Performance ver
ification
Required equipment
These procedures use external, traceable signal sources to directly check warranted characteristics. The following table lists
the equipment required for this procedure.
Table 2: RSA306B required test equipment
Item Description Qty Model Number Purpose
Desktop or Laptop PC Intel Core i7-4-core with Intel
HD4000 (clock speed 3.6 GHz
or in this proximity),
8.00 GB RAM,
WIN7 64 Bit OS,
Solid State Drive
(SSD) 128 GB with >
300 MBytes/sec sustained
write speed,
USB 3.0
1
Dell Optiplex 9020 MT, or
equivalent
Run SignalVu-PC
Locking USB3 cable
1 meter length, A to Micro
B, with thumbscrews (can be
locked in place for units with
mating faceplate)
1
L-Com CAVISU3AMICB-1M
174-6796-00 (Tekronix P/N)
Required for the RSA306B
communication and power
Signal generator DC – 8 GHz
1
Stanford Research Systems
SG386 option 02
Test full frequency range
Signal generator DC – 6 GHz
1
Tektronix TSG4106A Second signal generator
require to perform
third-order distortion test
Power meter
9 kHz – 18 GHz (power head
dependent)
1 Keysight E4418B
Verifies RSA306B input
signal amplitude
Power sensor
9kHz–18GHz
1 Keysight power head
E9304A H18
Measures RSA306B input
signal amplitude
Power splitter
DC–18GHz,N
1 Keysight 11667A Amplitude adjustments
and input amplitude setting
in spurious tests
Power combiner
2 –18 GHz, SMA
1
M/A-COM
2089-6208-00
Third-order distortion
measurement
Attenuator
3 dB, SMA, >8 GHz bandwidth
2
Mini-Circuits Labs
FW-3+
For third-order distortion
measurement
Termination
DC -18 GHz, N-m
1 Maury Microwave 2510B6 For DANL tests
Adapter N(male) to
N(male)
DC -18 GHz coaxial adapter
1 Pasternack PE91034 or
Maury Microwave 8828B
Amplitude adjustments
Adapter N(male) to
SMA(female)
DC -18 GHz adapter
2-6
(as
need-
ed)
Needed for SG386
generator
May be needed for signal
generator and fi lter RF
connections
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