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83446-90011 Edition1June
83446-90018 Edition1March
Edition Date
1994
1995
2000
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General
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Any
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incorporated
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instrument
interruption
Safety Considerations
Safety
Class
a
socket
is
likely
is
prohibited.
of
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product
in
the
outlet
the
to
make
(provided
power
provided
protective
the
instrument
cord).
with
conductor
with
a
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mains
a
protective
inside
dangerous
protective
plug
shall
earth
or
outside
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Intentional
earthing
only
contact.
of
the
be
W
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Before
grounded
socket
of
or disconnection
this
outlet
the
protective
instrument
through the
provided
(grounding)
of the
is
switched
protective
with
protective
on
conductor
conductor
protective earth
,
make
earth
,
inside or
terminal
sure
of
the
contact.
it
has
been
ac
power
Any
outside the
can
result
properly
cable
to
a
interruption
instrument,
in
personal
injury.
If
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are
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removed
operator
T
or
continued protection
type
and ratings
use
the
instrument damage
is
not
be
impaired.
which
all
points in
.
Be extremely
require
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serviceable
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prevent
three-prong A
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used
as
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means
for
the
instrument
careful.
operation of
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parts
inside
electrical
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use of
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power
specied,
instrument
protection
Any
the instrument
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shock,
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other fuses
cord
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protection
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which
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adjustments
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servicing
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or
supplied
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used
only
.
if
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service
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protective
service
to
qualied
covers
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materials
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this
instrument.
this cord may cause
by
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normal
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personnel.
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only
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CAUTION
This product has autoranging
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Description
The
Agilent 83446A/B
clock
operate
and data
at the
information
following SONET/SDH
of
the
lightwave
Agilent 83446A/B
from
clock/data
digitally
receivers
modulated
rates:
are
designed
lightwave
to
signals
extract
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Select
optical
electrical
Monitor
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analog
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quality
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Agilent
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rear
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83446A
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rear
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specied
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incoming
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2.48832 Gb/s
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622.08
ITU-T
G.957,
wavelength
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such
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data
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quality
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output
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or mask testing use an appropriate reference receiver
of
only and
the
should
auxiliary output
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be
does
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reference receivers.
1-3
General
Information
Description of
F
or
more
Chapter
3.
the Agilent
information
83446A/B
on
using
the
lightwave
clock/data
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refer
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Learning the
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inside
The block
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photodetector
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diagram
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which
optical
used
input
or
multimode
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uses
62.5
automatic-gain-control
switch,
receiver's
hybrid.
circuit. The
signal.
signal.
interface
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split
front
The
data
Clock
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phase
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signal
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the
Agilent
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an
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data
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frequency-locked
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the
intervals
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1-1
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the
output
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the
front
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either
results
in
MMIC
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recovery
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the
loop
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Figure 1-1. Agilent 83446A/B block diagram.
General
Agilent 83446A/B
Data
rate
2
Sensitivity
3
Data amplitude
Clock
amplitude
Maximum
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Auxiliary
output
Information
4
5
input
return
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continuous
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electrical
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2
power
6
Characteristics
optical
input
loss
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electrical
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outputs
clock
reco
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input
sensitivity
input)
Agilent
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power
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input
Characteristics
83446A/B
Specications
Agilent
2.48832
0
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1200{1600
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0.0001{1.5
200
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dB down
signal
and
Characteristics
83446A
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Agilent
622.08
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6
Tested with ph
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Clock edge aligned to data transitions to
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single mode ber input.
6
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pattern with
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both
the
front
modulated
density.
optical
input
at
the
specied
data
rate
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NRZ
coding
format.
and
rear
electrical
input.
Installing
the
Agilent
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