Anritsu MA24106A, 0701012 manual Number Averages Needed for

Using the Power Sensor Making Measurements

Table 3-1,describes the number of averages needed to attain a certain noise level for a particular power level measurement with the Low Aperture Time mode setting.

Table 3-1.MA24106A Averaging Table (Low Aperture Time, Default Mode)

		Number of	Number of	Number of	Number of	Number of
		Averages	Averages	Averages	Averages	Averages
		Needed for	Needed for	Needed for	Needed for	Needed for
Input Power	Input Power	< ±0.20 dB	< ±0.15 dB	< ±0.10 dB	< ±0.05 dB	< ±0.01 dB
(dBm)	(mW)	Noise	Noise	Noise	Noise	Noise
20	100	1	1	1	1	1
15	31.6	1	1	1	1	1
10	10.0	1	1	1	1	1
5	3.16	1	1	1	1	2
0	1.00	1	1	1	4	16
-5	0.316	1	1	1	20	78
-10	0.100	1	1	1	1	1
-15	0.0316	1	1	1	1	1
-20	0.0100	1	1	1	1	7
-25	0.00316	1	1	1	3	61
-30	0.00100	2	3	7	25	–
-35	0.000316	16	28	62	245	–
-40	0.000100	158	–	–	–	–

Table 3-2, describes the number of averages needed to attain a certain noise level for a particular power level measurement with the High Aperture Time mode setting.

Table 3-2.MA24106A Averaging Table (High Aperture Time)

		Number of	Number of	Number of	Number of	Number of
		Averages	Averages	Averages	Averages	Averages
		Needed for	Needed for	Needed for	Needed for	Needed for
Input Power	Input Power	< ±0.20 dB	< ±0.15 dB	< ±0.10 dB	< ±0.05 dB	< ±0.01 dB
(dBm)	(mW)	Noise	Noise	Noise	Noise	Noise
20	100	1	1	1	1	1
15	31.6	1	1	1	1	1
10	10.0	1	1	1	1	1
5	3.16	1	1	1	1	1
0	1.00	1	1	1	1	1
-5	0.316	1	1	1	2	5
-10	0.100	1	1	1	1	1
-15	0.0316	1	1	1	1	1
-20	0.0100	1	1	1	1	1
-25	0.00316	1	1	1	1	4
-30	0.00100	1	1	1	2	38
-35	0.000316	1	2	4	16	–
-40	0.000100	10	18	39	153	–

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