Uncertainty analysis of the weighted least squares VNA calibration

64th ARFTG Microwave Measurements Conference: Digital Communications Systems Metrics, ARFTG 2004

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 23-31

  Wong, Ken ^a  

^a AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration; Least squares; Regression; Uncertainty; VNA

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DIGITAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYZERS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS;

CALIBRATION METHODOLOGIES; LEAST SQUARE; MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY; REGRESSION; TRADITIONAL CALIBRATION; UNCERTAINTY; VECTOR NETWORK ANALYZERS; VNA;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84935058105     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ARFTGF.2004.1427566     Document Type: Conference Paper

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