Setting The Units Of Measurement; Measurement Units - Agilent Technologies E4419B User Manual

Setting the Units of Measurement

The "dBm/W" menu is used to select the measurement units on the
currently selected window. These can either be logarithmic (dBm or dB) or
linear (Watt or %) units.
(logarithmic units). Table 2-5 shows which units are applicable to the
individual measurement modes.
Press
%
appear with their text grayed out.
Note
Single Channel
Ratio
Difference
1. When relative mode is on (that is,
measurement is compared to a reference value.
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dBm/W
, then select the unit of measurement from
. Softkeys which cannot be selected in your particular mode of operation
When the unit of measurement is set to Watt, it is possible that
negative power measurements may be displayed when measuring
low power levels.
Table 2-5: Measurement Units
Measurement
Mode
Setting the Units of Measurement
Preset
sets the measurement units to dBm
Local
Relative Mode Off
Linear Log
Watt dBm
% dB
Watt dBm
Rel
,
Rel Off On
Offset
Power Meter Operation
, , or
dBm W dB
1
Relative Mode On
Linear Log
% dB
% dB
% dB
is "On")
, the
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