Latest advances in VNA accuracy enhancements

Microwave Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 78-92

  Blackham, Dave ^a   Wong, Ken ^a,b  

^a AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^b ARFTG (Automatic Radio Frequency Techniques Group) Executive Committee

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER MODELING; DATA-BASED CALIBRATION; VECTOR NETWORK ANALYZER (VNA); WEIGHTED LEAST SQUARE (WLS) CALIBRATION;

CALIBRATION; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DATA ACQUISITION; ERROR DETECTION; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEASUREMENTS; POLYNOMIALS; STANDARDS;

ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS;

EID: 23744453322     PISSN: 01926225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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