RT Conference Proceedings T1 Fuentes de error aleatorio en la estimación de la constante de propagación de líneas de transmisión usando medidas de dos puertos A1 Pérez-Escribano, Mario A1 Márquez-Segura, Enrique K1 Líneas de transmisión K1 Ondas electromagnéticas - Propagación K1 Redes de banda ancha AB In this contribution, we study different error sources that affect the estimation of the propagation constant in broadband methods. For this purpose, a study on the state-of-the-art has been made. The behavior of different error sources was examined separately: errors in the vector network analyzer, in the line lengths, in the inhomogeneity of the substrate, and the repeatability of the launchers. It has been shown that, depending on the method used, the behavior of the random errors can be different. In this sense, an excellent strategy to reduce the errors is to increase the number of lines, choosing their length reasonably. On the other hand, it has been seen that both the errors in the length of the lines and in the inhomogeneities of the substrates will work as a bias in the solution of the estimated propagation constant. The bias will depend on the difference between lengths or substrates. Finally, it has been studied how the repeatability of transitions and connectors affects the methods. To improve this problem, it has been demonstrated that always using the same pair of connectors is an efficient way to reduce the uncertainty of the results. YR 2022 FD 2022 LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/24452 UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/24452 LA spa NO Este proyecto ha sido financiado por el Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación del Gobierno de España, con fondos de los proyectos PID2020-116968RB-C31/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 y MCIU/AEI/FEDER (Programa Estatal de I+D+i Orientada a los Retos de la Sociedad), por la Junta de Andalucía, con el proyecto PAIDI2020-PY20\_00452, por el Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte del Gobierno de España, con la beca FPU16/00246 y por la Universidad de Málaga, con un Contrato Puente del I Plan Propio de Investigación y Transferencia.Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga RD 22 ene 2026