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CALIBRATION PROCEDURE

NI PXIe-5611

This document describes processes to calibrate the NI PXIe-5611 I/Q
modulator. This document provides performance tests to verify if the
instrument is performing within the published specifications. For more
information about calibration, visit

ni.com/calibration

Contents

Initial Setup...................................................................................... 8
Verification ...................................................................................... 11

Verifying LO Filter Response .................................................. 11
Verifying LO Path Gain ........................................................... 12
Verifying Modulation Impairments.......................................... 13
Verifying Modulation Bandwidth and Impairments ................ 15
Verifying RF Path Gain ............................................................ 17

Adjustment....................................................................................... 21

Adjusting LO Filter Response .................................................. 21
Adjusting LO Path Gain ........................................................... 22
Adjusting Modulation Impairments.......................................... 23
Adjusting RF Path Gain............................................................ 24

Appendix A: Calibration Utilities ........................................................... 27

Calibration VI References ............................................................... 27

Where to Go for Support......................................................................... 28

Summary of Contents for PXIe-5611

Page 1: ...Requirements 3 Password 4 Calibration Interval 4 Calibration Overview 4 Test Equipment 6 Test Conditions 7 Calibration Procedures 7 Initial Setup 8 Verification 11 Verifying LO Filter Response 11 Verifying LO Path Gain 12 Verifying Modulation Impairments 13 Verifying Modulation Bandwidth and Impairments 15 Verifying RF Path Gain 17 Adjustment 21 Adjusting LO Filter Response 21 Adjusting LO Path Ga...

Page 2: ...rd or value that you must supply monospace Text in this font denotes text or characters that you should enter from the keyboard sections of code programming examples and syntax examples This font is also used for the proper names of disk drives paths directories programs subprograms subroutines device names functions operations variables filenames and extensions monospace bold Bold text in this fo...

Page 3: ... NI RF Signal Generators Getting Started Guide NI RF Signal Generators Help including LabVIEW VI programming references These documents are installed with NI RFSG You can also download the latest versions of documentation at ni com manuals This calibration procedure calibrates the NI PXIe 5611 I Q modulator as a stand alone device To calibrate the NI PXIe 5673 or NI PXIe 5673E refer to their calib...

Page 4: ...s of testing to ensure that the accuracy of the device Perform verification post adjustment to determine if the adjustment was successful Adjustment is the process of measuring and compensating for device performance to improve the measurement accuracy Performing an adjustment updates the calibration date Perform a complete calibration to guarantee successful adjustment and performance of the NI 5...

Page 5: ... complete calibration Figure 1 Complete Calibration Programming Flow Document Post Adjustment Results Document Pre Adjustment Results Calibration Verification Complete Yes No Verify Meets Test Limits Review Verification Adjustment Procedure or Return Device Adjust Calibration Dates and Temperatures Updated Verify ...

Page 6: ... dBm Frequency range 50 MHz to 6 6 GHz Accuracy 0 5 Power splitter Aeroflex Weinschel 1593 SWR 1 25 Amplitude tracking 0 25 dB NI PXIe 5450 arbitrary waveform generator NI PXIe 5450 This device must be fully calibrated before calibrating the NI 5611 NI PXI 5652 RF signal generator NI PXI 5652 This device must be fully calibrated before calibrating the NI 5611 6 dB attenuator Anritsu 41KB 6 Frequen...

Page 7: ...ative humidity between 10 and 90 noncondensing Maintain an ambient temperature of 23 C 5 C Allow a warm up time of at least 30 minutes after the chassis is powered on The warm up time ensures that the NI 5611 is at a stable operating temperature Perform a self calibration on the NI PXIe 5450 signal generator Each verification procedure requires a delay to be inserted in between configuring all dev...

Page 8: ...Complete the following steps to characterize a splitter using an NI 5652 power meter and spectrum analyzer as shown in Figure 2 1 Disconnect the NI 5611 LO IN front panel connector from the NI 5652 RF OUT front panel connector 2 Connect the power meter power sensor to the NI 5652 RF OUT front panel connector 3 Generate a tone with the NI 5652 with the following NI RFSG property settings Frequency ...

