Electronic Vector-Network-Analyzer Verification

Published

October 1, 2009

Author(s)

Dylan F. Williams, Arkadiusz C. Lewandowski, Denis X. LeGolvan, Ronald A. Ginley

Abstract

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has just introduced a fully electronic measurement verification system for microwave vector-network-analyzer (VNA) calibrations called NISTeVerify. The system allows you to quickly verify VNA calibrations with a single computer-controlled electronic verification artifact. The results are captured in easy-to-understand performance metrics which, unlike those derived from measurements of mechanical verification artifacts, are independent of the actual physical artifacts employed and more completely verify your VNA calibrations than was previously possible. NISTeVerify also allows you to log results directly to NIST servers over the Internet and immediately generate verification reports on site, greatly simplifying record keeping.

Citation

IEEE Microwave Magazine

Volume

10

Issue

6

Pub Type

Others

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https://doi.org/10.1109/MMM.2009.933595

Keywords

electronic calibration unit, scattering parameters, measurement verification, vector network analyzer

Citation

Williams, D. , Lewandowski, A. , LeGolvan, D. and Ginley, R. (2009), Electronic Vector-Network-Analyzer Verification, IEEE Microwave Magazine, [online], https://doi.org/10.1109/MMM.2009.933595 (Accessed April 24, 2026)

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