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Command reference

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[SENSe:]CORRection... (other)

The remaining

[SENSe:]CORRection...

commands.

[SENSe<Ch>:]CORRection:CDATa

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[SENSe<Ch>:]CORRection:CONNection

..........................................................................926

[SENSe<Ch>:]CORRection:CONNection:CATalog?

........................................................... 927

[SENSe<Ch>:]CORRection:CONNection:DELete

.............................................................. 927

[SENSe<Ch>:]CORRection:DATA:PARameter<Sfk>?

........................................................ 928

[SENSe<Ch>:]CORRection:DATA:PARameter:COUNt?

..................................................... 929

[SENSe<Ch>:]CORRection:DATE?

..................................................................................930

[SENSe<Ch>:]CORRection:DELete

................................................................................. 930

[SENSe<Ch>:]CORRection:EDELay:AUTO

...................................................................... 930

[SENSe<Ch>:]CORRection:EDELay<PhyPt>:DIELectric

....................................................931

[SENSe<Ch>:]CORRection:EDELay<PhyPt>:DISTance

.....................................................931

[SENSe<Ch>:]CORRection:EDELay<PhyPt>:ELENgth

......................................................932

[SENSe<Ch>:]CORRection:EDELay<PhyPt>[:TIME]

......................................................... 932

[SENSe:]CORRection:EDELay:VNETwork

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[SENSe<Ch>:]CORRection:LOSS<PhyPt>

.......................................................................933

[SENSe<Ch>:]CORRection:LOSS<PhyPt>:SECond

..........................................................933

[SENSe<Ch>:]CORRection:LOSS:AUTO

......................................................................... 933

[SENSe<Ch>:]CORRection:LOSS<PhyPt>:FREQuency

.................................................... 934

[SENSe<Ch>:]CORRection:LOSS<PhyPt>:SECond:FREQuency

....................................... 934

[SENSe<Ch>:]CORRection:LOSS<PhyPt>:OFFSet

...........................................................934

[SENSe<Ch>:]CORRection:LOSS<PhyPt>:SECond:STATe

................................................935

[SENSe<Ch>:]CORRection:OFFSet<PhyPt>:COMPensation[:STATe]

................................. 935

[SENSe<Ch>:]CORRection:OFFSet<PhyPt>:DFComp[:STATe]?

.........................................935

[SENSe<Ch>:]CORRection:OFFSet<PhyPt>[:STATe]

........................................................ 936

[SENSe<Ch>:]CORRection:PCAL

................................................................................... 936

[SENSe<Ch>:]CORRection:POWer<PhyPt>:ACQuire

........................................................937

[SENSe<Ch>:]CORRection:POWer<PhyPt>:AWAVe[:STATe]

............................................. 938

[SENSe<Ch>:]CORRection:POWer:DATA

........................................................................ 939

[SENSe<Ch>:]CORRection:POWer<PhyPt>[:STATe]

......................................................... 939

[SENSe<Chn>:]CORRection:PSTate?

..............................................................................940

[SENSe<Ch>:]CORRection[:STATe]

.................................................................................940

[SENSe<Ch>:]CORRection:STIMulus?

............................................................................ 941

[SENSe<Chn>:]CORRection:SSTate?

..............................................................................941

[SENSe<Ch>:]CORRection:CDATa

<ErrorTerm>, <SourcePort>, <LoadPort>,

<CorrectionData>...

Writes or reads system error correction data for a specific channel

<Ch>

, calibration

method (

[SENSe<Ch>:]CORRection:COLLect:METHod:DEFine

), and port combi-

nation

. The setting command can be used to transfer

user-defined correction data

to the analyzer; the query returns

the current correction data set. ASCII or block data can be transferred, depending on
the selected data transfer format (

FORMat[:DATA]

The sweep must be stopped to transfer calibration data; see program example for

[SENSe<Ch>:]CORRection:COLLect:SAVE:SELected:DEFault

VNA command reference

Summary of Contents for ZNL

Page 1: ...R S ZNL ZNLE Vector Network Analyzers User Manual 1178596602 Version 19 2...

Page 2: ...R S ZNLE6 1 MHz to 6 GHz 2 ports N f connectors order no 1323 0012K56 R S ZNLE14 1 MHz to 14 GHz 2 ports N f connectors order no 1323 0012K64 R S ZNLE18 1 MHz to 18 GHz 2 ports N f connectors order n...

Page 3: ...ets and brochures 19 2 7 Release notes and open source acknowledgment OSA 19 2 8 Application notes application cards white papers etc 20 2 9 Calibration certificate 20 3 What s new in firmware version...

Page 4: ...ng the instrument 71 4 4 1 Understanding the display information VNA mode 72 4 4 2 Accessing the functionality 73 4 4 3 Entering data 78 4 4 4 Touchscreen gestures 79 4 4 5 Getting help 82 5 Operating...

Page 5: ...rmation 128 7 4 2 Information on versions and options 128 7 4 3 System messages 130 7 4 4 Firmware updates 131 7 4 5 General configuration settings 133 7 4 6 Additional interfaces 133 7 5 Service func...

Page 6: ...with microsoft networks 173 8 5 5 How to control the R S ZNL ZNLE via the web browser interface 174 8 5 6 How to deactivate the web browser interface 175 8 5 7 How to set up remote desktop 176 8 5 8 H...

Page 7: ...5 Automatic calibration 262 9 5 6 Scalar power calibration 272 9 5 7 Parallel calibration of multiple channels 277 9 6 Offset parameters and de embedding 277 9 6 1 Offset parameters 278 9 6 2 Embeddi...

Page 8: ...9 10 3 3 Zoom tab 320 10 4 Bw Avg Power softtool 322 10 4 1 Power tab 322 10 4 2 Bandwidth tab 322 10 4 3 Average tab 323 10 5 Sweep Softtool 324 10 5 1 Sweep Params tab 325 10 5 2 Sweep Type tab 327...

Page 9: ...425 10 9 3 Config tab 427 10 9 4 Limit Test tab 431 10 9 5 Ripple Test tab 439 10 9 6 Circle Test tab 444 10 9 7 Display Circle tab 447 10 9 8 Horiz Line tab 448 10 10 Marker Settings softtool 449 10...

Page 10: ...559 10 14 9 Config tab 561 11 Command reference 562 11 1 Conventions used in SCPI command descriptions 562 11 2 Common commands 563 11 3 Common instrument commands 567 11 3 1 Commands for remote inst...

Page 11: ...llation update 1102 12 2 System recovery 1102 12 3 Collecting information for support 1103 12 4 Contacting customer support 1104 13 Maintenance storage transport and disposal 1106 13 1 Cleaning 1106 1...

Page 12: ...Contents R S ZNL ZNLE 12 User Manual 1178 5966 02 19...

Page 13: ...tions Products from the Rohde Schwarz group of companies are manufactured according to the highest technical standards To use the products safely follow the instructions provided here and in the produ...

Page 14: ...njury If you mount products in a rack ensure that the rack has sufficient load capacity and stability Observe the specifications of the rack manufacturer Always install the prod ucts from the bottom s...

Page 15: ...g Irritation can occur if the battery fluid comes in contact with your skin or eyes Immediately and thoroughly rinse your skin or eyes with water and seek medical aid For safe handling follow these ru...

Page 16: ...o not touch Risk of skin burns Risk of fire Protective conductor terminal Connect this terminal to a grounded external conductor or to protective ground This connec tion protects you against electric...

Page 17: ...The sig nal word indicates the severity of the safety hazard and how likely it will occur if you do not follow the safety precautions CAUTION Potentially hazardous situation Could result in minor or...

Page 18: ...control a complete description of the remote control com mands with programming examples and information on maintenance instrument interfaces and error messages Includes the contents of the getting st...

Page 19: ...LE It also lists the firmware applications and their order numbers and optional accessories The brochure provides an overview of the instrument and deals with the specific char acteristics See www roh...

Page 20: ...l applications or background information on particu lar topics See www rohde schwarz com application ZNL or www rohde schwarz com application ZNLE 2 9 Calibration certificate The document is available...

Page 21: ...eter and power cal support for R S ZNL New remote control functionality New command MMEMory STORe TRACe OPTion COMMent to define a comment to be added to exported trace files Improvements For calibrat...

Page 22: ...ome configurations The analyzer GUI became slow if many markers were active In FW versions 1 61 and higher selecting a trace via CALCulate Ch PARameter SELect TraceName restarted the sweep Spectrum an...

Page 23: ...rying handles are designed to lift or carry the instrument Do not apply exces sive external force to the handles See Lifting and carrying the product on page 13 4 1 2 Unpacking and checking 1 Unpack t...

Page 24: ...erefore not suitable for class B environments If class A equipment causes radio disturbances take appropriate measures to eliminate them 4 1 4 Setting up the R S ZNL ZNLE The R S ZNL ZNLE is designed...

Page 25: ...the R S ZNL ZNLE For the order num ber see the data sheet b Mount the adapter kit Follow the assembly instructions provided with the adapter kit 2 Lift the R S ZNL ZNLE to shelf height 3 Grab the hand...

Page 26: ...n it For details on optional accessories see the R S ZNL data sheet 4 1 5 Connecting to power There are various options to supply power to the R S ZNL ZNLE The R S ZNL ZNLE is equipped with an AC powe...

Page 27: ...tails on the connector see Chapter 4 2 2 2 Li Ion battery packs and DC power connector on page 47 This option is not available for the R S ZNLE If you use an external power supply unit to supply safet...

Page 28: ...uctions provided by the manufacturer For batteries manufactured by Rohde Schwarz observe the following If inserted in the R S ZNL batteries are charged via the common AC or DC power supply You can als...

Page 29: ...orange I Ready green I To switch on the R S ZNL ZNLE The R S ZNL ZNLE is off but connected to power 1 Set the switch on the power supply to position I See Chapter 4 2 2 1 AC power supply connection a...

Page 30: ...a similar tool To connect external network devices e g printers To transfer data from a remote computer and back e g using network folders Network environment Before connecting the product to a local...

Page 31: ...see Chapter 8 5 How to set up a network and remote control on page 164 4 1 8 Connecting a keyboard The keyboard is detected automatically when it is connected The default input lan guage is English US...

Page 32: ...ialog box Show only on 2 the maximum screen resolution of the monitor is used In this case you can maximize the R S ZNL ZNLE application win dow and see even more details You cannot change the monitor...

Page 33: ...etup Display Configure Monitor Display Switch to bring up the Windows 10 PROJECT notification window Or press Win P on a connected keyboard 2 Select Extend 3 In the Windows task bar search for tablet...

Page 34: ...ms They are released through the Microsoft Update website and associated update server Update instruments using Windows regularly especially instruments that connect to a network Firewall settings A f...

Page 35: ...estricted access to the computer domain Some administrative tasks require administrator rights e g the configuration of a LAN network Refer to the description of the basic instrument Setup Setup menu...

Page 36: ...login function is reactivated with the changed password It will be applied the next time the instrument is switched on Switching users when using the auto login function Which user account is used is...

Page 37: ...discharge ESD Electrostatic discharge is most likely to occur when you connect or disconnect a DUT NOTICE Electrostatic discharge can damage the electronic components of the product and the device un...

Page 38: ...keys 4 Touchscreen 5 Function keys 6 Keypad 7 Navigation controls 8 Port 1 9 Port 2 RF input 50 connector 4 2 1 1 Touchscreen All measurement results are displayed on the screen on the front panel Ad...

Page 39: ...display Any user interface elements that react to a click by a mouse pointer also react to a tap on the screen and vice versa Using touchscreen gestures you can perform the fol lowing tasks among othe...

Page 40: ...ear panel provides further USB connectors standard 3 0 see Chapter 4 2 2 11 USB on page 50 4 2 1 4 System keys System keys set the instrument to a predefined state change basic settings and pro vide p...

Page 41: ...NL only Freq Defines the sweep range Sets the center frequency and the start and stop frequencies for the frequency range under consideration This key is also used to set the frequency offset and the...

Page 42: ...normal marker 1 is activated and the peak search is performed for it Meas Selects the quantities to be measured and displayed Format Config Selects the trace format dB magnitude Smith etc Configure me...

Page 43: ...log box selects the default or focused element 4 2 1 7 Navigation controls The navigation controls include a rotary knob and navigation keys They allow you to navigate within the display or within dia...

Page 44: ...the scroll bar 4 2 1 8 Port 1 and port 2 Numbered RF connectors 3 5 mm m for R S ZNL20 N f for other models The test ports serve as outputs for the RF stimulus signal and as inputs for the mea sured...

Page 45: ...Do not overload the input For maximum allowed values see the data sheet For the R S ZNLE the Spectrum mode is not available and hence this connector is always used as VNA port 2 See also Chapter 4 1 1...

Page 46: ...connection and main power switch 2 GPIB IEC interface 3 Reference clock connectors 4 Trigger input connector 5 DVI connector for external display 6 LAN connector 7 USB 3 0 connectors The meanings of...

Page 47: ...ing to the following diagram Pin Description 1 2 3 1 Plus 2 Ground 3 Not used These options are not available for the R S ZNLE If you use an external power supply unit to supply safety extra low DC vo...

Page 48: ...e data Thus you can control the measurement using an external signal The voltage level is 1 4 V The typical input impedance is 10 k 4 2 2 6 Noise Source Control The Noise Source Control female connect...

Page 49: ...A 25 pole D Sub connector used as an input and output for low voltage TTL control signals Can either be used as VNA user port max 3 3 V or SA Aux Port max 5 V In the firmware GUI this can be set via S...

Page 50: ...sor connector The LEMOSA female connector is used to connect power sensors of the R S NRP Zxy family For a detailed list of supported sensors see the data sheet This connector is provided by the Addit...

Page 51: ...R S ZNL ZNLE step by step The complete description of the functionality and its usage is given in the R S ZNL ZNLE User Manual Basic instrument operation is described in Chap ter 4 4 Operating the ins...

Page 52: ...ource power 6 Perform a calibration 4 3 1 1 Transmission S parameter measurement In a transmission measurement the analyzer transmits a stimulus signal to the input port of the device under test DUT a...

Page 53: ...preset the display shows a diagram with a dB magnitude scale and the S parameter S21 is selected as a measured quantity This S parameter is the forward transmission coefficient of the DUT It is define...

Page 54: ...he entire S21 trace leaving an appropriate display margin Calibrating the instrument Calibration system error correction is the process of eliminating systematic reprodu cible errors from the measurem...

Page 55: ...2 Select Cal Start Manual to open the Calibration Setting wizard 3 Select the port combination Port 1 P1 and Port 2 P2 and the calibration type Trans Norm Make sure to define port 1 as the source por...

Page 56: ...R S ZNL ZNLE has completed the calibration sweep and calculated the correction data the Apply button is enabled 8 Select Apply to close the wizard The system error correction is calculated and applie...

Page 57: ...cient as displayed quantity The group delay represents the propagation time of the wave through the DUT it is displayed in a Cartesian diagram The marker info field shows the frequency and group delay...

Page 58: ...eflection and transmission parameters in parallel The analyzer provides special calibration types for reflection measurements Use the calibration wizard and select an appropriate type The full 2 port...

Page 59: ...to the current position Figure 4 5 Defining the zoom area When you remove your finger the zoom area is enlarged in a second sub win dow Figure 4 6 Zoomed display around a peak 4 3 3 Saving settings To...

Page 60: ...tiViewSetup dfl is stored in the default directory C Users Public Documents Rohde Schwarz ZNL Save To load stored instrument settings You can restore the settings to the instrument at any time using t...

Page 61: ...Press the Trace key on the front panel 2 Tap the Trace softkey 3 Tap the Trace Data Export tab 4 Tap the Export Trace to ASCII File button 5 Enter the file name MyMultiViewResults The trace data is st...

Page 62: ...setups for a different frequency range a Spectrum measurement and an I Q analysis note that the latter two measurements are only available if the optional Spectrum mode is installed To activate additi...

Page 63: ...s the Mode key b Tap the IQ Analyzer button to activate a channel setup for the I Q Analyzer application c Tap the Display Config softkey to activate the SmartGrid mode d Drag the Real Imag I Q icon f...

Page 64: ...ure 4 10 The MultiView tab 4 3 6 Trying out spectrum mode If the spectrum analysis option R S ZNLxx B1 is installed you can use the instrument for Spectrum measurements The following chapters describe...

Page 65: ...e the frequency at the default 50 MHz 7 Close the dialog box The calibration signal is now sent to the RF input of the R S ZNL ZNLE By default a continuous frequency sweep is performed so that the spe...

Page 66: ...r pad on the front panel d Press the MHz key next to the number pad 2 Reduce the span to 20 MHz a In the Span field of the Frequency dialog box enter 20 MHz b Close the Frequency dialog box 3 Set the...

Page 67: ...for different frequencies 1 Tap the Overview softkey to display the general configuration dialog box 2 Tap the Display Config button The SmartGrid mode is activated and the evaluation bar with the av...

Page 68: ...ich is the default setting when you activate a marker We will set a marker on the peak in our first Spectrum measurement 1 In the MultiView tab double tap the Spectrum window frequency sweep with spec...

Page 69: ...t determines the frequencies and levels of peaks in the spectrum automatically We will display a marker peak list for the Spectrum 2 channel setup 1 Tap the Spectrum 2 tab 2 Press the RUN SINGLE key o...

Page 70: ...ll be included in the peak list The marker peak list displays the determined peaks that are above the defined threshold Figure 4 15 Marker Peak List 4 3 7 Performing sequential measurements Although o...

Page 71: ...ork with the R S ZNL ZNLE Remote control In addition to working with the R S ZNL ZNLE interactively located directly at the instrument it is also possible to operate and control it from a remote PC Va...

Page 72: ...llowing figure shows a measurement diagram in VNA mode All different infor mation areas are labeled They are explained in more detail in the following sections 1 2 3 1 Window title bar with measuremen...

Page 73: ...ument specific keys all other keys that correspond to an external keyboard e g arrow keys ENTER key operate as specified by Microsoft For most tasks there are at least 2 alternative methods to perform...

Page 74: ...comes longer than the height of the screen an arrow at the bottom of the toolbar indicates that further icons are available Print immediately 74 Open 74 Save 74 Undo 75 Redo 75 Zoom mode 75 Multiple z...

Page 75: ...usly reverted operation Zoom mode Displays a dotted rectangle in the diagram that can be expanded to define the zoom area Multiple zoom mode Multiple zoom areas can be defined for the same diagram Zoo...

Page 76: ...cess the Start menu on page 35 4 4 2 2 Softtools Softtools display groups of related settings as a tabbed panel They can be opened via function keys on the virtual front panel or via context menu item...

Page 77: ...Several items in the diagram area have context menus for example markers traces or the channel bar If you right click on one of these items or tap it for about 1 second a menu is displayed which conta...

Page 78: ...board Transparent dialog boxes You can change the transparency of the dialog boxes to see the results in the windows behind the dialog box Thus you can see the effects that the changes you make to the...

Page 79: ...ys move the cursor to the right of the entry you want to delete 2 Press the Backspace key The entry to the left of the cursor is deleted 3 Enter your correction Completing the entry Press the ENTER ke...

Page 80: ...m to show results that were previously out of view Figure 4 19 Dragging Pinching and spreading two fingers Move two fingers together on the display pinch or move two fingers apart on the dis play spre...

Page 81: ...ged temporarily graphical zoom Mouse vs touch actions Any user interface elements that react to actions by a mouse pointer also react to fin ger gestures on the screen and vice versa The following tou...

Page 82: ...a tion or setting to be performed In addition general topics provide an overview on com plete tasks or function groups as well as background information The online help can be opened at any time by se...

Page 83: ...rted R S ZNL ZNLE 83 User Manual 1178 5966 02 19 2 Select the screen element to change the focus A topic containing information about the selected now focused screen element is displayed Operating the...

Page 84: ...tput may occur if you switch between a VNA and a spectrum application due to the separate hardware In particular if you run a sequence of measurements including both measurement types switching betwee...

Page 85: ...e provided functions correspond to those of a conventional vector network analyzer Remote command INST SEL VNA see INSTrument SELect on page 571 Spectrum In the Spectrum application the provided funct...

Page 86: ...20 with serial numbers below 101200 these options are not available For details see the Analog Demodulation Mode User Manual Remote command INST SEL ADEM see INSTrument SELect on page 571 Noise Figure...

Page 87: ...ual 1178 5966 02 19 5 3 Defining channel setups Access Mode For a R S ZNLxx with spectrum analysis option R S ZNLxx B1 the startup preset channel setup is determined by the Preset Mode Factory default...

