A Synthetic Vector Network Analyzing Measurement System

In this paper, a synthetic vector network analyzing measurement system is presented. The system is based on a hardware setup, including a signal generator and a vector signal analyzer, with the vector network analyzing functionality implemented in the software. The measurements of the proposed system demonstrated comparable performance in terms of accuracy and speed compared with a modern traditional vector network analyzer, but it is more flexible due to its inherent software implementation. The proposed system´s ability to measure nonlinear phenomena is addressed and discussed, and some preliminary results are given.