An Explicit Six-Port Calibration Method using Five Standards

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1985, Pages 69-72

  Hunter, J D ^a   Somlo, P I ^a  

^a CSIRO INDUSTRIAL PHYSICS   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STANDARDS - MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CALIBRATION ALGORITHMS; SIX-PORT REFLECTOMETER; STANDARD CALIBRATION CONSTANTS;

REFLECTOMETERS;

EID: 0021857025     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.1985.1132950     Document Type: Article

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