Page 88: ...easily Defining a channel setup 88 New Channel Setup 88 Replace Current Channel Setup 89 Duplicate Current Channel Setup 89 Closing a channel setup 89 Defining a channel setup To start a new channel s...

Page 89: ...me as the copied channel setup extended by a consecu tive number e g Spectrum Spectrum 2 Remote command INSTrument CREate DUPLicate on page 568 Closing a channel setup To close a channel setup simply...

Page 90: ...ndent of the cur rently displayed tab Sequencer modes Three different Sequencer modes are available Single Sequence Similar to single sweep mode each measurement is performed once until all mea sureme...

Page 91: ...e Sweep 6 IQ Analyzer IQ Analyzer Single Sweep 7 For Single Sequence the following sweeps will be performed 2 x VNA 5x Spectrum 6x Spectrum 2 7x IQ Analyzer For Continuous Sequence the following sweep...

Page 92: ...er State 92 Sequencer Mode 92 Sequencer State Activates or deactivates the Sequencer If activated sequential operation according to the selected Sequencer mode is started immediately Remote command SY...

Page 93: ...ve channel setups are per formed one after the other in the order of the tabs until the Sequencer is stopped The result displays in the individual channel setups are updated as the measure ments are p...

Page 94: ...h as the export and import of sweep segments or limit lines can be accessed via related softtools and dialogs Restoring the default instrument configuration preset 94 Storing and recalling instrument...

Page 95: ...ia remote con trol Remote command SYSTem PRESet CHANnel EXEC on page 588 6 2 Storing and recalling instrument settings and mea surement data Access Save Open icon in the toolbar Or FILE Possibly you w...

Page 96: ...be stored to or recalled from save sets Each save set is identified by its storage date and type instrument or specific Channel in the display The save sets are stored in the C Users Public Documents...

Page 97: ...of storage the QuickSave 1 QuickSave 10 placeholder is replaced by a label indicating the storage date and time and the storage type Right click on one of the QuickSave buttons to display a context m...

Page 98: ...red settings is activated otherwise all Channel s and instrument settings are overwritten with the stored settings Note After you use the Recall function the history of previous actions is deleted i e...

Page 99: ...me followed by an under score and three numbers e g limit_lines_005 In the example the base name is limit_lines The base name can contain characters numbers and underscores The file extension dfl is a...

Page 100: ...lect the storage location of the file on the instrument or an external drive File name Contains the name of the data file without the path or extension File names must be compatible with the Windows c...

Page 101: ...filename Remote command MMEMory STORe 1 2 STATe on page 587 MMEMory STORe 1 2 STATe NEXT on page 587 Recall in New Channel Recall in Current Channel Restores the instrument settings as saved in the se...

Page 102: ...ngs are loaded Note that only instrument settings files can be selected for the startup recall function not Channel files Remote command MMEMory LOAD AUTO on page 585 Selecting Storage Location Drive...

Page 103: ...ickSaveX dfl Note If you make any changes to the settings after storing the configuration file remember to save the settings again Otherwise those settings cannot be restored and will be overwritten b...

Page 104: ...replace the settings in the current Channel or whether a new channel setup with the saved settings will be opened 6 Select Recall The settings and selected items from the saved measurement are restor...

Page 105: ...screenshots of the display 115 6 3 1 Print and screenshot settings Access Print For step by step instructions see Chapter 6 3 2 How to store or print screenshots of the display on page 115 Remote com...

Page 106: ...6 User Manual 1178 5966 02 19 Print Screenshot 107 Print Multiple Windows 107 Comment 107 Print Logo 107 Print Page Count 107 Print Dialog 107 Print Date and Time 108 Creating screenshots of current m...

Page 107: ...file or the clipboard it is automatically changed to be a PDF file Remote command HCOPy CONTent on page 590 HCOPy PAGE WINDow STATe on page 597 HCOPy PAGE WINDow CHANnel STATe on page 595 Comment Defi...

Page 108: ...udes or removes the current date and time at the bottom of the printout Remote command HCOPy TDSTamp STATe on page 597 6 3 1 2 Print preview functions Access Print The Print Preview of the printout ac...

Page 109: ...Fit Page 110 Zoom 1 1 110 Page Up Page Down 110 Print 110 Zoom In Zoom Out Zooms into enlarges or zooms out of decreases the preview display Note that the zoom functions affect only the preview not th...

Page 110: ...roll within the preview to see the individual pages Print Starts to print or store the selected screen contents to a file see Chapter 6 3 1 1 Print content settings on page 105 Whether the output is s...

Page 111: ...tination File 112 Destination Clipboard 112 Destination Printer 112 Suppress File Name Dialog 112 Printer Name 112 Print to file 112 Install Printer 113 Destination Defines the medium to which the pri...

Page 112: ...select the clipboard as the printing destination the content setting is automati cally set to Print Screenshot Remote command HCOP DEST1 SYSTem COMMunicate CLIPboard Destination Printer Destination Se...

Page 113: ...istrator rights can install a printer For further information refer to the Microsoft Windows documentation 6 3 1 4 Page setup Access Print Print Config Page Setup tab Page settings are only available...

Page 114: ...e Windows Per Page each win dow is printed in equal size Maintain aspect ratio Each window is printed as large as possible while maintaining the aspect ratio of the original display Size to fit Each w...

Page 115: ...a on page 598 To start printing or storing results to a file If the R S ZNL ZNLE has already been set up according to your current require ments simply press the Print immediate icon at the far right...

Page 116: ...e the page margins c Check the Print Preview to make sure all relevant elements of the display are visible 6 In the Color tab define the colors to be used for the printout a By default Optimized Color...

Page 117: ...alog In this case the previously used or default storage location and filename are used C Users Public Documents Rohde Schwarz ZNL user ZNL_ScreenShot_ date and time 7 In the Page Setup tab configure...

Page 118: ...are described in the R S ZNL ZNLE Spec trum mode user manual Reference frequency 118 Display settings 119 Language settings 127 System configuration settings 128 Service functions 134 VNA setup 139 T...

Page 119: ...es an extended warm up time see data sheet Remote command SENSe ROSCillator SOURce on page 602 7 2 Display settings 7 2 1 Display settings Access Setup Display Some general display settings are availa...

Page 120: ...s active for the entire screen Touch Off Touchscreen is deactivated for the entire screen Touch Diagram Off Touchscreen is deactivated for the diagram area of the screen but active for the surrounding...

Page 121: ...mm yyyy hh mm ss 24 hour format US mm dd yyyy hh mm ss 12 hour format ISO yyyy mm dd hh mm ss 24 hour format Remote command DISPlay WINDow n TIME FORMat on page 610 Background Lighting Changes the bri...

Page 122: ...ded than can be accessed directly via the function keys on the device The functions provided by the softkeys are often also available via dialog boxes How ever some functions are not accessible at al...

Page 123: ...he keypad and keys on the front panel of the device That is useful for exam ple when working with an external monitor or operating via remote control from a com puter To activate or deactivate the fro...

Page 124: ...e keyboard language defined in the operating system That is useful when you are working from a remote PC and the front panel function is not active Remote command SYSTem DISPlay FPANel STATe on page 6...

Page 125: ...eview for your selection Gui setting Description Remote command Optimized Colors Selects an optimized color setting for the printout to improve the visibility of the colors default setting Trace 1 is...

Page 126: ...s properly The touchscreen has a screen resolution of 1280x800 pixels Usually the display of the external monitor is a duplicate of the instrument s monitor If you configure the external monitor to be...

Page 127: ...ge defined in the operating system To display the soft front panel or mini front panel 1 Press the Setup key and select the Display softkey 2 Select the Displayed Items tab 3 Select Front Panel On or...

Page 128: ...on Access Setup System Configuration Hardware Info An overview of the installed hardware in your R S ZNL ZNLE is provided Every listed component is described by its serial number part number model inf...

Page 129: ...d Expired option licenses If an option is about to expire a message box is displayed to inform you You can then use the Install Option function to enter a new license key If an option has already expi...

Page 130: ...the option key and select Select 7 4 3 System messages Access Setup System Configuration System Messages The system messages generated by the R S ZNL ZNLE are displayed The messages are displayed in...

Page 131: ...S ZNL ZNLE may also need to be updated in order to enable additional new features or if reasons for improvement come up Ask your sales repre sentative or check the Rohde Schwarz website for availabil...

Page 132: ...pdate tab 5 In the file selection dialog box select the ZNLSetup exe file File Explorer Instead of using the file manager of the R S ZNL ZNLE firmware you can also use the Microsoft Windows File Explo...

Page 133: ...r details on operating modes see Chapter 5 Operating modes applications chan nel setups and result displays on page 84 SAN Signal and Spectrum Analyzer mode Only when the optional Spectrum application...

Page 134: ...guration The Additional Interfaces provided by option R S FPL1 B5 can either be used by SA channel setups SA mode or by VNA channel setups VNA mode default SA Aux 5 V The Additional Interfaces can onl...

Page 135: ...ervice R S Support In case of errors you can store useful information for troubleshooting and send it to your Rohde Schwarz support center Create R S Support Information 135 Save Device Footprint 136...

Page 136: ...ort Information on page 135 7 5 2 Self test settings and results Access Setup Service Selftest If the R S ZNL ZNLE fails you can perform a self test of the instrument to identify any defective modules...

Page 137: ...RF 137 Frequency 137 Calibration Frequency MW 138 NONE Uses the current RF signal at the input i e no calibration signal default Remote command DIAGnostic SERVice INPut SELect on page 606 Calibration...

Page 138: ...5 4 Service functions Access Setup Service Service Function Using service functions The service functions are not necessary for normal measurement operation Incorrect use can affect correct operation...

Page 139: ...ce level has a different password Reset Password clears any previously entered password and returns to the most restrictive service level Remote command SYSTem PASSword CENable on page 623 SYSTem PASS...

Page 140: ...heir original val ues after the calibration is completed The automatic power reduction can be deactiva ted in case that the test setup introduces a large attenuation Remote command SYSTem COMMunicate...

Page 141: ...modified every time the VNA application is started It is pos sible to select the default cal kit directory C Users Public Documents Rohde Schwarz ZNL Calibration Kits or any other directory None means...

Page 142: ...Tab for Hardkey If the checkbox is selected system default the Function keys activate the first enabled tab of their associated softtool Otherwise the last used tab is activated For background informa...

Page 143: ...propriate prefix Auto default set ting Remote command n a Reset Dialogs Reset Decimal Places Reset Units Prefix Resets the dialog properties the Decimal Places and the Units Prefix settings These sett...

Page 144: ...rent frequencies are separated by blank lines Use TAB instead of blanks Touchstone Export Options If checked columns are separated by tabs rather than spaces Remote command MMEMory STORe TRACe OPTion...

Page 145: ...output power of the last measurement point is kept The configured settling delay is applied Note Compared to Auto mode Reduce and Keep can result in significantly longer measurement times in particula...

Page 146: ...ently not visible a Select More icons All hidden icons are displayed in a menu b Drag the icon from the menu to the toolbar The added icon is displayed If the toolbar contains too many icons to displa...

Page 147: ...aces and protocols Interface Protocols VISA address string Remarks Local Area Network LAN HiSLIP High Speed LAN Instrument Protocol IVI 6 1 TCPIP host address hislip0 INSTR VXI 11 TCPIP host address i...

Page 148: ...VISA program library must be installed on the controller VISA library Instrument access is usually achieved from high level programming platforms using VISA as an intermediate abstraction layer VISA...

Page 149: ...HiSLIP protocol 149 Socket communication 150 LAN web browser interface 150 8 1 1 1 VXI 11 protocol The VXI 11 standard is based on the ONC RPC Open Network Computing Remote Procedure Call protocol whi...

Page 150: ...ication is to use the built in telnet pro gram The telnet program is part of every operating system and supports a communi cation with the software on a command by command basis For more convenience a...

Page 151: ...interface on page 175 To display the LAN web browser interface In the address field of the browser on your PC type the host name or IP address of the instrument for example http 10 113 10 203 The inst...

Page 152: ...be integrated on the rear panel of the instrument By connecting a PC to the R S ZNL ZNLE via the GPIB connection you can send remote commands to control and operate the instrument To be able to contro...

Page 153: ...es to the default setting LLO Local Lockout The Local softkey is disabled Manual operation is no longer available until GTL is executed SPE Serial Poll Enable Ready for serial poll SPD Serial Poll Dis...

Page 154: ...ace library providing input and output functions to communicate with instruments The I O channel LAN or TCP IP etc is selected at ini tialization time by one of the following The channel specific addr...

Page 155: ...use a network printer Network settings can only be edited in the firmware if a LAN cable is connected to the R S ZNL ZNLE Risk of network problems All parameters can be edited here however beware tha...

Page 156: ...numbers in maximum e g 100 100 100 100 but also one or two numbers are allowed in a block as an example see the preinstalled address Subnet Mask Defines the subnet mask The TCP IP protocol is preinst...

Page 157: ...he default address is 20 Remote command SYSTem COMMunicate GPIB SELF ADDRess on page 613 Identification String Defines the identification string for the R S ZNL ZNLE which is provided as a response to...

Page 158: ...included in the binary data block and therefore should not be interpreted as a terminator in this particular case This can be avoided by using only the receive terminator EOI Remote command SYSTem COM...

Page 159: ...from previous R S signal and spectrum analyzers such as the FSQ FSP FSU or FSV However the default values in particular the number of sweep points or particular bandwidths may vary Therefore the R S...

Page 160: ...the Microsoft Internet Explorer to perform the following tasks Modifying network configurations Modifying device configurations Monitoring connections from the device to other devices The LAN tab of t...

Page 161: ...nfiguration The default password is LxiWebIfc Remote command SYSTem LXI PASSword on page 617 LXI Reset Resets the LXI configuration to its default settings LCI function Parameter Value TCP IP Mode DHC...

Page 162: ...t one is inserted To clear the message buffer use the Clear Error List button It is automatically cleared when the R S ZNL ZNLE is shut down The following information is available No Device specific e...

Page 163: ...est is still running which was started remotely the instrument only returns to the manual operation state when the alignment or test is completed Furthermore when you return to manual operation the fo...

Page 164: ...s documentation provides basic instructions on setting up the Remote Desktop for the R S ZNL ZNLE For details refer to the Windows operating system documentation 8 5 1 How to configure a network A pre...

Page 165: ...lly detects the network connection and activates the required drivers The network card can be operated with a 1 GBit Ethernet IEEE 802 3u interface 8 5 1 2 How to assign the IP address Depending on th...

Page 166: ...e assigned each time the instrument is restarted This address must first be determined on the instrument itself Thus when using a DHCP server it is recommended that you use the per manent computer nam...

Page 167: ...Status dialog box select the Properties button The items used by the Ethernet connection are displayed 6 Tap the entry named Internet Protocol Version 4 TCP IPv4 to highlight it 7 Select the Propertie...

Page 168: ...to restart the instrument 3 Confirm the displayed message Yes button to restart the instrument 8 5 1 4 How to configure the LAN using the web browser interface The instrument s LXI web browser interf...

Page 169: ...LAN Configuration IP configuration web page displays all mandatory LAN parameters and allows their modification The TCP IP Mode configuration field controls how the IP address for the instrument gets...

Page 170: ...a remote control it must be addressed using the GPIB address The remote control address is factory set to 20 but it can be changed if it does not fit in the network environment For remote control addr...

Page 171: ...u log on to the operating system you are automatically logged on to the network As a prerequisite the user name and the password must be identical on the instrument and on the network 8 5 3 1 How to c...

Page 172: ...warz ZNL user user AUTOLOGIN REG file in any text editor e g Notepad 3 In the line DefaultPassword 894129 replace the default password 894129 by the new password for automatic login 4 Save the changes...

Page 173: ...o reactivate the auto login function after manually deactivating it perform the follow ing steps 1 In the Start menu select Run The Run dialog box is displayed 2 Enter the command C Users Public Docum...

Page 174: ...C compliant 2 Enter the IP address of the R S ZNL ZNLE in the browser s address bar The R S ZNL ZNLE s Welcome page is displayed 3 In the navigation pane select Instrument Control Web Control The inst...

Page 175: ...Under File to Upload select Browse to open a file selection dialog box and select the required file on the PC c Select Upload to copy the file from the PC to the defined folder on the R S ZNL ZNLE 8 5...

Page 176: ...een contents are displayed on the remote com puter and Remote Desktop provides access to all of the applications files and net work resources of the instrument Thus remote operation of the R S ZNL ZNL...

Page 177: ...DHCP server is not suitable for remote operation of the R S ZNL ZNLE via Remote Desktop 2 Select the Windows icon in the toolbar to access the operating system 3 In the Windows Start menu select Setti...

Page 178: ...Client as an add on 1 Select the Windows icon in the toolbar to access the operating system 2 From the Start menu select All Programs Accessories Remote Desktop Connection The Remote Desktop Connectio...

Page 179: ...opy files from the controller to the R S ZNL ZNLE select More then enable the Drives option Windows will then map drives of the controller to the corresponding network drives 9 To use printers connect...

Page 180: ...rmal User to log in as a standard user In the Password field enter 894129 3 To save the connection configuration for later use a Select the Save As button The Save As dialog box is displayed b Enter t...

Page 181: ...ication window The Windows Start menu can be made available by expanding the Remote Desktop window to full size During the connection with the controller the login entry is displayed on the R S ZNL ZN...

Page 182: ...e operated via the front panel To start remote control 1 Send an addressed command GTR Go to Remote from a controller to the instru ment The instrument is switched to remote control remote state Opera...

Page 183: ...switch off the display For details see Remote Display Update on page 158 8 5 9 How to return to manual operation Before you switch back to manual operation all remote command processing must be comple...

Page 184: ...e of the current measurement session All non global settings of the current measurement session comprising one or more channel setups can be saved to an instrument settings file dfl and later recalled...

Page 185: ...result data 9 1 3 Traces channels and diagrams The analyzer arranges displays or stores the measured data in traces which are assigned to channels and displayed in diagrams To understand the function...

Page 186: ...imit check The trace settings can be accessed via the function keys Meas Format Scale Trace Line Mkr and Mkr They complement the Channel settings Each trace is assigned to a channel The channel settin...

Page 187: ...he display colors of all traces The active channel is highlighted Channels with no traces are not indicated in the diagrams but can be accessed via the Channel Manager dialog In manual control there i...

Page 188: ...partial measurement See also Chapter 9 3 1 S parameters on page 216 For a complete two port S parameter measurement e g S11 S21 S12 S22 the analyzer needs to interchange the roles of the source and r...

Page 189: ...them requires n partial measurements Triggered Meas Sequence Alternated mode Chopped mode Sweep Trigger event starts n partial sweeps over all sweep points Trigger event starts m complete measurement...

Page 190: ...the start power If a stop power smaller than the start power is set then the start power is adjusted automatically and vice versa The power corresponds to the actual source power at the test ports cha...

Page 191: ...ECTION User POWER CORRECTION User R S ZNL only RAW WAVE QUANTITIES SYST ERR CORRECTION DATA POWER CORRECTION DATA OFFSET Alternative 1 MIXED MODE S PARAMS AVERAGE COMPLEX CONVERSION S parameters Wave...

Page 192: ...NL ZNLE 192 User Manual 1178 5966 02 19 9 1 5 2 Trace data flow The diagram below illustrates the processing stages the channel measurement data run through for each individual trace Again all stages...

Page 193: ...Export import complex data 5 Export complex data with trace math 6 Export formatted data SHIFT RESPONSE TIME DOMAIN GATE TRACE FORMAT SMOOTH SHIFT HOLD Formatted TRACE MATH DISPLAYED QUANTITY 6 5 Tra...

Page 194: ...iagram can contain a practi cally unlimited number of traces which can be assigned to different channels Most diagram settings are arranged on the Diagram and Split tabs of the Display Lines softtool...

Page 195: ...age 196 A trace can be either a data trace a memory trace or a mathematical trace see Trace types on page 195 Trace types The VNA mode uses traces to display the current measurement result in a diagra...

Page 196: ...e segment s context menu The measured quantity e g an S parameter or a ratio appears on a colored background The source port for wave quantities and ratios is indicated in brackets The format section...

Page 197: ...ker is displayed with a symbol e g a triangle a crossbar or a line on the trace which can be a data trace or a memory trace At the same time the coordinates are displayed in a marker info field or in...

Page 198: ...arker info field To move the active marker on the trace use one of the following methods Drag the marker symbol to the desired position Cartesian diagrams only Activate the Markers tab of the Marker S...

