Modeling Load Variations with Artificial Neural Networks to Improve On-Wafer OSLT Calibrations

56th ARFTG Conference Digest: Metrology and Test for RF Telecommunications, ARFTG 2000

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages

  Jargon, Jeffrey A ^a   Kirby, Pete ^b   Gupta, K C ^c   Dunleavy, Lawrence ^b   Weller, Tom ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYZERS; NEURAL NETWORKS; STANDARDS;

DC RESISTANCE; EQUIVALENT CIRCUIT MODEL; LOAD VARIATIONS; MEASUREMENT DATA; THRU REFLECT LINES; TRL CALIBRATION; VARYING LOAD; VECTOR NETWORK ANALYZERS;

CALIBRATION;

EID: 84960451180     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ARFTG.2000.327430     Document Type: Conference Paper

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