A unified mathematical approach to two-port calibration techniques and some applications

Author

Soares, Robert A. ; Gouzien, Pascal ; Legaud, Pierre ; Follot, Georges

Author_Institution

CNET, Lannion, France

Volume

37

Issue

11

fYear

1989

fDate

11/1/1989 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1669

Lastpage

1674

Abstract

A rigorous mathematical treatment of microwave network analyzer calibration and de-embedding procedures for the two-port error network representation is used in order to explain current calibration techniques in a succinct and homogeneous manner. It is demonstrated that the essence of through-delay de-embedding techniques consists in the use of two known two-port calibration standards to obtain pairs of similar matrices for the input and output error adapters. Once the characteristic vectors for these matrices are obtained, a number of different approaches can be used in order to solve for the scaling constants

Keywords

calibration; matrix algebra; microwave measurement; network analysers; calibration standards; characteristic vectors; de-embedding procedures; input error adapter; matrices; microwave network analyzer; output error adapters; scaling constants; through-delay deembedding; two-port calibration techniques; two-port error network representation; unified mathematical approach; Calibration; Delay; Error correction; Flow graphs; Joining processes; Matrices; Microwave measurements; Microwave theory and techniques; Scattering parameters; Transmission line matrix methods;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9480

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/22.41029

Filename

41029