Page 199: ...Marker Properties Marker Format To express the coordinates of the active marker relative to the reference marker activate the delta mode TRACE Marker Marker Properties Delta Mode Info Table If you wis...

Page 200: ...of z Im z y SWR Voltage Standing Wave Ratio SWR 1 z 1 z dB Mag Phase Magnitude of z in dB and phase in two lines 20 log z dB arctan Im z Re z Lin Mag Phase Magnitude of z unconverted and phase in two...

Page 201: ...s Marker coupling can be enabled Either for all traces in the active channel setup that have the same stimulus vari able as the active trace or for all traces in a channel or for all traces in a diagr...

Page 202: ...arch Multiple peak search allows you to find multiple local minima maxima at once Markers 1 to 10 are assigned to the peaks detected from the start frequency towards the stop frequency Multiple peak s...

Page 203: ...y and the 3 dB Bandwidth it does not depend on the selected bandwidth factor The Quality Factor BW is the ratio between the Center frequency and the Bandwidth displayed above This result is available...

Page 204: ...g the highest frequency measured corresponding to the right edge of a Cartesian diagram Open a segment s context menu to access common related tasks Example The following context menu is assigned to t...

Page 205: ...eling as in Balanced Ports call up a dialog The dialogs of the analyzer have an analogous structure and several common control elements The title bar of each dialog contains some convenience functions...

Page 206: ...Example Balanced Ports dialog Immediate settings can be undone using the Undo toolbar icon 9 2 2 2 Common dialogs Open Dialog The Open File dialog is used to open various file types cal kit data limit...

Page 207: ...toggle button Look in specifies the drive and directory in which the data is stored The icons to the right of the pull down list are provided for easy navigation in the file system place the cursor on...

Page 208: ...some mathematical transformation of the original unformatted trace Diagram representation When a Cartesian trace is assigned to a diagram the stimulus variable appears on the horizontal axis x axis t...

Page 209: ...e a marker and select the appropriate marker format Marker and trace formats can be selected independently 9 2 3 2 Complex trace formats Complex trace formats assign a complex response to the stimulus...

Page 210: ...agrams If the measured quantity is a complex reflection coefficient S11 S22 etc then the cen ter of the polar diagram corresponds to a perfect load Z0 at the input test port of the DUT no reflection m...

Page 211: ...tive resist ance is mapped into a unit circle The basic properties of the Smith chart follow from this construction The central horizontal axis corresponds to zero reactance real impedance The center...

Page 212: ...above the graphical representation in a Smith chart has the following properties Real reflection coefficients are mapped to real impedances resistances The center of the plane 0 is mapped to the refer...

Page 213: ...used to display the stimulus value the complex admittance Y G j B and the equivalent inductance L Inverted Smith chart construction The inverted Smith chart is point symmetric to the Smith chart The...

Page 214: ...nce to the real and imaginary parts of According to the two equations above the graphical representation in an inverted Smith chart has the following properties Real reflection coefficients are mapped...

Page 215: ...ormats real numbers represent complex num bers with zero imaginary part The following table gives an overview of recommended display formats Complex dimensionless quan tities S parameters and ratios C...

Page 216: ...g waves b1 b2 according to the following linear equation Meaning of 2 port S parameters The four 2 port S parameters can be interpreted as follows S11 is the reflection coefficient of DUT port 1 i e t...

Page 217: ...mpedance of a physical port is equal to the reference impe dance of the connector type assigned to the port 50 or 75 It can be defined as a complex value For balanced ports it is possible to define se...

Page 218: ...1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 Re Re 2 1 The renormalized S matrix S1 is calculated as P S E S P S 1 0 0 1 1 with the unit matrix E and two additional matrices with the elements i i i i ii Z Z Z Z 0 1 0 1 Re Re 1...

Page 219: ...mption that each of the other ports is terminated with its respective reference impedance Z0k matched circuit parameters As a result converted impedances can not completely describe general n port DUT...

Page 220: ...smission impedance Zij depends on the waveguide circuit theory according to which Reference impedances are calculated Table 9 5 Calculation of Converted Series Transmission Impedances Traveling Waves...

Page 221: ...ula DUT VNA 1 2 9 3 3 2 Z parameters The Z parameters describe the impedances of a DUT with open output ports impe dance 0 The analyzer provides the full set of Z parameters including the transfer imp...

Page 222: ...rement with open input I1 0 Z parameters can be easily extended to describe circuits with more than two ports or several modes of propagation 9 3 4 Admittance parameters An admittance is the complex r...

Page 223: ...forward measurement with output terminated in a short circuit V2 0 Y12 is the reverse transfer admittance defined as the ratio of the current I1 to the voltage V2 reverse measurement with input termi...

Page 224: ...nonlinearities of the DUT Use of the analyzer as a selective power meter To increase the accuracy or to correct a possible attenuation in the source signal path it is recommended to perform a power ca...

Page 225: ...outgoing wave at DUT port 2 and the incident wave at DUT port 1 i e DUT port 1 ist stimulated This corresponds to the forward transmission coefficient S21 b1 a1 Src Port 1 is the ratio of the outgoing...

Page 226: ...xture it is possible to shift the calibration plane using length offset parameters Differential and common mode parameters can be evaluated with a single test setup 9 3 6 1 Balanced port configuration...

Page 227: ...ers can be interpreted as follows S mout min 11 is the mixed mode input reflection coefficient defined as the ratio of the wave quantities b1 mode mout to a1 mode min measured at PORT 1 for ward measu...

Page 228: ...2 22 11 11 22 2 11 1 S S S S S S S S S 1 21 12 21 12 22 11 22 11 2 22 2 S S S S S S S S S where denotes the complex conjugate of S Stability factors are calculated as functions of the frequency or ano...

Page 229: ...roup delay is computed as f deg meas g 360 where f is the slope of the regression line through the frequency points of aper ture f f must be adjusted to the conditions of the measurement e g it must b...

Page 230: ...est response value for the related stimulus range A ripple limit test is suitable e g to check whether the passband ripple of a filter is within acceptable limits irrespective of the actual transmitte...

Page 231: ...it lines can be partially or entirely outside the sweep range however the limits are only checked at the measurement points The following figure shows a limit line consisting of 3 upper and 2 lower li...

Page 232: ...Limit Line is active the diagrams display all limit line segments Exception In a segmented frequency sweep with point based x axis gaps between the segments are minimized To facilitate the interpreta...

Page 233: ...oes not have to be smaller than the Start Stimu lus value of range no n 1 Overlapping ranges are allowed The limit check in the overlapping area is related to the tighter limit the pass test involves...

Page 234: ...t line which is defined by its center coordi nate in the diagram and its radius Depending on the diagram type circle limit can serve different purposes With a circle limit line centered on the origin...

Page 235: ...5 User Manual 1178 5966 02 19 With a circle limit line centered on the left border of an inverted Smith diagram Y infinity you can check whether the imaginary part of the admittance Im Y sus ceptance...

Page 236: ...ile has the extension limit and is stored in the directory shown in the Save Limit Line and Recall Limit Line dialogs The file starts with a preamble containing the channel and trace name and the head...

Page 237: ...wing lines contain the entries of all editable columns of the list Example of a ripple limit file The ripple limit list is described by the ripple limit file Compatibility with other instruments The V...

Page 238: ...The following displays an s1p export file in Version 1 1 ZNx format HZ S RI R 50 00 Rohde Schwarz Vector Network Analyzer Rohde Schwarz ZNL6 2Port 1323001206100005 1 37 Created UTC 12 24 2020 5 20 26...

Page 239: ...port if the impedances of all involved ports are identical the analyzer sets the reference resistance to the real part of this impedance Other wise it sets it to 50 With the exception of the opening s...

Page 240: ...reading the file the reference impedance value of the option line above is always used For more information see Renormalization of S parameters on page 244 For the Version 2 0 export format the port i...

Page 241: ...ion Port Assignments Nominal Port Actual Test Port 1 2 2 1 For balanced ports the port assignment looks like in the following example Port Assignments Nominal Port Actual Test Port 1 D1 2 2 C1 2 The s...

Page 242: ...zed with port specific impedances the real parts of these impedances are listed as arguments of the Reference keyword Overrides the common reference impedance of the Option line on page 238 Note curre...

Page 243: ...as decimal integers or floating point num bers with used as decimal separator Scientific notation is allowed e g 1 2345e 12 No minimum or maximum limits are placed on numerical precision For Touchsto...

Page 244: ...s common target impedance and the data is renormalized to the common target impedance regard less of the reference impedances of the involved ports If the impedances of all involved ports are identica...

Page 245: ...r imported files The analyzer always uses HZ for exported data second response value of first trace im Trace_Name for output format Re Im ang Trace_Name for output formats lin Mag Phase or dB Mag Phas...

Page 246: ...r the imaginary part Memory mapped trace data transfer is a pure remote control feature Once set up the VNA firmware refreshes the shared memory trace data with every sweep Other pro cesses can read t...

Page 247: ...sing your favorite programming language and API With Python for instance you can use the mmap module for this purpose Delete a shared memory buffer To delete a shared memory buffer and free the occupi...

Page 248: ...e to the analyzer s calibration wizard calibration is a straightforward menu guided process Moreover it is possible to perform the entire calibration process automatically using a Calibration Unit e g...

Page 249: ...Application Reflection Normali zation Open or Short Sii for Port i Reflection tracking Low to medium Reflection measure ments on any port Transmission Nor malization Through Sij for port pair i j i j...

Page 250: ...uracy Normalization reflection transmission 250 Reflection OSM calibration 251 One Path Two Ports Calibration 251 TOSM and UOSM calibration 252 TRL calibration 252 Complementary isolation measurement...

Page 251: ...ion but is only applica ble for reflection measurements 9 5 1 3 One Path Two Ports Calibration A one path two ports calibration combines a reflection OSM full one port calibration with a transmission...

Page 252: ...Manual TOSM calibration supports Complementary isolation measurement optional UOSM TOSM with unknown Through The analyzer can perform a TOSM calibration with any 2 port network serving as through conn...

Page 253: ...e Line standard is between 20 and 160 This corresponds to a ratio of 1 8 for the start and stop fre quency of the calibrated sweep range To shift the calibrated sweep range to smaller or larger freque...

Page 254: ...longer Line can be used up to a frequency flong where its transmission phase is equal to 160 deg This frequency is equal to flong 4 c0 9 llong lthr The shorter Line can be used from a frequency fshort...

Page 255: ...ase 30 deg at the start frequency and of 160 deg at the stop frequency of the sweep Its length error must cause a phase difference below 180 deg 160 deg 2 40 deg 9 5 1 6 Complementary isolation measur...

Page 256: ...types The following table gives an overview of the different standards and their circuit models offset and load models Table 9 8 Calibration standard types Standard Type Characteristics Ideal Standar...

Page 257: ...offset loss is expressed in units of s at a frequency of 1 GHz The following formula holds for two port standards s delay dB Z dB Loss s Loss Offset 3429 4 0 The conversion formula for one port standa...

Page 258: ...to the kit name Universal parameters no suffix describe calibration kit models with highly stand ardized components so that the parameters are valid for all calibration kits of the model Typical param...

Page 259: ...a one port standard consisting of an air line with a movable low reflection load element sliding load This standard is used because a no perfect Match is available over a wide frequency range However...

Page 260: ...frequencies above the Min Freq In general the Sliding Match provides better results than the Match within its specified fre quency range 9 5 2 4 Cal kit Files Calibration kit files can be used to sto...

Page 261: ...nd export csv cal kit files The software is available for download at http na support keysight com vnahelp products html The decimal separator used by the VNA Cal Kit Manager V2 1 depends on the langu...

Page 262: ...lied without interpolation This means that a set of measured correction data is available at each sweep point Cal int The system error correction is applied however the correction data for at least on...

Page 263: ...ear out because they are switched electronically Limitations of automatic calibration Calibration units do not contain characterized Through standards so calibration type TRL is not available 9 5 5 1...

Page 264: ...ation units to the different USB ports of the analyzer You can also connect cal units and other devices mouse USB memory stick etc simultaneously An unused calibration unit may remain connected to the...

Page 265: ...The available calibration types depend on the number of ports to be calibrated For a single calibrated port the reflection calibration types are available Refl Norm Open Refl Norm Short Refl OSM If 2...

Page 266: ...zation data required Refl Norm Open Refl Norm Short Refl OSM UOSM TOSM OSM CalPort 1 OSM CalPort2 all calibrated ports Trans Norm Both Trans Norm Forward One Path Two Ports OSM CalPort 1 OSM CalPort2...

Page 267: ...02 19 Figure 9 4 ICU R S ZN Z32 Control connections are established via a central Inline Calibration Controller ICC with 2 CAN bus interfaces for connecting the ICUs USB and LAN interface for remote c...

Page 268: ...ation see the R S ZN Z3x product pages at https www rohde schwarz com product NetworkAnalyzer_Acc_ZNZ3 Firmware integration The control connection between R S ZNL ZNLE and ICC is established via USB A...

Page 269: ...o used for ICUs Embedding the Through into the ICU s OSM standards is necessary because the ICU remains in situ For this reason during ICU characterizations the Through measurement is mandatory Workfl...

Page 270: ...ult from a stored characterization It requires an R S calibration unit Cal validation works with 2 and 4 port calibration units Currently cal validation is limited to automatic calibrations Furthermor...

Page 271: ...with the corresponding reflection S parameters of the cal unit s factory characterization The on screen feedback indicates success PASS failure FAIL or provides a warning about undetected ports For a...

Page 272: ...System error correction Scalar power calibration S parameter meas on linear DUTs Yes necessary Not necessary Meas of wave quantities or ratios on linear or non linear DUTs Yes recommended a wave powe...

Page 273: ...The correction data acquired in a fre quency or power sweep is re used if a Time or CW Mode sweep is activated Calibration procedure The source power calibration requires an external power meter to be...

Page 274: ...at the power readings at a specified receive port of the analyzer b waves agree with the source power level calibrated at an arbitrary calibration plane Typically the calibration plane is at the input...

Page 275: ...r calibration labels Label Meaning PCal A scalar power calibration is available and applied without interpolation or extrapola tion see below This means that a set of measured correction data is avail...

Page 276: ...libration 9 5 6 4 Extended test setups The power calibration data can be modified to account for an additional two port device in the test setup The known transmission coefficients of the two port can...

Page 277: ...e possibilities to calibrate several channels in paral lel Calibrate multiple channels in one go using the same calibration type on the same ports for all channels In this case for each port to be cal...

Page 278: ...as follows In the OffsetEmbed Offset softtool tab Delay Electrical Length and Mech Length are coupled parameters When one of them is changed the other two are adjusted accordingly For a non dispersiv...

Page 279: ...elay measurement related settings Auto Length is suited for length and delay measurements on transmission lines 1 Connect a non dispersive cable to a single analyzer port no n and measure the reflecti...

Page 280: ...ed admittances or impedances are calculated from the corre sponding Auto Length corrected S parameters Y parameters Z parameters and sta bility factors are not derived from a single S parameter theref...

Page 281: ...rs see Chapter 9 6 1 2 Definition of loss parameters on page 278 The result is calculated according to the following rules The reference frequency fref is kept at its previously defined value default...

Page 282: ...ation provides a frequency dependent transmission factor The phase of the transmission factor is calculated from the square root of the measured reflection factor assuming a reciprocal test fixture Th...

Page 283: ...tities like the Z parameters depend on the whole of all S parameters so they are all more or less affected when one S parameter changes due to the addition of an offset length To account for the propa...

Page 284: ...g and deembedding 9 6 2 1 Embedding a DUT To be integrated in application circuits high impedance components like Surface Acoustic Wave SAW filters are often combined with a matching network To obtain...

Page 285: ...r 2 port networks The lumped element 2 port transformation networks for de embedding consist of the following two basic circuit blocks a capacitor connected in parallel with a resistor an inductor con...

Page 286: ...l with resistance R i circuit blocks can be replaced by equivalent capacitance C i in parallel with conductance G i circuit blocks In addition there is also a Shunt L Shunt C circuit model available w...

Page 287: ...in an imported four port Touch stone file s4p No additional parameters are required The following networks are composed of a shunt C or L and two serial elements described by imported 2 port S paramet...

Page 288: ...an arbitrary pair of single ended physical ports A simple circuit which can be modeled using port pair de embedding is a circuit e g a resistance between two ports of a DUT To obtain the circuit in t...

Page 289: ...ort set deembed ding is calculated after single ended deembedding and the port set embedding step precedes single ended embedding It is possible to combine a sequence of port sets for deembedding embe...

Page 290: ...n potential between the analyzer s and the DUT s ground reference A typ ical and often unavoidable source of ground loops is the parasitic inductance of the ground contacts In contrast to the 2 port d...

Page 291: ...s at single ended physical ports 4 port networks at pairs of single ended physical ports 4 port networks at balanced logical ports 1 port ground loop networks 2 port differential match embedding netwo...

Page 292: ...Embedding every balanced logical port can be embedded in a single 4 port network 7 Port Set Embedding every port set can be embedded in a sequence of 4 port net works 8 Single Ended Embedding every p...

Page 293: ...e options K options Option Option name R S ZNL K2 Time domain analysis R S ZNL K3 Distance to fault measurements Table 9 14 Hardware options B options Option Option name R S ZNLxx B1 Spectrum analyzer...

Page 294: ...ble See Chapter 9 7 1 Time domain analysis on page 294 Chapter 9 7 2 Distance to fault measurements on page 300 Chapter 9 7 10 GPIB interface on page 305 Chapter 9 7 11 Broadband limiter on page 305 C...

Page 295: ...extension of the inverse Fast Fourier Transform FFT Compared to the FFT the number of sweep points is arbitrary not necessarily an integer power of 2 but the computation time is increased by approx a...

Page 296: ...formation about DC value Real result Impulse and step response Restrictions No step response Undetermined phase Needs harmonic grid Use for Scalar measurements where the phase is not needed DUTs that...

Page 297: ...es Dolph Chebychev User defined between 10 dB and 120 dB 1 2 at 32 dB side lobe suppression Adjustment to individual needs tradeoff between side lobe suppression and impulse width 9 7 1 4 Harmonic gri...

Page 298: ...he stop fre quency is maintained and the number of sweep points is increased until the range between fmin and the stop frequency is filled The frequency gap is approximately maintained The figures abo...

Page 299: ...9 7 1 5 Time gates A time gate is used to eliminate unwanted responses that appear on the time domain transform An active time gate acts on the trace in time domain and in frequency domain representa...

Page 300: ...width and position of the time gate affect the gated frequency domain trace The window type selection in the Define Transform dialog is ignored The selected window is used again when the TD trace is d...

Page 301: ...bad connection between the cable and the test port Adjust the frequency sweep to the length of the transmission line and the expected dis tance to fault The maximum distance that can be measured is p...

Page 302: ...or R S ZNL14 and R S ZNL20 with serial numbers below 101200 For all other R S ZNL it can be retrofitted at Rohde Schwarz service Option R S ZNL20 B1 supports frequencies up to 26 5 GHz The following a...

Page 303: ...ailable for the R S ZNLE 9 7 6 Receiver step attenuators Options R S ZNL3 4 6 14 20 B31 and R S ZNL3 4 6 14 20 B32 Receiver step attenuators are used to adjust the received signal levels to the input...

Page 304: ...NLE B100 can be retrofitted at Rohde Schwarz service 9 7 8 OCXO frequency reference Option R S FPL1 B4 An optional OCXO improves the static frequency accuracy of the R S ZNL For details refer to the d...

Page 305: ...to Chapter 14 2 2 GPIB inter face on page 1112 9 7 11 Broadband limiter R S ZN B13 If not properly discharged even a passive DUT can build thousands of volts of static electricity between its armor an...

Page 306: ...L can serve different purpo ses Extended measurement functionality Each external power meter represents an additional receive port External power meters increase the number of RF input sig nals of a D...

Page 307: ...on the rear panel see Figure 4 3 For a description see the spectrum analysis help or manual 9 7 14 1 Spectrum mode measurements with R S NRP power sensors R S FPL1 K9 R S ZNL only With this software l...

Page 308: ...tching on or connecting the instrument After a substantial change of the ambient temperature After fastening the power meter to an RF connector at high temperature After several hours of operation Whe...

Page 309: ...nt to the related remote control commands For a general overview of the analyzer s capabilities and their use refer to Chapter 9 VNA concepts and features on page 184 10 1 Function Keys and softtools...

Page 310: ...efault Trig Alt Shift S Sweep Softtool Activates the first active input field on the Trigger tab Meas Alt Shift A Meas softtool Default Format Alt Shift W Format softtool Default Display Lines Alt Shi...

