Agilent Technologies 83620B User Manual

Contents
1. Getting Started
What Is In This Chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
HowTo Use This Chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Equipment Used In Examples . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Intro ducing the Agilent 8360 B-Series Swept Signal
Generators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Display Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Entry Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
CW Op eration and Start/Stop Frequency Sweep . . 1-6
CW Op eration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
Start/Stop Frequency Sweep . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
Center Frequency/Span Op eration . . . . . . . . 1-8
Power Level and Sweep Time Operation . . . . . . 1-10
Power Level Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10
Sweep Time Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10
Continuous, Single, and Manual Sweep Operation . 1-12
Marker Op eration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-14
Saving and Recalling an Instrument State . . . . . 1-16
Power Sweep and Power Slop e Op eration . . . . . 1-18
Power Sweep Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-18
Power Slop e Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-19
Getting Started Advanced . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-21
Externally Leveling the Swept Signal Generator . . 1-23
Leveling with Detectors/Couplers /Splitters . . . 1-23
External Leveling Used With the Optional Step
Attenuator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-26
Leveling with Power Meters . . . . . . . . . . 1-27
Leveling with MM-wave Source Mo dules . . . . . 1-28
Working with Mixers/Reverse Power Eects . . . . 1-30
Working with Spectrum Analyzers/Reverse Power
Eects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-32
Optimizing Swept Signal Generator Performance . . 1-33
Creating and Applying the User Flatness Correction
Array . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-33
Creating a User Flatness Array Automatically,
Example 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-34
Creating a User Flatness Array, Example 2 . . 1-36
Swept mm-wave Measurement with Arbitrary
Correction Frequencies, Example 3 . . . . 1-39
Scalar Analysis Measurement with User Flatness
Corrections, Example 4 . . . . . . . . . 1-43
Using Detector Calibration . . . . . . . . . . 1-47
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Agilent Technologies 83620B Specifications

General

Brand	Agilent Technologies
Model	83620B
Category	Inverter
Language	English