Leveling with Power
Meters
Leveling with a p ower meter is similar to leveling with a dio de
detector. Figure 1-13 shows the setup for power meter leveling.
Figure 1-13. Leveling with a Power Meter
1. Set up the equipment as shown. Be sure to set the p ower meter to
manual range mo de and note the range.
2. Refer to menu map 1.
3. Press
4
ALC
5
.
4.
Select
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Leveling Point PwrMtr
.
5.
Select
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Pwr Mtr Range
.Enter the range value set for the power
meter as noted in step 1.
6.
Select
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Coupling Factor
, press
4
0
54
dB(m)
5
.
Unlike detector leveling, power meter leveling provides calibrated
power out of the leveled RF port.
Hint
To obtain atness corrected p ower, refer to \Creating and Applying
the User Flatness Correction Array" in the \Optimizing Swept Signal
Generator Performance" section.
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