Page 311: ...ly Background information Refer to Chapter 9 1 3 Traces channels and diagrams on page 185 10 2 1 Stimulus tab Defines the sweep range in the current channel depending on the sweep type Related Setting...

Page 312: ...ork analyzer Number of Points Sets the total number of measurement points for CW Mode sweeps This value can also be set on the Sweep Params tab of the Sweep softtool see Number of Points on page 325 R...

Page 313: ...r Power sweeps R S ZNL only Remote command SOURce Ch POWer PhyPt STARt SOURce Ch POWer PhyPt STOP Step Attenuators Defines an attenuation factor for the received waves at each analyzer port At least o...

Page 314: ...measurement results are taken Remote command OUTPut Ch STATe 10 2 3 Time Domain tab If the active trace is a time domain trace these settings define its stimulus axis Time domain analysis requires op...

Page 315: ...the time domain trace in distance representation see Time Distance on page 315 Distance Start and Distance Stop or Distance Center and Distance Span are alternative settings Remote command n a See Tim...

Page 316: ...onfigured time domain stimu lus This parameter is only available for low pass transformation types It is inversely rela ted to the stop frequency Remote command SENSe Ch HARMonic RTIMe THReshold SENSe...

Page 317: ...58 Chapter 4 4 4 Touchscreen gestures on page 79 zoom stimulus via spreading and pinching Chapter 10 2 1 Stimulus tab on page 311 Auto Scale Trace Adjusts the Scale Div and the Ref Value to display t...

Page 318: ...so that the current trace is shifted in vertical direction The unit of the Ref Value depends on the display format dB for display format dB Mag degrees for Phase and Unwr Phase ns for Delay U units fo...

Page 319: ...10 3 2 Scale Coupling tab Selects common scale settings for all traces The softkeys are available if the active channel setup contains at least two traces and if the active trace is not a reference tr...

Page 320: ...s the sweep range of the active channel to the rec tangle s horizontal range Alternatives to Zooming There are several alternatives to graphical numerical zooming Refer to the following sections Chapt...

Page 321: ...STATe Zoom Reset If a graphical zoom has been applied to the current diagram this action resets the zoom area Remote command DISPlay WINDow Wnd TRACe WndTr ZOOM STATe Overview On If a graphical zoom h...

Page 322: ...th and the shape of the digital IF filter R S ZNL only for the active channel A system error correction calibration remains valid when the filter settings are changed Segmented sweeps In segmented fre...

Page 323: ...to be averaged and enables disables the sweep average Effects of sweep averaging alternative settings An average over several sweeps reduces the influence of random effects in the mea surement and the...

Page 324: ...h measurement result provides the most effective noise suppression for the Real and Imag formats and for polar diagrams Flatten Noise Cumulative moving averages of the linear magnitude and phase value...

Page 325: ...valid after a change of the sweep parameters The status of the calibration is shown in the trace list If the number of points is changed the analyzer interpolates the correction data The calibration l...

Page 326: ...uency Number of Points 1 can be fulfilled Changing the Start Frequency and Stop Frequency modifies the Freq Step Size If the sweep range is defined via Center Frequency and Span Frequency both the Spa...

Page 327: ...ment delay is applied If All Partial Meas ments is selected the delay time is added before each partial measurement For a complete 2 port S parameter measurement the delay must be added twice per swee...

Page 328: ...in the Stimulus settings see Chapter 10 2 1 Stim ulus tab on page 311 The step width between two consecutive sweep points is con stant and given by Span n 1 where n is the specified Number of Points n...

Page 329: ...n on page 230 Remote command SENSe Ch SWEep TYPE LOGarithmic Segmented In a Segmented linear frequency sweep the sweep range can be composed of sev eral continuous frequency sub ranges or single frequ...

Page 330: ...us tab on page 311 Power sweeps are particularly suitable for the analysis of non linear effects satura tion compression on active and passive DUTs e g power amplifiers mixers In a Cartesian diagram t...

Page 331: ...s sion characteristics over the time Tip Sweep time The time interval between two consecutive trigger pulses must not be smaller than the minimum measurement time per measurement point See Sweep Time...

Page 332: ...nels Remote command SENSe Ch SWEep TYPE CW Define Segments Opens the Define Segments dialog that allows to set up the channel for a Segmented frequency sweep Seg X Axis Scales the x axis for a segment...

Page 333: ...230 Remote command SENSe Ch FREQuency SEGMent AXIS 10 5 2 2 Define Segments dialog The Define Segments dialog defines all channel settings for a Segmented frequency sweep and imports or exports segmen...

Page 334: ...of the segment Points is the number of sweep points in the segment A single segment can con sist of only one point If Points is set to 1 then the Stop frequency is set equal to the Start frequency Not...

Page 335: ...points of the preceding segment Insert inserts a new segment before the active segment The segment numbers of all segments after the new segment are incremented by one The new segment covers a possib...

Page 336: ...t file actually contains more columns listing all channel settings of the individual sweep segments The headings of the additional columns are IF Band width Hz en IF Selectivity en IF Sideband Meas De...

Page 337: ...page 1110 The output signals are 3 3 V TTL signals which can be used to differentiate between up to 16 independent ana lyzer states For an application example refer to the detailed remote control desc...

Page 338: ...ep TIME SENSe Ch SEGMent Seg SWEep TIME CONTrol SENSe Ch SEGMent Seg SWEep TIME SUM OUTPut Ch UPORt SEGMent Seg STATe OUTPut Ch UPORt SEGMent Seg VALue CONTrol AUXiliary C DATA 10 5 3 Trigger tab Sele...

Page 339: ...ans that a measurement in Continuous sweep mode is repeated as fast as possible In External trigger mode the measurement is triggered by an external 5 V TTL signal applied to one of the following rear...

Page 340: ...ires a single partial measurement this option is equivalent to Point See also Chapter 9 1 4 1 Partial measurements and driving mode on page 188 Segment means that each trigger event starts the next sw...

Page 341: ...xternal trigger pulse can trigger a single measurement sequence Active High Active Low means that the analyzer measures in FreeRun mode as long as the external trigger signal is high low The measureme...

Page 342: ...S FPL1 B5 Additional Interfaces R S ZNL only Source The table defines all settings related to Multiple Triggers see Chapter 10 5 3 Trig ger tab on page 338 For all measurement sequences the following...

Page 343: ...d arrows depict ignored trigger events Remote command TRIGger Ch SEQuence MULTiple SOURce TRIGger Ch SEQuence MULTiple SLOPe Num TRIGger Ch SEQuence MULTiple HOLDoff 10 5 4 Sweep Control tab Allows yo...

Page 344: ...eep All Channels Active channel in Continuous sweep mode The Continuous sweep mode channels are swept cyclically the Single sweep channels are on hold First the Single sweep mode channels are swept on...

Page 345: ...mode see Continuous Single on page 343 Sweep stage Sweep controller display in Continuous sweep mode in Single sweep mode No ongoing sweep Idle Idle Sweep is being prepared Preparing Preparing Ongoin...

Page 346: ...is possible to retrieve the results acquired in any of the sweeps within a single sweep group Remote command INITiate IMMediate ALL INITiate Ch IMMediate SCOPe ALL SENSe Ch SWEep COUNt Sweep Active Ch...

Page 347: ...channel as the active Diagram Channel Tip You can also select an item in a trace list or a trace line in a diagram to make the related trace the active one This function is disabled if only one trace...

Page 348: ...ng On flags in the Trace Manager see Chapter 10 6 1 2 Trace Manager dialog on page 349 Use the undo function to restore a trace that was unintentionally deleted Remote command CALCulate Ch PARameter D...

Page 349: ...rea The table contains the following columns Name indicates name of the related trace Trace names must be unambiguous across all channels and diagram areas in a channel setup On indicates and controls...

Page 350: ...WINDow Wnd TRACe WndTr SHOW DISPlay WINDow Wnd TRACe WndTr LABel SHOW CONFigure TRACe WINDow TRACe DISPlay WINDow Wnd TRACe WndTr FEED CONFigure CHANnel Ch NAME ID Add Creates a trace based on the Ac...

Page 351: ...If trace A is coupled to trace B then B s scale settings are copied to A Remote command n a 10 6 2 Mem tab Stores traces to the memory Background information Refer to Trace types on page 195 Coupling...

Page 352: ...the memory trace is associated If the active trace is a data trace then the active trace is also the active data trace Data to Destination Stores the current state of the active data trace to the Des...

Page 353: ...y trace is overwritten New Trace The data are copied to a new memory trace associated to the current data trace Remote command n a Show Active Data Trace Shows or hides the active data trace in the di...

Page 354: ...nctions All Data Func to Destination stores the trace after it has been transformed using trace func tions Remote command CALCulate Chn MATH MEMorize Destination Selects the destination for the All Da...

Page 355: ...Ce WndTr SHOW Delete All Mem Deletes all memory traces in the active channel setup Tips Use the Trace Manager dialog to hide or delete arbitrary sets of traces Use the UNDO function of the analyzer to...

Page 356: ...ode applying the last active mathematical relation to the active trace The trace is replaced by the mathematical trace and Math is displayed in the trace list while the mathematical mode is active Tra...

Page 357: ...trace Access Trace Math Complex Data Formatted Data section Define Math Depending on the section from where the dialog is opened the calculation is either based on unformatted or formatted trace data...

Page 358: ...0 2 Products of numbers and constants can be entered in abbreviated form e g 2e for 2 e The Clear Del Back buttons are used to correct faulty entries Check performs a consistency check of the displaye...

Page 359: ...wer in dBm for dB Mag trace for mat Result is Wave Quantity must be enabled Note that due to the conversion into a dBm value the source power depends on the reference impedance of the port associated...

Page 360: ...d into equivalent powers W P W 2 Re Z0 Results in dB Mag format are calculated according to P log 10 log P 1mW If Result is Wave Quantity is off the mathematical trace values W are interpre ted as dim...

Page 361: ...n Selects the time domain representation for the active diagram area The softkey is enabled if a linear frequency sweep is active see Lin Freq on page 328 The ana lyzer automatically quits time domain...

Page 362: ...a log on page 363 Remote command CALCulate Chn TRANsform TIME TYPE CALCulate Chn TRANsform TIME STIMulus Impulse Response Selects a window type which the R S ZNL ZNLE uses to filter the trace in the f...

Page 363: ...time domain can be improved The ideal resolution enhancement factor depends on the properties of the DUT For distance to fault measurements on cables set it to 1 Remote command CALCulate Chn TRANsfor...

Page 364: ...ee grids can be calculated repeatedly in any order the analyzer always starts from the original set of sweep points For more information refer to Chapter 9 7 1 4 Harmonic grid on page 297 Remote comma...

Page 365: ...mote command CALCulate Chn TRANsform TIME LPASs DCSParam CALCulate Chn TRANsform TIME LPASs DCSParam CONTinuous CALCulate Chn TRANsform TIME LPASs DCSParam EXTRapolate CALCulate Chn TRANsform TIME LPF...

Page 366: ...eeds the unambiguous range which is given by t 1 f where f is the Freq Step Size Simply reduce the time span until the warn ing disappears Remote command CALCulate Chn FILTer GATE TIME CENTer CALCulat...

Page 367: ...in dB Remote command CALCulate Chn FILTer GATE TIME DCHebyshev Time Gate Linking Single Time Gate Linking Allows you to link the time gates of time domain traces i e to align the time gate set ting ac...

Page 368: ...ep points and if necessary the frequency span see Auto Number of Points 4 Select or define and select a suitable cable type see Cable Type on page 371 5 Perform a full one port calibration at physical...

Page 369: ...menus Distance to Fault can also be enabled disabled via the context menu of the trace label Remote command CALCulate Chn TRANsform DTFault STATe Start Distance Stop Distance Define the distance wind...

Page 370: ...on page 311 the stop distance dstop see Start Distance Stop Distance on page 369 and the velocity factor v of the transmission line see Cable Type on page 371 With c0 denoting the speed of light in a...

Page 371: ...bration type Refl OSM preselected The calibration serves several purposes Adjust the reference plane distance zero Normalize the trace total reflection of the signal corresponds to a 0 dB peak Avoid s...

Page 372: ...otal reflection after proper calibration Note When the Fault Limit is modified the new Fault Limit replaces other limit lines see Chapter 10 9 4 2 Define Limit Lines dialog on page 435 This field is o...

Page 373: ...be homogeneous so that the attenuation per length unit is constant This means that the attenuation can be expressed in units of dB m Due to the skin effect and various other factors the attenu ation i...

Page 374: ...n factor is proportional to the measured distance between the fault and the reference plane The larger the distance the larger the correction Add Delete Creates deletes a user defined cable type Remot...

Page 375: ...e faults of all Distance to Fault traces in the current channel setup Active Channel The table displays the faults of all Distance to Fault traces in the active channel if any Active Trace The table d...

Page 376: ...d phase information of the entire trace or of a specific evalua tion range 10 6 8 1 Controls on the Trace Statistics tab Figure 10 6 Trace Statistics tab R S ZNL left vs R S ZNLE right The Evaluation...

Page 377: ...d deviation of a trace depend on the selected trace format In contrast the RMS calculation is based on linear unformatted values The physical unit for unformatted wave quantities is 1 Volt The RMS val...

Page 378: ...9 3 8 Group delay on page 229 Note To account for the propagation in both directions delay and electrical length of a reflection parameter are only half the delay and electrical length of a transmissi...

Page 379: ...lyzer uses the value at the First Point of the selected evaluation range Evaluation Range as an approximation for the small signal value However you may also choose a different Reference Value The com...

Page 380: ...marker as the reference value see Selected Marker on page 380 Range uses the average value in a configurable Ref Range on page 380 as the reference value Defined Value allows to specify the reference...

Page 381: ...d as Reference Value It manually defines the reference value small signal value for the compression point calculation Remote command CALCulate Chn STATistics NLINear COMP RLEVel CALCulate Chn STATisti...

Page 382: ...Chn STATistics DOMain USER CALCulate Chn STATistics DOMain USER STARt CALCulate Chn STATistics DOMain USER STOP Range Limit Lines On Displays or hides the range limit lines in the diagram area Range...

Page 383: ...the formatted trace and does not significantly increase the measurement time Tip The sweep average is an alternative method of compensating for random effects on the trace by averaging consecutive tr...

Page 384: ...x Hold peak hold or Min Hold function for the active trace or disa bles both functions Hold Off With enabled Max Hold or Min Hold function the displayed trace shows the maximum or minimum values that...

Page 385: ...unchanged The Real value shifts a real trace in vertical direction leaving the imaginary part unchanged The Imag value shifts an imaginary trace in vertical direction leaving the real part unchanged T...

Page 386: ...Infinite Averaging default disabled Restart starts a new averaging cycle Remote command CALCulate Chn IAVerage STATe Mode Selects the quantities to be averaged Magnitude Phase Perform averaging of ma...

Page 387: ...ile format see Chap ter 10 6 11 2 Export Data File Type dialog on page 388 snp Free Config opens a dialog to define the port assignment for the created Touchstone s n p file See Chapter 10 6 11 4 Sele...

Page 388: ...eter box remains empty if the selected file contains no compatible data Import Complex Data is a standard Open File dialog with an additional button Import Data to New Mem Specifies whether the loaded...

Page 389: ...uate measurement data in an external application To store measurement data and reimport it in a future measurement session Background information Refer to the following sections Chapter 9 4 2 Trace fi...

Page 390: ...include the active trace all traces of the active channel including memory traces or all traces in all channels For Touchstone file export it is possible to export the traces of the active channel or...

Page 391: ...imal Places Opens a dialog that allows you to specify the number of decimal places for stimulus and data values in all supported trace data files Touchstone ASCII MatLab The allowed range is 1 minimum...

Page 392: ...e values are the fully processed values as they appear in the diagram area They correspond to the results in the marker info field All possible stages of the trace data flow e g trace formats trace ma...

Page 393: ...All During trace data import selects deselects all traces contained in the opened trace file Auto Distribute Available for trace data import only If checked a selected trace Sij is imported as a memo...

Page 394: ...nt to change the order of the S parameters in the created Touchstone file Each of the ana lyzer port numbers must be assigned to one s n p port number Active Channel All Channels Selects data export f...

Page 395: ...be measured if P2 would be assigned to L2 10 7 1 S Params tab Selects S parameters as measured quantities S parameters are the basic measured quantities of a network analyzer They describe how the DU...

Page 396: ...12 S21 S22 CALCulate Ch PARameter SDEFine Trace_Name S11 S12 S21 S22 All S Params Creates 4 diagrams and displays the full set of S parameters one in each diagram The diagrams are arranged as an 2 x 2...

Page 397: ...lanced Ports dialog see Reference Impedance tab on page 400 Tip The default reference impedance of the physical analyzer ports is Z0 50 The default reference impedances for balanced ports are derived...

Page 398: ...asured If the actual gain of the DUT is higher than 50 dB then the default source power of 40 dB is still too high It must be changed after finishing the wizard 6 Perform a calibration optional Allows...

Page 399: ...the list to the right The resulting port assign ment is shown on the left hand side of the Predefined Config tab For a single ended port the diagram shows a single line between the physical test port...

Page 400: ...To dissolve a balanced port select it and tap Single To exclude a physical port from the measurement select the port and tap Unused Furthermore provides functions for renumbering the logical ports Rem...

Page 401: ...for differential and for common mode Balanced port Single ended port Differential mode Zref Z0d Common mode Zref Z0c DUT Single ended unbalanced port Zref default Zconnector 2 3 1 2 Physical Port no L...

Page 402: ...s for the selected logical port and connector type Remote command SENSe Ch LPORt LogPt ZDEFault STATe Renormalization According to Theory of Selects the waveguide circuit theory for renormalization Th...

Page 403: ...1 and corresponds to the S parameter S21 forward transmission coefficient b2 a2 Source Port 2 is the ratio of the wave quantities b2 and a2 measured at port 2 This ratio corresponds to the S parameter...

Page 404: ...zer Numerator Selects the type left pull down list and the port number assignment right pull down list of the wave that forms the numerator of the ratio Remote command CALCulate Ch PARameter MEASure T...

Page 405: ...b2 Source Port 1 and b2 Source Port 2 are measured at Port 2 of the analyzer a1 Source Port 1 is the wave transmitted at physical port 1 In a standard S parameter measurement this wave is fed to the...

Page 406: ...SDEFine Trace_Name A1 10 7 3 2 More Wave Quantities dialog The More Wave Quantities dialog provides arbitrary wave quantities with arbitrary source ports as measured quantities All wave quantities ca...

Page 407: ...CALCulate Ch PARameter MEASure Trace_Name A1 CALCulate Ch PARameter SDEFine Trace_Name A1 Show as Selects the physical unit of the displayed trace It is possible to display the measured Voltage V or...

Page 408: ...erse transmission and reflec tion measurements Z11 is the input impedance at port 1 of a 2 port DUT that is terminated at port 2 with the reference impedance Z0 matched circuit impedance measured in a...

Page 409: ...late Ch PARameter MEASure Trace_Name SHUNT S12 SHUNT S21 CALCulate Ch PARameter SDEFine Trace_Name SHUNT S12 SHUNT S21 Balanced Ports Opens a dialog to configure the logical ports of the analyzer See...

Page 410: ...reference impedance Z0 matched circuit admittance measured in a forward reflection measurement Y22 is the input admittance at port 2 of a 2 port DUT that is terminated at port 1 with the reference im...

Page 411: ...ng sections Chapter 9 3 3 Impedance parameters on page 219 Chapter 9 3 4 Admittance parameters on page 222 Chapter 9 3 3 2 Z parameters on page 221 Chapter 9 3 4 2 Y parameters on page 222 Y Z Paramet...

Page 412: ...rcuit V1 0 Remote command CALCulate Ch PARameter MEASure Trace_Name Y11 Y12 Y21 Y22 CALCulate Ch PARameter SDEFine Trace_Name Y11 Y12 Y21 Y22 Z11 Z12 Z21 Z22 Selects one of the 2 port Chapter 9 3 3 2...

Page 413: ...list contains all possi ble physical single ended port combinations For an analyzer with n ports provides n n 1 stability parameters Stability parameters are expressed as K out in 1 out in and 2 out i...

Page 414: ...l dialogs Cal Power see Chapter 10 12 3 2 Cal Power Config dialog on page 512 Transm Coefficients see Chapter 10 12 3 3 Power Meter Transmission Coef ficients dialog on page 514 Power Meters see Chapt...

Page 415: ...transfer of error messages for external devices to the error log C ProgramData Rohde Schwarz ZNL FPL log Error log Remote command n a Source Port Selects one of the available test ports of the analyze...

