• DocumentCode
    3515792
  • Title

    A simple procedure for characterizing line-stretcher phase shifters

  • Author

    Zúñiga-Juárez, J.E. ; Reynoso-Hernández, J.A. ; Maya-Sánchez, M.C. ; Loo-Yau, J.R.

  • Author_Institution
    Centro de Investig. Cienc. y de Educ. Super. de Ensenada (CICESE), Ensenada, Mexico
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    10-10 June 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    A novel procedure to characterize coaxial line-stretcher phase shifter based on the two-line method is presented in this work. Intrinsic losses and differential phase shift are determined using S-parameters data measured with an uncalibrated vector network analyzer. To validate the method, different trombone-type line-stretcher phase shifters are used with arbitrary connectors.
  • Keywords
    S-parameters; calibration; coaxial cables; microwave phase shifters; network analysers; S-parameters; calibration; coaxial line; differential phase shift; intrinsic losses; line stretcher phase shifters; vector network analyzer; Connectors; Loss measurement; Microwave measurements; Phase measurement; Phase shifters; Scattering parameters; Transmission line measurements; Calibration techniques; differential phase shift; insertion loss; phase shifters;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Measurement Conference (ARFTG), 2011 77th ARFTG
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-61284-959-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-61284-960-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ARFTG77.2011.6034564
  • Filename
    6034564