Port reduction methods for scattering matrix measurement of an n-port network

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 959-968

  Lu, Hsin Chia ^a,b   Chu, Tah Hsiung ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MULTIPORT NETWORK; PORT REDUCTION METHOD; SCATTERING MATRIX; TWO PORT NETWORK ANALYZER; VECTOR NETWORK ANALYZER;

CALIBRATION; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYZERS; FREQUENCIES; LINEAR EQUATIONS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; REFLECTION; SCATTERING PARAMETERS;

ELECTRIC NETWORK SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0034205959     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.846726     Document Type: Article

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