Configuring the RF Signal
R&S
®
SMW200A
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Table 8-1: RF Block Menu
Menu item Content Described in ...
RF Frequency
RF On Activates RF signal output. Chapter 8.3, "Activating RF Signal
Output", on page 460
Connectors
The instrument's customizable
input and output interfaces:
●
Global connectors
●
Local connectors
Chapter 12.2, "Configuring Local
and Global Connectors",
on page 714
Frequency / Phase
●
RF signal frequency and
phase settings
●
The various possibilities for
accessing the frequency set-
tings
●
Impact of a downstream
instrument to the frequency
display
Chapter 8.4, "Configuring RF Fre-
quency and Level", on page 461
Reference Frequency / LO Cou-
pling
●
Internal and external refer-
ence frequency
●
Local oscillator (LO)
●
LO coupling
Chapter 8.5, "Reference Oscilla-
tor", on page 473 and Chap-
ter 8.6, "Local Oscillator Cou-
pling", on page 482
RF Level
Level
●
RF signal level settings
●
The various possibilities for
setting the level
●
Impact of a downstream
instrument to the level dis-
play
Chapter 8.4, "Configuring RF Fre-
quency and Level", on page 461
Attenuator The electronic step attenuator
settings.
Chapter 8.9.1, "Attenuator",
on page 563
Power on / EMF
●
Determine the state of the
RF signal output at power-on
●
Voltage level display in the
status bar (no-load voltage)
Chapter 12.1.4, "Defining the RF
Signal State On Power On",
on page 712
Automatic Level Control The automatic adaptive control
system to stabilize the RF output
level.
Chapter 8.9.2, "ALC - Automatic
Level Control", on page 566
User Correction The level correction function for
compensating external losses.
Chapter 8.9.3, "User Correction",
on page 570
RF Measurement
Chapter 8.9.4, "Using Power Sen-
sors", on page 581
NRP Power Viewer Function for monitoring and mea-
suring the RF output power.
Chapter 8.9.4.3, "NRP Power
Viewer", on page 586
NRP Sensor Mapping Function for assigning R&S NRP
power sensors to the four sensor
channels.
Chapter 8.9.4.2, "NRP Sensor
Mapping", on page 583
Analog Modulation All settings for analog modula-
tions, including the LF signal and
some typical examples.
Chapter 8.8, "Analog Modula-
tions", on page 529
How to Access the Functions in the RF Domain?