Agilent Technologies 8753ET User Manual page 157

Making Mixer Measurements
Conversion Loss Using the Frequency Offset Mode
5. To view the conversion loss in the best vertical resolution, press .
Scale Ref AUTOSCALE
Figure 2-15 Conversion Loss Example Measurement
In this measurement, you set the input power and measured the output power. Figure 2-15 shows the
absolute loss through the mixer versus mixer output frequency. If the mixer under test contained built-in
amplification, then the measurement results would have shown conversion gain.
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