User manual
VNA6000-A and VNA6000-B
VNA6000 User Manual 2022/08
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Page 1: ...User manual VNA6000 A and VNA6000 B VNA6000 User Manual 2022 08 1 ...
Page 2: ...n 8 Device settings 9 3 Performing measurements Setting the measurement frequency range 12 Calibration 13 Trace display 15 Markers 17 Time domain operation 18 Recall calibration and settings 22 4 VNA View Software User interface 24 Connecting to the device 25 Setting sweep range and parameters 26 Calibration 27 Firmware Update 29 VNA6000 User Manual 2022 08 2 ...
Page 3: ... device Delay velocity or length of a cable or other two port device Characteristic impedance and material properties using custom test jigs And more S parameters describe the amount and phase of a reflection or transmission from the device under test DUT in response to a single frequency excitation signal at a port The two most commonly used components of an S parameter are S11 reflection coeffic...
Page 4: ... SMA connector savers to the two ports of the VNA and keep it attached This will eliminate wear on the VNA main unit connectors and extend the service life of the VNA6000 Battery The VNA6000 includes battery management and protection circuitry It can both charge and run from an internal lithium ion battery If your VNA6000 did not come with the battery preinstalled due to shipping restrictions you ...
Page 5: ...oints in the following ways Drag a marker on the touch panel best to use a stylus for this Press and hold the or buttons 4 Calibration status Displays the saved slot number of the calibration being used and the error correction applied C0 C1 C2 C3 C4 Each indicates that the corresponding calibration data is loaded E Indicates that enhanced response calibration is enabled S O L T Each indicates tha...
Page 6: ...ce status The status of each trace format and the value corresponding to the active marker are displayed For example if the display is showing CH0 LOGMAG 10dB 0 02dB read it as follows Channel CH0 reflection Format LOGMAG Scale is 10dB Current value is 0 02dB For active traces the channel name is highlighted 8 Battery status This is not shown on the VNA6000 Battery percentage is indicated by the 4...
Page 7: ...erface Menu screen 11 Menu List The menu can be opened by the following operations When a location other than a marker on the touch screen is tapped When the ENTER button is pressed VNA6000 User Manual 2022 08 7 ...
Page 8: ...r is entered the entry is canceled and the previous state is restored 14 Unit key Multiplies the current input by the appropriate unit and terminates input immediately In case of 1 the entered value is set as it is 15 Input field The name of the item to be entered and the entered number are displayed VNA6000 User Manual 2022 08 8 ...
Page 9: ...t apply to calibration settings Display version info Select CONFIG VERSION to display device version information Firmware update mode CONFIG DFU and ENTER DFU mode Select RESET AND ENTER DFU to reset the device and enter DFU Device Firmware Update mode In this mode firmware can be updated via USB DFU mode can also be entered by holding down the left push button while the device is powered off and ...
Page 10: ...recognized tap position NOTE Be sure to save the settings with CONFIG SAVE You can then test the LCD touch panel stylus tracking accuracy by selecting CONFIG TOUCH TEST A line is drawn while dragging the stylus along the touch panel When released from the touch panel it returns to its original state Repeat save the touch screen calibration if tracking is incorrect VNA6000 User Manual 2022 08 10 ...
Page 11: ...asurements The basic measurement sequence is 1 Set the frequency range to be measured Use STIMILUS START STOP or STIMILUS SPAN CENTER 2 Perform calibration and save 3 Connect the Device Under Test DUT and measure VNA6000 User Manual 2022 08 11 ...
Page 12: ... and stop frequency Select and set STIMULUS START and STIMULUS STOP respectively Setting the center frequency and span Select and set STIMULUS CENTER and STIMULUS SPAN respectively Zero span Zero span is a mode in which one frequency is sent continuously without frequency sweep Select and set STIMULUS CW FREQ Temporarily stop measurement When menu item PAUSE SWEEP is active measurement is temporar...
Page 13: ... afterwards are not included in the calibration and will add a phase shift to the measurement The calibration procedure is as follows 1 Reset current calibration state Select menu item CAL RESET and then CALIBRATE 2 Attach a LOAD standard to port 2 3 Connect OPEN standard to port 1 and click OPEN Wait for menu item highlight 4 Connect SHORT standard to port 1 and click SHORT Wait for menu item hig...
Page 14: ... highlight 6 Connect the second LOAD standard to port 1 cable end and click LOAD Wait for menu item highlight 7 Optional Connect the second coaxial cable to port 2 8 Optional Connect the THRU standard between the port 1 and port 2 cable ends and click THRU 9 Click DONE 10 Optional Specify which calibration slot 0 to 6 to save to e g SAVE 0 Note that there is no need to wait for the plots to fully ...
