by Bill Rosas, Southwest Microwave Inc.
For many years Southwest Microwave has manufactured field replaceable connectors and launch accessories where connector performance was easily verified by measuring two connectors back-to-back as a two-port device. The responsibility for packaging and board layout fell to the user to develop independently.
With the introduction and success of Southwest Microwave end launch connectors, the packaging responsibility has fallen to Southwest Microwave; the user is now only responsible for board layouts. To assure maximum performance of the Southwest Microwave end launch connectors, equally high performance test boards were needed to accurately measure the connectors.
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