Coaxial coupling for stepless calibration

摘要

A coaxial plug or coaxial socket connected to a coaxial coupler of a device that is to be calibrated, such as a measuring port of a vectorial network analyzer (VNA). The coaxial coupler has an inner conductor part and a coaxial outer conductor part, and has a short-circuit connection provided between the inner conductor part and the outer conductor part. The outer conductor part and the inner conductor part are connected to a contact coupling sleeve so that they can be axially displaced in relation to one another. A contact mechanism is located and configured to act selectively on the contact coupling sleeve, so that the latter creates the short-circuit connection in the form of a detachable electrical contact between the inner conductor part and the outer conductor part, whilst at the same time mechanically fixing the inner conductor part and the outer conductor part in their relative positions.