Preface
Preface
This manual describes the installation and basic operati ons of the FCA3000 Series, FCA3100 Series, and MCA 3000 Series
instruments. For more detailed information see the FCA3000 Series, F CA3100 Series, and MCA3000 Series User Manual
(provided as a PDF file on the product CD). This m anual supports the following instruments:
FCA3000 S eries: FCA3000, FCA3003, and FCA3020
FCA3100 S eries: FCA3100, FCA3103, and FCA3120
MCA3000 Series: MCA3027 and MCA3040
Key Features
Wide measu
rement frequency range to 40 GHz
Fastest mi
crowave counter on the market (25 ms acquisition time)
Industry’
s only frequency counter with a graphical display
High reso
lution down to 50 ps single shot (time), o r 12 digits/s (frequency)
Simultan
eous display of signal frequency and voltage parameters
Trigger s
ensitivity of 15 mVrms from DC to 200 MHz
Voltage
resolution to 1 mV
Fast USB
/GPIB bus transfer speeds, up to 15k measurements per second (block mode)
Zero-de
ad time frequency/period measurements
Best ov
en-controlled crystal oscillator (OCXO) time base options (1.5 E-8/year)
MCA300
0 S eries offers microwave CW frequency measurements and very short burst measurements down to 40 ns
Progra
mmable Pulse output from 0.5 H z to 50 MHz (FCA3100 Se ries)
10 MHz
reference output oscillator
Measu
rement Statistics Mode
Histo
gram Mode
Tend
Plot mode
Fron
t or rear input connection options
FCA3000, FCA3100, and MCA3000 Series Quick Start U ser Manual ix
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