Patent ID: 8860431
Filing Date: 2014-10-14
Classification: G01R

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: measuring transmission characteristics of a substantially symmetric two-port network including a first half and a second half; measuring at least one of transmission characteristics of the first half of the substantially symmetric two-port network having a short-circuited output and transmission characteristics of the first half of the substantially symmetric two-port network having an open-circuited output; determining transmission characteristics of the substantially symmetric two-port network based on the transmission characteristics of the substantially symmetric two-port network and one or both of the transmission characteristics of the first half of the substantially symmetric two-port network having a short-circuited output and the transmission characteristics of the first half of the substantially symmetric two-port network having an open-circuited output; measuring transmission characteristics of the substantially symmetric two-port network having a device under test embedded between the first half and the second half; and mathematically removing the transmission characteristics of the first half of the first substantially symmetric two-port network and the second half of the second substantially symmetric two-port network from the measured transmission characteristics of the substantially symmetric two-port network having a device under test embedded between the first half and the second half to determine transmission characteristics of the device under test.