Covariance-Matrix-Based Vector-Network-Analyzer Uncertainty Analysis for Time-and Frequency-Domain Measurements *

We develop a covariance-matrix-based uncertainty analysis for vector-network-analyzer scattering-par ameter measurements. The covariance matrix captures all of the measurement uncertainties and statistical correlati ons between them. This allows the uncertainties of vector-netwo rk-analyzer scattering-parameter measurements to be propagated into the uncertainties of other quantities derived from scat tering parameters, including temporal waveforms.

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