Self-calibration of differential cable-adapters with intra-mode crosstalk

• Published in: 2016 German Microwave Conference (GeMiC) pp. 421 - 424
• Main Authors: Wagner, Sebastian, Kolb, Stephan, Stolle, Reinhard
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Institut für Mikrowellen und Antennentechnik - IMA 01.03.2016
• Subjects: Calibration; leaky errornetwork; Measurement uncertainty; Microwave measurement; Microwave theory and techniques; mixed-mode calibration; modal calibration; multimode calibration; Ports (Computers); Scattering parameters; self-calibration; vector network analysis; VNA

A new solution for the calibration of a multiport vector network analyzer (VNA) is presented, in order to measure the mixed-mode scattering parameters (S-parameters) of a 8-port device under test (DUT). The calibration procedure accounts for coupling between identical modes (intra-mode) of modal por...