Measurement and Calibration of a Universal Six-Port Network Analyzer

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1989, Pages 734-742

  Lin, Weigan ^a   Ruan, Chengli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC NETWORKS--ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT THEORY; MICROWAVE MEASUREMENTS;

MICROWAVE MULTIPORT NETWORKS; SIX-PORT NETWORK ANALYZER; TRIPLE SIX-PORT NETWORK ANALYZER;

ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYZERS;

EID: 0024647372     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.18847     Document Type: Article

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