An optimal vector-network-analyzer calibration algorithm

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2391-2401

  Williams, Dylan F ^a   Wang, Jack C M ^a   Arz, Uwe ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calibration; Measurement; Scattering parameter; Uncertainty; Vector network analyzer (VNA)

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ERROR ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; SCATTERING PARAMETERS; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS; USER INTERFACES;

COVARIANCE MATRIX; DEVICE-UNDER-TEST; ORTHOGONAL DISTANCE REGRESSION ALGORITHM; PLANAR COUPLED TRANSMISSION LINES;

ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYZERS;

EID: 0742304087     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2003.819211     Document Type: Article

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