Tektronix SD-44 Instruction Manual

Tektronix SD-44 Instruction Manual

Optical-to-electrical converter

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SD-44
Optical-to-Electrical Converter
071-0061-01

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  • Page 1 Instruction Manual SD-44 Optical-to-Electrical Converter 071-0061-01...
  • Page 2 Copyright © Tektronix, Inc. All rights reserved. Tektronix products are covered by U.S. and foreign patents, issued and pending. Information in this publication supercedes that in all previously published material. Specifications and price change privileges reserved. Printed in the U.S.A.
  • Page 3 Tektronix, with shipping charges prepaid. Tektronix shall pay for the return of the product to Customer if the shipment is to a location within the country in which the Tektronix service center is located. Customer shall be responsible for paying all shipping charges, duties, taxes, and any other charges for products returned to any other locations.
  • Page 4 H Eliminates unexpected service expenses For Information and Ordering For more information or to order Service Assurance, contact your Tektronix representative and provide the information below. Service Assurance may not be available in locations outside the United States of America.
  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

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  • Page 6: General Safety Summary

    Terms on the Product. These terms may appear on the product: DANGER indicates an injury hazard immediately accessible as you read the marking. WARNING indicates an injury hazard not immediately accessible as you read the marking. CAUTION indicates a hazard to property including the product. SD-44 Instruction Manual...
  • Page 7 General Safety Summary Symbols on the Product. The following symbols appear on the product: CAUTION CAUTION Static Sensitive Refer to Manual SD-44 Instruction Manual...
  • Page 8: Contacting Tektronix

    For product support outside of North America, contact your local Tektronix distributor or sales office. Service Contact your local Tektronix distributor or sales office. Or visit Support our web site for a listing of worldwide service locations. http://www.tek.com For other...
  • Page 9: Getting Started

    The converter accepts optical signals from DC up to 15 GHz. The SD-44 O/E converter installs in any of the front panel compart- ments of a Tektronix 11800 Series Digital Sampling Oscilloscope, the SM-11 Multichannel Unit, or the Tektronix CSA 803 Communications Signal Analyzer.
  • Page 10: Standard Accessories

    Getting Started Standard Accessories The following accessories are standard with every SD-44 O/E converter: H Hard case H Instructions H FC/PC to FC/PC 9 mm single-mode fiber jumper H FC/ST, FC/SC, and FC/FC hybrid connectors H Rigid cable (SMA-to-SMA, 50 W)
  • Page 11: Installation

    Getting Started Installation Follow the instructions in this section to install the SD-44 O/E converter into the Tektronix 11800 Series Digital Sampling Oscilloscope or CSA 803 Communica- tions Signal Analyzer, or to connect it to the optional power supply for stand- alone operation.
  • Page 12 SMA connectors, use a torque wrench and tighten the connection to the range of 7 to 10 lb-in (79 to 112 N-cm). Shorter leg Sampling head O/E converter Figure 2: Using the rigid connector SD-44 Instruction Manual...
  • Page 13 See Figure 3. SD-44 or sampling head SD-44 only (power-only compartments) Figure 3: Front panel compartments in a CSA 803 Communications Signal Analyzer SD-44 Instruction Manual...
  • Page 14 Getting Started Optional Power Supply The optional power supply kit (Figure 4) allows the user to power the SD-44 O/E converter by itself. This allows the O/E converter to operate with other types of measurement instruments independent of a CSA or 11800 series mainframe.
  • Page 15: Operating Basics

    Operating Basics To prolong the life of the SD-44 O/E converter observe the following handling, cleaning, and operating instructions. Handling Handle the SD-44 O/E converter carefully at all times. CAUTION. To avoid damaging the SD-44 O/E converter, take the following...
  • Page 16: Connecting Optical Signals

    2. Tighten the nut lightly with finger pressure only. The input of the SD-44 O/E converter can couple to optical fibers with a core diameter of up to 9 mm. Alternate types can be coupled by use of an FC-FC jumper and the FC-FC, FC-ST, FC-SC adapters.
  • Page 17: Attenuating Optical Signals

