R&S ZNB Series User Manual page 176

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R&S ZNB/ZNBT
Offset parameters
The offset parameters have the following physical meaning:
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The delay is the propagation time of a wave traveling through the standard. The
electrical length is equal to the delay times the speed of light in the vacuum. It is a
measure for the length of transmission line between the standard and the actual
calibration plane. For a waveguide with permittivity ε
the following relations hold:
Delay
The default delay is 0 s, the default step width is 1 ns, corresponding to a step
width of 299.792 mm for the electrical length. The relations hold for one-port and 2-
port standards.
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Z
with Z
the reference impedance of the system (depending on the connector type) or the
terminal impedance of the standard. The characteristic impedance of the standard
is only used in the context of calibration.
The default characteristic impedance is equal to the reference impedance of the
system.
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The loss is the energy loss along the transmission line due to the skin effect. For
resistive lines and at RF frequencies, the loss is approximately proportional to the
square root of the frequency.
In Keysight mode, the offset loss is expressed in units of Ω/s at a frequency of 1
GHz. The following formula holds for two-port standards:
Offset
The conversion formula for one-port standards has an additional factor ½ on the
right-hand side. The reason for this factor is that the Loss in dB accounts for the
attenuation along the forward and the reverse path. It does not depend on how
often the wave actually propagates through the line, whereas the offset loss is pro-
portional to the attenuation of the line.
To determine an offset loss value experimentally, measure the delay in seconds
and the loss in dB at 1 GHz and use the formula above.
The default loss or offset loss is zero.
The impedance for waveguides is frequency-dependent. If a waveguide line type is
selected in the "Cal Connector Types" dialog, the "Char. Imp." field is disabled and indi-
cates "varies" instead of a definite impedance value. Moreover no loss or offset loss
can be set.
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L
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c
is the characteristic impedance of the standard. If the standard is terminated
0
, then its input impedance is also equal to Z
0
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Loss / / s
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Electrical Length
   
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Loss / dB Z /
0
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Concepts and features
and mechanical length L
r
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L
mech r
. Z is not necessarily equal to
0 0
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s
Calibration
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