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5.1.2 The heterodyne interferometer

We now consider a more realistic two antenna system (Fig. 5.2), which includes two frequency conversions: e.g. one in the SIS mixer, and one to move the IF band to baseband for numerical sampling and digital correlation. This again is a simplification, but includes all the important effects. The PdB system has in fact 4 frequency conversions (see below).

  
Figure 5.2: A heterodyne, two-antenna interferometer, with two frequency conversions
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Let us first consider the effect on phase of a simple frequency conversion.



S.Guilloteau
2000-01-19