VectorStar™ MS4640A Series Microwave Vector Network Analyzers : Receiver Calibrations
 
Receiver Calibrations
 
Receiver Calibration Overview
Receiver Calibration Concepts
Setting Up Receiver Calibrations
Receiver Calibration Utilities
Receiver Calibration Uncertainties
Source Side
Receiver Side
Receiver Calibration Overview
The purpose of this section is to show how receiver calibrations can be set up, and how some of the additional receiver calibration utilities can be used.
Unlike conventional VNA RF calibrations (like SOLT, LRL/LRM, and others) that are used to calibrate the VNA for S-parameter measurements, the receiver calibration is more of an absolute power calibration to help with measurements such as:
Harmonics
IMD and IP3, and other multi-tone distortion measurements
Mixer conversion loss (in the simpler scalar cases)
Noise figure measurements
Other times when the VNA is just used as a channelized receiver