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Table 4-7: Overview of calibration types
Calibration Type
Standards
Parameters
Error Terms
General Accuracy
Application
Reflection Normali-
zation
Open or Short
S
ii
for Port i
Reflection tracking
Low to medium
Reflection measure-
ments on any port.
Transmission Nor-
malization
Through
S
ij
for port pair (i,j), i
≠ j
Transmission track-
ing
Medium
Transmission mea-
surements in any
direction and
between any combi-
nation of ports.
Reflection OSM
Open, Short,
Match
1)
S
ii
for Port i
Reflection tracking,
Source match
Directivity,
High
Reflection measure-
ments on any port.
One Path Two Ports Open, Short,
Match
1)
(at source
port),
Through
2)
between
the source port and
all target ports
S
t,j
for fixed source
port j and target
ports t
Reflection tracking,
Source match,
Directivity,
Transmission track-
ing
Medium to high
Unidirectional trans-
mission measure-
ments in any direc-
tion and between
any combination of
ports.
TOSM or UOSM
(n-port)
Open, Short,
Match
1)
(at each
port),
Through
2)
(between
all port pairs)
All
Reflection tracking,
Source match,
Directivity,
Load match,
Transmission track-
ing,
High
Reflection and
transmission mea-
surements; classi-
cal 12-term error
correction model.
Adapter Removal
(2-port)
Open, Short,
Match
1)
(at each
port),
Through
All
Reflection parame-
ters with and with-
out adapter
Reflection tracking,
Source match,
Directivity,
Load match,
Transmission track-
ing,
High
Reflection and
transmission mea-
surements; classi-
cal 12-term error
correction model.
TOM
(n-port)
Open, Match (at
both ports),
Through (between
all port pairs)
All
Reflection tracking,
Source match,
Directivity,
Load match,
Transmission track-
ing
High
Reflection and
transmission mea-
surements.
TSM
(n-port)
Short, Match (at
both ports),
Through (between
all port pairs)
All
Reflection tracking,
Source match,
Directivity,
Load match,
Transmission track-
ing
High
Reflection and
transmission mea-
surements.
Calibration
