Leon, Many thanks for your reply. Since you mentioned there is much difference for long fixture with these two calibration methods, which one is more accurate? Is there any paper talking about this? Thanks Jun --- On Wed, 6/23/10, Leon Wu <Leon.Wu@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: From: Leon Wu <Leon.Wu@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: RE: [SI-LIST] Port extension with VNA To: "jun li" <lijun_hit@xxxxxxxxx>, si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Wednesday, June 23, 2010, 7:02 PM Hi Jun, Based on my experience, 'port extension' function is just for the phase but not for the magnitude. And if your fixture is long enough or have large discontinuities, the difference becomes large. Thanks and Regards, Leon -----Original Message----- From: si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of jun li Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 9:34 AM To: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [SI-LIST] Port extension with VNA Hi, allIs it necessary to use SOLT calibration for port extension? In theory, TRL calibration should work, too. But we got far different value with these two different calibration method. ThanksJun ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List technical documents are available at: http://www.si-list.net List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List technical documents are available at: http://www.si-list.net List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu