• DocumentCode
    3477598
  • Title

    Power sensor linearity calibration with an unknown attenuator

  • Author

    Yhland, K. ; Stenarson, J. ; Wingqvist, C.

  • Author_Institution
    SP Tech. Res. Inst. of Sweden, Boras, Sweden
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    13-18 June 2010
  • Firstpage
    769
  • Lastpage
    770
  • Abstract
    This paper describes the linearity calibration of power sensors using the setup for the direct comparison method. To achieve sufficient dynamic range an attenuator is used. The S-parameters of the attenuator need not be known because the effective attenuation can be calculated from two sets of measurements on the device under test. This way the linearity is traced to a monitoring power sensor instead of the S-parameters of the attenuator. The method is verified with a bilateral comparison.
  • Keywords
    S-parameters; attenuators; calibration; microwave detectors; S-parameters; attenuator; bilateral comparison; direct comparison method; power sensor linearity calibration; Attenuation measurement; Attenuators; Calibration; Dynamic range; Linearity; Microwave devices; Monitoring; Scattering parameters; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Precision Electromagnetic Measurements (CPEM), 2010 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Daejeon
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-6795-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CPEM.2010.5544323
  • Filename
    5544323