what is the purpose of having a “thru cal” on RF PCB?
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I often find a thru cal on RF PCB like picture below. What is the purpose of having this thru cal thing on the board? One purpose I can think of is to test whether the designed transmission line is truly 50 ohms over the frequency of interest. I did some research online and there are some people saying that the purpose of this thru cal is for "through-reflect-line" (TRL) testing. But I was not convinced with this argument since TRL technically needs other two lines (reflect and line). Can anyone explain this to me from their experience?
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