Agilent 8473C Service Manual

Agilent 8473B/C Crystal
Detector

Operating and Service
Manual

Agilent Part Number: 08473-90003
Printed in USA
Print Date: J une 2001
Supersedes: May 1990

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In This Manual…

Overview, page 1

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• Specifications, page 2

• Installation, page 4

• Storage and Shipment, page 5

• Operation, page 6

Operator’s Checks, page 8

• Performance Tests, page 9

Adjustments, page 10

• Service, page 11

“Replaceable Parts” on page 11

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Warranty

Custom systems are warranted by contractual agreement between
Agilent Technologies and the customer.

Certification Agilent Technologies, Inc., certifies that this product met its

published specifications at the time of shipment from the factory.
Agilent Technologies further certifies that its calibration
measurements are traceable to th e United St ates Nat ional In stitute
of Standards and Technology (NIST, formerly NBS), to the extent

allowed by the Institute’ s cali bration facili ty, and to the calibration
facilities of other Interna tional Standards Organization member s.

Warranty This Agilent Tec hnologies system product is warranted against

defects in materials and workmanship for a period corresponding
to the individual warranty periods of its compon ent products.
Instruments are warranted for a period of one year. During the
warranty period, Agilent Technologies will, at its option, either
repair or replace products that prove to be defective.

Warranty service for products installed by Agilent Technologies
and certain other products designated b y Agilent T echnologies will

be performed at Buyer’s facility at no charge within Agilent
Technologies service travel areas. Outside Agilent Technologies
service travel areas, w arranty service will be per formed at Buyer’ s
facility only upon Agilent Technologies’ prior agreement and
Buyer shall pay Agilent Technologies’ round trip travel expenses.
In all other areas, products must be returned to a service facility
designated by Agilent Technologies.

For products returned to Agilent Technologies for warranty
service, Buyer shall prepay shipping charges to Agilent
Tec hnologies and Agilent T echnologies shall pay shipping charges
to return the product to Buyer. However, Buyer shall pay all
shipping charges, duties, and taxes for products returned to
Agilent Technologies from another country.

Agilent Technologies warrants that its software and firmware
designated by Agilent Technologies for use with an instrument
will execute its programming instructions when properly installed
on that instrument. Agilent Technologies does not warra nt that
the operation of the instrument, or software, or firmware will be
uninterrupted or error free.

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LIMITATION OF WARRANTY. The foregoing warranty shall
not apply to defects resulting from improper or inadequate
maintenance by Buyer, Buyer-supplied software or interfacing ,
unauthorized modification or misuse, operation outside of the
environmental specifications for the product, or improper site
preparation or maintenance.

NO OTHER WARRANTY IS EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED.
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IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR MERCHANTABILITY AND
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

EXCLUSIVE REMEDIES. THE REMEDIES PROVIDED

HEREIN ARE BUYER’S SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDIES.
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR
ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, WHETHER BASED ON
CONTRACT, TORT, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY.

YEAR 2000. Agilent Technologies warrants that each Agilent
Tec hnologies hardware, software, and f irmware product on Agilent
Technologies’ Corporate Price List (dated July 1, 1998 or later)
delivered under the product’s contract of sale will be able to
accurately process date data (including, but not limited to,
calculating, comparing, and sequencing) from, into, and between
the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, and the years 1999 and
2000, including leap year calculations, when used in accordance
with the product documentation provided that all other products
(that is, hardware, software, firmware) used in combination with
such Agilent Technologies product(s) properly exchange date data
with it. If the agreement requires that specific Agilent
Technologies products must perform as a system in accordance
with the foregoing warranty, then that warranty will apply to
those Agilent Technologies products as a system, and Customer
retains sole responsibility to ensure the year 2000 readiness of its
information technology and business environment. The duration
of this warranty extends through January 31, 2001.

The remedies available under this warranty will be defined in,
and subject to, the terms and limitations of the warranties
contained in the contract of sale. To the extent permitted by local
law, this warranty applies only to branded Agilent Technologies
products and not to products manufacture by others that may be
sold or distributed by Agilent Technologies. Nothing in this
warranty will be construed to limit any rights or remedies
provided elsewhere in the contract of sale with res pect to matters
other than year 2000 compliance.

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Assistance Product maintenance agreements and other customer assistance

agreements are available for Agilent Technologies products.
For assistance, call your local Agilent Technologies Sales and

Service Office (refer to “Service and Support” on page vii).

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Service and Support

By internet, phone, or fax, get assistanc e wit h al l your test and measure m ent
needs.

Online assistance: www.agilent.com/find/assist
United States

(tel) 1 800 452 4844

New Zealand

(tel) 0 800 738 378
(fax) ([phone]

Latin America

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Japan

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Canada

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Australia

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Asia Call Center Numbers

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Singapore 1-800-375-8100 (65) 836-0252
Malaysia 1-800-828-848 1-800-801664
Philippines (632) 8426802

1-800-16510170 (PLDT Subscriber
Only)

Thailand [phone] (outside Bangkok)

[phone] (within Bangkok)

Hong Kong 800-930-871 (852) 2506 9233

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Europe

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Taiwan 0800-047-866 (886) 2 25456723

People’s Republic of
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India 1-600-11-2929 000-800-650-1101

800-810-0189 (preferred)
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10800-650-0121

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