Page 416: ...3 Measured quantities and trace formats on page 215 dB Mag Selects a Cartesian diagram with a dB scale of the vertical axis to display the magni tude of the complex measured quantity Properties The st...

Page 417: ...r diagram obtained by mapping the positive complex semi plane into a unit circle Points with the same resistance are located on circles points with the same reactance produce arcs If the measured quan...

Page 418: ...voltage The SWR is the ratio of the maximum voltage to the minimum enve lope voltage along the line SWR VMax VMin VI VR VI VR 1 Sii 1 Sii Application Reflection measurements with conversion of the co...

Page 419: ...axis scaled logarithmically Application Impedance measurements Remote command CALCulate Chn FORMat LOGarithmic Real Selects a Cartesian diagram to display the real part of a complex measured quantity...

Page 420: ...ed quantity typically a transmission S parameter and displays it in a Cartesian diagram Properties The group delay g represents the propagation time of wave through a device g is a real quantity and i...

Page 421: ...t means formatted according to the selected trace format New markers are formatted with the trace s Dflt Marker Frmt existing markers are reformatted if and only if their Marker Format is set to Trace...

Page 422: ...ains only one diagram Active Diagram Selects the active diagram Each channel setup screen can display several diagrams simultaneously each with a variable number of traces One of these diagrams and tr...

Page 423: ...always contains dia grams with contiguous numbers Delete Diag Area is disabled if the channel setup contains only one diagram area In manual control each channel setup must contain at least one diagra...

Page 424: ...of the trace format and the channel set tings it is even possible to overlay Cartesian and complex diagrams The active trace and active channel is highlighted The scaling of the axes corresponds to th...

Page 425: ...as drag and drop the separating frames or use the functions in the Split tab Remote command DISPlay LAYout SPLit 10 9 2 Split tab Arranges multiple diagrams on the screen Some of the Split settings ar...

Page 426: ...configuration only Split Type The R S ZNL ZNLE provides the following split types Lineup The diagrams are arranged side by side each diagram occupies the entire screen height Stack The diagrams are a...

Page 427: ...unctionality SCPI Commands The analyzer provides remote control commands for efficient diagram handling The commands listed below extend the functionality of the Display Diagram and Dis play Split sof...

Page 428: ...e stimulus values you are asked to set a password If this password is non empty it is requested the next time someone tries to uncheck Hide Sensitive Information to unmask all stimulus values for this...

Page 429: ...n See also Chapter 10 10 4 Info Field tab on page 456 Remote command No command display configuration only Info Window Shows hides the Info Window Remote command DISPlay IWINdow STATe Font Size Scales...

Page 430: ...rkers and Display elements of a VNA diagram results to be displayed in the Info Window Access Info Window Configuration Use the Info Field combo box to select a marker or bandfilter search info field...

Page 431: ...ditional settings display colors You can also control the display colors to a certain extent see Chapter 7 2 1 3 Dis play theme and colors on page 124 10 9 4 Limit Test tab Defines limit lines for the...

Page 432: ...diagram area Note Displaying the limit line and limit check are independent of each other Hiding the limit line does not switch off the limit check Remote command CALCulate Chn LIMit DISPlay STATe Lim...

Page 433: ...the correct PASS FAIL state and limit violations are visualized on the trace if any Figure 10 11 Limit line violations in complex trace formats Remote command CALCulate Chn LIMit STATe CALCulate Chn...

Page 434: ...ge 3 3 V TTL output signals at the Aux Port see Chapter 14 2 1 1 Aux Port on page 1110 Note Because the Aux Port is not available for the R S ZNLE the TTL1 Pass and TTL2 Pass checkboxes are not availa...

Page 435: ...respectively without having to redefine the con stituent line segments Remote command CALCulate Chn LIMit CONTrol SHIFt CALCulate Chn LIMit UPPer SHIFt CALCulate Chn LIMit LOWer SHIFt 10 9 4 2 Define...

Page 436: ...check does not delete the segment but changes its screen color Start Stimulus is the stimulus x axis value of the first point of the segment Stop Stimulus is the stimulus x axis value of the last poin...

Page 437: ...nds from the Stop Stimulus value of the segment before the active segment to the Start Stim ulus value of the active segment Its response values are equal to the Start Response value of the active seg...

Page 438: ...ter 10 6 11 Trace Data tab on page 386 In case the selected file contains more than one trace another popup dialog lets you select the adequate one Imported traces are polygonal curves with n points...

Page 439: ...mulus and Interpolation are repeated from the Segment List of the Define Limit Lines dialog Linear Formula Allows you to decide how to define the line segment Linear Define the line segment as a strai...

Page 440: ...Test tab The Def Ripple Test button opens the Define Ripple Test dialog see Chap ter 10 9 5 2 Define Ripple Test dialog on page 442 Show Ripple Limits Shows or hides the ripple limit lines associated...

Page 441: ...In this case the info field displays No ripple defined and the limit check always passes For each trace ripple limits can only be set for a single cartesian trace format If another trace format is sel...

Page 442: ...age 434 10 9 5 2 Define Ripple Test dialog The Define Ripple Test dialog defines the ripple limits for the active trace on a range by range basis A separate ripple limit can be assigned to each range...

Page 443: ...th of both lines if the range is within the sweep range Ripple Limit is their vertical distance See Chapter 9 4 1 2 Rules for ripple test definition on page 233 Remote command CALCulate Chn RIPPle SEG...

Page 444: ...ONTrol DOMain CALCulate Chn RIPPle DATA CALCulate Chn RIPPle DELete ALL Recall Ripple Test Save Ripple Test The buttons open an Open Save File dialog to load a ripple limit line from a ripple limit fi...

Page 445: ...Hiding the limit line does not switch off the limit check Remote command CALCulate Chn LIMit CIRCle DISPlay STATe Limit Check Switches the limit check of the active trace on or off When the limit chec...

Page 446: ...e hidden and the circle limit check is sus pended If the limit check for cartesian limit lines is enabled it is also evaluated in complex diagrams Figure 10 12 Simultaneous dB Mag limit line and circl...

Page 447: ...adius and its center on the X axis and Y axis Remote command CALCulate Chn LIMit CIRCle DATA Global Check See Global Check on page 434 TTL1 Pass TTL2 Pass See TTL1 Pass TTL2 Pass on page 434 10 9 7 Di...

Page 448: ...right PASS Circle Test enabled but limited to Display Circle Remote command CALCulate Chn LIMit DCIRcle STATe Clear Circle Resets the Display Circle to its default configuration unit circle show borde...

Page 449: ...s drag and drop functionality to move the horizontal line to a particular position The response value appears in the numeric entry field Remote command CALCulate Chn DLINe 10 10 Marker Settings softto...

Page 450: ...stimulus value of the active marker Remote command CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk X CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk REFerence X Mkr i Arb Response Ref Mkr Arb Response Gets sets the response value Y position of an A...

Page 451: ...iangle labeled M i is positioned on the trace and the marker coordinates are displayed in the movable info field The stimulus position of an active marker can be entered in the Mkr i Stimulus entry fi...

Page 452: ...ed Markers in name of active diagram Coupling also works if Tracking is enabled for Marker m in one trace The Marker m of the other traces then follow the movements of the tracked marker The same hold...

Page 453: ...nd its response values are obtained by interpolation Remote command CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk MODE CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk REFerence MODE Marker Mode Determines if and how the marker s position is adjus...

Page 454: ...Ref Mkr Mkr Places the reference marker to the position of the active marker Ref Mkr Mkr is not active if the active marker is a reference marker Remote command n a Export Markers Calls up a Save As...

Page 455: ...vailable for frequency sweeps linear or logarithmic It is enabled if the active marker is in Delta Mode Span Marker adjusts the sweep span to the range between the active delta marker and the referenc...

Page 456: ...ubtracting a simulated loss less transmission line of variable length to or from the test port This shift of the refer ence plane must be carried out on the Delay trace but has an impact on all trace...

Page 457: ...the active trace when marker coupling is enabled All marker coupling applies to all traces in the active channel setup that have the same stimulus variable as the active trace Channel marker coupling...

Page 458: ...iple Peak tab 464 Target Search tab 466 Bandfilter tab 468 10 11 1 Peak tab Provides Marker Search functions that move the active marker to a local maximum or minimum of the active trace The search op...

Page 459: ...earch functions Remote command CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk FUNCtion EXECute MINimum MAXimum CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk REFerence FUNCtion EXECute MINimum MAXimum CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk FUNCtion RESult CALCu...

Page 460: ...maximum whichever has the smallest distance from the current marker response value Remote command CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk FUNCtion EXECute LPEak RPEak CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk REFerence FUNCtion EXECu...

Page 461: ...displayed in the center of the search range Search Range Selects the Search Range to be assigned to the selected marker Full Span means that the Search Range is equal to the sweep range Besides it is...

Page 462: ...ER STARt CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk FUNCtion DOMain USER STOP CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk REFerence FUNCtion DOMain USER STOP Range Limit Lines On Displays or hides the range limit lines in the diagram area...

Page 463: ...ecific default value Remote command CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk THReshold CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk REFerence THReshold CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk THReshold STATe CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk REFerence THReshold ST...

Page 464: ...d deleted as needed Remote command CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk FUNCtion EXECute MMAXimum MMINimum CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk REFerence FUNCtion EXECute MMAXimum MMINimum CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk FUNCtion RESu...

Page 465: ...axima above and minima below the configured Threshold are con sidered The unit is derived from the active trace format and cannot be modified Changing the trace format resets the Threshold to a format...

Page 466: ...g sections Chapter 10 11 1 2 Search Range dialog on page 461 Tracking on page 460 Target Value Specifies the target value for the search The VNA software allows you to specify the target value in diff...

Page 467: ...urement points with the same target value can be located using the Search Right function If the target is not found e g because the active trace does not contain the target value then the active marke...

Page 468: ...meters Background information Refer to Bandfilter search on page 202 Bandfilter for arbitrary scalar traces Bandfilter search can be used for a broad range of measured quantities see Chap ter 10 7 Mea...

Page 469: ...ndpass region is the tallest peak in the search range with a minimum excursion as specified by the Bandwidth parameter If Bandpass Ref to Max is selected the analyzer uses or creates the four markers...

Page 470: ...MARKer Mk FUNCtion BWIDth MODE BPRMarker CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk FUNCtion EXECute BFILter Bandstop Ref to Max Activates the search for a bandstop region on the active trace and activates Tracking A b...

Page 471: ...onse value for the lower and upper band edges is calculated as the response value at the active marker position plus minus the Bandwidth To be valid the peak must be above below the response value for...

Page 472: ...uided process Background information Refer to the following sections Chapter 9 5 Calibration on page 247 Chapter 9 5 5 Automatic calibration on page 262 Chapter 9 5 6 Scalar power calibration on page...

Page 473: ...the related channel settings This provides a convenient way to repeat or correct an existing cali bration without necessarily repeating all measurements Scalar Power Cal Power Cal Opens the Power Cal...

Page 474: ...related channels or discard them Background information Refer to Chapter 9 5 5 Automatic calibration on page 262 A successful calibration supersedes the previous calibration discarding all previ ous s...

Page 475: ...ard step 1 Ports Inline Calibration System Ports Selects the test ports to be calibrated Note Calibration and port de activation The analyzer fimware automatically activates deactivates ports during a...

Page 476: ...tion of additional adapters you can generate modified sets of characterization data using the cal unit characterization wizard See Chapter 10 12 2 3 Characterize Cal Unit dialog on page 504 By defaul...

Page 477: ...acterizations are typically not part of the factory characteriza tion If a tooltip indicates missing two port characterization data simply perform a new characterization of your cal unit In the first...

Page 478: ...bers and select Default Port Assignment Remote command SENSe CORRection COLLect AUTO PORTs CONNection Default Port Assignment Restores the default port assignment Start Proceeds to Step 3 Cal Unit If...

Page 479: ...part of the Cal Unit screen the R S ZNL ZNLE shows the calibration sweep diagrams for the currently measured S parameter The lower part visualizes the active port assignment and the measurement progre...

Page 480: ...Port Assignment Starts a procedure by which the R S ZNL ZNLE with a little help from the attached calibration unit auto detects the connected ports The automatic assignment replaces the configured one...

Page 481: ...or to discard it Background and related information Refer to Chapter 9 5 Calibration on page 247 for background information If the active channel is already equipped with a system error correction th...

Page 482: ...port that is not used by a measurement i e the port is not required by any trace of the related channel is disabled Remote command The port parameters in many calibration commands define the calibrat...

Page 483: ...d SENSe CORRection COLLect CHANnels ALL Next Proceeds to Step 2 Connectors and Cal Kits Step 2 Connectors and Cal Kits Selects the connector type and gender for all ports and allows you to import a ca...

Page 484: ...at all ports are always adjusted to the current selection User defined connectors can be added or removed in the Cal Connector Types dialog Remote command SENSe Ch CORRection COLLect CONNection PhyPt...

Page 485: ...rs Import Cal Kit Opens the Import Calibration Kit dialog that allows you to import a cal kit file For background information see Chapter 9 5 2 4 Cal kit Files on page 260 Remote command MMEMory LOAD...

Page 486: ...trace and a typical result trace for the measured calibration standard The purpose of the typical result traces Trc1 and Trc2 is to avoid connection errors and to track hardware problems if the correc...

Page 487: ...ns of the Sliding Match must be measured See Chapter 9 5 2 3 Sliding Match standards on page 259 Remote command SENSe Ch CORRection COLLect ACQuire SELected See also SENSe Ch CORRection COLLect LOAD S...

Page 488: ...Se Chn CORRection SSTate SENSe Ch CORRection STIMulus 10 12 1 5 Power Cal wizard The Power Cal wizard displays a single screen showing the current source and receive ports It allows you to perform Ref...

Page 489: ...tion Meas Receiver the following traces are displayed The trace a m P m shows the previously calibrated power at the calibrated reference plane source port P m The trace b n P m shows the current powe...

Page 490: ...ctivate or store power calibrations Remote command SOURce Ch POWer CORRection ACQuire SENSe Ch CORRection POWer PhyPt ACQuire SOURce Ch POWer CORRection DATA SENSe Chn CORRection PSTate Power Cal dial...

Page 491: ...SOURce Ch POWer CORRection ACQuire SOURce Ch POWer PhyPt CORRection COLLect ACQuire Calibrate Only Port Frequency Ignored Not relevant for the R S ZNL Power Cal dialog Meas Receiver In Meas Receiver m...

Page 492: ...g any external devices that you used for the source power calibration For the source port a source power calibration must be active Remote command SENSe Ch CORRection POWer PhyPt ACQuire Start Cal Swe...

Page 493: ...Use the Power Cal Settings tab Pwr Cal Settings to modify the calibration procedure Remote command SOURce Ch POWer CORRection ACQuire SOURce Ch POWer PhyPt CORRection COLLect ACQuire 10 12 1 6 Cal Val...

Page 494: ...e Open Short and Match standard PASS all measured reflection parameters are within the specified Validation Lim its compared to the selected reference characterization FAIL otherwise In this case the...

Page 495: ...meters of the selected reference characterization Figure 10 19 Validation limits for Mag Phase format Depending on the selected Format different limits can be set Mag Phase lower and upper limits for...

Page 496: ...formation Refer to the following sections Chapter 9 5 2 Calibration standards and calibration kits on page 255 Chapter 9 5 5 3 Characterization of calibration units on page 265 The buttons in the Cal...

Page 497: ...ill change its name offset model and reference impedance If you switch between sexed and sexless all kits assigned to the connector type are deleted Char Imp The characteristic impedance or reference...

Page 498: ...Loss in units of dB sqrt GHz into a Keysight type Offset Loss in units of G s and vice versa see View Modify Cal Kit Standards dialog on page 502 The Electrical Length and Delay values in the View Mo...

Page 499: ...he contents of the Available Cal Kits table vary depending on the selected Connec tor Type The table can also contain kits with ideal or typical parameter values see Cal kit parameter types The Keysig...

Page 500: ...For user defined or imported kits you can modify the contents See Kit Standards dialog on page 500 Remote command The following commands create and modify calibration kits SENSe CORRection CKIT ConnTy...

Page 501: ...5 2 1 Calibration standard types on page 256 Label is a user defined name of the standard The label can help you identify a standard or distinguish different standards with similar parameters Min Fre...

Page 502: ...rds dialog This dialog shows the circuit model for the selected standard For user defined standard you can modify the circuit model parameters See View Modify Cal Kit Standards dia log on page 502 Rem...

Page 503: ...offset parameters depend on whether the circuit model is defined as Keysight Model see Chapter 10 12 2 1 Cal Connector Types dialog on page 496 In a Keysight Model a calibration standard is characteri...

Page 504: ...e L are both assumed to be frequency dependent and approximated by the first four terms of the Taylor series around f 0 Hz See also description of the load parameters for the different standard types...

Page 505: ...operation Set Password opens a dia log to enter the password and activate password protection at the next time the Set Password dialog is opened Enter an empty string no password to deactivate pass wo...

Page 506: ...zation wizard Start Characterization The guided characterization consists of the following steps 1 Characterization Select the characterized ports and cal unit standards to ini tiate the characterizat...

Page 507: ...rts and cal unit port numbers match If you decide to use a differ ent assignment you can auto detect the actual assignment Automatic or select the analyzer port numbers manually Auto detection can fai...

Page 508: ...Step 2 Save Characterization Data Next is available when the R S ZNL ZNLE has acquired characterization data for a single port Step 2 Save Characterization Data Saves the characterization data to the...

Page 509: ...all functions for power meter and power calibration data handling transmission coefficients Power calibration is a fully menu guided process Efficient power calibration procedure For standard applica...

Page 510: ...ne external power meter is online physically connected switched on ready to be used Switch Off Other Sources Ensures that the power at all sources except the calibrated source is switched off dur ing...

Page 511: ...onvergence Remote command SOURce POWer CORRection COLLect CFACtor Flatness Cal Pwr Cal Method Defines how power calibrations are performed Ref Receiver after Use a power meter for the calibration of t...

Page 512: ...he reference receiver calibration These set tings are particularly important for test setups involving external attenuators or amplifi ers Access Cal Pwr Cal Settings Cal Power The diagram in the cent...

Page 513: ...plifier in the signal path Assume that a DUT requires a constant input power of 25 dBm and that the mea surement path contains an amplifier with a 30 dB gain After a reset of the analyzer the channel...

Page 514: ...nt system Two scenarios have to be considered A two port connected to the DUT which is not present during power calibration e g an on wafer probe A two port connected to the power Meter during the pow...

Page 515: ...ents to account for a fre quency dependent attenuation Transmission coefficients are interpolated between the frequency points and extrapolated if necessary If no transmission coefficient is defined a...

Page 516: ...it in later sessions Remote command MMEMory LOAD CORRection TCOefficient Ch MMEMory STORe CORRection TCOefficient Ch 10 12 3 4 External Power Meters dialog The External Power Meters dialog configures...

Page 517: ...tead Remote command n a Configured Devices Table with all power meters in use with their properties Except for the auto detected Known Devices to appear in the table of Configured Devices a power sens...

Page 518: ...the network analyzer itself is not listed as a network device in the Measurement Automation Explorer Otherwise Scan Instru ments initiates an identification query IDN causing the analyzer to close th...

Page 519: ...n identification query IDN to the specified device address to identify the type and serial number of the connected power meter and select an appropriate driver file Power meter driver files pwm are st...

Page 520: ...eembed Two Port All Channels Reads and modifies the state of the built in S parameter correction that is available on certain R S NRP Z power sensors See Application Note 1GP70 Using S Parame ters wit...

Page 521: ...els on page 262 The cali bration status of each channel and trace appears in the setup information Setup Info Setup Remote command SENSe Ch CORRection STATe Scalar Power Cal All Power Cals On All Powe...

Page 522: ...tion Manager dialog Manage Cals Remove all Cal Data This button cleans the active channel s existing calibration data and also removes links to the calibration pool Remote command SENSe Ch CORRection...

Page 523: ...cess Cal Cal Manager Channel State The Channel State table shows all channels in the active channel setup together with their current calibration Channels can use either the active channel calibration...

Page 524: ...D CORRection MMEMory LOAD CORRection MERGe Pool Delete from Pool The Pool table shows all correction data sets CalGroup_name cal in the direc tory C Users Public Documents Rohde Schwarz ZNL Calibratio...

Page 525: ...13 Channel softtool The Channel functions select create and delete channels and optimize the measure ment process Access Channel hardkey 10 13 1 Channels tab Allows you to create and delete channels...

