Rohde & Schwarz ZVA8 - Automatic Calibration

System Overview
R&S
®
ZVA
88Quick Start Guide 1145.1090.62 ─ 10
Calibration Type Standards Parameters Error Terms General Accuracy Application
TRM (2-port, 3-port
or 4-port)
Reflect (equal at
both ports), Match,
Through
All Reflection tracking,
Source match,
Directivity,
Load match,
Transmission track-
ing
High Reflection and
transmission meas-
urements on DUTs
with 2, 3, or 4 ports,
especially in test fix-
tures.
TRL (2-port, 3-port
or 4-port)
Reflect (at both
ports),
Through, Line1,
Line2/3 (optional),
combination with
TRM (optional)
All Reflection tracking,
Source match,
Directivity,
Load match,
Transmission track-
ing
High, high directivity Reflection and
transmission meas-
urements on DUTs
with 2, 3, or 4 ports,
especially for planar
circuits. Limited
bandwidth.
TNA (2-port, 3-port
or 4-port)
Through, Attenua-
tion, Symmetric net-
work
All Reflection tracking,
Source match,
Directivity,
Load match,
Transmission track-
ing
High, lowest
requirements on
standards
Reflection and
transmission meas-
urements on DUTs
with 2, 3, or 4 ports,
especially for planar
circuits.
1) Or any other 3 known one-port standards. To be used in a guided calibration, the known
standards must be declared to be open, short, and match irrespective of their properties.
2) Or any other known two-port standard. See remark above.
The calibration type must be selected in accordance with the test setup. Select the cali-
bration type for which you can obtain or design the most accurate standards and for which
you can measure the required parameters with best accuracy.
3.4.3 Automatic Calibration
A Calibration Unit is an integrated solution for automatic system error correction of vector
network analyzers. For analyzers of the R&S ZVAB family, Rohde & Schwarz provides
different types of calibration units:
The 2- and 4-port calibration units R&S ZV-Z51, R&S ZV-Z52, R&S ZV-Z53, R&S ZV-
Z54, and R&S ZVA-Z55 are especially suited for R&S ZVB and R&S ZVA vector network
analyzers.
Calibration unit Recommended for Frequency range Connector type No. of ports Order no.
R&S ZV-Z51 R&S ZVB4, R&S
ZVB8, R&S ZVA8
300 kHz to 8 GHz 3.5 mm (f) 4 1164.0515.30
R&S ZV-Z51 R&S ZVB4, R&S
ZVB8, R&S ZVA8
300 kHz to 8 GHz type N (f) 4 1164.0515.70
R&S ZV-Z52 R&S ZVB14, R&S
ZVB20, R&S ZVA24
10 MHz to 24 GHz 3.5 mm (f) 4 1164.0521.30
Calibration