Important Functional Differences; Channel And Trace Concepts; Measurement Parameters; Test Port Output Ranges - Agilent Technologies ENA Series User Manual

Replacing the 8753ES with the E5070A/E5071A

Important Functional Differences

Important Functional Differences
This section describes the key differences between the Agilent 8753ES and Agilent
E5070A/E5071A.

Channel and Trace Concepts

In the 8753ES, channels 1 and 2 are independent from each other and have auxiliary
channels, channels 3 and 4, respectively. Channels 3 and 4 can be displayed as additions to
channels 1 and 2, respectively. This allows up to four channels to be displayed for up to
four traces on the screen simultaneously. Channels 1 and 3 and channels 2 and 4 are always
coupled, while channels 1 and 2 are independent from each other. This enables you to
specify different sweep conditions on each of channels 1 and 2. The E5070A/E5071A has
nine independent channels, each of which allows sweep conditions to be defined different
from those on other channels. On the screen you can open up nine windows, each of which
allows up to nine traces to be defined.

Measurement Parameters

In the 8753ES, S-parameters as well as measurement parameters such as A, B, R, A/R,
B/R, and A/B are supported to enable you to measure values such as the absolute value of
the power input to a port. The E5070A/E5071A, however, allows only S-parameters to be
measured.

Test Port Output Ranges

The 8753ES comes standard with test sets for two ports, while the E5070A/E5071A comes
optionally with test sets for two ports (Options 213 and 214), three ports (Options 313 and
314), and four ports (Options 413 and 414). Furthermore, the 8753ES comes optionally
with a 75 W test set (Option 075), while the E5070A/E5071A does not.
For more about the measurement frequency ranges of the 8753ES and E5070A/E5071A,
see Table F-1.
Table F-1 Measurement Frequency Ranges
Function
Measurement
frequency
range
For more about the output power levels and output power ranges of the 8753ES and
E5070A/E5071A, see Table F-2. As is seen in this table, the output power level ranges of
the E5070A/E5071A are narrower than those of the 8753ES.
460
8753ES
30 kHz to 3 GHz (std.)
30 kHz to 6 GHz (Option 006)
E5070A/E5071A
300 kHz to 3 GHz (E5070A)
300 kHz to 8.5 GHz (E5071A)
Appendix F