Measurement Accuracy Enhancement in Six-Port Reflectometers

Author

Staszek, Kamil ; Gruszczynski, Slawomir ; Wincza, Krzysztof

Author_Institution

AGH Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Cracow, Poland

Volume

25

Issue

8

fYear

2015

fDate

Aug. 2015

Firstpage

553

Lastpage

555

Abstract

A new algorithm improving measurement accuracy in six-port reflectometers, applicable also for arbitrary multiport reflectometers, is proposed. The developed procedure does require neither additional measurements nor modifications of the measuring system. The introduced weighting coefficients allow for enhancement of the measurement accuracy using the same power measurements as in classic solutions. The proposed theory has been confirmed experimentally by the measurements of reflection coefficient within a wide frequency range 2-4 GHz.

Keywords

UHF measurement; microwave measurement; optical variables measurement; power measurement; reflectometers; weighing; arbitrary multiport reflectometer; frequency 2 GHz to 4 GHz; power measurement; reflection coefficient measurement; six-port reflectometer; weighting coefficient; Accuracy; Calibration; Frequency measurement; Measurement errors; Measurement uncertainty; Power measurement; Uncertainty; Measurement accuracy; power measurement uncertainty; reflection coefficient measurement; six-port reflectometer;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1531-1309

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LMWC.2015.2440784

Filename

7131578