Agilent Technologies 8166B User Guide

Table of Cont ents
18 Agilent 8163A/B, 8164A/B, and 8166A/B User’s Guide, Fourth Edition
A Background to Return Loss Measurement 171
Measuring the Reflected Power from a Component with Known
Reflection Factor 171
Measuring the Power Transmitted Through the Reflection
Reference
172
Measuring the Power when there are No Reflections 172
Measuring the Power Transmitted Through the Measurement
Patchcord
173
Measuring the Reflections from the DUT 173
Measuring the Power Transmitted Through the DUT 174
Calculating the Return Loss of the DUT 174
Calculating the Front Panel Delta 176
Calculating the Insertion Loss of the DUT 178
Setting Attenuation and/or Power Levels 179
Agilent 8156xA and 8157xA Variable Optical Attenuator
modules
181
How to Use a Variable Optical Attenuator module 183
The User Interface 183
How to Control the Shutter 185
How to Set Attenuation 186
How to Apply an Attenuation Offset 187
How to Set a Power Level 190
Calibrating Test Setups that use an 81560A/61A/70A/71A/73A
Attenuator module 190
Calibrating Test Setups that use an 81566A/67A/76A/77A Attenuator
module 192
How to Compensate for Wavelength Dependencies in your test
setup
195
How to Apply a λ Offset Table 195
Editing the λ Offset Table 195
How to Construct a λ Offset Table 197
During a test that utilizes the λ Offset Table 198
How to Use the Power Control Feature 199
Attenuator Menu Options 200
Attenuator Status Indicators 201

Agilent Technologies 8166B Specifications

General

Brand	Agilent Technologies
Model	8166B
Category	Measuring Instruments
Language	English