Patent ID: 7911199

Claim:
A power sensor having thermally sensitive components, comprising: an input connector connected to an input port having a center pin; at least one detector having a detector bandwidth for receiving an RF signal, each of said at least one detector producing a detected signal; at least one temperature sensor for measuring the temperature of the thermally sensitive components and producing a temperature signal; an analog-to-digital converter having a bandwidth, said analog-to-digital converter for receiving the detected signals and producing digitized data; thermal stabilization means for thermal stabilization of said at least one detector; and at least one signal compression means disposed prior to said analog-digital-converter, said signal compression means for receiving the detected signals from said at least one detector and producing a compressed signal having a signal compression bandwidth; wherein the power sensor is configured for limited bandwidth operation and said detector bandwidth is wider than said signal compression bandwidth, and wherein the limited bandwidth is the resulting bandwidth when said signal compression bandwidth and said analog-to-digital converter bandwidth are combined.