Page 526: ...as the active channel New Channel Creates a channel and a trace with default settings and assigns the new trace to the active diagram area The new channel is named Ch n where n is the largest of all e...

Page 527: ...annel including all the traces assigned to it and removes all dis play elements related to the channel from the diagram area Delete Channel is dis abled if the channel setup contains only one channel...

Page 528: ...ompensation dialog on page 545 Remote command CALCulate Ch TRANsform VNETworks FSIMulator STATe 10 13 1 2 Channel Manager dialog The Channel Manager dialog allows you to rename channels and to change...

Page 529: ...nd one trace Remote command CONFigure CHANnel Ch STATe 10 13 2 Mode tab Optimizes the measurement process 10 13 2 1 Controls on the Mode tab Figure 10 23 Channel Mode tab R S ZNL vs R S ZNLE The contr...

Page 530: ...systematically avoids known spurious signals if no frequency conversion occurs in the test setup LO RF means that the LO frequency is always below the measured RF fre quency This mode is appropriate...

Page 531: ...e low frequency segment ranging up to the center frequency of the bandpass filter the frequency of the local oscillator is set to LO RF This setting ensures that the spurious signal b 2 is not measure...

Page 532: ...s 8 9 10 11 and 16 17 18 19 1 enables the output signal at pin 8 The signal is switched on while a measure ment sweep is running in the selected channel All other signals are inactive 2 enables the ou...

Page 533: ...k access to the Offset Embed functions Access Offset Embed Overview Figure 10 24 Offset Embed dock widget Overview Calculation Flow Use one of the buttons to configure the corresponding function A gre...

Page 534: ...ss parameters of the transmission line at the selected port In the limit case where the length of the transmission line is considered to be almost zero the loss is considered constant Otherwise if the...

Page 535: ...ctivates deactivates the length and loss compensation for all ports Use the checkboxes in the Active column to activate deactivate the length and loss compensation for selected ports Remote command SE...

Page 536: ...s2p No additional parameters are required When loading the touchstone file the analyzer by default assumes odd ports left VNA side even ports right DUT side However it is also possible to Swap Gates...

Page 537: ...rm VNETworks PSET DEEMbedding ListId DEFine CALCulate Ch TRANsform VNETworks PPAir DEEMbedding DELete CALCulate Ch TRANsform VNETworks PPAir EMBedding ListId DEFine CALCulate Ch TRANsform VNETworks PS...

Page 538: ...te command MMEMory LOAD VNETworks Ch PPAir DEEMbedding ListId MMEMory LOAD VNETworks Ch PPAir EMBedding ListId 10 14 1 5 Balanced panel This panel allows you to activate or deactivate deembedding embe...

Page 539: ...ever it is also possible to instruct the analyzer to assume an Increasing Port Sequence i e that the low port numbers are on the VNA side Furthermore it is possible to Swap Gates i e to instruct the a...

Page 540: ...STATe CALCulate Ch TRANsform VNETworks GLOop EMBedding STATe File Name 1 The ellipsis button in the File Name 1 column is enabled if a 1 port data Network net work s1p file is selected Note The loaded...

Page 541: ...tab for background information parameters and additional remote commands Active The checkboxes in the Active column activate or deactivate the configured differential match embedding i e adds or remov...

Page 542: ...533 The marker function Zero Delay at Marker function overwrites the offset parameters Background information Refer to the following sections Chapter 9 6 Offset parameters and de embedding on page 277...

Page 543: ...er For a numeric example see Chapter 9 6 1 6 Application and effect of offset parameters on page 282 Remote command SENSe Ch CORRection EDELay PhyPt TIME SENSe Ch CORRection EDELay PhyPt ELENgth SENSe...

Page 544: ...om the offset corrected reference plane end of the offset transmission line Its absolute position is varied along with the length offset If Adjust Time Gate is on the time gate is moved to left right...

Page 545: ...of the wave quantity in the numerator If the active trace shows an S parameter Sij then Auto Length adds a length offset at port i If the receive port is balanced then the same offset is applied to b...

Page 546: ...Pt DFComp STATe Prompt for Each Port Determines how the R S ZNL ZNLE performs the sweeps for a given termination type Open and or Short see Measurement Type on page 546 If unchecked it performs the sw...

Page 547: ...a Prompt for Each Port File Type Description disabled csv One csv trace file per standard containing reflection traces for all selected ports see Chap ter 9 4 2 2 ASCII csv files on page 244 enabled s...

Page 548: ...hapter 9 6 Offset parameters and de embedding on page 277 Chapter 9 6 1 2 Definition of loss parameters on page 278 Chapter 9 6 1 4 Auto Length and Loss on page 280 Chapter 9 6 1 5 Fixture Compensatio...

Page 549: ...e port is balanced then the same offset and length is applied to both its physical ports Remote command SENSe Ch CORRection LOSS AUTO Fixture Compensation The Fixture Compensation button opens the Fix...

Page 550: ...con nected to the left of the circuit while the DUT is connected to the right side You can define independent transformation networks for all ports Remote command The PhyPt numeric suffix in the embe...

Page 551: ...Ded DEEMbedding PhyPt PARameters R Cmp CALCulate Ch TRANsform VNETworks SENDed EMBedding PhyPt STATe CALCulate Ch TRANsform VNETworks SENDed EMBedding PhyPt TNDefinition CALCulate Ch TRANsform VNETwor...

Page 552: ...create the required port sets and to activate or deactivate dembedding embedding for selected port sets see Chapter 10 14 1 4 Port Sets panel on page 536 Background information Refer to Chapter 9 6 2...

Page 553: ...ouchstone file see Chapter 9 6 2 5 Port pair de embedding on page 288 For networks partly defined by lumped elements the lumped element parameters are displayed below the graphical network list See Ch...

Page 554: ...numbers are on the VNA side Furthermore it is possible to Swap Gates i e to instruct the analyzer to swap the VNA and DUT side Note The loaded file is stored in the active channel setup Persisted cha...

Page 555: ...such that the physical analyzer test ports are connected to the left of the circuit the DUT ports are on the right side Remote command The LogPt numeric suffix in the embedding deembedding commands id...

Page 556: ...ing LogPt PARameters L Cmp CALCulate Ch TRANsform VNETworks BALanced DEEMbedding LogPt PARameters R Cmp CALCulate Ch TRANsform VNETworks BALanced DEEMbedding LogPt PARameters G Cmp CALCulate Ch TRANsf...

Page 557: ...llows you to specify a 1 port ground loop deembedding embedding network Such a network is either defined via its S parameter stored in a one port Touchstone file s1p or by selecting a predefined lumpe...

Page 558: ...ductance in Embedding Networks switch to change from resistances in Capacitor in parallel with resistor model to conductances and vice versa Remote command CALCulate Ch TRANsform VNETworks GLOop DEEMb...

Page 559: ...of a bal anced port Such a network is either defined via its S parameter stored in a two port Touchstone file s2p or by specifying the parameters of a Shunt L Shunt C lumped element model Use the comp...

Page 560: ...eter data see Select File The Shunt L Shunt C network is defined by lumped elements whose parameters are displayed below the graphical list Tip Drag and drop the network symbols in horizontal or verti...

Page 561: ...late after De Embed Changes the position of the Offset calculation in the Offset Embed calculation chain If unchecked default the offset is calculated before de embedding If checked it is calculated a...

Page 562: ...querying only or if it initiates an event the usage is stated explicitly Parameter usage If not specified otherwise a parameter can be used to set a value and it is the result of a query Parameters re...

Page 563: ...SR 564 IDN 564 IST 564 OPC 564 OPT 564 PCB 565 PRE 565 PSC 565 RST 565 SRE 566 STB 566 TRG 566 TST 566 WAI 566 CAL Usage Query only CLS Clear status Sets the status byte STB the standard event registe...

Page 564: ...query Returns the contents of the IST flag in decimal form The IST flag is the status bit which is sent during a parallel poll Return values ISTflag 0 1 Usage Query only OPC Operation complete Sets b...

Page 565: ...er to the indicated value The query returns the contents of the parallel poll enable register in decimal form Parameters Value Range 0 to 255 PSC Action Power on status clear Determines whether the co...

Page 566: ...byte query Reads the contents of the status byte in decimal form Usage Query only TRG Trigger Triggers all actions waiting for a trigger event In particular TRG generates a manual trigger signal This...

Page 567: ...Commands for remote instrument operation The following commands are required to shutdown or reboot the R S ZNL ZNLE from a remote PC SYSTem CLOGging 567 SYSTem REBoot 567 SYSTem SHUTdown 568 SYSTem C...

Page 568: ...ent LIST 570 INSTrument REName 570 INSTrument SELect 571 DISPlay ATAB State This command switches between the MultiView tab and the most recently displayed channel setup If only one channel setup is a...

Page 569: ...REPLace ChannelName1 ChannelType ChannelName2 This command replaces a channel setup with another one Setting parameters ChannelName1 String containing the name of the channel setup you want to replac...

Page 570: ...me command Example INST LIST Result for 3 channel setups ADEM Analog Demod IQ IQ Analyzer IQ IQ Analyzer2 Usage Query only Table 11 1 Available channel setup types and default channel setup names Appl...

Page 571: ...new channel setup For a list of available channel setup types see INSTrument LIST on page 570 ChannelName String containing the name of the channel setup Example INST IQ INST MyIQSpectrum Selects the...

Page 572: ...ode SINGle Each measurement group is started one after the other in the order of definition All measurement channels in a group are started simultaneously and performed once After all measure ments ar...

Page 573: ...ing a sequence of measurements This example demonstrates how to perform several measurements in a sequence in a remote environment 2xSpectrumanalyzer 2xIQ start Sequencer at the end test OPC Preparing...

Page 574: ...forming a sweep and retrieving results Change sweep count SENS SWEep COUNt 7 Single Sweep mode INIT CONT OFF Switch back to first IQ channel INST SEL IQ 1 WAI Perform a measurement INIT IMM OPC Retrie...

Page 575: ...onal Windows syntax The internal hard disk is addressed by C For details on storage locations refer to Chapter 6 2 2 2 Storage location and file name on page 99 The file names FileName parameter are g...

Page 576: ...MMEMory NAME 580 MMEMory NETWork DISConnect 580 MMEMory NETWork MAP 580 MMEMory NETWork UNUSeddrives 581 MMEMory NETWork USEDdrives 581 MMEMory RDIRectory 581 FORMat DEXPort DSEParator Separator This...

Page 577: ...Query whether the file SPOOL6 PNG also exists in the directory Result 256 File name not found MMEMory CATalog C Data SPOOL6 PNG MMEMory CATalog LONG Directory This command returns the contents of a pa...

Page 578: ...and name of the target file The path may be relative or absolute MMEMory DATA FileName Data MMEMory DATA FileName This command writes block data into a file The delimiter must be set to EOI to obtain...

Page 579: ...MMEMory MDIRectory Directory This command creates a new directory Parameters Directory String containing the path and new directory name The path may be relative or absolute MMEMory MOVE FileName File...

Page 580: ...er disconnection is forced or not 1 ON Disconnection is forced 0 OFF Disconnect only if not in use RST 0 MMEMory NETWork MAP FilePath IP UserName Password State This command maps a drive to a server o...

Page 581: ...0 String containing the path of the directory to delete Note that the directory you want to remove must be empty 11 3 3 2 Selecting the items to store The following commands select the items to be inc...

Page 582: ...3 ACTive on page 584 Transducers MMEMory SELect ITEM TRANsducer ALL on page 584 Example MMEM SEL ALL MMEMory SELect CHANnel ITEM DEFault MMEMory SELect ITEM DEFault This command selects the current s...

Page 583: ...nfiguration MMEMory SELect ITEM HWSettings on page 582 Limit lines MMEMory SELect ITEM LINes ALL on page 583 Spectrogram data MMEMory SELect ITEM SGRam on page 584 Trace data MMEMory SELect ITEM TRACe...

Page 584: ...ng a configuration file Suffix 1 3 irrelevant Parameters State ON OFF 1 0 RST 0 i e no traces are stored Example MMEM SEL TRAC ON MMEMory SELect CHANnel ITEM TRANsducer ALL State MMEMory SELect ITEM T...

Page 585: ...his command restores an instrument configuration and defines that configuration as the default state The default state is restored after a preset RST or after you turn on the R S ZNL ZNLE Parameters 1...

Page 586: ...nd It is therefore recommended that you use the appropriate MMEMory SELect ITEM command before using MMEMory LOAD STATe Parameters 1 FileName String containing the path and name of the file to load Th...

Page 587: ...er Spectrum Stores the settings from channel setup SPECTRUM2 to the file C Analyzer Spectrum MMEM LOAD TYPE NEW Specifies that channel setups are to be loaded in a new channel setup MMEM LOAD STAT 1 C...

Page 588: ...a from the entire instrument or only from the current channel setup is stored with the subsequent MMEM STOR command Suffix 1 2 irrelevant Parameters Type INSTrument CHANnel INSTrument Stores data from...

Page 589: ...92 HCOPy DEVice LANGuage 593 HCOPy IMMediate 593 HCOPy IMMediate NEXT 593 HCOPy ITEM WINDow TEXT 593 HCOPy PAGE COUNt STATe 594 HCOPy PAGE MARGin BOTTom 594 HCOPy PAGE MARGin LEFT 594 HCOPy PAGE MARGi...

Page 590: ...ch page of the printout is defined by HCOPy PAGE WINDow COUNt on page 596 This option is not available when copying to the clipboard HCOP DEST SYST COMM CLIP or an image file see HCOPy DEVice LANGuage...

Page 591: ...Description Remote command Screen Colors Print Selects the current screen colors for the printout The background is always printed in white and the grid in black HCOP CMAP DEF1 Optimized Colors Select...

Page 592: ...Municate CLIPboard Sends the hardcopy to the clipboard RST SYST COMM CLIP Example To print on a printer Destination printer deactivate print to file HCOP DEST1 SYSTem COMMunicate PRINter Define the pr...

Page 593: ...IMM Manual operation See Destination File on page 112 HCOPy IMMediate This command initiates a print job If you are printing to a file the file name depends on MMEMory NAME Manual operation See Print...

Page 594: ...ed according to HCOPy PAGE MARGin UNIT on page 595 Parameters Bottom RST 4 23 mm Example HCOP PAGE MARG2 BOTT 2 Manual operation See Margins on page 114 HCOPy PAGE MARGin LEFT Left This command define...

Page 595: ...or the printout page are config ured Parameters Unit MM IN MM millimeters IN inches RST MM Example HCOP PAGE MARG2 BOTT 2 Manual operation See Margins on page 114 HCOPy PAGE ORIentation Orientation Th...

Page 596: ...command defines how many windows are displayed on a single page of the print out for HCOPy CONTent on page 590 Parameters Count integer RST 1 Example HCOP PAGE WIND2 COUN 2 Manual operation See Windo...

Page 597: ...N OFF 1 ON The window is included in the printout 0 OFF The window is not included in the printout RST 1 Example HCOP PAGE WIND2 STAT IQ Analyzer 1 1 Manual operation See Print Multiple Windows on pag...

Page 598: ...s Printer String containing the printer name Use SYSTem COMMunicate PRINter ENUMerate FIRSt on page 597and SYSTem COMMunicate PRINter ENUMerate NEXT on page 598 to query all available printers RST NON...

Page 599: ...opies the specified file to network drive Q MMEM DEL C R_S INSTR USER Results Test001 txt Deletes the specified file from the instrument hard disk or MMEM MOVE C R_S INSTR USER Results Test001 xml Q T...

Page 600: ...y hardware settings to be loaded MMEM LOAD STAT 1 C R_S Instr user Spectrum Loads the channel specific settings from the file C R_S Instr user Spectrum dfl to a new channel The new channel is named Sp...

Page 601: ...onfigured and performed with the following screen layout Spectrum 1 Frequency Sweep Spectrum 2 Spectrogram IQ Analyzer 1 Magnitude IQ Analyzer 2 Spectrum Switch to MultiView tab DISP ATAB ON Select wi...

Page 602: ...he network and remote control 613 Checking the system configuration 617 Using service functions 621 Programming examples for instrument setup 623 11 3 4 1 Configuring the reference frequency SENSe ROS...

Page 603: ...the acquisition of correction data is completed the MAV bit in the status byte can be used If the associated bit is set in the Service Request Enable SRE register the instrument generates a service r...

Page 604: ...riday CAL DUE DAYS MOND FRID Example Schedule a self alignment every Sunday at 2 AM after a warmup period then shut down instrument CAL DUE WARM CAL DUE SCH ON CAL DUE DAYS SUND CAL DUE TIME 2 00 CAL...

Page 605: ...DUE DAYS SUND CAL DUE TIME 2 00 CAL DUE SHUT CALibration DUE TIME Time Defines the time at which a self alignment is scheduled for the days specified by CALibration DUE DAYS if CALibration DUE SCHedu...

Page 606: ...e calibration signal Before you can use the command you have to feed in a calibration signal with DIAGnostic SERVice INPut SELect on page 606 Manual operation See Calibration Frequency RF on page 137...

Page 607: ...ument s frontend temperature is also measured as soon as the instrument has warmed up completely This temperature is used as a ref erence for a continuous temperature check during operation If the cur...

Page 608: ...ME FORMat 610 SYSTem DISPlay FPANel STATe 611 SYSTem DATE 611 SYSTem TIME 611 DISPlay ANNotation CBAR State This command hides or displays the channel bar information Parameters State ON OFF 0 1 RST 1...

Page 609: ...is command turns the softkey bar on and off Parameters State ON OFF 0 1 RST 1 Example DISP SKEY OFF Manual operation See Softkey Bar on page 122 DISPlay TBAR STATe State This command turns the toolbar...

Page 610: ...ix n irrelevant Parameters State ON OFF 1 0 RST 0 Example DISP TIME ON Manual operation See Date and Time on page 123 DISPlay WINDow n TIME FORMat Format This command selects the time and date format...

Page 611: ...nth Day Configures the time on the internal real time clock on the instrument Parameters Hour Range 0 to 23 Minutes Range 0 to 59 Seconds Range 0 to 59 Example SYST TIME 10 52 33 Manual operation See...

Page 612: ...as specified by the ci suffix Example DISP CMAP DEF2 Selects default setting 2 white background and a black grid for screen colors DISP CMAP DEF Result 2 DISPlay THEMe CATalog This command queries all...

Page 613: ...lusive to configuring a network and remote control SYSTem COMMunicate GPIB SELF ADDRess 613 SYSTem COMMunicate GPIB SELF RTERminator 614 SYSTem COMMunicate INTernal REMote 614 SYSTem DISPlay LOCK 615...

Page 614: ...ve terminator EOI RST LFEOI Example SYST COMM GPIB RTER EOI Manual operation See GPIB Terminator on page 158 SYSTem COMMunicate INTernal REMote State The instrument switches between manual and remote...

Page 615: ...ce is obtained if the display is off during remote control operation Parameters State ON OFF 1 0 RST 0 Example SYST DISP UPD ON Manual operation See Remote Display Update on page 158 SYSTem ERRor DISP...

Page 616: ...ute SYST COMM INT REM OFF or select the Local softkey first RST state not affected by RST Example SYST KLOC ON Activates LLO remote control only Example SYST KLOC OFF SYST COMM INT REM OFF You can ope...

Page 617: ...ring containing the instrument description SYSTem LXI PASSword Password This command defines the LXI password Parameters Password String containing the password Return values Password Manual operation...

Page 618: ...option R S FPL1 B31 Internal LiiIon batteries are not available for R S ZNLE Return values ChargeState numeric value Charge state in percent Range 0 to 100 Example DIAG SERV BATT LEV Usage Query only...

Page 619: ...ypes of licenses for installed options Example DIAG SERV VERS Queries the version information Response Usage Query only SYSTem ERRor CLEar ALL This command deletes all contents of the System Messages...

Page 620: ...s it Positive error numbers indicate device specific errors negative error numbers are error messages defined by SCPI If the error queue is empty the error number 0 No error is returned Usage Query on...

Page 621: ...Vice SFUNction RESults SAVE 622 DIAGnostic SERVice SINFo 622 SYSTem PASSword CENable 623 SYSTem PASSword RESet 623 DIAGnostic SERVice SFUNction ServiceFunction DIAGnostic SERVice SFUNction ServiceFunc...

Page 622: ...r Parameters FileName String containing the path and file name Manual operation See Save Results on page 139 DIAGnostic SERVice SINFo This command creates a zip file with important support information...

