Introduction - Agilent Technologies E4418B User Manual

2 Power Meter Operation

Introduction

This chapter describes the parameters which configure the power meter to
make measurements and help you determine settings to optimize
performance. This chapter contains the following sections:
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"Battery Operation (Option 001)"
"Zeroing and Calibrating the Power Meter"
"Calibrating the Power Meter"
"Making Measurements with the Agilent E- Series Power Sensors and
N8480 Series Power Sensors (excluding Option CFT)"
"Making Measurements with the Agilent 8480 Series Power Sensors and
N8480 Series Power Sensors with Option CFT"
"Making Measurements using Sensor Calibration Tables"
"Making Measurements using Frequency Dependent Offset Tables"
page 53
"Setting the Units of Measurement"
"Selecting Units of Measurement from the Softkeys"
"Making Relative Measurements"
"Setting the Resolution"
"Setting Offsets" on page 63.
"Setting Averaging"
"Measuring Pulsed Signals"
"Setting Measurement Limits"
"Selecting a Digital or Analog Display"
"Setting the Range"
"Configuring the Remote Interface"
"Recorder Output"
"Saving and Recalling Power Meter Configurations"
"How Measurements are Calculated"
"Presetting the Power Meter"
"Self Test" on page 94.
"Operator Maintenance"
on page 24
on page 30.
on page 59.
on page 61.
on page 62.
on page 65.
on page 68.
on page 70.
on page 79.
on page 80.
on page 86.
on page 90
on page 91.
on page 101.
on page 29.
on page 39.
on page 41.
on page 44.
on page 60.
on page 76.
on page 88.
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