Agilent Technologies E4418B User Manual page 93

To set the duty cycle:
1 Press
2 To change this setting, press
3 To confirm your choice, press
4
Duty cycle can be disabled and re- enabled simply by pressing
Duty Cycle Off On
Pulse power averages out any aberrations in the pulse such as overshooting or ringing. For
N O T E
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 or off ratio must be much greater than the duty cycle ratio.
E4418B Power Meter User's Guide
, Input Settings
cycle is displayed under the
duty cycle in a pop- up window. Modify this value (see below) until the
desired duty cycle is displayed.
• Use or
currently positioned.
• Use or
Duty Cycle Off On
using .
Duty Cycle
.
,
Duty Cycle
Duty Cycle
to modify the digit on which the cursor is
to move to other digits.
.
%
is automatically set to "On", when a value is entered
Power Meter Operation
. The current setting of the duty
softkey.
. The power meter displays the
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