
Concepts and Features
R&S
®
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common-mode rejection ratio
(CMRR). It can be calculated as |S
dd21
|/|S
cc21
| (see
Chapter 5.3.6.2, "Mixed Mode Parameters"
on page 130). The general definition of the
complex CMRR between two ports (at least one of them balanced) is given below.
Imbalance and common-mode rejection ratio can only be measured if more than 2 test
ports are available on the VNA and connected
General Definition
In general, imbalance and CMRR are quantities with two numeric indices, indicating
the logical output port and the logical input port of the DUT during the measurement
(Imb
<out><in>
, CMRR
<out><in>
).
●
DUT with single-ended logical port i and balanced logical port j:
DUT
Balanced
port
Log.
NWA
port
Single-
ended
port
Physical port c
Logical port j
(balanced)
Physical port d
Logical port i
(single-ended)
Physical port a
–
Imb
ji
= –S
ca
/S
da
and Imb
ij
= –S
ac
/S
ad
–
CMRR
ji
= S
dsji
/S
csji
and CMRR
ij
= S
sdij
/S
scij
●
DUT with balanced logical ports i and j:
DUT
Balanced
port
Log.
NWA
port
Balanced
port
Log.
NWA
port
Physical port c
Logical port j
(balanced)
Physical port d
Logical port i
(balanced)
Physical port a
Physical port b
–
Imb
ji
= –(S
ca
– S
cb
)/(S
da
– S
db
), for i
≠
j
–
CMRR
ji
=S
ddji
/S
ccji
Differential Imbalance
A (differential) imbalance can also be calculated if the second balanced DUT port is
connected to two single-ended logical ports:
DUT
Balanced
port
Balanced
port
Log.
NWA
port
Physical port c
Logical ports j,k
(single-ended)
Physical port d
Logical port i
(balanced)
Physical port a
Physical port b
Imb
jk-i
= –(S
ca
– S
da
)/(S
cb
– S
db
)
Imb
i-jk
= –(S
ac
– S
ad
)/(S
bc
– S
bd
)
Measurement Results