temperature sensors.

If the transfer standard contains active readout or data storage electronics, it shall be possible to operate the transfer standard without supplying power to these electronics. The RF termination, DC heater, thermopile(s), and any auxiliary temperature sensors shall be operable without supplying power to active readout or data storage electronics.

Shall have dimensions of less than 100 mm × 50 mm × 50 mm (length × width × height).

Shall have a total mass of less than 100 g.

Item 2: Short-Circuit Power Transfer Standard Quantity: 1 Specifications: 2.1 Shall have the same design as the impedance-matched power transfer standard, with the exception that the element that dissipates RF power is replaced with a short-circuit termination designed to reflect RF power.

Item 3: Open-Circuit Power Transfer Standard

Specifications: 3.1 Shall have the same design as the impedance-matched power transfer standard, with the exception that the element that dissipates RF power is replaced with an open-circuit termination designed to reflect RF power.

Item 4: Mismatch-Circuit Power Transfer Standard

Specifications: 4.1 Shall have the same design as the impedance-matched power transfer standard, with the exception that the element that dissipates RF power is replaced with a termination designed to partially reflect RF power, and partially dissipate RF power.

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