Title :
Dual 6-port ANA calibration with a single impedance standard
Author_Institution :
Microwave Metrol Group, Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Boulder, CO, USA
Abstract :
A newly developed method allows dual 6-port ANAs to be calibrated with a single, known one-port termination instead of air line standards. This technique is especially useful for low frequency calibrations below 30 MHz where air lines cannot be adequately characterized.
Keywords :
calibration; electric impedance measurement; microwave reflectometry; network analysers; 30 MHz; air line standards; automatic network analyser; dual 6-port ANA calibration; low frequency calibrations; one-port termination; single impedance standard; Calibration; Equations; Frequency measurement; Impedance; Light rail systems; Metrology; NIST; Reflection; Standards development; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Precision Electromagnetic Measurements Digest, 1996 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Braunschweig, Germany
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3376-4
DOI :
10.1109/CPEM.1996.547334