Information In This Chapter; Chapter Five At-A-Glance - Agilent Technologies E8362C Service Manual

Theory of Operation

Information in This Chapter

Information in This Chapter
This chapter provides a general description of the operating theory of the PNA series microwave network
analyzers.
• Theory of operation is explained to the assembly level only.
• Component-level circuit theory is not provided.
• Simplified block diagrams are included for each functional group.
• More detailed block diagrams are located at the end of

Chapter Five at-a-Glance

Section Title
Network Analyzer System Operation
Source Group Operation
Signal Separation Group Operation
Receiver Group Operation
Frequency Offset Group Operation
(Options 080 and 081)
IF Access Group (Option H11)
Digital Processing and Digital
Control Group Operation
Power Supply Group Operation
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Chapter 4, "Troubleshooting."
Summary of Content
A summary of the theory of operation for the analyzer.
A summary of the operation of the six functional groups
of the analyzer.
Operation of the assemblies associated with the source
group.
Operation of the assemblies associated with signal
separation, including the operation of Option 014.
Operation of the assemblies associated with the receiver
group.
Operation of the assemblies associated with frequency
offset mode of operation.
Operation of the assemblies associated with Option H11,
IF access.
Operation of the assemblies associated with digital
processing and control.
Operation of the power supply assembly group.
PNA Series Microwave Network Analyzers
E8362C, E8363C, E8364C
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