
T
able
9-1.
Components
Related
to
Specific
Error
T
erms
Comp onen
t
Directivity
Source
Matc
h
Reection
T
rac
king
Isolation
Load
Matc
h
T
ransmission
T
rac
king
Calibration
Kit
load
X
op en/short
X
X
T
est
Set
connectors
X
X
X
X
X
X
bridge
X
X
X
X
X
X
bias
tee
X
X
X
X
X
transfer
switch
X
X
X
X
X
step
attenuator
X
X
X
X
p o
w
er
splitter
X
X
X
X
Analyzer
sampler
X
X
X
A10
digital
IF
X
External
cables
X
X
If
y
ou
detect
problems
using
error
term
analysis,
use
the
follo wing
approac
h
to
isolate
the
fault:
Chec
k
the
cable
b
y
examining
the
load
match
and
transmission
tracking
terms.
If
those
terms
are
incorrect,
go
to
\Cable
T
est."
V
erify
the
calibration
kit
devices:
Loads:
If
the
directivit
y
error
term
lo
oks
go
o d,
the
load
and
the
test
p ort
are
go
o d.
If
directivit
y
lo
oks
bad,
connect
the
same
load
on
the
other
test
p ort
and
measure
its
directivit
y
.
If
the
second
p ort
lo
oks
bad,
as
if
the
problem
had
shifted
with
the
load,
replace
the
load.
If
the
second
p ort
lo
oks
go
o d,
as
if
the
load
had
not
b een
the
problem,
troublesho
ot
the
rst
p ort.
Shorts
and
op ens:
If
the
source
match
and
reection
tracking
terms
lo
ok
go
o d,
the
shorts
and
the
op ens
are
go
o d.
If
these
terms
lo
ok
bad
while
the
rest
of
the
terms
lo
ok
go
o d,
pro ceed
to
\V
erify
Shorts
and
Op ens."
Cable
T
est
The
load
match
error
term
is
a
go
o d
indicator
of
cable
problems.
Y
ou
can
further
v
erify
a
faulty
cable
b
y
measuring
the
reection
of
the
cable.
P
erform
an
S11
1-p ort
calibration
directly
at
p ort
1
(no
cables).
Then
connect
the
susp ect
cable
to
p ort
1
and
terminate
the
op en
end
in
50
ohms.
Figure
9-1
sho
ws
the
return
loss
trace
of
a
go
o d
(left
side)
and
faulty
cable.
Note
that
the
imp ortant
c
haracteristic
of
a
cable
trace
is
its
lev
el
(the
go
o d
cable
trace
is
m
uc
h
low
er)
not
its
regularity
.
Refer
to
the
cable
man
ual
for
return
loss
sp ecications.
9-4
Accessories
Troubleshooting
DRAFT
3/21/106
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