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Frequency Drift
Minute changes in frequency accuracy and stability can occur as a result of temperature and
aging (on the order of parts per million). If you require greater frequency accuracy, do the
following:
Override the internal crystal with a high-stability external source, frequency standard, or (if
your analyzer is equipped with Option use the internal frequency standard.
Performance Verification
You should periodically check the accuracy of the analyzer measurements, by doing the
following:
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perform a measurement verification at least once per year
Refer to the HP 8753E Service for the measurement verification procedure.
Reference Plane and Port Extensions
Use the port extension feature to compensate for the phase shift of an extended measurement
reference plane, due to such additions as cables, adapters, and
after completing an
error-correction procedure (or when there is no active correction).
Using port extensions is similar to using electrical delay. However, using port extensions is the
preferred method of compensating for test
phase shift. explains the difference
between port extensions and electrical delay.
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Differences between PORT EXTENSIONS and DELAY
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The end of a cable becomes the test port plane Compensates for the electrical length of a
for all S-parameter measurements. cable.
Set the cable’s electrical length x 1 for
transmission.
Set the cable’s electrical length x 2 for
reflection.
All
Only the currently selected
Intelligently compensates for 1 times or 2 Only compensates for electrical length.
times the cable’s electrical delay, depending
on which S-parameter is computed.
Then enter the delay to the reference plane.
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