Page 623: ...139 11 3 4 8 Programming examples for instrument setup Programming example Working with the application starter The following programming example demonstrates how to use the remote commands for the a...

Page 624: ...ollowing digits describe the length of the data block In the example the 4 following digits indicate the length to be 5168 bytes The data bytes follow During the transmis sion of these data bytes all...

Page 625: ...diagram areas is defined via numeric suffixes as illustrated in the following example Example CALC4 PAR SDEF Ch4Tr1 S11 Create channel 4 channel suffix 4 and a trace named Ch4Tr1 to measure the input...

Page 626: ...To check this tap Trace Marker Marker 1 to create a marker The marker is assigned to Trc2 Delete all markers Trace Marker All Markers Off CALC1 MARK ON Example To verify that Trc2 is also active for r...

Page 627: ...of active channels only see program example for CONFigure CHANnel Ch MEASure STATe 11 4 2 4 Addressing traces and channels The analyzer provides a variety of schemes for addressing traces and channel...

Page 628: ...actual channel number for trace ABCD the trace suffix is ignored 11 4 3 The IECWIN tool The R S ZNL ZNLE is delivered with IECWIN installed an auxiliary tool provided free of charge by R S IECWIN is...

Page 629: ...ectly on the R S ZNL ZNLE you can use an NT Pipe COM Parser connection which requires no further configuration For help on setting up other connection types check the tool s online help by clicking th...

Page 630: ...e service request Output buffer contains the messages the instrument returns to the controller It is not part of the status reporting system but determines the value of the MAV bit in the STB All stat...

Page 631: ...12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 STATus QUEStionable LIMit2 Register not used not used not used not used not used not used not used not used not used not used not used not used not used Limit trace no 16...

Page 632: ...e sum bit of the next lower register Its contents always reflect the current instrument state This register part can only be read but not overwritten or cleared Reading the CONDi tion register is nond...

Page 633: ...to the sum bit ENAB bit 1 If the associated EVENT bit is 1 the sum bit is set to 1 as well This part can be overwritten and read by the user at will Its contents are not affected by reading The sum b...

Page 634: ...error can be recognized and further pinned down by polling the error queue The poll provides an informative error message 3 QUEStionable status summary bit This bit is set if an EVENt bit is set in t...

Page 635: ...although reading is destructive The ESE corresponds to the ENABle part of a SCPI register If a bit is set in the ESE and the associated bit in the ESR changes from 0 to 1 the ESB bit in the STa tus By...

Page 636: ...Tus QUEStionable register indicates whether the acquired data is of ques tionable quality and monitors hardware failures of the analyzer It can be queried using the commands STATus QUEStionable CONDit...

Page 637: ...th smaller channel numbers have smaller trace numbers Within a channel the order of traces reflects their creation time The oldest trace has the smallest the newest trace has the largest trace number...

Page 638: ...k external components 3 Receiver overload protection tripped This bit is set if the analyzer detects an excessive input level at one of the ports If this condition persists all internal sources are sw...

Page 639: ...detector observation time is too long If desired reduce the measurement time or select a smaller IF bandwidth 11 4 4 4 Application of the status reporting system The purpose of the status reporting sy...

Page 640: ...Set bit 1 in the STATus QUEStionable LIMit1 ENABle register The R S ZNL ZNLE generates an SRQ when the event associated with bit 1 of the STATus QUEStionable LIMit1 ENABle register occurs i e when any...

Page 641: ...t is possibly inverted and then sent as a response to the parallel poll of the controller The result can also be queried without parallel poll with the command IST The parallel poll method is used to...

Page 642: ...ially in the test phase of a controller program the error queue should be queried regu larly since faulty commands from the controller to the instrument are recorded there as well 11 4 4 5 Reset value...

Page 643: ...ecial syntax elements used in the SCPI com mand reference sections The following information is provided in the reference sections Complete command syntax and parameter list Description of the command...

Page 644: ...by a name Parameter1 Parameter2 written in angle brack ets In an application program Parameter1 Parameter2 must be replaced by one of the possible settings reported in the detailed parameter descrip...

Page 645: ...tic commands 812 DISPlay commands 812 FORMat commands 833 HCOPy commands 834 INITiate commands 838 INSTrument commands 841 LAYOut commands 842 MMEMory commands 842 OUTPut commands 872 PROGram commands...

Page 646: ...PPer 647 CALCulate CALValidate RESPonse PRESet 648 CALCulate CALValidate RUN 648 CALCulate CALValidate RUN RESult 648 CALCulate CALValidate STANdard 648 CALCulate CALValidate AVERage STATe Boolean Dis...

Page 647: ...ate RESPonse MAGNitude LOWer Port Value CALCulate CALValidate RESPonse MAGNitude UPPer Port Value Defines the magnitude cal validation limits for the MLINear trace format see CALCulate CALValidate FOR...

Page 648: ...e Query only Manual operation See Validate on page 494 CALCulate CALValidate STANdard Standard Selects the CalU standard to be used for cal validation Parameters Standard OPEN SHORt MATCh CALCulate DA...

Page 649: ...ulate Ch PARameter SDEFine Unformatted trace data SDATa can only be imported to memory traces Formatted trace data FDATa can only be imported to live traces if the related channel is in single sweep m...

Page 650: ...king the cre ated trace the active trace of channel 1 omitted optional mne monic SENSe1 TRAC COPY MemTrc1 Trc1 CALC PAR SEL MemTrc1 Copy the data trace to a memory trace and select the memory trace as...

Page 651: ...2 S11 S12 S21 S22 SCORr13 Directivity 3 S33 SCORr14 Source match 3 S33 SCORr15 Reflection tracking 3 S33 SCORr16 Isolation 3 S31 SCORr17 Load match 3 S31 SCORr18 Transmission tracking 3 S13 SCORr19 Is...

Page 652: ...ed channel the command reads the full nxn S matrix of the calibrated ports there is no need to create or display the S parameter traces Use CALCulate Ch DATA CALL CATalog to query the available traces...

Page 653: ...e after another The response array contains n number of points pairs of real and imaginary values for S11 followed by n pairs of values for S12 S21 and S22 CALCulate Ch DATA CALL CATalog Returns all t...

Page 654: ...ry only CALCulate DATA DALL Format Reads the current response values of all data traces of the current channel setup Use CALCulate DATA ALL to query data traces and memory traces Query parameters Form...

Page 655: ...p This command can only be used for SENSe Ch SWEep COUNt 1 Suffix Chn Channel number used to identify the active trace Query parameters Format SDATa Read unformatted sweep data fixed parameter Returns...

Page 656: ...CONTinuous OFF The trace can be any of the traces acquired dur ing the single sweep cycle Tip This command can only be used for SENSe Ch SWEep COUNt 1 Ensure that the single sweep is terminated before...

Page 657: ...ALCulate Ch PARameter DEFine SGRoup Suffix Ch Channel number of the previously defined S parameter group Query parameters Format FDATa SDATa MDATa Output format for the S parameter data see CALCulate...

Page 658: ...match the one used during export Example See CALCulate Chn DATA CALCulate FILTer GATE The CALCulate FILTer GATE commands define the properties of the time gate which is used to optimize the time doma...

Page 659: ...543 CALCulate Chn FILTer GATE TIME CENTer CenterTime Defines the center time of the time gate Suffix Chn Channel number used to identify the active trace Parameters CenterTime Center time of the time...

Page 660: ...d coupled traces Suffix Chn Channel number used to identify the active trace Parameters TraceName Name of the trace to be linked to the active trace of channel Chn Use the empty string to unlink the a...

Page 661: ...LCulate Chn FILTer GATE TIME CENTer Manual operation See Show Range Lines on page 366 CALCulate Chn FILTer GATE TIME SPAN Span Defines the span of the time gate Suffix Chn Channel number used to ident...

Page 662: ...ency plus the minimum frequency span CALCulate Chn FILTer GATE TIME SPAN If the stop frequency entered is smaller than the current start frequency the start fre quency is set to the stop frequency min...

Page 663: ...e time gate to be applied to the time domain transform Suffix Chn Channel number used to identify the active trace Parameters TimeGate RECT HAMMing HANNing BOHMan DCHebyshev RECT steepest edges rectan...

Page 664: ...r 674 CALCulate LIMit POINts UPPer 674 CALCulate Chn LIMit SEGMent Seg AMPLitude STARt 675 CALCulate Chn LIMit SEGMent Seg AMPLitude STOP 675 CALCulate Chn LIMit SEGMent COUNt 676 CALCulate Chn LIMit...

Page 665: ...ffix Chn Channel number used to identify the active trace Parameters Boolean ON OFF Circle limit line on or off RST OFF Example RST CALCulate LIMit CIRCle DATA 0 0 0 5 Define a circle limit line cente...

Page 666: ...analyzer detects an exceeded circle limit Suffix Chn Channel number used to identify the active trace Parameters Boolean ON OFF Fail beep on or off RST OFF Example CALCulate LIMit CIRCle STATe ON SOUN...

Page 667: ...ments no 1 to n are updated the limit line segments n 1 k are generated with default response values see CALCulate Chn LIMit UPPer DATA CALCulate Chn LIMit LOWer DATA Note The generated segments are u...

Page 668: ...in the stimulus range between 1 GHz and 2 GHz using default response values CALC LIM CONT SHIF 1 CALC LIM CONT Shift the segment by 1 Hz The modified limit line segment ranges from 1000000001 Hz to 20...

Page 669: ...in the active diagram Manual operation See Segment List on page 436 CALCulate Chn LIMit DCIRcle CLEar Resets the display circle to its default configuration unit circle show border off limit to circl...

Page 670: ...displayed in complex format Manual operation See Limit to Circle On Off on page 448 CALCulate Chn LIMit DELete ALL Deletes all limit line segments Suffix Chn Channel number used to identify the active...

Page 671: ...ill return the updated limit violation state Suffix Chn Channel number used to identify the active trace Example RST CALC LIM CONT 1 GHZ 2 GHZ Define an upper limit line segment in the stimulus range...

Page 672: ...rs Seg 2 4 6 and upper limit line segments are assigned odd numbers Seg 1 3 5 CALCulate Chn LIMit LOWer UPPer sets the type and response values of even odd limit line segments and gets the response va...

Page 673: ...mber of values is rejected with an error message 109 Missing parameter Range Virtually no restriction for limit segments RST Implicitly created segments are created with a default response value of 40...

Page 674: ...ne by an additional 3 dB in vertical and by 1 GHz in horizontal direction The upper limit line is also shifted Usage Setting only Manual operation See Segment List on page 436 CALCulate Chn LIMit LOWe...

Page 675: ...e1 SWEep POINts 5 After a reset modify the default trace Trc1 CALCulate1 LIMit1 DATA 1 1000000000 2000000000 40 30 CALCulate1 LIMit2 DATA 1 4000000000 5000000000 30 40 Define upper limit lines for fre...

Page 676: ...ssigning response val ues of 2 dB and 3 dB CALC LIM SEGM AMPL STAR 5 STOP 5 CALC LIM SEGM TYPE LMIN Change the segment to a lower limit line segment with a con stant response value of 5 dB CALC LIM DA...

Page 677: ...1 FORM STAT ON CALC LIM SEGM2 FORM 15 6 25 78 StimVal 1e9 CALC LIM SEGM2 TYPE LMIN CALC LIM DISP ON CALC LIM STAT ON Manual operation See Linear Formula on page 439 CALCulate Chn LIMit SEGMent Seg FOR...

Page 678: ...e start and stop stimulus values i e the smallest and the largest stimulus values of a limit line segment A segment must be created first to enable the commands e g CALCulate Chn LIMit DATA See also C...

Page 679: ...t must be created first to enable this command e g CALC LIM DATA Note The type command overwrites the CALCulate Chn LIMit DATA settings and is overwritten by them It is not affected by the other comma...

Page 680: ...to identify the active trace Parameters Boolean ON OFF Limit check on or off RST OFF Example RST CALC LIM CONT 1 GHZ 2 GHZ Define an upper limit line segment in the stimulus range between 1 GHz and 2...

Page 681: ...values CALC LIM STAT ON TTL2 ON Switch the limit check on and activate the TTL out pass 2 signal Manual operation See TTL1 Pass TTL2 Pass on page 434 CALCulate MARKer The CALCulate MARKer commands con...

Page 682: ...Chn MARKer Mk FUNCtion STARt 693 CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk FUNCtion STOP 693 CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk REFerence FUNCtion STARt 693 CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk REFerence FUNCtion STOP 693 CALCulate Chn MARKer...

Page 683: ...s Usage Event Manual operation See All Off on page 451 CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk BWIDth Bandwidth Sets the bandfilter level for a bandfilter search or returns the results The command is only available a...

Page 684: ...nt trace Create markers M1 to M4 CALC MARK SEAR BFIL RES ON Display the marker info field in the diaram area CALC MARK BWID 6 Select a 6 dB bandwidth for the bandstop CALC MARK BWID Query the results...

Page 685: ...e Coupled Markers on page 452 CALCulate MARKer COUPled TYPE Type Selects the marker coupling type to be used in the current channel setup Marker coupling is enabled using CALCulate MARKer COUPled STAT...

Page 686: ...arker Frmt on page 421 SCPI GUI MLINear Lin Mag MLOGarithmic MDB for R S ZVR compatibility dB Mag PHASe Phase POLar COMPlex for R S ZVR compatibility Real Imag GDELay Delay REAL Real IMAGinary Imag SW...

Page 687: ...Chn MARKer Mk STATe ON If the active trace contains no reference marker the command also creates a reference marker Suffix Chn Channel number used to identify the active trace Mk Marker number Paramet...

Page 688: ...to identify the active trace Mk Marker number ignored for reference markers Parameters Active Boolean Manual operation See Excursion Settings on page 463 CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk FORMat OutFormat CALC...

Page 689: ...ve trace Mk This numeric suffix is ignored and may be set to any value because the bandfilter search functions always use markers M1 to M4 Parameters BandfilterType BPASs BSTop BPRMarker BSRMarker BPA...

Page 690: ...active trace Mk Marker number ignored for reference markers Parameters NumSearchRange Number of the search range Range 0 to 10 where 0 refers to the fixed full span search range equal to the sweep ra...

Page 691: ...MARKer Mk FUNCtion DOMain USER RANGe or CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk REFerence FUNCtion DOMain USER RANGe Suffix Chn Channel number used to identify the active trace Mk Marker number ignored for reference...

Page 692: ...ulus and response value of the search result Usage Setting only Manual operation See Max Min on page 459 The analyzer provides the following search modes Mode Find MAXimum Absolute maximum in the sear...

Page 693: ...ace no Chn Suffix Chn Channel number used to identify the active trace Mk Marker number Example RST CALC MARK ON MARK DELTa ON Create marker 1 in the center of the current sweep range and enable the d...

Page 694: ...he positioning mode of the related marker see Marker addressing on page 681 The marker doesn t have to be created before the mode can be assigned in advance Suffix Chn Channel number used to identify...

Page 695: ...tify the active trace Parameters Value Minimum peak excursion The unit is derived from the active trace format and cannot be modified Changing the trace format resets the excursion to a format specifi...

Page 696: ...n MARKer Mk REFerence NAME MarkerName Defines a name for the related marker see Marker addressing on page 681 The marker doesn t have to be created before the name can be assigned in advance Suffix Ch...

Page 697: ...position VerticalPos TOP MID BOTTom Vertical position Example See CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk BWIDth Manual operation See Bandpass Ref to Max on page 469 CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk SEARch FORMat SearchFormat...

Page 698: ...e1 MARKer1 FUNCtion SELect TARGet Select TARGet search mode for marker 1 CALCulate1 MARKer1 SEARch FORMat Query the target format of marker 1 The result is DEF and for polar diagrams the default targe...

Page 699: ...sables the marker tracking mode RST OFF Example Suppose the active channel setup contains an active trace no 1 CALC MARK ON CALC MARK FUNC EXEC MAXimum Create marker no 1 and assign it to trace no 1 A...

Page 700: ...arker see Marker addressing on page 681 The target search can be activated using CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk FUNCtion EXECute TARGet or CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk REFerence FUNCtion EXECute TARGet Suffix Chn...

Page 701: ...er Mk THReshold STATe Active CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk REFerence THReshold STATe Boolean Activates or deactivates the marker specific threshold for single peak searches with the related marker see Marke...

Page 702: ...t changes The marker stimulus can be set using CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk X or CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk REFerence X but the response value remains fixed ARBitrary freezes the marker at the position determ...

Page 703: ...marker s stimulus value If the marker mode is ARBitrary and the trace format is complex the value range is 1 to 1 Otherwise 9 9E 11 Hz to 9 9E 11 Hz for frequency sweeps 999 dBm to 999 dBm for power...

Page 704: ...ate Chn MARKer Mk FORMat or CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk REFerence FORMat i e as displayed in the marker info field 1 return value per row in the response column Indetermined result values are returned as...

Page 705: ...nd formatted trace data can be used at the same time Suffix Chn Channel number used to identify the active trace Parameters Expression Operands operators and functions see table below Example RST CALC...

Page 706: ...mmand applies to raw unformatted trace data complex data the second to formatted trace data Both methods can be combined To apply the trace math the corresponding mathematical mode must be switched on...

Page 707: ...tup in chronological order and Data_Trace is the name of the associated copied data trace The exact function of the command depends on the number of memory traces associ ated to the active data trace...

Page 708: ...rent state of the default trace Trc1 to a memory trace named Mem2 Trc1 The memory trace is not dis played CALC MATH SDEF Trc1 Mem2 Trc1 Define a mathematical trace dividing the complex data trace by t...

Page 709: ...er DELete ALL 713 CALCulate Ch PARameter DELete CALL 713 CALCulate Ch PARameter DELete CMEMory 713 CALCulate PARameter DELete MEMory 713 CALCulate Ch PARameter DELete SGRoup 713 CALCulate Ch PARameter...

Page 710: ...rt2 Creates the traces for all S parameters associated with a group of logical ports S parameter group The traces can be queried using CALCulate Ch DATA SGRoup Traces must be selected to become active...

Page 711: ...ortant for referencing the generated traces see program example below LogicalPort2 Example CALC2 PAR DEF SGR 1 2 Create channel 2 and four traces to measure the two port S parameters S11 S12 S21 S22 T...

Page 712: ...g parameters TraceName Trace name e g Trc4 See Rules for trace names in Chap ter 10 6 1 2 Trace Manager dialog on page 349 Example CALCulate4 PARameter SDEFine Ch4Tr1 S11 Create channel 4 and a trace...

Page 713: ...ge Event Manual operation See Delete Trace on page 348 CALCulate Ch PARameter DELete CMEMory Deletes all memory traces in channel Ch Suffix Ch Channel number Usage Event CALCulate PARameter DELete MEM...

Page 714: ...le Area on page 349 Trace names must be unique across all channels and diagrams Result Measurement parameter string variable see Table 11 7 A query of a wave quantity xy returns xyD n Detector where n...

Page 715: ...e Ch PARameter MEASure TraceName to query the measurement result of the trace CALCulate Ch PARameter CATalog returns a list of all defined traces Suffix Ch Channel number referencing a previously defi...

Page 716: ...nt to n m Y S11 Y SSS11 Y SCC11 Y SDD11 Z S11 Z SSS11 Z SCC11 Z SDD11 S parameters converted to matched circuit admittances and impedances with port modes and port numbers like for normal mode S param...

Page 717: ...ts an existing trace as the active trace of the channel All trace commands with out explicit reference to the trace name act on the active trace e g CALCulate Chn FORMat CALCulate Ch PARameter SELect...

Page 718: ...GMent Seg RESult 723 CALCulate Chn RIPPle SEGMent Seg STATe 724 CALCulate Chn RIPPle SEGMent Seg STIMulus STARt 724 CALCulate Chn RIPPle SEGMent Seg STIMulus STOP 724 CALCulate Chn RIPPle SOUNd STATe...

Page 719: ...page 443 CALCulate Chn RIPPle DATA RippleLimRange Adds and enables disables an arbitrary number of ripple limit ranges assigning the stimulus values and the ripple limits See Chapter 9 4 1 2 Rules for...

Page 720: ...page 443 CALCulate Chn RIPPle DELete ALL Deletes all ripple limit ranges Suffix Chn Channel number used to identify the active trace Example RST CALC RIPP DATA 1 1500000000 2000000000 3 1 2000000000 3...

Page 721: ...iled Tip Use CALCulate Chn RIPPle SEGMent Seg RESult to query the result for a single ripple limit range Suffix Chn Channel number used to identify the active trace Example RST CALC RIPP DATA 1 150000...

