Contents

HP 8360

User’s Handbook

1.GETTING STARTED

What Is

In This Chapter . . . . . . . . . . . .

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How To Use This Chapter . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Equipment Used In Examples . . . . . . . . .

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Introducing the HP 8360 Series Synthesized Sweepers

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Display Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Entry

Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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CW Operation and Start/Stop Frequency Sweep . .

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CW Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Start/Stop Frequency Sweep . . . . . . . . . .

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Center

Frequency/Span

Operation . . . . . . . .

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Power Level and Sweep Time Operation . . . . . .

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Power

Level

Operation . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Sweep

Time

Operation . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Continuous, Single, and

Manual Sweep Operation .

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Marker

Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1-14

Saving

and Recalling an

Instrument State . . . . .

1-16

Power

Sweep and Power

Slope Operation . . . . .

1-18

Power Sweep Operation . . . . . . . . . . . .

1-18

Power

Slope

Operation . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Getting Started Advanced . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Externally Leveling the Synthesizer . . . . . . . .

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Leveling with Detectors/Couplers /Splitters . . .

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External Leveling Used With the Optional Step

 

 

Attenuator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Leveling with

Power Meters . . . . . . . . . .

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Leveling with MM-wave Source Modules . . . . .

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Working

with Mixers/Reverse Power Effects . . . .

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Working with Spectrum Analyzers/Reverse Power

 

Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Optimizing Synthesizer Performance . . . . . . .

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Creating and Applymg the User Flatness Correction

 

Array . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Creating a User Flatness Array Automatically,

 

 

Example 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Creating a

User Flatness Array, Example 2 . .

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Swept mm-wave Measurement with Arbitrary

 

 

Correction Frequencies, Example 3 . . . .

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Scalar Analysis Measurement with User Flatness

 

 

Corrections, Example 4 . . . . . . . . .

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Using

Detector Calibration . . . . . . . . . .

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Using

the Tracking Feature . . . . . . . . . .

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