Error corrected impedance measurements with a network analyzer

Author

Heuermann, Holger ; Schiek, Burkhard

Author_Institution

Inst. fur Hochfrequenztech., Ruhr-Univ., Bochum, Germany

Volume

44

Issue

2

fYear

1995

fDate

4/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

295

Lastpage

299

Abstract

This paper presents a new class of self-calibration procedures for the error-correction of network analyzer measurements. The ZU, YU, ZUU, and the YUU self-calibration procedures only need one known and one or two unknown impedances for the calibration process. The ZY, ZYU, ZZU, and YYU calibration techniques provide calibration measurements with two impedance standards with known resistances and unknown reactances. The very good performance of the ZZU impedance calibration procedure is demonstrated by experimental results up to 20 GHz. Measurements of series resistors verify this new calibration procedure and the measurements of capacitors connected to ground in two different mounting styles show the efficiency of the impedance calibration procedures

Keywords

calibration; capacitors; electric impedance measurement; measurement standards; microwave measurement; network analysers; 20 GHz; YU; YUU; ZU; ZUU; capacitors; error corrected impedance measurements; error-correction; impedance standards; network analyzer; self-calibration; series resistors; Calibration; Capacitors; Electrical resistance measurement; Error analysis; Error correction; Impedance measurement; Measurement standards; Resistors; Standards development; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9456

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/19.377835

Filename

377835