HP 8360 - Leveling with a Power Meter; Leveling with Power Meters

Leveling with Power
Leveling with a power meter is similar to leveling with a diode
Meters
detector. Figure 1-13 shows the setup for power meter leveling.
SYNTHESIZER
POUER
HETER
Figure 1-13. Leveling with a Power Meter
1. Set up the equipment as shown. Be sure to set the power meter to
manual range mode and note the range.
2. Refer to menu map 1.
3. Press a).
4. Select Leveling Point PwrHts .
5. Select Pwr Mtr Range.
Enter the range value set for the power
meter as noted in step 1.
6. Select Coupling Factor , press @‘J (de(m)).
Unlike detector leveling, power meter leveling provides calibrated
power out of the leveled RF port.
Hint
To obtain flatness corrected power refer to “Optimizing Synthesizer
Performance, Creating and Applying the User Flatness Correction
Array,” later in this section.
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