ALC SLOPE

CALIBRATION

CALIBRATION

NOTE

Before beginning this calibration proce- dure, always let the 683XXB warm up for a minimum of one hour.

ALC Slope The following procedure lets you adjust the ALC

DACSlope DAC to compensate for decreasing output

Adjustment power-vs-frequency for frequencies ￿2 GHz and for frequencies >2 GHz.

1. Set up the 562 Network Analyzer as follows:

a. Press the System Menu key.

b. From the System Menu display, select RESET.

c. Press CHANNEL 2 DISPLAY: OFF.

d. Press CHANNEL 1 DISPLAY: ON.

e. Press CHANNEL 1 MENU key.

f. From the Channel 1 Menu display, select TRANSMISSION and SELECT INPUT (NON-RATIO A).

Note

For instruments that do not produce fre- quencies of <2 GHz, skip to step 6.

2. Set up the 683XXB as follows:

a. Reset the instrument by pressing SYSTEM then Reset . Upon reset the CW Menu is dis- played.

b. Press Edit L1 and set L1 to 5 dB less than maximum leveled power for the instrument be- ing calibrated (refer to Table 3-2, page 3-6).

c. Press Step . The Step Sweep Menu is dis- played.

d. Press Edit F1 and set the F1 start frequency to 0.01 GHz.

e. Press Edit F2 and set the F2 stop frequency to

2.1 GHz.

f. Press Sweep Ramp . At the resulting Step Sweep Ramp Menu, press Num of Steps and set the number of steps to 200.

g. Press Step to return to the Step Sweep Menu display.

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682XXB, 683XXB specifications

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