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About Cal Plane Manager

CharacterizeFixture Method


Description

Characterizes a single fixture based on two existing calsets. To characterize two adapter/fixtures (on the input AND output of a fixture), perform this operation twice.

VB Syntax

calmgr.CharacterizeFixture (tier1Cset, tier2Cset, portNum, s2pFile, format, [dcPhase])

Variable

(Type) - Description

calMgr

Cal Manager (Object)

tier1Cset

(String) Name of Tier-1 calset. The Tier-1 calset MUST be from a calibration that was performed at the input to the adapter/fixture.

tier2Cset

(String) Name of Tier-2 calset. The Tier-2 calset MUST be from a calibration that was performed at the DUT reference plane.

portNum

(Long Integer) Port number of the calsets to use when the specified calsets are used to calibrate more than one port.

s2pFile

(String) Path and filename to which the S2P file is to be saved.

format

(Enum as NAPairedDataFormat) Format in which the data is to be saved to the S2P file. Choose from:

0 - naLogMagPhase

1 - naLinMagPhase

2 - naRealImaginary

[dcPhase]

(Integer)  Optional argument. The projected phase of S21 at DC where it crosses the X-axis. Learn more.

Return Type

Not Applicable

Default

Not Applicable

Examples

CalManager.CharacterizeFixture ("Tier1", "Tier2", 1,"C:\Users\PNA-ADMIN\AppData\Local\Keysight\Network Analyzer\CPM\FixtureA.s2p",1,0)

C++ Syntax

HRESULT CharacterizeFixture(BSTR strCset1, BSTR strCset2, long pNum, BSTR fileName, tagNAPairedDataFormat format, Int dcPhase);

Interface

ICalManager10