    To keep the optical input power to an appropriate level, it may be necessary to attenuate the optical signal. CAUTION. To avoid damaging the optical input of the SD-44 O/E converter, attenuate optical signals to less than 5 mW average power or 10 mW peak power at the wavelength with highest relative responsivity.
  • Page 18: Specifications

    Specifications This section contains the specifications for the SD-44 Optical-to-Electrical Converter. All specifications are guaranteed unless noted as “typical.” Typical specifications are provided for your convenience but are not guaranteed. Specifications marked with the n symbol have corresponding checks in the Performance Verification section on page 12.
  • Page 19 Specifications 1.10 1.00 0.90 0.80 0.70 0.60 0.50 0.40 0.30 1000 1200 1400 1600 Wavelength (nanometers) Figure 5: SD-44 relative responsivity (normalized to 1310 nm) SD-44 Instruction Manual...
  • Page 20: Performance Verification

    Performance Verification Use the following procedures to verify the warranted specifications of the SD-44 Optical-to-Electrical Converter. Before beginning these procedures, see page 17 and photocopy the test record and use it to record the performance test results. The recommended certification interval is one year.
  • Page 21: Output Zero

    20 minutes at an ambient temperature between 20 and 30_ C. Output Zero 1. Attach the output of the SD-44 to the voltmeter inputs with a 50 W termina- tion and BNC-to-banana adapter. 2. Install the optical dust cover on the input of the SD-44.
  • Page 22 The fiber bend radius of the SD-44 fiber input should lay with >1.5 inch bend radius along the fiber’s entire length. Although this precaution must be maintained...
  • Page 23: Noise Equivalent Power

    Power the SD-44 under test using an 11801 DSO. 1. Zero the RF power meter. 2. Connect the SD-44 output channel to the RF power meter. 3. With the dust cover on the input to the SD-44, the power meter should read less than [15 pW...
  • Page 24 (1024-point) impulse response to a scalar frequency response. 11. Check that the frequency response from DC to 15 GHz is greater than or ) or electrical power into 50 W. equal to –6 dB where dB = 20log (V SD-44 Instruction Manual...
  • Page 25 1 mV DC conversion gain at 1310 nm 20 nm 0.035 V/mW DC conversion gain at 1550 nm 20 nm 0.035 V/mW _______W Noise equivalent power elec (calculated) Bandwidth DC to 15 GHz – 6 dB (attach plot) SD-44 Instruction Manual...
  • Page 26: Replaceable Parts

    Replaceable Parts For information about replaceable parts, contact your Tektronix sales representa- tive. Figure 6: SD-44 replaceable parts SD-44 Instruction Manual...
  • Page 27 Replaceable Parts Figure 7: Standard accessories Figure 8: Optional accessories Figure 9: Optional power cords SD-44 Instruction Manual...
  • Page 28 174–1387–00 174–1388–00 CA ASSY,FBR OPT:SGL MODE,2M 80009 174–1388–00 L,FC/PC–BICONIC 174–2322–00 CABLE,FIBER OPT:JUMPER,2 METER,62.5 62712 174–2322–00 MICRON,FC/PC TO FC/PC 174–2323–00 CABLE,FIBER OPT:JUMPER,2 METER,62.5 62712 174–2322–00 MICRON,FC/PC TO BICONIC 174–2324–00 CABLE,FIBER OPT:JUMPER,2 METER,62.5 62712 PC/SK–20–002A MICRON,FC/PC TO SMA 906 SD-44 Instruction Manual...
  • Page 29 CAMCAR DIV OF TEXTRON INC ATTN: ALICIA SANFORD ROCKFORD, IL 611045181 516 18TH AVE S3109 FELLER U.S. CORPORATION 72 VERONICA AVE SOMERSET, NJ 08873 UNIT #4 TK2541 AMERICOR ELECTRONICS LTD UNIT–H ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL 60007 2682 W COYLE AVE SD-44 Instruction Manual...
  • Page 30 Replaceable Parts SD-44 Instruction Manual...

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