Agilent Technologies ES, 8720ET, 8722ET, 8719ET quick start Make a measurement calibration

Quick Start: Learning How to Make Measurements

Learning to Make Reflection Measurements

Step 2. Make a measurement calibration

Follow these instructions to perform an S11 or reflection 1-port error correction:

1. Select a calibration kit that is appropriate to your device under test. Press Cal CAL KIT [ ] SELECT CAL KIT . Choose the calibration kit that is appropriate to your test device by pressing the appropriate softkey. For example, if your test device uses type-N 50Ω connectors, press N 50Ω . If your test device uses 7-mm connectors, press 7mm , and so on.

2.Press RETURN twice, CALIBRATE MENU S11 1-PORTor

REFLECTION 1-PORT .

3.Follow the prompts shown on the analyzer display to connect and measure an open, short, and load on PORT 1 or the REFLECTION port.

Any choice of male/female in the calibration process should always be made for the sex that represents the test port. For example, if the test port had a male, type-N connector, you would connect the female, type-N calibration device. But when you follow the prompts on the analyzer to measure a short calibration standard, you would select SHORT (M) , or the sex that represents the test port.

NOTE	To ensure an accurate error correction, you must connect the calibration
	standards to the adapters or cables that you will include in the actual device
	measurement.
NOTE	If a mistake is made, standards can be measured more than once before
	pressing		. Only the last measurement data is used.
		DONE 1-PORT CAL

Figure 2-9 Connections for an S11 or Reflection 1-Port Error-Correction

4.Press DONE 1-PORT CAL after measuring the three standards.

5.Press Save/Recall.

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