Agilent Technologies 8510 instruction

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Specifying Calibration Standards for the Agilent 8510 Network Analyzer

Application Note 8510-5B

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Dis Product Information For Support Reference Only Table of contents Introduction Measurement errorsMeasurement calibration Calibration kit Class assignment Standard definition Standard definitions table Standard class assignments Select standards Modification procedure Standard definition models Define standards Standard type Standard numberOpen circuit capacitance C0 , C1 , C2 and C3 ΠfZ ΠfX Short circuit inductance L0 , L1, L2 and L3 ∆∅radians = 2πf ∆length Fixed or sliding Offset delayTerminal impedance Offset Z0 Linear delay Actual delay = Fco/f2 GHz C Z Offset lossLog e10 1GHz Lower/minimum frequency Upper/maximum frequency ∅radians = 2π = 2πfdelayCoax or waveguide Λg = λ Co2 Standard labels Assign classesStandard Classes Forward transmission match and thru S11 A,B,C and S22 A,B,CReverse transmission match and thru Isolation TRL Reflect TRL ThruTRL Line TRM Thru TRL options Standard Class labelsCalibration kit label Verify performance Enter standards/classes Modification examples User modified cal kits and Agilent 8510 specificationsModeling a thru adapter Modeling an arbitrary impedance standard Disk procedure Appendix a Calibration kit entry procedureTo 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 connectorsType-N coaxial connector interface Female type-N Page Equation Appendix C Cal coefficients model Their first order approximations, R is small and G=0, are Then Agilent Direct Agilent Email UpdatesAgilent Open