[Header] Format=SMU ver=3 appl=GUMWB32 MR=0 SUR=0 SUP=0 UIP=1 UCR=0 status=2 FUEB=0 [Title] Title='Calibration of a power sensor at a frequency of 18 GHz' Ref='S6' Date='08/22/2007' Version='' Author='EA' Description=15 Description[0]='This Example is taken from EA 4/02. See EA 4/02 Section S6 for more details.' Description[1]='' Description[2]='The measurement involves the calibration of an unknown power sensor with' Description[3]='respect to a' Description[4]='calibrated power sensor used as a' Description[5]='reference by substitution on a' Description[6]='stable transfer standard of known small reflection coefficient. The measurement' Description[7]='is made in terms of calibration factor, which is defined as the ratio of' Description[8]='incident power at the reference frequency of 50 MHz to the incident power at' Description[9]='the calibration frequency under the condition that both incident powers give' Description[10]='equal power sensor response. At each frequency one determines the (indicated)' Description[11]='ratio of the power for the sensor to be calibrated respectively the reference' Description[12]='sensor and the internal sensor that forms part of the transfer standard, using' Description[13]='a' Description[14]='dual power meter with ratio facility.' PictureCount=1 DCount=1 [Model] Model=1 Model[0]='K_X = (K_S + \delta\K_D) * (M_Sr * M_Xc) / (M_Sc * M_Xr) * p_Cr * p_Cc * p' CE=1 CTC=1 [Components] CompOrder=3 Comp=10 Comp[0]=K_X_ Comp[1]=K_S_ Comp[2]=\delta\K_D_ Comp[3]=M_Sr_ Comp[4]=M_Xc_ Comp[5]=M_Sc_ Comp[6]=M_Xr_ Comp[7]=p_Cr_ Comp[8]=p_Cc_ Comp[9]=p [COMP 0] Type=Result Definition='unknown calibration factor' Unit='' Description=0 Fcov=2 NomUnit= UncUnit= CovID=1 UncID=0 Vnom=0.933024133333333 Ustd=0.0161763656260788 Neff=286 HB=1 HC=0 HR=1 IO=0 PictureCount=1 DCount=1 [COMP 1] Type=TypBNormal Definition='calibration factor of the reference power sensor' Unit='' Description=4 Description[0]='REFERENCE SENSOR: The reference sensor was calibrated six months before the' Description[1]='calibration of the unknown power sensor. The value of the calibration factor,' Description[2]='given in the calibration certificate, is (95,7±1,1)% (coverage factor k=2),' Description[3]='which also may be expressed as 0,957±0,011' Vnom=0.957 Uexp=0.011 Fcov=2 PictureCount=1 DCount=1 [COMP 2] Type=TypBRectang Definition='drift of calibration factor of the reference power sensor since its last calibration' Unit='' Description=5 Description[0]='DRIFT OF THE STANDARD: The drift of the calibration factor of the reference' Description[1]='standard is estimated from annual calibrations to be -0,002 per year with' Description[2]='deviations within ±0,004. From these values the drift of the reference sensor' Description[3]='which has been calibrated half a' Description[4]='year ago is estimated to be -0.001 with deviations within ±0,002.' Vnom=-0,001 Hlim=0.002 PictureCount=1 DCount=1 [COMP 3] Type=TypBUShaped Definition='mismatch factor of the reference power sensor at the reference frequency of 50 MHz' Unit='' Description=7 Description[0]='MISMATCH FACTORS: As the transfer standard system is not perfectly matched and' Description[1]='the phase of the reflection coefficients of the transfer standard, the unknown' Description[2]='and the standard power sensors are not known, there will be an uncertainty due' Description[3]='to mismatch for each sensor at the reference frequency and at the calibration' Description[4]='frequency. The probability distribution of the contribution is U-shaped and the' Description[5]='limits are calculated from the magnitude of the reflection coefficients (see' Description[6]='EAL-R2-S1:S6.8).' Vnom=1,0 Hlim=0.0008 PictureCount=1 DCount=1 [COMP 4] Type=TypBUShaped Definition='mismatch factor of the unknown power sensor at the calibration frequency of 18 GHz' Unit='' Description=0 Vnom=1,0 Hlim=0,0168 PictureCount=1 DCount=1 [COMP 5] Type=TypBUShaped Definition='mismatch factor of the reference power sensor at the calibration frequency of 18 GHz' Unit='' Description=0 Vnom=1.0 Hlim=0.014 PictureCount=1 DCount=1 [COMP 6] Type=TypBUShaped Definition='mismatch factor of the unknown power sensor at the reference frequency of 50 MHz' Unit='' Description=0 Vnom=1.0 Hlim=0.0008 PictureCount=1 DCount=1 [COMP 7] Type=TypBNormal Definition='correction of the observed ratio for non-linearity and limited resolution of the power meter at power ratio level of the reference frequency ' Unit='' Description=16 Description[0]='LINEARITY AND RESOLUTION OF THE POWER METER: The expanded uncertainty of 0,002' Description[1]='(coverage factor k' Description[2]='=' Description[3]='2.0) is assigned to the power meter readings at the power ratio level of the' Description[4]='reference frequency and of 0,0002 (coverage factor k' Description[5]='=' Description[6]='2.0) at the power ratio level of calibration frequency due to non-linearity of' Description[7]='the power meter used. These values have been obtained from previous' Description[8]='measurements. Since the same power meter has been used to observe both p_iX and' Description[9]='p_iS the uncertainty contributions at the reference as well at the calibration' Description[10]='frequency are correlated. Because power ratios at both frequencies are' Description[11]='considered, the effect of the correlations is to reduce the uncertainty. Thus' Description[12]='only the relative difference in the readings due to systematic effects must be' Description[13]='taken into account resulting in a' Description[14]='standard uncertainty of 0,00142 associated with the correction factor p_Cr and' Description[15]='0,000142 with the correction factor p_Cc.' Vnom=1.0 Uexp=0.00142 Fcov=1.0 PictureCount=1 DCount=1 [COMP 8] Type=TypBNormal Definition='correction of the observed ratio for non-linearity and limited resolution of the power meter at power ratio level of the calibration frequency ' Unit='' Description=0 Vnom=1.0 Uexp=0.000142 Fcov=1.0 PictureCount=1 DCount=1 [COMP 9] Type=TypAExper Definition='=p_iX/p_iS, ratio of the output power ratios indicated at the power transfer system in realizing equal response for the unknown and the reference power sensor' Unit='' Description=5 Description[0]='MEASUREMENTS: Three separate readings are made which involve disconnection and' Description[1]='reconnection of both the reference sensor and the sensor to be calibrated on' Description[2]='the transfer standard to take connection repeatability into account. The poer' Description[3]='ratio p' Description[4]='is precalculated from the powermeter readings (see EAL-R2-S1:S6.10).' Observations=3 Reading=3 Reading[0]=0,9772 Reading[1]=0,9671 Reading[2]=0,9836 Mode=0 MinObs=3 PictureCount=1 DCount=1 [Correlations] Description=0 [CalCorr] CNT=9 R[0,4]=0.6851824 R[0,5]=-0.5710413 R[0,1]=0.3318308 R[0,9]=0.2838441 R[0,7]=0.0819031 R[0,2]=0.0696664 R[0,6]=-0.0326277 R[0,3]=0.0326277 R[0,8]=0.0081903