Agilent Technologies 71500A, 70820A User Manual

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71500A and 70820A Microwave Transition Analyzer
Quick Start Guide

70820-90047

November 1, 1992

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Quick Start Guide

HP 71500A and HP 70820A

Microwave Transition Analyzer

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General Safety

Considerations

WARNING

WARNING

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Before this instrument is switchedon

, make sure it has been properly

grounded through the protective conductor of the ac power cable to a

socket outlet provided with protective earth contact.

Any interruption of the protective (grounding) conductor, inside or

outside the instrument, or disconnection of the protectiveearth

terminal can result in personal injury.

There are many points in the instrument which can, if contacted, cause

personal injury. Be extremely careful.

Any adjustments or service procedures that require operation of the

instrument with protectivecovers removed should be performed only

by trained service personnel.

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HP 71500A

Microwave

Transition

Analyzer - At A Glance

This quick start guide contains two tutorials that introduce you to

the microwave transition analyzer. You'll need ab out 20 minutes to

complete the steps. After completing the tutorial, refer to the

71500A and HP 70820A User's Guide

for a complete discussion of

HP

product features.

Why are there two tutorials

For optimum performance as a stimulus-response test system,

your microwave transition analyzer is designed to control a signal

source. This is referred to as a congured system. Operation in an

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Tutorial 1 shows op eration of a congured system.

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HP 71500A Series Instal lation and Verication

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Quick Start Guide

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Tutorial 1. Using a Congured System

Step 1. Display a continuous wave signal

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Tutorial 1.

Using a Configured

System

Perform the tasks in this tutorial in the order given. Doing them out

of sequence may require extra steps. The time needed to nish all of

these tasks is usually less than 20 minutes.

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Quick

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Guide

Step 1. Display a

continuous wave signal

1. Connect a cable between your signal source output and the input

to the microwave transition analyzer's RF INPUT 1.

2. Connect a cable between the rear-panel MOD OUTPUT of the

HP 70820A mo dule and the signal source's pulse mo dulation

input.

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4.

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from the input at channel 1.

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The following gure has an example of what you might expect to

nd on the screen for this signal source or another of its quality.

7. Take an automatic peak-to-p eak measurement of the video

feedthrough by pressing the following softkeys:

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The following gure shows the video feedthrough of a pulse

originating from an HP 83640A.

Step 11. Recall states

1. Press

States

to access the States menu.

2. Press the following softkeys:

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Step 12. Measure the

risetime of an RF pulse

1. Press the following keys to change the time p er division shown on

the screen:

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425

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2.

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delay

and adjust the delaywiththe

front-panel knob until the leading edge of the pulse is displayed.

3. Get into the Measure menuby pressing the following softkeys:

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Measure

4. Press the following softkeys to change the trace to be measured to

trace 3:

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Step 13. Measure the

falltime of an RF pulse

1. Press

States

to access the States menu.

2. Press the following softkeys to get the RF pulse that you saved

states for earlier, back on the screen:

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recall state

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RECALL STATE 1

3. Adjust delayby pressing the following keys:

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DELAY

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4. Adjust the time per division shown on the screen by pressing the

following keys:

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6. Press the following softkeys to make trace 3 the trace to be

measured:

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and then

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FALLTIME

. Note the automatic

measurements that appear at the top of the screen.

Tutorial 2. Using an

Unconfigured

System

Perform the tasks in this tutorial in the order given. Doing them out

of sequence may require extra steps. The time needed to nish all of

these tasks (excluding calibration) is usually less than 20 minutes.

You do not need to congure a signal source to the HP 71500A

microwave transition analyzer system to do the tasks in this chapter.

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No connecting cables are needed in an unconfigured system.

Guide

Step 1. Measure

frequency and power

1. Press

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,

RF Source

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to ensure

your source is uncongured.

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below.

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The results of this measurement are displayed on the screen as shown

below.

The displayed measurementreads03.82 dBm when the input is02.1

dBm because the cable loss is fairly heavy for this particular setup.

This procedure is for a frequency and power measurementofone

input. The microwave transition analyzer system can, however,

determine the frequency and power of up to ve signals at one time.

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Quick

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Guide

Step 2. Normalize the

system for a vector

voltage measurement

1. Connect the signal source to a power splitter and the microwave

transition analyzer system as shown below.

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Start

Guide

1-15

2. Set the frequency of the signal source to 1 GHz and the power

level to010.0 dBm.

3. Press

4

INSTR PRESET

5

.

4. Access the States menuby pressing the following softkeys:

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page 1 of 2

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5.

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Press

VECTOR VOLTAGE

.

You should nowhave only a table on the screen. The source signal

is no longer visible on the screen.

6. Access the Table menuby pressing the following softkeys:

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page 1 of 2

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Table

7. Set the reference to zero by pressing the following softkeys:

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Step 3. Makeavector

voltage measurement

1. Connect the device under test (DUT) to the normalized

measurement setup as shown below.

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