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A general closed-form solution to multi-port scattering parameter calculations

Presented atPortland (OR, USA), 9-12 décembre 2008
PublisherIEEE
Publication date2008
Abstract

Measurements using error terms to describe the imperfections of test equipment have been used for a long time, and there are many methods utilized to model the error terms. In all these methods, after having determined the error terms on the basis of calibration measurements, the s-parameters of the device-under-test (DUT) are computed from the measured s-parameters by an appropriate algorithm. One problem that arises in this context is that the methods used for calculating the s-parameters, while widely known for the one- and two-port case, appear to not be generally available for the multi-port situation. This paper addresses this situation by deriving a simple method which allows for calculating the s-parameters of a multi-port DUT from the measured s-parameters, using the error terms obtained in the calibration step. The method generates exact, closed-form solutions, and is applicable to all error models in use today.

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WITTWER, Peter, PUPALAIKIS, Peter J. A general closed-form solution to multi-port scattering parameter calculations. In: 72nd ARFTG Microwave Measurement Symposium - Time Domain and Frequency Domain Measurement. Portland (OR, USA). [s.l.] : IEEE, 2008. p. 137–143. doi: 10.1109/ARFTG.2008.4804295
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