Contents
Product Note 8510-5B
Table of contents
Introduction
Measurement errors
Measurement calibration
Calibration kit
Standard definition
Class assignment
Standard definitions table Standard class assignments
Modification procedure
Select standards
Define standards
Standard definition models
Standard type
Standard number
Open circuit capacitance C0 , C1 , C2 and C3
ΠfX
ΠfZ
∆∅radians = 2πf ∆length
Short circuit inductance L0 , L1, L2 and L3
Offset delay
Delay seconds =
Fixed or sliding
Terminal impedance
Linear delay Actual delay = Fco/f2
Offset Z0
Offset loss
1GHz =
1GHz c Z0
10 log10e εr
Lower/minimum frequency
Upper/maximum frequency
Fupper = 2 x Flower
Coax or waveguide
∅radians =
Standard labels
Assign classes
Standard Classes
S11 A,B,C and S22 A,B,C
Forward transmission match and thru
Reverse transmission match and thru
Isolation
TRL Thru
TRL Reflect
TRL Line
TRM Thru
TRL options
Standard Class labels
Calibration kit label
Enter standards/classes
Verify performance
User modified cal kits and Agilent 8510 specifications
Modification examples
Modeling a thru adapter
Modeling an arbitrary impedance standard
Appendix a Calibration kit entry procedure
Disk procedure
To load calibration kits from disk into Agilent
To store calibration kits from the Agilent 8510 onto a disk
Front panel procedure P-band waveguide example
Pshort
Mm coaxial connector interface
Appendix B Dimensional considerations in coaxial connectors
Type-N coaxial connector interface
Mm Coaxial connector Type-N coaxial connector interface
Female type-N
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Appendix C Cal coefficients model
Equation
Their first order approximations, R is small and G=0, are
Then
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