Make accurate pulsed S-parameter measurements

From: Microwaves & RF | Date: November 1, 2003| Author: Betts, Loren | Copyright information

A properly equipped vector network analyzer with practical digital filters can be used to evaluate the S-parameters of short-duration pulsed test signals.

Vector network analyzers are traditionally used to measure the continuous-wave (CW) S-parameter performance of components. Often, under these operating conditions, the analyzer is functioning as a narrowband measurement instrument. It transmits a known CW frequency to the component and measures the CW frequency response. If we were t...

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