PERFORMANCE TESTS

MODEL 8559A

PERFORMANCE TESTS

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4-19. FREQUENCY RESPONSE

SPECIFICATION:

Frequency response measured with 0or 10 dB of input attenuation includes input attenuator flatness, mixer flatness, and band-to-bandamplitude variation. Table 4-6 shows the frequency responsespecifications.

TABLE 48. FREQUENCYRESPONSESPEClFiCATiONS

Frequency Response

FREQUENCY BAND (GHz)

DESCRIPTION:

(*dB Maximum)

Frequency response is checked in each frequency band. With the spectrum analyzer set to full sweep, an RF input signal is very slowly swept across the entire frequency band. The resulting display is a series of narrow signals that vary in height across the CRT. Since the RF source is leveled and held flat across each frequency band, variations in amplitude on the display represent variations in the frequency response of the spectrum analyzer. Leveling within reasonable limits becomes difficult from 18 GHz to 21 GHz, so the RF output at the power splitter is characterized and compensated for when making the measurement of this frequency range.

SPECTRUM

 

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FIGURE 4-14.FREQUENCY RESPONSE TEST SETUP