{"title":"Network Analyzer Accuracy Overview","authors":"D. Rytting","doi":"10.1109/ARFTG.2001.327486","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Calibration and error-correction technology is fundamental to accurate network analyzer measurements. This paper will discuss the sources of errors in a network analyzer and which errors can be reduced by the calibration, which errors can not be removed and which errors are increased by the error-correction process. The residual errors that remain after the calibration can then be quantified so that an error-corrected measurement accuracy can be determined. This paper will then summarize a process that can be used to determine sound and traceable specifications for a network analyzer and the tradeoffs between various calibration methods.","PeriodicalId":331830,"journal":{"name":"58th ARFTG Conference Digest","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2001-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"55","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"58th ARFTG Conference Digest","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ARFTG.2001.327486","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Calibration and error-correction technology is fundamental to accurate network analyzer measurements. This paper will discuss the sources of errors in a network analyzer and which errors can be reduced by the calibration, which errors can not be removed and which errors are increased by the error-correction process. The residual errors that remain after the calibration can then be quantified so that an error-corrected measurement accuracy can be determined. This paper will then summarize a process that can be used to determine sound and traceable specifications for a network analyzer and the tradeoffs between various calibration methods.