Keysight N1913 - Determine the Right Step to be Set

2 General Power Meter Functions
86 Keysight N1913/1914A User’s Guide
17 Poll the status of the power meter by sending *ESR?. *ESR? will return a 1
when buffering is completed. Use FETCh? to retrieve all the buffered
measurement.
Determine the Right Step to be Set
Number of frequency step can be calculated by using equation below:
Step = (f
stop
– f
start
+ Interval)/Interval
where,
Step = Number of frequency step
f
start
= Frequency sweep’s start point
f
stop
= Frequency sweep’s stop point
Interval = Frequency step size
Example
When f
start
= 1 GHz and f
stop
= 5 GHz with given interval of 0.5 GHz, the Step
should be set to
Step
= (f
stop
– f
start
+ Interval)/Interval
= (5 GHz – 1 GHz + 0.5 GHz)/0.5 GHz
= 9
NOTE
In both power sweep and frequency sweep mode, the meter TRIG OUT to power
source TRIG IN connection is optional. You may choose to setup the Dwell time
in the power source step setting to cater the maximum settling time required by
the power meter.