Agilent Technologies 8163A User Manual page 163

Return Loss Measurement
Measuring the Power Transmitted
through the Measurement Patchcord
Power
Sensor
Agilent 8163A/B, 8164A/B, and 8166A/B User's Guide, Fourth Edition
Figure 98 Power Transmitted through the Reference Cable - Internal Source
2 Move to the Power Sensor channel:
– Press [Menu].
– Move to <Pwr unit>, move to <dB> and press Enter.
– Move to <Display to Reference> and press Enter. This sets the
power transmitted through the reference cable, E
reference value <Ref>.
3 Press [Close] to exit from the menu.
Next, measure the power tramsmitted through the measurement patch
cord.
1 Making sure all the connectors are clean, set up the instrument as
shown in Figure 99 if you are using an External Source,
8163B Lightwave Multimeter
measurement patchcord
Figure 99 Power Transmitted through the Measurement Patchcord - External Source
8163B Lightwave Multimeter
Power
8161x
Sensor
Reference Cable
Agilent 81610CC
8161x
Return Loss Measurement
, as the
Meas
Laser 8163B Lightwave Multimeter
Source
Agilent 81113PC
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