Every cable will have cable losses which are marked as cable resistances in Figure 3. Due to National Electrical Code (NEC) requirements for public safety, all grounds in a VNA have to be connected together. This forms a ground loop in the 2-port shunt-through measurements as shown in Figure 3.
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