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James P. Randa, J. Achkar, F. I. Buchholz, T. Colard, D. Schubert, M. Sinclair, John Rice, G. S. Williams
We report results of a recent international comparison of thermal noise-power measurements, performed under the auspices of CIPM/CCE. The noise temperatures of two solid-state sources with GPC-7 connectors were measured at 2, 4, and 12 GHz. All results
Lorant A. Muth, Paul D. Domich, B. M. Welsh, A. L. Buterbaugh, B. M. Kent
Calibration standards for radar systems are being developed cooperatively at NIST and DoD measurement facilities. Our goals are to develop standard procedures for polarimetric radar calibrations and to improve the uncertainty in the estimation of system
James P. Randa, Dave K. Walker, Lawrence P. Dunleavy, Robert L. Billinger, John Rice
A set of wafer probeable diode noise source transfer standards are characterized using on-wafer noise temperature methods developed recently at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). This paper reviews the methods for accurate on-wafer
We examine a short-open-load-reciprocal scattering parameter calibration in both in-line and orthogonal probe configurations. We explore its standard definitions and verify its accuracy by comparing it to a multiline thru-reflect-line calibration.
We present a multiport measurement procedure well suited to on-wafer measurement. It can correct multiport measurements with any conventional in-line calibration, including the thru-reflect-line calibration. We demonstrate the procedure in a four-port
V. Milanovic, Mehmet Ozgur, Donald C. DeGroot, Jeffrey Jargon, Michael Gaitan, Mona E. Zaghloul
This paper presents characteristics of microwave transmission in coplanar waveguides (CPW's) on silicon (Si) substrates fabricated through commercial CMOS foundries. Due to the CMOS fabrication, the metal strips of the CPW are encapsulated in thin films of
James R. Baker-Jarvis, Chriss A. Jones, Michael D. Janezic
This paper presents a technique for permittivity measurements that can be used for either liquids or solid coaxial samples from near dc to gigahertz frequencies.
Uncertainty analyses are presented for NIST measurements of noise temperature. All systems currently used in NIST calibrations of thermal-noise sources are treated. These include tuned systems for 30 and 60 MHz, coaxial total-power radiometers for 1 to 12
This Tech Note covers in detail the procedures that are necessary to measure the receive transfer function of a broadband electric-field sensor using direct-pulse, time-domain methods. The calibration techniques presented here are applicable to a cone and
We develop a coplanar-waveguide probe-tip scattering parameter calibration based on a thru, a reflect, and an accurately modeled Series resistor. Comparison to a multiline Thru-Reflect-Line calibration verifies the accuracy of the method.