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