
Performance Tests
Performance Test Procedures
Table 3-6.  Recommended Test Equipment for 11970W
| Instrument | Critical Specifications | Recommended | 
| 
 | 
 | Model | 
| 
 | 
 | 
 | 
| Spectrum Analyzer | LO and IF ranges compatible with mixer | 8566B | 
| Swept Source | Compatible with  | 8350B | 
| Frequency Range: 75 to 110 GHz | Hughes1  | |
| 
 | Output Level: >0 dBm | 
 | 
| Amplifier | Output Level >18 dBm leveled | 11975A | 
| 
 | Frequency Range: 4 to 6 GHz | 
 | 
| Power Meter | Compatible with Power Sensor | 432A | 
| Thermistor Mount | SWR: <2.0 | Hughes  | 
| Thermistor Mount | SWR: <1.3 @ 6 GHz | 478A | 
| Directional Coupler2 | Coupling: 20 dB | Hughes  | 
| 
 | Directivity: >20 dB | 
 | 
| 
 | Auxiliary Arm SWR: <1.5 | 
 | 
| Variable Attentuator | Range: 0 to 15 dB | TRG3 W510 | 
| Adapter | SMA female to Type N female | P/N  | 
| Adapter | SMA female to SMA female | P/N  | 
| Adapter (2 required) | Type N male to SMA female | P/N  | 
| Cables (4 required) | Connectors: SMA male | P/N  | 
| Cable | Connectors: SMA male | P/N  | 
| 
 | Loss: <1.0 dB @ 20 GHz | 
 | 
| Cable | Connectors: BNC male | 11086A | 
| 
 | 
 | 
 | 
1.Hughes Aircraft Co. Electron Dynamics Division, Torrance, CA
2.Calibration data for the coupling ration between the output arm and the auxil- iary arm is necessary for accurate measurements.
3.Alpha Industries Inc. TRG Division, Woburn, MA
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