Advanced Calibration Techniques for VNAs

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Objectives• Provide insight into some of the latest calibration techniques thatimprove accuracy and make calibration easier• Look at performance improvements using the advanced techniquescompared to more traditional methodsUnknown thru1-PORTCALIBRATIONPLANESAdvanced VNA Calibration© Agilent Technologies, Inc. 2006 Page M6- 2
Agenda• Overview of Calibration• Advanced Calibration Techniques– “Unknown Thru” Calibration– Data-Based Calibration-Standard Definitions– Expanded (Weighted Least Squares) Calibration• Fixture And Probe Techniques– Automatic Port Extensions– Embedding/De-embedding– Measuring Fixtures/Probes• Electronic CalibrationAdvanced VNA Calibration© Agilent Technologies, Inc. 2006 Page M6- 3
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Page 5 and 6: The Need for CalibrationHow do we g
Page 7 and 8: Systematic Measurement ErrorsRrecei
Page 9 and 10: Performing the Calibration: TRL•
Page 11 and 12: Unknown Thru CalibrationThe “Unkn
Page 13 and 14: Compromises of Traditional Non-Inse
Page 15 and 16: Unknown Thru AlgorithmUnknown thru
Page 17 and 18: Two-Port Unknown Thru Calibration S
Page 19 and 20: Unknown Thru Example Using Attenuat
Page 21 and 22: dBCable Movement ErrorCable Movemen
Page 23 and 24: Magnitude (dB)Comparing Unknown and
Page 25 and 26: Measuring Devices with Non-Aligned
Page 27 and 28: 4-Port Unknown Thru with Different
Page 29 and 30: Unknown Thru for Different Waveguid
Page 31 and 32: Traditional Polynomial-Based Models
Page 33 and 34: Calibration Standard Modeling Proce
Page 35 and 36: Benefits of Data-Based Standards•
Page 37 and 38: Data-Based Standard FileCITIFILE A.
Page 39 and 40: Advantage of Measuring More Than 3
Page 41 and 42: Factors That Contribute to Weightin
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Page 45 and 46: A irline S hor t d BD eviation f ro
Page 47 and 48: Offset Load Calibration Advantages
Page 49 and 50: DirectMeasurementModelingError Corr
Page 51 and 52: Automatic Port Extensions - Step 1
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Measurement ResultsDelay and loss c
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Which Standards Should I Use?• Fo
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Narrowband APE ExampleAPE with shor
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Summary of Automatic Port Extension
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Order of Fixturing Operations• Fi
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Differential Port MatchingAdvanced
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Two-Port De-Embedding.s2p file1 2Fi
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Two Versus Four Port Embedding /De-
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How Do I Get My Probe De-Embedding
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Measuring Probes Using Adapter-Remo
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Measuring Probes Using Unknown Thru
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What is Electronic Calibration?•
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Agilent’s “ECal” Line of Elec
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User Characterization: Using Adapte
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User Characterization: Applying Fix
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Summary (continued)• Two-tier TRL
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Additional Resources• Application
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