Measurements of micromachined waveguide devices at WR-3 band using a T/R-T module based network analyzer

Yi Wang; Michael J. Lancaster; Maolong Ke; Xiaobang Shang

doi:10.1109/ARFTG77.2011.6034563

Measurements of micromachined waveguide devices at WR-3 band using a T/R-T module based network analyzer

Yi Wang^*, Michael J. Lancaster, Maolong Ke, Xiaobang Shang

^*Corresponding author for this work

Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering

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Abstract

Making accurate and reliable measurements at WR-3 band is challenging. This is made more so when a T/R-T based test configuration is used. This paper compared the calibrations and measurements between a T/R-T and a full T/R-T/R configuration. The shortfall of load matching in the T/R-T configuration has been identified and described using signal flow analyses. The effects of both the device performance and the load match on the measurement uncertainty have been studied. The insertion of an attenuator at the T-module test port has been used to overcome the poor load matching, and significant improvements have been achieved on the measurements of micromachined waveguide devices.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2011 77th ARFTG Microwave Measurement Conference
Subtitle of host publication	Design and Measurement of Microwave Systems, ARFTG 2011
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ARFTG77.2011.6034563
Publication status	Published - 1 Nov 2011
Event	2011 77th ARFTG Microwave Measurement Conference: Design and Measurement of Microwave Systems, ARFTG 2011 - Baltimore, MD, United States Duration: 10 Jun 2011 → 10 Jun 2011

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Conference	2011 77th ARFTG Microwave Measurement Conference: Design and Measurement of Microwave Systems, ARFTG 2011
Country/Territory	United States
City	Baltimore, MD
Period	10/06/11 → 10/06/11

Keywords

Micromachining
Millimeter wave devices
Millimeter wave measurements

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Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Wang, Y, Lancaster, MJ, Ke, M & Shang, X 2011, Measurements of micromachined waveguide devices at WR-3 band using a T/R-T module based network analyzer. in 2011 77th ARFTG Microwave Measurement Conference: Design and Measurement of Microwave Systems, ARFTG 2011., 6034563, 2011 77th ARFTG Microwave Measurement Conference: Design and Measurement of Microwave Systems, ARFTG 2011, Baltimore, MD, United States, 10/06/11. https://doi.org/10.1109/ARFTG77.2011.6034563

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