ANAMET comparison of complex scattering coefficient measurements of microwave adaptors

Author

Ridler, N.M.

Author_Institution

Centre for Electromagn. Metrol., Nat. Phys. Lab., Teddington, UK

Volume

3

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

1316

Abstract

This paper presents results obtained from a recent exercise to compare measurements of the complex scattering coefficients of electrical adaptors at microwave frequencies. The results obtained by the six laboratories participating in the exercise are summarised in terms of the between laboratory reproducibility. Multivariate robust statistical techniques are used to obtain summary statistics for the complex-valued data. The comparison exercise was coordinated by ANAMET-the Automatic Network Analyser METrology forum for people and organisations involved in RF and microwave network measurements

Keywords

S-parameters; coaxial cables; electric connectors; measurement uncertainty; microwave reflectometry; network analysers; statistical analysis; waveguide components; 10 GHz; 12.4 GHz; 8.2 GHz; ANAMET comparison; automatic network analyser metrology forum; between laboratory reproducibility; bivariate considerations; coaxial connectors; coaxial to waveguide adaptors; complex scattering coefficient measurements; complex-valued data; electrical adaptors; linear magnitude; microwave adaptors; microwave frequencies; multivariate robust statistical techniques; robust estimators; uncertainty; Electric variables measurement; Frequency measurement; Laboratories; Metrology; Microwave frequencies; Microwave measurements; Reproducibility of results; Robustness; Scattering; Statistics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 1999. IMTC/99. Proceedings of the 16th IEEE

Conference_Location

Venice

ISSN

1091-5281

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5276-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMTC.1999.776018

Filename

776018