Page 9: ...nt 8 Connect one available port of the power splitter to the power sensor without a cable if possible 9 Connect one available end of the power splitter to the 6 dB attenuator 10 Connect the other available port of the 6 dB attenuator to the spectrum analyzer RF INPUT front panel connector as shown in Figure 2 11 Configure the reference level of the spectrum analyzer to 30 dBm The spectrum analyzer...

Page 10: ...ments 13 Subtract the power measurements from step 5 from the measurements in step 12 for each corresponding frequency Store the resulting calculations The result is an array representing the loss through the splitter for the entire needed frequency range in 5 MHz increments 1 NI 5652 RF Signal Generator 2 Splitter 3 Power Sensor 4 Attenuator 5 Power Meter 6 CH A Connector 7 Spectrum Analyzer 8 RF...

Page 11: ...cts Verification of the NI 5611 is complete only after you have successfully completed all tests in this section Verifying LO Filter Response Complete the following steps to verify the LO filter response of an NI 5611 module using a spectrum analyzer 1 Connect the NI 5611 LO OUT front panel connector to the spectrum analyzer RF INPUT front panel connector 2 Connect the PXI Express chassis 10 MHz R...

Page 12: ... corresponding limit in Table 1 8 Repeat steps 3 through 7 for every frequency from 85 MHz to 2 2 GHz in 5 MHz increments including endpoints If the results are within the selected test limit the device has passed this portion of the verification Verifying LO Path Gain Complete the following steps to verify the LO path gain of the NI 5611 module using a power meter 1 Connect the NI 5611 LO OUT fro...

Page 13: ...te a single sideband tone with a 1 MHz offset from the carrier signal with the following NI RFSG property settings Frequency Hz 85 MHz Power Level dBm 0 dBm Generation Mode Arb Waveform Reference Clock Source ClkIn The image appears at 84 MHz and the carrier leakage at 85 MHz 4 Use the spectrum analyzer to measure the mean power of the RF output using the following spectrum analyzer parameter sett...

Page 14: ... Reference clock source External 7 Calculate the image suppression ratio ISR and carrier suppression ratio CSR according to the following formulas and save the values ISR Measured Image Power Measured RF Output Power CSR Measured Carrier Leakage Power Measured RF Output Power 8 Repeat steps 3 though 7 for each LO frequency from 85 MHz to 6 6 GHz in 10 MHz steps including endpoints Note With the ba...

Page 15: ... the carrier with the following NI RFSG property settings Frequency Hz 200 MHz Power Level dBm 0 dBm Generation Mode Arb Waveform Reference Clock Source ClkIn 4 Use the spectrum analyzer to measure the mean output power of the RF output using the following spectrum analyzer parameter settings Center frequency frequency in step 3 offset in step 3 Reference level 5 dBm Frequency span 0 Hz Resolution...

Page 16: ...te the relative modulation bandwidth flatness by subtracting the RF output power measured at 0 Hz offset from the RF output powers measured at each of the other offset frequencies 9 Compare each value calculated in step 8 to the limits in Table 6 and compare only the ISR values calculated for offset frequencies between 10 MHz and 10 MHz in step 5 to the limits in Table 7 Note Values calculated for...

Page 17: ...nalyzer power splitter and 6 dB attenuator Note The attenuator is placed in front of the spectrum analyzer to improve the spectrum analyzer return loss The power splitter must be characterized so that you can account for its loss Refer to the Characterizing the Power Splitter section for more information about how to characterize your power splitter Table 7 Modulation Bandwidth Impairment Verifica...

Page 18: ...t the power splitter to the power sensor in step 8 of the Characterizing the Power Splitter section must be the same port used to connect the power splitter to the power meter in step 3 of this section 1 NI 5450 Arbitrary Waveform Generator 2 Connection from NI PXI Express REF IN Rear Panel Connector to Spectrum Analyzer REF OUT Rear Panel Connector 3 NI 5611 I Q Modulator 4 NI 5652 RF Signal Gene...

