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A Method to Compare Vector Nonlinear Network Analyzers
Published
Author(s)
Kate Remley, Donald C. DeGroot, Jeffrey Jargon, Kuldip Gupta
Abstract
We address the difficult problem of determining measurement consistency between two vector nonlinear network analyzers, a new class of stimulus-response instruments that acquire multiharmonic waveform data instead of normalized network parameters. We develop a set of nonlinear verification devices and a method to compare the systems, and then demonstrate that measurements from three different nonlinear network analyzers are consistent to within 1.3% of the amplitude of the applied stimulus signal.
Proceedings Title
Tech. Dig., IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium
Remley, K.
, DeGroot, D.
, Jargon, J.
and Gupta, K.
(2001),
A Method to Compare Vector Nonlinear Network Analyzers, Tech. Dig., IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium, Phoenix, AZ, USA, [online], https://doi.org/10.1109/MWSYM.2001.967225, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=14478
(Accessed October 1, 2025)