Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Correction of transmission line induced phase and amplitude errors in reflectivity measurements
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Application No.: US14880589Application Date: 2015-10-12
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Publication No.: US11215655B2Publication Date: 2022-01-04
- Inventor: John Weber Schultz , Rebecca Schultz , James Maloney , Kathleen Maloney
- Applicant: John Weber Schultz , Rebecca Schultz , James Maloney , Kathleen Maloney
- Applicant Address: US GA Alpharetta; US GA Alpharetta; US GA Marietta; US GA Marietta
- Assignee: John Weber Schultz,Rebecca Schultz,James Maloney,Kathleen Maloney
- Current Assignee: John Weber Schultz,Rebecca Schultz,James Maloney,Kathleen Maloney
- Current Assignee Address: US GA Alpharetta; US GA Alpharetta; US GA Marietta; US GA Marietta
- Agency: Thomas | Horstemeyer, LLP
- Main IPC: G01R27/28
- IPC: G01R27/28 ; G01R35/00 ; G01R27/32 ; G01N22/00 ; G01S7/40 ; G01R33/00 ; G01R31/11 ; G01R31/319 ; G01R31/08 ; G01R23/16 ; G01R29/10

Abstract:
Various examples of methods and systems are disclosed for correction of phase and amplitude errors that occur in transmission lines connecting transmitter/receiver devices to measurement fixtures. In one example, a method is described that includes using time domain processing to determine a phase shift from the measurement fixture that can occur between calibration measurements and measurements of the specimen under test. In another example, a method is described that includes frequency-domain processing of the signals to obtain both phase and amplitude corrections. Including these phase and amplitude corrections in the calibration procedure can reduce or minimize the errors induced in the measurements when the transmission line(s) experience either temperature changes or physical deflections, among other things.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160103197A1 CORRECTION OF TRANSMISSION LINE INDUCED PHASE AND AMPLITUDE ERRORS IN REFLECTIVITY MEASUREMENTS Public/Granted day:2016-04-14
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