Design of components for a 7-16 precision calibration kit using the high frequency structure simulator

Author

Szendrenyi, B.B.

Author_Institution

Maury Microwave Corp., Ontario, CA, USA

fYear

1998

fDate

3-4 Dec. 1998

Firstpage

101

Lastpage

105

Abstract

A systematic method to design components of a 7-16 connector type precision short-open-load-thru (SOLT) calibration kit for the wireless industry using the High Frequency Structure Simulator (HFSS) at microwave frequencies is presented. To achieve a better than 60 dB accuracy in the nominal optimized value of each individual feature, only one of the 5/spl deg/ segments of the coaxial structure was used to model the equivalent 2D longitudinal cross-section. The validation process for this simplification, together with the test results on the components using a reference TRL/LRL calibration kit for the microwave measurements, is demonstrated. A better than 1.025 VSWR for the 7 mm to 7-16 adapters up to 7.5 GHz is reported.

Keywords

S-parameters; calibration; electric connectors; microwave devices; microwave measurement; 7 mm; 7-16 connector type; 7.5 GHz; EM field solver; HF structure simulator; SOLT calibration kit; equivalent 2D longitudinal cross-section; microwave frequencies; passive coaxial component design; precision calibration kit; short-open-load-thru calibration; validation process; wireless industry application; Calibration; Coaxial components; Connectors; Design methodology; Design optimization; Frequency measurement; Linear predictive coding; Microwave frequencies; Microwave measurements; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

ARFTG Conference Digest, 1998. Computer-Aided Design and Test for High-Speed Electronics. 52nd

Conference_Location

Rohnert Park, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5686-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ARFTG.1998.768631

Filename

768631