HP 54501A - Bandwidth Performance Test

HP
54501A
PERFORMANCE TESTS
3-5 . BANDWIDTH
PERFORMANCE TEST
Specification :
Equipment
Required :
Signal Generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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8656B
Power Meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Power Sensor . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HP 8482A
Type N (f) BNC
(f) Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HP 1250-1474
BNC Cable
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. HP
10503A
BNC tee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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1250-0781
Procedure :
1 .
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Connectequipment
as in figure 3-1 .
DC to 100
MHz (Repetitive)
DC to 1 MHz (Single-shot)
2 .
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Set
Signal Generator frequency to approximately 100 kHz .
3 .
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Autoscale HP54501A by
pressing front-panel AUTOSCALE key .
4 .
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Press
front-panel DISPLAY key and select grid .
5 .
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Press
front-panel CHANNEL and set vertical sensitivity to 100 mV/div .
6 .
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Adjust Signal Generator output for vertical deflection on
HP 54501A of exactly 8 divisions .
Adjust offset as necessary .
7 .
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Set Power Meter CALFACTOR % for 100 kHz value from Power
Sensor CAL FACTOR
chart .
8 .
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Press Power Meter %[REF] key to set 0 dB reference .
9 .
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Change Signal
Generatorfrequency to 100 MHz .
10 .
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Select
HP 54501A TIMEBASE and set at 10 nsec/div . Adjust trigger level, if necessary,
for
stable display .
11 .
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Set
Power Meter CALFACTOR % for 100 MHz value from Power Sensor
CALFACTOR
chart .
12 .
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Adjust
Signal Generator output level to obtain 0 dB on Power Meter
.
13 .
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Deflection of
displayed signal should be equal to or greater than 5 .6
divisions in amplitude .
14 .
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Repeat steps
1 through 14 to test channels 2, 3, and 4 .