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Fixed and Offset Short Circuits
General Purpose

Description

Fixed and offset short circuit terminations are used to establish reference planes in transmission systems and as key elements in the calibration of vector and scalar network analyzers (VNA and SNA, respectively). Short circuits with an offset of 2.498cm are often used to evaluate the calibration effectiveness of a VNA.

In general, the shorting plane of fixed shorts is at the connector reference plane or at some offset established by another component, typically an open circuit termination. The shorting plane of some offset shorts can also be relative to that established by another short with a nominal zero offset (e.g.: see the 8046 and the 8047 model series).


361P2


8615A


364C

Many of the shorts listed below are components of the Maury coaxial calibration kits.

Available Models and Specifications

Model

Connector

Frequency Range (GHz)

361N2

BNC female

DC
-
12.4

361P2

BNC male

8615A 1

TNC female

DC
-
18.0

8615B 1

TNC male

8771F1

2.92mm female

DC
-
40.0

8772F1

2.92mm male

8806C

N female

DC
-
18.0

8807C

N male

364C

C female

364D

C male

8445A

HN female

DC
-
8.0

8445B1

HN male

8455A

SC female

DC
-
10.0

8455B1

SC male

8584A

BNC 75 ohm female

DC
-
2.0

8584B

BNC 75 ohm male

8686A 2

AFTNC female

DC
-
20.0

8687A 2

AFTNC male

8884A

N 75 ohm female

DC
-
2.0

8884B

N 75 ohm male

1

Precision stainless steel TNC per Maury data sheet 5E-053.

2

Precision TNC per MIL-C-87104/2 per Maury data sheet 5E-056.

 

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