Title :
Impedance mismatch effects on propagation constant measurements
Author :
DeGroot, D.C. ; Walker, David K. ; Marks, R.B.
Author_Institution :
Microwave Metrology Group, Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Boulder, CO
Abstract :
By measuring propagation constants of coplanar waveguide transmission lines, we show the significant systematic errors of common measurement techniques when the characteristic impedance of the lines does not match the reference impedance of the instrument
Keywords :
calibration; coplanar waveguides; electric impedance; impedance matching; measurement errors; microwave measurement; transmission line theory; CPW transmission lines; coplanar waveguide; impedance mismatch effects; instrument reference impedance; line characteristic impedance; propagation constant measurements;
Conference_Titel :
Electrical Performance of Electronic Packaging, 1996., IEEE 5th Topical Meeting
Conference_Location :
Napa, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3514-7
DOI :
10.1109/EPEP.1996.564810
