Characterizing the 2.92 mm-connector airline using the time-domain gating methods

Historically the performance of Anritsu precision airlines was characterized using the swept reflectometer. The worst error or uncertainty of the airline was determined based on the ripple techniques. This usually includes the effect of the connectors or defects at the interface of the connections. As the ISO Guide to the expression of uncertainty in measurement (GUM) and ISO 17025 have become popular in recent years, customers are demanding more accurate uncertainty statements for the precision airlines. Therefore, we have investigated the time-domain gating methods of vector network analyzers (VNA) to determine the performance of the precision airlines and sources of their defects. In this paper, the author will discuss the time-domain gating method setup. The experimental results will also be presented.