Network analyzer calibrator having electrical and electrooptical components
AssigneeAgilent Technologies, Inc.
InventorRuediger Maestle
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Abstract
A calibration kit (100) for calibrating a connectable network analyzer (102), including a converter (104, 106) adapted for performing a conversion between an electrical signal and an optical signal, a calibration standard (108, 110) for calibrating the network analyzer (102), and a switch array (112) adapted for switching the converter (104, 106) and the calibration standard (108, 110) in a manner to enable an electrical calibration of the network analyzer (102) and a calibration of the converter (104, 106) coupled to the network analyzer (102).
Claims24
A calibration kit for calibrating a connectable network analyzer, the calibration kit comprising:
- a converter configured for performing a conversion between an electrical signal and an optical signal;
- a calibration standard configured for calibrating the network analyzer;
- a switch array configured for switching the converter and the calibration standard into active paths, respectively, to selectively enable an electrical calibration of the network analyzer via a network analyzer interface and calibration of the converter;
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- an optical switch configured for switching a direct connection between the converter and a device under test via a device under test interface.
A method of calibrating a network analyzer, the method comprising:
- connecting a calibration kit to the network analyzer;
- switching a converter of the calibration kit for performing a conversion between an electrical signal and an optical signal;
- switching a calibration standard of the calibration kit for calibrating the network analyzer via a network analyzer interface to selectively enable using the calibration standard for an electrical calibration of the network analyzer and calibration of the converter;
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- selectively coupling a device under test between the converter via a device under test interface and the network analyzer for testing the device under test.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.