Data-Based Cal Kit Editor

Information on the Data-Based Cal Kit Editor

The regular CalKit Editor is part of the Data Link software. To learn more refer to the Data Link Help file and to the Edit Cal Kits topic. The CalKit Editor enablesthe creation of cal kits that include data-based standards. Data-based standards are described by a data list. A data-based standard should include a list of frequencies, the actual response for each s-parameter at each frequency and an estimate of the accuracy of the actual response to be used in determining the weighting factor used by expanded cal.

Currently, only one-port data-based devices are supported. Support for two-port devices will be added later. The download link is at the bottom of this page.

NOTE: This topic references the PNA Microwave Network Analyzer family, but the much of the content is valid for the FieldFox Handheld Analyzer Family. Learn more, refer to  Data Link Help file .

Example file

CITIFILE A.01.01
COMMENT Cal Std DATA-BASED Model Data File
COMMENT May 6, 2003
COMMENT STD MODEL# 85058-60101
COMMENT STD SER# NOMINAL
#PNA Rev A.01.00
#PNA STDTYPE DATA-BASED
#PNA STDREV A.02.00
#PNA STDLABEL "SHORT 1 -M-"
#PNA STDDESC "1.85 mm male [SHORT 1]"
#PNA STDFRQMIN 0
#PNA STDFRQMAX 70000000000
#PNA STDNUMPORTS 1 
COMMENT "1.85 mm" known so #PNA DEFINECONNECTOR statement non needed
COMMENT #PNA DEFINECONNECTOR "1.85 mm" 0 70000000000 COAX
#PNA CONNECTOR 1 "1.85 mm" MALE
COMMENT PINDEPTH is optional, only applies to coax devices
#PNA PINDEPTH 1 0.007 0.007
NAME DATA
COMMENT This section describes the s parameter data and weighting 
COMMENT factor for the calibration standard
COMMENT COVERAGEFACTOR is used to scale the weighting factor
COMMENT S[i,j] is sij for the standard. Supported formats: RI
COMMENT U[i,j] is the weighting factor for sij. 
COMMENT Supported U[i,j] formats: RI, MAG
#PNA COVERAGEFACTOR 2
COMMENT note number of points is 509 below
VAR Freq MAG 509
DATA S[1,1] RI
DATA U[1,1] MAG
VAR_LIST_BEGIN
0
10000000
15000000
...             {complete list omitted for brevity}
70000000000
VAR_LIST_END
BEGIN
-1,0
-0.99976354927,0.00249289367
-0.99970950119,0.00367766097
...             {complete list omitted for brevity}
0.9772034982,-0.14575300423
END
BEGIN
0.00028
0.00028
0.00028
...             {complete list omitted for brevity}
0.005
END

Preliminary #PNA keywords

The PNA currently does not recognize the following keywords (they are ignored). Future revisions will include the following keywords to allow the data-based standard to be completely defined by the CITIFILE.

NOTE: This topic references the PNA Microwave Network Analyzer family, but the muchfS of the content is valid for the FieldFox Handheld Analyzer Family. Learn more, refer to  Data Link Help file .

#PNA Keyword table (Preliminary)

This program needs to be installed on a PC.

The regular CalKit Editor is part of the Data Link software. To learn more refer to the Data Link Help file and to the Edit Cal Kits topic.

To Install the Data Link software go here: https://www.keysight.com/us/en/lib/resources/technical-specifications/installing-or-updating-the-fieldfox-data-link-software-2102692.html.