Leveling A Source Output - Agilent Technologies E4419B User Manual

Leveling a Source Output

The Recorder output can be used to level an output from a source using
external leveling. The following procedure explains how to do this:
1 Select the Recorder Output A or B, depending on which channel the source
2 The highest power you are going to measure is used to determine the value
3 Press
4 Press
E4419B Power Meter User's Guide
is connected to, by pressing
, or
Channel A Channel B
which you should set for the Recorder Output maximum setting. For
example, if you are measuring a power less than 1 mW and greater than
100 μW, then set the recorder maximum value to 1 mW.
50 dBm (100 W)
40 dBm (10 W)
30 dBm (1 W)
20 dBm (100 mW)
10 dBm (10 mW)
0 dBm (1 mW)
–10 dBm (100 μW)
–20 dBm (10 μW)
–30 dBm (1 μW)
–40 dBm (100 nW)
–50 dBm (10 nW)
–60 dBm (1 nW)
To set the maximum value, press
value.
and enter 0 W.
Min Power
Output Off On
,
.
Max Power
to "On".
Power Meter Operation
, ,
Recorder Output
and enter the appropriate
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