Calibration methods for time domain network analysis

Author

Hayden, Leonard A. ; Tripathi, Vijai K.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR, USA

Volume

41

Issue

3

fYear

1993

fDate

3/1/1993 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

415

Lastpage

420

Abstract

Accurate calibration techniques for the characterization of general one- and two-port networks using time domain reflection/transmission (TDR/T) measurements are presented. Simple one-port open-short-match corrections formulated by W.M. Scott and G.S. Smith (1986) are generalized for three arbitrary known loads and extended to the two-port case. Known, general frequency-domain techniques are shown to be directly applicable to the time-domain measurements, including the use of redundancy to reduce the number of required calibration standards. A time-domain thru-match-short method similar to the TRL method of G.F. Engen and C.A. Hoer (1979) is presented. Examples of the measured results for typical one- and two-port devices are included and compared with vector network analyzer measurement results to validate the time domain network analysis algorithms

Keywords

calibration; microwave measurement; network analysers; time-domain analysis; time-domain reflectometry; calibration techniques; one-port open-short-match corrections; redundancy; thru-match-short method; time domain network analysis; two-port networks; Algorithm design and analysis; Calibration; Circuit testing; Error correction; Frequency measurement; Instruments; Probes; Sampling methods; Time domain analysis; Time measurement;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9480

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/22.223739

Filename

223739