Six-port self-calibration based on active loads synthesis

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1237-1239

  Yakabe, Toshiyuki ^a   Ghannouchi, Fadhel M ^b   Eid, Eid E ^b   Fujii, Kohei ^c   Yabe, Hatsuo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

^b ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c Japan Radio Company Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Microwave measurement; Self calibration; Six port

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEMS; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; MICROWAVE MEASUREMENT;

ACTIVE IMPEDANCE SYNTHESIS SYSTEM; ACTIVE LOAD SYNTHESIS; QUADRATURE VECTOR MODULATOR; SELF CALIBRATION METHOD;

REFLECTOMETERS;

EID: 0036540102     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.993433     Document Type: Article

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