HIGHLIGHTS

Frequency: 500 MHz to 40 GHz

• Amplitude re-correction to (typically): ±0.05 dB
• Phase re-correction to (typically): ±1.5°
• Directivity re-correction to (typically): -38 dB
• 2.92 mm connectors
• PNA Firmware Options 301 and 304 are no longer required for use with standard CalPods
• CalPods provide a new and unique way to quickly and easily refresh a network analyzer calibration, at the push of a button and without removing the DUT or re-connecting standards.
• CalPods operate with the following PNA family of network analyzers: PNA-X N524xB, PNA N522xB, and PNA-L N523xB, and PXIe vector network analyzers: M937xA. Operation of the CalPods requires specific CalPod firmware for the PNA or M937xA, an 85523B CalPod Controller, and to control more than four CalPods the 85556A fan-out cable splitter is required.
• The 85540B is used for ambient temperature operation and provides accurate re-correction capabilities over the temperature range of +20 °C to +30 °C. Up to 48 CalPods can be controlled, but only four CalPods at a time can be recorrected.
• The CalPods can be characterized with an ECal module to function as an ECal module in the measurement environment. This capability is particularly useful when making multi-port and multi-path measurements, as it greatly simplifies calibrations for these types of measurements. The CalPods as ECal feature allows a one-port calibration to be performed on each port of a multi-port DUT. Then with any two one-port calibrations, and one unknown thru path measurement, the corresponding full two-port 12 term error correction model can be determined for that corresponding thru path.