Page 15: ...u items DISPLAY TRACE TRACE n allow you to activate as well as turn on off traces When a trace is active its channel name at the top of the screen is highlighted In the image above TRACE 0 is the active trace Clicking DISPLAY TRACE TRACE n on the current active trace will turn it off Clicking any other trace activates it VNA6000 User Manual 2022 08 15 ...
Page 16: ...be scaled to show 1 0 1 or 0 01 per div POLAR Polar coordinate format Impedance scale is normalized during calibration LINEAR Absolute value of the measured value REAL Real part of measured S parameter IMAG Imaginary part of measured S parameter RESISTANCE Resistance component of the measured impedance ohms per div REACTANCE Reactance component of the measured impedance ohms per div Trace channel ...
Page 17: ...ker s You can set the frequency range from the MARKER OPERATIONS menu as follows OPERATIONS START Sets the start frequency to the active marker s frequency OPERATIONS STOP Sets the stop frequency to the active marker s frequency OPERATIONS CENTER Sets the frequency of the active marker to be the center frequency OPERATIONS SPAN Sets the absolute frequency span to the last two active markers You ne...
Page 18: ...y the longer the maximum time length For this reason the maximum time length and time resolution are in a trade off relationship In other words the time length is the distance If you want to increase the maximum measurement distance you need to lower the frequency spacing frequency span sweep points If you want to measure the distance accurately you need to increase the frequency span HINT Use a l...
Page 19: ...p frequency must be set according to the distance to be measured The trace format can be set to REAL Examples of Impulse response in open state and impulse response in short state are shown below Open Short Time domain low pass step The trace format can be set to REAL Example measurements of Step response are shown below Open Short VNA6000 User Manual 2022 08 19 ...
Page 20: ...3 Performing measurements Capacitive short Inductive short Capacitive discontinuity C in parallel Inductive discontinuity L in series VNA6000 User Manual 2022 08 20 ...
Page 21: ...amic range NORMAL is in the middle Setting the velocity factor in the time domain The transmission speed of electromagnetic waves in the cable varies depending on the material The ratio to the transmission speed of electromagnetic waves in vacuum is called the Velocity Factor This is always stated in the cable specifications In the time domain the displayed time can be converted into distance The ...
Page 22: ... Marker settings Domain mode settings Electrical delay You can save the current settings by selecting CAL SAVE SAVE n Current calibration data can be reset by selecting CAL RESET CAL CORRECTION indicates whether error correction is currently enabled You can deselect this to temporarily disable error correction Inverted text ON Normal text OFF RECALL the saved settings by selecting CAL RECALL RECAL...
Page 23: ...ontrol the VNA6000 from a PC view plots in real time export S parameters and use custom calibration kit parameters VNA View supports Linux Windows 7 and Mac OS 10 11 For software downloads please go to https nanorfe com nanovna v2 software html VNA6000 User Manual 2022 08 23 ...
Page 24: ...r of the dropdown 3 Calibration pane Allows you to measure calibration standards and enable disable calibration 4 Impedance display Shows impedance values and series parallel equivalent circuits calculated from S11 5 Marker control 6 Marker values The button adds a new marker Clicking on the frequency indicator will show hide the marker dot Labels show the numeric value of each line graph trace at...
Page 25: ...ay need to install the Cypress USB Serial driver can be found on VNA View binary release downloads The device uses the USB CDC class which does not require dedicated drivers on Linux and Mac OS Select the device under the Device menu to connect to it Continuous sweep will start immediately and you should see continuously updating data on the smith chart and line plots VNA6000 User Manual 2022 08 2...
Page 26: ...ncy points is the number of discrete frequency points Output power is not applicable to the VNA6000 and the setting is ignored Under Show advanced settings nWait is not applicable to the VNA6000 and the setting is ignored nValues controls the number of data points per sweep point to average over Setting a higher averaging factor will result in proportionally lower noise and higher sweep times VNA6...
Page 27: ...to port 1 cable and click Short Wait for button highlight 7 Connect LOAD standard to port 1 cable and click Load Wait for button highlight 8 SOLT only Connect the THRU standard between the port 1 and port 2 cable ends and click Thru Wait for button highlight 9 Click Apply Refer to the figures in section 3 1 Calibration for how to connect the calibration standards Note that there is no need to wait...
Page 28: ... an S parameter model or an ideal model can be used Clicking on the S Parameter radio button will bring up a file chooser dialog to select the S parameter file Note these kit parameters are global and are not associated with a calibration save file If you modify kit parameters and proceed to recall an older calibration file the old calibration will be re calculated using the newly configured kit p...
Page 29: ...CM0 6 You will be prompted to update the device firmware Answer yes or update firmware 7 You will be prompted to select a firmware raw binary file Select the file you wish to flash 8 Firmware update will begin and progress is shown in VNA View 9 The firmware update typically takes 5 10 seconds and the VNA6000 will automatically reboot into the new firmware 10 If the update process appears to be st...
