Figure 2-17 Duty Cycle Setting; Figure 2-18 Duty Cycle Indicator - Agilent Technologies N1913a User Manual

Procedure
Set duty cycle as follows:
1 Press
2 Press
3 Use the
4 Press

Figure 2-17 Duty cycle setting

5 Press
6 Confirm your choice by pressing
7 Press

Figure 2-18 Duty cycle indicator

Pulse power averages out any aberrations in the pulse such as overshooting or ringing.
N O T E
For this reason, it is called pulse power and not peak power or peak pulse power.
In order to ensure accurate pulse power readings, the input signal must be pulsed with a
rectangular pulse. Other pulse shapes (such as triangle, chirp, or Gaussian) will cause
erroneous results.
The pulse power on/off ratio must be much greater than the duty cycle ratio.
N1913/1914A EPM Series Power Meters User's Guide
to display the Channel Setup screen. Confirm the channel
requiring setup is displayed.
Offsets
to display the Offsets Setup.
and
to check the Duty Cycle setting field.
Duty cycle
setting field
to highlight the Duty Cycle value field and press
display the Duty Cycle pop- up. Use the numeric keypad to enter the
required value in the Duty Cycle pop- up window.
key to complete the duty cycle entry. The Dty Cyc
indicator is displayed as shown in
General Power Meter Functions
keys to highlight the Duty Cycle setting field.
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.
Figure 2-
Duty cycle
indicator
Duty cycle
value field
18.
2
to
53