Waveguide Characterization Procedure - Agilent Technologies N4413A User Manual

Waveguide Characterization Procedure

Use this procedure to characterize a waveguide measurement.
1. Calibrate the Agilent microwave network analyzer.
2. Measure the DUT.
3. Save the measured data in S2P format on the network analyzer by pressing the
Save/Recall key and then pressing the DEFINE DISK-SAVE, SAVE USING ASCII,
and FORMAT ARY ON off softkeys.
4. Import this measured data into the balanced measurement software by clicking Import
and Import S2P on the File menu.
5. Export the data as a citifile by selecting Export... and Citifile on the File menu.
6. Open the Citifile in a text editor. The first three lines of the file are shown below.
CITIFILE A.01.00
NAME S-Parameters
VAR FREQ MAG 400
.
.
.
7. Insert the following two lines between the first and second lines of the Citifile.
#TXS TYPE=THRU
#TXS PORT1=WR-51 (W/G)
8. Save this file and use it in the adapter section of the calibration.
Appendix A
PORT2=WR-51 (W/G)
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