Page 19: ... with the following NI RFSG property settings Frequency Hz 85 MHz Power Level dBm 5 dBm Generation Mode Arb Waveform Reference Clock Source ClkIn 8 Use the power meter to measure power splitter compensated output power 9 Repeat steps 7 through 8 for every frequency from 85 MHz to 6 6 GHz in 20 MHz increments including endpoints 10 Set the NI RFSG Power Level property to 0 dBm and repeat steps 7 th...

Page 20: ... 90 dBm and repeat steps 7 through 9 using only the spectrum analyzer and its measured correction to measure the power accuracy using the following spectrum analyzer parameter settings Center frequency frequency in step 7 1 MHz Reference level 30 dBm Frequency span 0 Hz Resolution bandwidth 500 Hz Sweep time 200 ms Reference clock source External Attenuation 5 dB Preamplifier On 15 Compare the mea...

Page 21: ... INPUT front panel connector 2 Connect the PXI Express chassis 10 MHz REF IN rear panel connector to the spectrum analyzer 10 MHz REF OUT rear panel connector on the spectrum analyzer 3 Call the niRFSG Initialize External Calibration VI 4 Call the niRFSG Initialize LO Filter Calibration VI Note The Filter to Calibrate parameter on the niRFSG Initialize LO Filter Calibration VI is by default set to...

Page 22: ...all the niRFSG Initialize External Calibration VI 3 Call the niRFSG 5611 Initialize LO Gain Calibration VI Note The Filter to Calibrate parameter on the niRFSG Initialize LO Gain Calibration VI is by default set to All Filters If you set the Filter to Calibrate parameter to another filter setting you must repeat steps 3 through 7 for each filter 4 Call the niRFSG 5611 Configure LO Gain Calibration...

Page 23: ...bration VI is to calibrate all filters If you choose to calibrate a single filter repeat the entire RF path calibration procedure for each of the eight filters to complete a full calibration 6 Use the spectrum analyzer to measure the mean tone power using the following spectrum analyzer parameter settings Center frequency Value specified by the Frequency to Measure Hz parameter of the niRFSG 5611 ...

Page 24: ...l connector 1 NI 5450 Arbitrary Waveform Generator 2 NI 5611 I Q Modulator 3 NI 5652 RF Signal Generator 4 Power Sensor 5 Power Splitter 6 Attenuator 7 Power Meter 8 CH A Connector 9 Spectrum Analyzer 10 RF INPUT Connector Q Q 5 Vp p MAX 50 Ω LVTTL LVTTL 50 Ω 50 Ω 50 Ω 50 Ω CLK IN CLK OUT PFI 1 ACCESS ACTIVE I I 0 7 Vp p NOM CH 1 CH 0 CH 0 CH 1 PFI 0 ESD SENSITIVE NI PXIe 5450 400 MS s I Q Signal ...

Page 25: ...ttom of the power meter s accurate range Note The default behavior of the niRFSG 5611 Configure RF Gain Calibration VI is to calibrate all filters If you choose to calibrate a single filter repeat the entire RF path calibration procedure on each of the eight filters to complete a full calibration 9 Configure the spectrum analyzer using the following spectrum analyzer parameter settings Center freq...

Page 26: ...ment parameter of the niRFSG 5611 Configure RF Gain Calibration VI returns a value of Power Meter The sweep time should alternate several times between 20 ms and 200 ms as these conditions are met Note Only the instrument indicated by the Measurement Instrument parameter is actually used Values passed for the inactive instrument are ignored The power meter is used for higher power measurements and...

Page 27: ...Calibration Utility palette includes the following VIs niRFSG Change External Calibration Password VI niRFSG Close External Calibration VI niRFSG Get External Calibration Last Date And Time VI niRFSG Initialize External Calibration VI niRFSG Set External Calibration Last Date and Time VI Calibration VI References The VIs used in this procedure including all calibration VIs and functions are docume...

Page 28: ...roduct by visiting ni com certification If your product supports calibration you can obtain the calibration certificate for your product at ni com calibration National Instruments corporate headquarters is located at 11500 North Mopac Expressway Austin Texas 78759 3504 National Instruments also has offices located around the world to help address your support needs For telephone support in the Uni...

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