LMR 16-A self-calibration procedure for a leaky network analyzer

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1041-1049

  Silvonen, Kimmo ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Calibration; De embedding; Microwave measurement; Network analyzer; Scattering parameters; Wafer probe

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CALIBRATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; ERROR ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROWAVE MEASUREMENT; STANDARDS;

CLOSED FORM CALIBRATION EQUATIONS; ERROR MODELS; LINE MATCH REFLECT (LMR) SELF CALIBRATION PROCEDURE;

ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYZERS;

EID: 0031192571     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.598439     Document Type: Article

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