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BOONTON ELECTRONICS a WIRELESS TELECOM GROUP COMPANY

SERVICE AND CALIBRATION MANUAL

BOONTON ELECTRONICS

4530 SERIES

RF PEAK POWER METER

MODELS 4531 AND 4532

REV DATE 9/14/07
P/N 98405100A

BOONTON ELECTRONICS a WIRELESS TELECOM GROUP COMPANY

25 EASTMANS ROAD

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PARSIPPANY, NEW JERSEY 07054-0465

TELEPHONE: (973) 386-9696

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FAX: (973) 386-9191

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Summary of Contents for 4530 Series

Page 1: ...MANUAL BOONTON ELECTRONICS 4530 SERIES RF PEAK POWER METER MODELS 4531 AND 4532 REV DATE 9 14 07 P N 98405100A BOONTON ELECTRONICS a WIRELESS TELECOM GROUP COMPANY 25 EASTMANS ROAD PARSIPPANY NEW JERSEY 07054 0465 TELEPHONE 973 386 9696 FAX 973 386 9191 E MAIL boonton boonton com ...

Page 2: ...can often be done very reasonably in consideration for adding your manual to our library Typically the scans in our manuals are done as follows 1 Typed text pages are typically scanned in black and white at 300 dpi 2 Photo pages are typically scanned in gray scale mode at 600 dpi 3 Schematic diagram pages are typically scanned in black and white at 600 dpi unless the original manual had colored hi...

Page 3: ...cedure 3 Section 2 4530 Series Calibration Procedure 11 Section 3 4530 Series Block Diagrams 23 Section 4 4530 Series Drawings 27 Appendix Entering Data into Boonton Peak and CW Sensors 33 Copyright 2002 2007 by Boonton Electronics a Wireless Telecom Group Company Parsippany NJ USA Scans by Artekmedia 2009 ...

Page 4: ...instrument b Connect AC line cord to AC mains 90 264Vac 47 63Hz c Turn ON rear panel power switch d If instrument turns on display lights fan runs wait for startup to complete then press ON STBY key on front panel to return the unit to standby 2 TESTING the 24V UNIVERSAL SUPPLY a Locate Universal Power Supply small 3 x 5 approx pc board on top of chassis b Verify that supply voltage is 24 0VDC 0 5...

Page 5: ...klight and set to OFF Verify that LCD backlight turns off Set back to ON and verify that backlight turns on f From front panel controls select Main Menu Utilities Key Beep and set to ON Verify that pressing any key now causes a beep Set to OFF and verify that the key beep is now disabled g From front panel controls select Main Menu Utilities Sys Tests Voltages Verify that all the voltages read cor...

Page 6: ...GER AND EXTERNAL TRIGGER TESTS a Use a 4400 4500 instrument and function generator as a source for a pulsed RF signal and external trigger signal A function generator with separate main and TTL outputs such as a BK Precision Model 3040 is required for these tests A calibrated oscilloscope will also be needed to monitor the voltage level 1 Connect the TTL OUT signal from the function generator to t...

Page 7: ...n Menu Trig Time TrigDelay to 0ms Set Main Menu Trig Time TrigSlope to Pos Set Main Menu Trig Time TrigMode to Norm Set Main Menu Trig Time TrigSrce to External Set Main Menu Trig Time TrigLevel to 0 0 Volts d Press the Graph key A square wave should be displayed e Press the Graph key again to bring up the Graph Mode Edit Menu and press the Right Arrow key until TrigLvl is highlighted f Press the ...

Page 8: ...o 0 00dB Set Main Menu Chan 2 Params Frequency to 1 00GHz Set Main Menu Chan 2 Params Video BW to High Set Main Menu Chan 2 Display Vert Span to 100dB Set Main Menu Chan 2 Display Vert Cntr to 0dBm Set Main Menu Trig Time Time Span to 5ms Set Main Menu Trig Time TrigSrce to Snsr 2 Set Main Menu Trig Time TrigLevel to 0 0 dBm c Press the Graph key d Set the function generator frequency to 500Hz A s...

