Front and Rear Panel Features

Rear-Panel Features

Rear-Panel Features

 

 

Item

Description

 

 

#

 

Name

 

 

 

 

 

 

Front

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

NOISE SOURCE

Provides 28 V to drive a noise source. Used on Option 219 Noise Figure personality.

 

 

 

DRIVE OUT

 

 

and

 

 

+28 V (PULSED)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rear

2

 

PRESEL TUNE

Outputs tuning voltage for preselected harmonic mixer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

OUT

 

 

Panel

 

 

 

 

 

3

 

10 MHz OUT

A switched output of the analyzer’s internal 10 MHz frequency reference signal used

 

 

 

 

 

 

(SWITCHED)

to lock the frequency reference of other test equipment to the analyzer.

 

Features

 

 

 

 

 

5

 

321.4 MHz IF

Provides 321.4 MHz IF output. Not available on E4447A.

 

4

 

EXT REF IN

Input for a 1 to 30 MHz external frequency reference signal.

 

 

 

 

Out

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

 

TRIGGER 1 OUT

A trigger output used to synchronize other test equipment with the analyzer. Trigger

 

 

 

 

 

1 is the High=Sweeping (HSWP) signal.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

 

TRIGGER 2 IN

Allows external triggering of measurements.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

 

VIDEO OUT

Provides a y-axis video out signal. Note that this signal is not available when gating

 

 

 

 

 

is being used. (Option 124)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

 

21.4 MHz IF OUT

Provides 21.4 MHz IF output. (Option HB2) Not available on E4447A.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10

 

USB Port

Provides USB interface (Option 111). USB device side I/O only.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Agilent Technologies E4440A manual Rear-Panel Features

E4440A specifications

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