Calibration Between Ports Of Different Connector Types - Agilent Technologies ENA Series User Manual

Calibration between Ports of Different Connector Types

When you perform calibration between ports of different connector types, you need to use
a different calibration kit for each test port. In addition, for transmission measurement
between 2 ports, you need to use adapters suitable for the connector types of both ports.
For example, in order to perform full 2-port calibration between port 1 of an N-type
connector and port 2 of a 3.5-mm connector, you need to use an N-type connector
calibration kit (for example, 85032F) for reflection measurement of port 1, a 3.5-mm
connector calibration kit (for example, 85033E) for reflection measurement of port 2, and
an N-3.5-mm adapter for transmission measurement between ports 1 and 2.
Because you cannot use a different calibration kit for each port in normal calibration of the
E5070B/E5071B, you need to use the following VBA macro to perform calibration
between ports of different connector types.
Storage folder
D:\Agilent
NOTE Never delete this VBA macro, since even system recovery cannot restore it.
This VBA macro lets you select a calibration kit for each test port and each pair of test
ports when performing calibration. In addition, it lets you select any adapter (2-port
Touchstone file) whose characteristics have been determined for a standard between test
ports.
NOTE
This VBA macro has an adapter characterization function to obtain the characteristics of an
adapter and save them to a 2-port Touchstone file. For more information, see "Adapter
Characterization" on page 160.
Chapter 4
Calibration between Ports of Different Connector Types
VBA macro name (project name)
AdapterCharacterization.vba
Calibration
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