Patent ID: 7171324

Claim:
In a test system a method for providing for corrected measurements, the method comprising: providing a source module which includes a first linear component and a first non-linear component; determining characteristics of the first linear component; storing the characteristics of the first linear component in a component database, wherein the component database includes data for a plurality of different components which can be used in the test system; determining flatness characteristics of the source module; using the flatness characteristics of the source module, and the characteristics of the first linear component to determine characteristics of the first non-linear component; storing the determined characteristics of the non-linear component in the component database; applying a signal from the source module to a device under test; receiving a measurement signal from the device under test, and using data from the component data base, and the measurement signal to determine characteristics of the device under test; and providing the determined characteristics of the device under test to a user interface.