A calibration procedure for electronic calibration units

This paper presents a procedure for calibrating a Vector Network Analyzer (VNA) calibration kit, mechanical short, open, and load or electronic calibration unit, as a black box. The uncertainty is associated with each connector type in the calibration kit in the form of an uncertainty two-port. The method is validated by comparing results using different VNA test set configurations as well as a comparison to a traditional ripple technique.

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