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Lev eling with P o w er
Meters
Lev eling with a p o w er meter is similar to lev eling with a dio de
detector. Figure 1-13 sho ws the setup for p o w er meter lev eling.
Figure 1-13. Lev eling with a P o w er Meter
1. Set up the equipmen t as sho wn. Be sure to set the p o w er meter to
man ual range mo de and note the range.
2. Refer to men u map 1.
3. Press 4
ALC
5.
4.
Select
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Leveling Point PwrMtr .
5.
Select
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Pwr Mtr Range . En ter the range v alue set for the p o w er
meter as noted in step 1.
6.
Select
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Coupling Factor , press 4 0 5 4 dB(m) 5.
Unlike detector lev eling, p o w er meter lev eling pro vides calibrated
p o w er out of the lev eled RF p ort.
Hint
T o obtain atness corrected p o w er, refer to \Creating and Applying
the User Flatness Correction Array" in the \Optimizing Sw ept Signal
Generator P erformance" section.
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