Uncertainty of VNA S-parameter measurement due to non-ideal TMSO or LMSO calibration standards

For the widespread 12-term TMSO and LMSO calibration of 4-sampler vector network analyzers (VNA), the sensitivity coefficients of the S-parameters of two-ports are developed as functions of the deviations of the reflection coefficients of the one-port calibration standards and of an imperfect throug...

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Published in:Advances in radio science 2003-05, Vol.1 (9), p.1-8
Main Author: Stumper, U
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:For the widespread 12-term TMSO and LMSO calibration of 4-sampler vector network analyzers (VNA), the sensitivity coefficients of the S-parameters of two-ports are developed as functions of the deviations of the reflection coefficients of the one-port calibration standards and of an imperfect through or line connection. Expressions representing the deviations of the S-parameters with respect to the error terms and for the deviations of the error terms with respect to the non-ideal calibration standards are also given. It is shown that the deviations of the S-parameters become quite large particularly for high-reflective two-port test objects. If applying a broadband load (instead of using the time consuming “ideal" sliding load routine) and the VNA-internal firmware-operated calibration and evaluation routines where the reflection coefficient is set to zero, deviations may appear of some 0,1 dB for the attenuation and some degrees of the transmission phase angle.
ISSN:1684-9973
1684-9965
1684-9973
DOI:10.5194/ars-1-1-2003