Agilent Technologies ESA-E Series User Manual page 36

Making Measurements
Making Loss/Gain Measurements
Figure 3-8 Loss/Gain Measurement Setup
* 50 ohm only. The 6 dB attenuators may be used to improve impedance matching.
2. Turn on the tracking generator.
a. Press the
b. Press the
c. Set an amplitude level appropriate for the device under test.
3. Adjust the spectrum analyzer control settings (for example frequency,
resolution bandwidth, sweep time and input attenuation) as appropriate for the
device being tested.
4. Establish a 0 dB reference trace for normalizing the measured data.
a. Remove the device from the measurement path.
b. Press the
c. Press the
d. Press the
5. Make the measurement.
a. Reconnect the device.
b. Reconnect the tracking generator RF output to the device input and the
c. Read the measurement and save it if required.
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front panel key.
Source
Amplitude menu key so that the tracking generator is turned on.
front panel key.
View/Trace
menu key.
More
Normalize menu key,
device output to the spectrum analyzer input as shown in
Store Ref (1 - 3) and normalize On .
Figure 3-8.
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