Page 9: ...ss Enter Select Zero Chan Press Enter The 4530 will perform a sensor fine zero adjustment operation Check for any error messages d Perform a Fixed Calibration Press the Zero CAL key Select Fixed Cal and press Enter The 4530 will perform a fixed 0dBm calibration Check for any error messages then press the Text key Channel 1 should display 0 000 dBm 0 002dBm e Perform an Auto Calibration Press the Z...

Page 10: ...he Text key Channel 2 should display 0 000 dBm 0 002dBm 11 CHANNEL 1 PEAK ACQUISITION TESTS a Select internal calibrator and turn on at 0dBm Display the Main Menu Calibratr menu to determine which calibrator is currently selected If the bottom line indicates SelectInt then highlight that line and press Enter to select the internal calibrator If the bottom line indicates SelectExt then the internal...

Page 11: ... Main Menu Calibratr Int Signal to On b Connect a model 57318 57518 56218 to the 4530 Sensor 2 connector using a peak sensor cable and connect the sensor to the instrument s 50MHz calibrator connector Set Main Menu Chan 2 MeasMode to Modulated Set Main Menu Chan 2 Params dB Offset to 0 00dB Set Main Menu Chan 2 Params Video BW to Low Set Main Menu Chan 2 Params Frequency to 0 05GHz Set Main Menu C...

Page 12: ...st Equipment BOONTON Model 2520 RF Calibrator BOONTON Model 2510 DC Range Calibrator BOONTON Model 4530 RF Power Meter BOONTON Model 51075 CW Power Sensor and its Data Adapter Murata Eire TZBX Special Trim Cap tool or equivalent 0 047 Square Ceramic Tip Jewelers Screw driver for pots R81 R82 0 125 blade HP8761A RF coaxial Switch 4 90 degree Male to Female Type N adapters 2 Straight Male to Male Ty...

Page 13: ...ilable at http www boonton com upgrade htm f Verify proper operation of the following Select Main Menu Utilities Backlight backlight should turn on or off Select Main Menu Utilities Key Beep key beep should be audible or silent Select Main Menu Utilities Sys Tests Voltages all voltages should be within 0 5V of nominal Select Main Menu Utilities Sys Tests Disp Test check for abnormal pixels or bad ...

Page 14: ...Hz to 1GHz The main carrier should be at approximately 20dBm at 50MHz and all harmonics must be at least 60dB below the carrier 60dBc or 40dBm e Set the analyzer for a narrow bandwidth and perform a very slow scan the calibrator s output from 49 5 to 50 5 MHz Look for low frequency components being mixed with the 50MHz signal These components must be at least 60dB below the 50MHz signal 60dBc or 4...

Page 15: ...ort or GPIB interface and verify proper communication See 4530 Instruction Manual for details on communication interfacing d Send SYSTEM LANG BOON to the UUT e Send SYSTEM LANG BOON to the UUT f Send CAL DAC 40000 CAL ATTEN 0 to the UUT g Select Main Menu Calibrator IntStatus to view the calibrator s AGC signal and record the starting D A count typically 110 to 200 Starting D to A count __________...

Page 16: ...Watts Press Enter to start the measurement Press the Text key to show the reading f Set the 2510 Source Resistance to 500K g Adjust R81 R82 for channel 2 until the 4530 displays a power reading of 0 00nW 1 00nW This is an extremely sensitive adjustment h Repeat steps b through g for channel 2 if the instrument is a 4532 2 channel unit i Disconnect the 2510 remove power from the 4530 and reinstall ...

Page 17: ...ould be attempted only by personnel with a strong knowledge of interconnecting bus communications and RF Power Measurements and only after carefully reading this entire procedure DC Gain Calibration and Input Offset adjustment procedures must be completed prior to this procedure The 4530 should have its cover installed and be at a stable operating temperature within one degree Celsius for a minimu...

Page 18: ...ut of the reference calibrator Boonton Model 2520 is routed through an adapter to input A of the HP8761A Coaxial Switch and the output of the UUT s calibrator is routed through an identical adapter to input B of the switch The reference powermeter s sensor is connected to the switch common It is possible to connect the HP8761A Switch and a sensor to the same UUT at the same time by orientating the...

