A novel procedure for an automatic network analyzer calibration

Author

Krekels, Hans-Gerd ; Schiek, Burkhard

Author_Institution

Inst. fur Hochfrequenztech., Ruhr-Univ., Bochum, Germany

Volume

44

Issue

2

fYear

1995

fDate

4/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

291

Lastpage

294

Abstract

A procedure for an automatically controlled calibration of a network analyzer is presented. The basic element is a switching network to realize the calibration standards, the switching network forms a part of the analyzer. To characterize the relative scattering parameters of the switching network an application of an occasional precalibration is necessary, in contrast to commercially available procedures like TRM the effort of the new calibration technique is decreased. The measurement results are as accurate as using the TRM method

Keywords

S-parameters; calibration; computerised control; microwave measurement; network analysers; switching networks; TRM; automatic network analyzer; automatically controlled calibration; calibration; measurement results; occasional precalibration; relative scattering parameters; switching network; Automatic control; Calibration; Measurement standards; Position measurement; Q measurement; Scattering parameters; Switches; Temperature; Time measurement; Transmission line measurements;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9456

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/19.377834

Filename

377834