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Novel Direct 31-Term Calibration for Characterisation of Automotive Communication Cables in the GHz Range


Abstract:

The bandwidth demand for data transmission on copper cables increases more and more. For the characterisation of such cables up to GHz frequencies it is advisable to use ...Show More

Abstract:

The bandwidth demand for data transmission on copper cables increases more and more. For the characterisation of such cables up to GHz frequencies it is advisable to use a vector network analyzer (VNA). However, the effort for its calibration can be considerable, since a star-quad cable consists of two twisted-pairs, which results in 128 calibration coefficients to be determined. It has previously been shown [1] how to reduce the number of calibration coefficients significantly, by exploiting symmetry properties within a mixed-mode description of the measurement setup. As a part of that solution, four leaky 4-port error-networks must be calibrated. For this purpose, the present paper presents a novel combination of calibration standards to calibrate two 15-term error-networks in one step, the so called 31-term error-model. This procedure applies two network standards “N1” and “N2” to connect the two 15-term error-networks, a third network “N3” to connect both ports at the leaky error-networks and an asymmetric reflection standard “R”. The paper adresses the problem of MATCH-standards on non-metrology interfaces. They set the reference impedance, but have not a constant reflection for a bandwith of several GHz.
Date of Conference: 27-30 August 2018
Date Added to IEEE Xplore: 14 April 2019
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Conference Location: Chicago, IL, USA

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