Page 19: ...nsor as follows Remove the sensor from the coaxial switch and connect it to the reference powermeter s calibrator output Pressing the Zero CAL key Select the appropriate channel by pressing or Select AutoCal and press Enter and wait for the calibration sweep to complete Reconnect the sensor back to the output of the coaxial switch OR Send CAL1 INTERNAL AUTOCAL to the Meas4530 instead of the using ...

Page 20: ... store that value Send CAL DTOA 1 DtoA1 to the UUT Typically 437XX DtoA1 _____________ To verify send CAL DTOA 1 The 4530 should reply with your DtoA1 value n Select 2520 and set the 2520 s RF output to 10 0 dBm o Set Ref load the reference level from the 2520 at 10dBm See step j for procedure p Select UUT and send CAL DAC DtoA1 0 3162 CAL ATTEN 20 to the UUT to generate a level of approximately 1...

Page 21: ...for each attenuator step Atten Step Output Lev Corr Factor 70 dB 50 dBm________ dB performed first time through the preceding steps 60 dB 40 dBm________ dB 50 dB 30 dBm________ dB 40 dB 20 dBm________ dB 30 dB 10 dBm________ dB 20 dB 0 dBm________ dB should be 0 000 0 010 10 dB 10 dBm________ dB 0 dB 20 dBm________ dB Note All correction factors should be less than 1dB aa Set the 2520 s RF output ...

Page 22: ... the reference calibrator s level and the output of the UUT in the appropriate row of the table below k Repeat steps g through j for each power level in the following table Level Error Limit 60 0 dBm _______dBr 0 300 59 9 dBm _______dBr 0 300 50 0 dBm _______dBr 0 100 49 9 dBm _______dBr 0 100 40 0 dBm _______dBr 0 015 39 9 dBm _______dBr 0 015 30 0 dBm _______dBr 0 015 29 9 dBm _______dBr 0 015 2...

Page 23: ...ced at extremely low power levels 40dBm be extremely careful about thermal drift of the diode sensor It may help to wrap the sensor with an insulator such as bubble wrap and to thermally isolate the sensor s RF connector with an airline adapter or short section of coax from the warm connectors on the calibrators It may be necessary to re zero or AutoCal the sensor before checking at the lowest set...

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Page 34: ...ata pages 1 Sensor Data 2 Calibration Factors for Low Bandwidth Mode 3 Calibration Factors for High Bandwidth Mode 4 Sensor Message CW and Voltage sensor data adapters add an additional page 5 Shaping gain coefficients for each range These five areas with instructions for loading data are discussed separately below SETUP FOR DATA INPUT To change the data in the sensor EEPROM or sensor data adapter...

Page 35: ...set of calibration frequencies and cal factors for both modes Otherwise the sensor will not function correctly in the instrument CALIBRATION FACTORS FOR LOW BANDWIDTH MODE This data is the frequency and associated calibration factors that the Peak Power Meter uses when in the Low Bandwidth Mode This data may be recalled from the sensor by using the Talk Mode Bus Mnemonic TKSSLOW The string returne...

Page 36: ... The instrument will not tolerate a frequency out of order or out of range and will terminate data entry Frequencies are valid if they are within the specified frequency range and have a format of with the implied units of GHz Calibration Factors are valid if they are in the range of 3 00 with the implied units of dB The Bus Mnemonic to load Calibration Factors for Low Bandwidth into the sensor is...

Page 37: ...ith the Talk Mode Bus Mnemonic TKSCWRG and the data string will have the following format power sensor R0 up R0 dn R1 up R1 dn R2 up R2 dn R3 up R4 dn R4 up R4 dn R5 up R5 dn R6 up R6 dn voltage sensor R0 up R0 dn R1 up R1 dn R2 up R2 dn R3 up R4 dn R4 up R4 dn R5 up R5 dn R6 up R6 dn R7 up R7 dn R0 mid R1 mid R2 mid R3 mid R4 mid R5 mid R6 mid R7 mid Upscale and midscale coefficients are integers...

Page 38: ...erent sensor has been plugged in Models 4400A and 4500A with software versions prior to 20020511 operate as above Models 4400A and 4500A with software versions 20020511 or later update non volatile memory when auto calibration is performed successfully In addition the sensor auto cal file may be deleted from memory by choosing the Util Disk Flash Disk menu Select the sensor auto cal file by serial...

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