Evaluating and expressing uncertainty in complex S-parameter measurements

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

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages

  Ridler, Nick M ^a   Salter, Martin J ^a  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARAMETER ESTIMATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

COMPLEX NATURE; COMPLEX S-PARAMETER; MEASUREMENTS OF; MULTI-PORT;

SCATTERING PARAMETERS;

EID: 84960468134     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ARFTG.2000.327429     Document Type: Conference Paper

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