Calibration of the three-port VNA using the general 6-term error model

Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications

Volumn 24, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 319-326

  Zhao, W ^a   Zhao, Y J ^a   Qin, H B ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS   (China)

^b XIDIAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX VECTORS; ERROR MODEL; POWER SOURCES; S-PARAMETERS; SIGNAL SOURCE; SQUARE MATRIX; VECTOR NETWORK ANALYZERS;

CALIBRATION; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYZERS; SCATTERING PARAMETERS;

PORTS AND HARBORS;

EID: 77949513747     PISSN: 09205071     EISSN: 15693937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156939310790735778     Document Type: Article

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