Leveling A Source Output - Agilent Technologies E4418B 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 by pressing
Recorder Output
2. The highest power you are going to measure is used to determine the value
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.
To set the maximum value press
value.
3. Press
Min Power
4. Press
Output Off On
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System
Inputs
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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)
Max Power
and enter 0 W.
to "On".
Power Meter Operation
Recorder Output
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and enter the appropriate
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