Page 722: ...Lay H Henry for L F Farad for C Example RST CALC RIPP DATA 1 1500000000 2000000000 3 Define and enable a ripple limit range in the stimulus range between 1 5 GHz and 2 GHz assigning a ripple limit of...

Page 723: ...anual operation See Range List on page 443 CALCulate Chn RIPPle SEGMent Seg RESult Returns the result of the ripple limit check in the previously defined limit range no Seg The response consists of tw...

Page 724: ...nnel number used to identify the active trace Seg Number of the ripple limit range Parameters Boolean ON OFF Limit check on or off A result is available even if the limit check is disabled see example...

Page 725: ...d stimulus range Manual operation See Range List on page 443 CALCulate Chn RIPPle SOUNd STATe Boolean Switches the acoustic signal fail beep on or off The fail beep is generated each time the analyzer...

Page 726: ...hn STATistics EPDelay STATe 728 CALCulate Chn STATistics MMPTpeak STATe 728 CALCulate Chn STATistics MSTDdev STATe 728 CALCulate Chn STATistics FORMat 728 CALCulate Chn STATistics NLINear COMP LEVel 7...

Page 727: ...STAT DOM USER STARt 1GHZ STOP 2GHZ SHOW ON Select evaluation range no 1 and define the evaluation range between 1 GHz and 2 GHz Display the range limit lines Manual operation See Evaluation Range on...

Page 728: ...al info field on or off RST OFF Example See CALCulate Chn STATistics STATe Manual operation See Min Max Peak Peak Mean Std Dev RMS on page 376 CALCulate Chn STATistics FORMat Format For complex valued...

Page 729: ...e Parameters PhaseValue Compression value Default unit deg Manual operation See Compr Point Compr Val on page 379 CALCulate Chn STATistics NLINear COMP RDOMain USER RefRange Selects one of the 10 chan...

Page 730: ...stop value of the related range Manual operation See Ref Range on page 380 CALCulate Chn STATistics NLINear COMP REFerence ReferenceValue Defines how the reference value small signal value for the co...

Page 731: ...ntify the active trace Example RST SWE TYPE POW Select a power sweep with default CW frequency and sweep range CALC STAT NLIN COMP LEV 2 Define a compression value of 2 dB CALC STAT NLIN COMP RES Quer...

Page 732: ...380 CALCulate Chn STATistics NLINear COMP RPHase Phase Manually defines the reference phase for compression point calculation on phase for matted traces Only applies if CALCulate Chn STATistics NLINea...

Page 733: ...onse values PTPeak return the peak to peak value MAX MIN ELENgth return the electrical length PDELay return the phase delay GAIN return the gain i e the larger of two marker values SLOPe return the sl...

Page 734: ...ou can display or hide the Min Max Peak Peak Mean Std Dev RMS Phase El Length and Flatness Gain Slope results separately see example below Suffix Chn Channel number used to identify the active trace P...

Page 735: ...ME 741 CALCulate TRANsform VNETworks 748 CALCulate TRANsform other 795 CALCulate TRANsform DTFault The CALCulate TRANsform DTFault commands set up and control a distance to fault measurement with opti...

Page 736: ...Distance on page 369 CALCulate Chn TRANsform DTFault DEFine CblName CblPermittivity CblAtt1 CblFreq1 CblAtt2 CblFreq2 Defines a new user defined cable type for Distance to Fault DtF measurements The c...

Page 737: ...n name Suffix Chn Channel number This suffix is ignored cable types are defined for and deleted from all channels Setting parameters DtfDeleteCable Name of a user defined cable type Example CALCulate...

Page 738: ...set the fault limit Suffix Chn Channel number used to identify the active trace FaultNo 1 CALCulate Chn TRANsform DTFault PEAK COUNt Example Suppose CALCulate1 TRANsform DTFault PEAK COUNt returns 3 t...

Page 739: ...is command starts the Auto Number of Points calculation see Auto Number of Points on page 370 An execution error is raised if the calculated number of points is higher than the maxi mum number of swee...

Page 740: ...te Chn TRANsform DTFault STOP Stop Defines the window of the Distance to Fault measurement using its start and stop dis tance See also CALCulate Chn TRANsform DTFault CENTer and CALCulate Chn TRANsfor...

Page 741: ...TRANsform TIME LPFRequency 744 CALCulate Chn TRANsform TIME RESolution EFACtor 744 CALCulate Chn TRANsform TIME SPAN 745 CALCulate Chn TRANsform TIME STARt 745 CALCulate Chn TRANsform TIME STATe 745 C...

Page 742: ...120 dB Increment 10 dB RST 32 dB Default unit dB Example RST CALC TRAN TIME WIND DCH Reset the instrument and select a Dolph Chebyshev window for filtering the data in the frequency domain CALC TRAN T...

Page 743: ...te a harmonic grid maintaining the stop frequency and the number of points CALC TRAN TIME LPAS DCSP 0 2 Set the DC value CALC TRAN TIME LPAS DCSP EXTR CALC TRAN TIME LPAS DCSP Extrapolate the measured...

Page 744: ...lculates the harmonic grid for low pass time domain transforms keeping the stop frequency and the number of points Tip Use CALCulate Chn TRANsform TIME LPASs if you wish to use one of the other algori...

Page 745: ...ime Defines the start time of the diagram in time domain Suffix Chn Channel number used to identify the active trace Parameters StartTime Start time of the diagram Range 100 s to 99 999999999998 s Inc...

Page 746: ...annel number used to identify the active trace Parameters Type IMPulse STEP IMPulse impulse response in bandpass or lowpass mode STEP step response only in lowpass mode a bandpass mode setting CALCula...

Page 747: ...STAT ON Reset the instrument activating a frequency sweep and enable the time domain transformation for the default trace CALC TRAN TIME LPAS TIME STIM STEP Select a low pass step transformation CALC...

Page 748: ...IME XAX DIST Convert the x axis scaling to distance units Manual operation See Time Distance on page 315 CALCulate TRANsform VNETworks The CALCulate TRANsform VNETworks commands define and activate th...

Page 749: ...ual 1178 5966 02 19 Parameter Circuit model Pictogram CSC Serial C shunt C LSL Serial L shunt L SLC Shunt L serial C SCL Shunt C serial L SCC Shunt C serial C SLL Shunt L serial L SHLC Shunt L shunt C...

Page 750: ...unt C SGL Shunt C serial L SLG Shunt L serial C SGG Shunt C serial C Table 11 10 Circuit models for balanced port and port pair de embedding Parameter Circuit model Pictogram FIMPort File import gener...

Page 751: ...eter Circuit model Pictogram SLST Shunt L serial Touchstone s2p data SCST Shunt C serial Touchstone s2p data CSSL Serial Cs shunt L LSSC Serial Ls shunt C CSSC Serial Cs shunt C LSSL Serial Ls shunt L...

Page 752: ...eter Circuit model Pictogram SCCS Shunt C serial Cs SLLS Shunt L serial Ls STSG Serial Touchstone s2p data shunt C SGST Shunt C serial Touchstone s2p data GSSL Serial Cs shunt L LSSG Serial Ls shunt C...

Page 753: ...rt set de embedding Parameter Circuit model Pictogram FIMPort File import no circuit model STSL SGGS The models for port pairs i e port sets with two ports are the same as the ones for balanced ports...

Page 754: ...CALCulate Ch TRANsform VNETworks BALanced DEEMbedding LogPt PARameters G Cmp 758 CALCulate Ch TRANsform VNETworks BALanced DEEMbedding LogPt PARameters L Cmp 759 CALCulate Ch TRANsform VNETworks BALan...

Page 755: ...DEEMbedding TNDefinition 772 CALCulate Ch TRANsform VNETworks GLOop EMBedding PARameters C 773 CALCulate Ch TRANsform VNETworks GLOop EMBedding PARameters G 773 CALCulate Ch TRANsform VNETworks GLOop...

Page 756: ...p 790 CALCulate Ch TRANsform VNETworks SENDed EMBedding PhyPt PARameters DATA 791 CALCulate Ch TRANsform VNETworks SENDed EMBedding PhyPt PARameters G Cmp 792 CALCulate Ch TRANsform VNETworks SENDed E...

Page 757: ...s BALanced DEEMbedding LogPt PARameters DATA Port Interchange arg1 Defines a deembedding network for a balanced port based on the given S Parameter traces Circuit models STSL STSC SLST SCST require S...

Page 758: ...LogPt PARameters G Cmp CircuitModel Conductance CALCulate Ch TRANsform VNETworks BALanced DEEMbedding LogPt PARameters G Cmp CircuitModel Specifies the conductance value G Cmp in the different circuit...

Page 759: ...H RST 1 nH 1E 9 H Default unit H Parameters for setting and query CircuitModel STSL SLST CSSL LSSC LSSL SLCS SCLS SLLS GSSL LSSG SLGS SGLS Possible circuit models character data see Table 11 10 Examp...

Page 760: ...query the default resistances for the Serial Cs shunt L circuit model The response is 10000000000 10000000000 0 CALC TRAN VNET BAL DEEM PAR R3 CSSL 2 2E 3 Increase the resistance R3 to 2 2 k Manual op...

Page 761: ...ation See Network on page 555 CALCulate Ch TRANsform VNETworks BALanced EMBedding LogPt PARameters C Cmp CiruitModel Capacitance CALCulate Ch TRANsform VNETworks BALanced EMBedding LogPt PARameters C...

Page 762: ...of two 2 port networks to be assigned to the different ports the FIMPort model requires S Parameter traces of a single 4 port network but no additional port assignment Use CALCulate Ch TRANsform VNETw...

Page 763: ...command returns the capacitance value for the specified circuit model Suffix Ch Channel number LogPt Logical port number balanced port Cmp Number of conductance in circuit model The total number of c...

Page 764: ...CALC TRAN VNET BAL EMB PAR L1 CSSL Create a balanced port and query the default inductance L1 for the Serial Cs shunt L circuit model The response is 1E 009 1 nH CALC TRAN VNET BAL EMB PAR L1 CSSL 2...

Page 765: ...s 10000000000 10000000000 0 CALC TRAN VNET BAL EMB PAR R3 CSSL 2 2E 3 Increase the resistance R3 to 2 2 k Manual operation See Network on page 555 CALCulate Ch TRANsform VNETworks BALanced EMBedding L...

Page 766: ...VNETworks DIFFerential EMBedding LogPt PARameters C Cmp CircuitModel Capacitance Specifies the capacitance value C in the Shunt L Shunt C lumped element model for differential match embedding In the...

Page 767: ...ramTrcs block_data Content of a two port Touchstone file s2p in IEEE488 2 Block data format Usage Setting only CALCulate Ch TRANsform VNETworks DIFFerential EMBedding LogPt PARameters G Cmp CircuitMod...

Page 768: ...ed Inductance Range 1 H to 1 H Increment 1 pH 1E 12 H RST 1 nH 1E 9 H Default unit H Manual operation See Network on page 560 CALCulate Ch TRANsform VNETworks DIFFerential EMBedding LogPt PARameters R...

Page 769: ...uitModel Selects the circuit model for differential match embedding Suffix Ch Channel number LogPt Logical port number balanced port Parameters CircuitModel FIMPort SHLC Possible circuit models charac...

Page 770: ...DEEM PAR C SC Query the default capacitance for ground loop deembedding The response is 1E 012 1 pF CALC TRAN VNET GLO DEEM PAR C SC 2 2E 12 Increase the capacitance to 2 2 pF Manual operation See Net...

Page 771: ...RST CALC TRAN VNET GLO DEEM PAR L SL Query the default inductance for ground loop deembedding The response is 1E 009 1 nH CALC TRAN VNET GLO DEEM PAR L SL 2 2E 9 Increase the inductance to 2 2 nH Man...

Page 772: ...e deembedding is enabled Suffix Ch Channel number Parameters Boolean ON Deembedding active OFF Deembedding inactive RST OFF Example CALC TRAN VNET GLO DEEM TND SL Select the Shunt L circuit model for...

Page 773: ...EMB PAR C SC Query the default capacitance for ground loop embedding The response is 1E 012 1 pF CALC TRAN VNET GLO EMB PAR C SC 2 2E 12 Increase the capacitance to 2 2 pF Manual operation See Networ...

Page 774: ...e RST CALC TRAN VNET GLO EMB PAR L SL Query the default inductance for ground loop embedding The response is 1E 009 1 nH CALC TRAN VNET GLO EMB PAR L SL 2 2E 9 Increase the inductance to 2 2 nH Manual...

Page 775: ...e embedding is enabled Suffix Ch Channel number Parameters Boolean ON Embedding active OFF Embedding inactive RST OFF Example CALC TRAN VNET GLO EMB TND SL Select the Shunt L circuit model for embeddi...

Page 776: ...rameters PP_First PP_Second PP_First Sequence of port pairs each one consisting of two different ports Example See CALCulate Ch TRANsform VNETworks PPAir DEEMbedding ListId STATe Usage Setting only Ma...

Page 777: ...Example See CALCulate Ch TRANsform VNETworks PPAir DEEMbedding ListId STATe Manual operation See Network on page 553 CALCulate Ch TRANsform VNETworks PPAir DEEMbedding ListId PARameters G 1 2 3 Circui...

Page 778: ...ent lumped circuit models for port pair deembedding In the query form the Inductance parameter must be omitted The command returns the inductance value for the specified circuit model Suffix Ch Channe...

Page 779: ...SC SLST SCST CSSL LSSC CSSC LSSL SLCS SCLS SCCS SLLS GSSL LSSG SLGS SGLS Circuit model whose resistance R i shall be set see Table 11 10 Resistance Resistance R i for the specified circuit model Range...

Page 780: ...t pair deembedding Suffix Ch Channel number ListId Index of the affected port pair see CALCulate Ch TRANsform VNETworks PPAir DEEMbedding ListId DEFine Parameters arg0 FIMPort STSL STSC SLST SCST CSSL...

Page 781: ...port pairs previously defined for embedding Suffix Ch Channel number ListId This suffix is ignored Example See CALCulate Ch TRANsform VNETworks PPAir EMBedding ListId STATe Usage Event Manual operatio...

Page 782: ...MBedding ListId PARameters L 1 2 3 arg0 Specifies the inductance value L i in the different lumped circuit models for port pair embedding In the query form the Inductance parameter must be omitted The...

Page 783: ...istance R i in the related lumped circuit model If unspecified the numeric suffix is set to 1 Parameters Resistance Resistance R i for the specified circuit model Range 10 M to 10 M Increment 1 m RST...

Page 784: ...t model Range 1kS to 1 kS Increment 1 pS 1E 12 S RST 0 S Default unit Siemens SI unit symbol S Parameters for setting and query arg0 STSG SGST GSSL LSSG GSSG SLGS SGLS SGGS Circuit model whose conduct...

Page 785: ...ks PPAir EMBedding ListId DEFine Parameters CircuitModel FIMPort STSL STSC SLST SCST CSSL LSSC CSSC LSSL SLCS SCLS SCCS SLLS STSG SGST GSSL LSSG GSSG SLGS SGLS SGGS Circuit model to be used for the ad...

Page 786: ...he Capacitance parameter must be omitted The command returns the capacitance value for the specified circuit model Suffix Ch Channel number PhyPt Physical port number Cmp Number of capacitance in circ...

Page 787: ...or omitted Standard port sequence network port 1 towards VNA network port 2 towards DUT IPORts SGATes Inverted port sequence network port 2 towards VNA network port 1 towards DUT arg1 block_data Cont...

Page 788: ...ding PhyPt PARameters L Cmp CircuitModel Inductance CALCulate Ch TRANsform VNETworks SENDed DEEMbedding PhyPt PARameters L Cmp CircuitModel Specifies the inductance value L Cmp in the different circui...

Page 789: ...ce value for the specified circuit model Suffix Ch Channel number PhyPt Physical port number Cmp Number of resistance in circuit model The total number of resis tances depends on the selected circuit...

Page 790: ...del to 2 2 k and enable deembedding Manual operation See Active on page 536 CALCulate Ch TRANsform VNETworks SENDed DEEMbedding PhyPt TNDefinition CircuitModel Selects the circuit model for single end...

Page 791: ...11 9 Example RST CALC TRAN VNET SEND EMB PAR C2 CSC Query the default capacitance C2 for the Serial C shunt C cir cuit model The response is 1E 012 1 pF CALC TRAN VNET SEND EMB PAR C2 CSC 2 2E 12 Inc...

Page 792: ...ance parameter must be omitted The command returns the conductance value for the specified circuit model Suffix Ch Channel number PhyPt Physical port number Cmp Number of the conductance component in...

Page 793: ...pH 1E 12 H RST 1 nH 1E 9 H Default unit H Parameters for setting and query CircuitModel CSL LSC LSL SLC SCL SLL SHLC GSL LSG SLG SGL Possible circuit models character data see Table 11 9 Example RST...

Page 794: ...stances for the Serial C shunt L circuit model The response is 10000000 0 CALC TRAN VNET SEND EMB PAR R2 CSL 2 2E 3 Increase the resistance R2 to 2 2 k Manual operation See Network on page 551 CALCula...

Page 795: ...r data see Table 11 9 RST CSL Example See CALCulate Ch TRANsform VNETworks SENDed EMBedding PhyPt STATe Manual operation See Network on page 551 CALCulate TRANsform other CALCulate Chn TRANsform COMPl...

Page 796: ...SENSe Ch PORT PhyPt ZREFerence Manual operation See Renormalization According to Theory of on page 402 CALCulate other CALCulate CLIMits FAIL 796 CALCulate Chn DLINe 797 CALCulate Chn DLINe STATe 797...

Page 797: ...line Suffix Chn Channel number used to identify the active trace Parameters Position See list of parameters below Default unit NN Example RST CALC DLIN 10 Define the position of the horizontal line i...

Page 798: ...tive trace in channel 4 CALC4 FORM MLIN DISP WIND TRAC2 FEED CH4TR1 Calculate the magnitude of S11 and display it in a linearly scaled Cartesian diagram assigning the trace number 2 Manual operation S...

Page 799: ...Unit Selects the physical unit of the displayed trace Suffix Chn Channel number used to identify the active trace Parameters Unit POWer VOLTage Power or voltage units RST POWer Example CALC4 PAR SDEF...

Page 800: ...e averaging mode MAGPhase Averaging of magnitude and phase default of the complex trace value REIMag Averaging of real and imaginary part of the complex trace value Manual operation See Mode on page 3...

Page 801: ...othing aperture A smoothing aperture of n means that the smoothing interval for each sweep point i with stimulus value xi is equal to xi span n 200 xi span n 200 and that the result of i is replaced b...

Page 802: ...h TRACe REName 806 CONFigure TRACe CATalog 807 CONFigure TRACe Trc CHANnel NAME 807 CONFigure TRACe Trc CHANnel NAME ID 808 CONFigure TRACe Trc NAME 808 CONFigure TRACe Trc NAME ID 808 CONFigure TRACe...

Page 803: ...ASure OPTimized Order Ch1 Ch2 This setting tells the firmware to optimize the channel switching times for a particular channel sweep order Note that the optimization can only be applied if all channel...

Page 804: ...g times for channel order 2 3 1 4 and restart the sweeps in the same order Usage Setting only CONFigure CHANnel Ch MEASure STATe Boolean Enables or disables the sweep in channel no Ch This command can...

Page 805: ...CHANnel Ch NAME ID ChannelName Queries the channel number numeric suffix of a channel with known channel name A channel name must be assigned before CONFigure CHANnel Ch NAME ChannelName CONFigure CHA...

Page 806: ...o 1 created on RST OFF for all other channels Example See CONFigure CHANnel CATalog Manual operation See New Channel on page 526 CONFigure CHANnel Ch TRACe CATalog Returns the numbers and names of all...

Page 807: ...s an empty string Tip Use CONFigure CHANnel Ch TRACe CATalog to query the traces in a par ticular channel see example Example RST CALC2 PAR SDEF Ch2Trc2 S11 Create channel 2 and a new trace named Ch2T...

Page 808: ...ce name e g Ch2Trc2 Example See CONFigure TRACe CATalog Usage Query only Manual operation See New Channel on page 526 CONFigure TRACe Trc NAME TraceName Assigns a name to an existing trace number Trc...

Page 809: ...a Example See CONFigure CHANnel Ch TRACe REName Usage Setting only Manual operation See Table Area on page 349 CONFigure TRACe WINDow TraceName Returns the trace number within a diagram which is assi...

Page 810: ...rt connector that is provi ded by hardware option R S FPL1 B5 Additional Interfaces This option is not available for the R S ZNLE Usage of the Aux Port as VNA User Port instead of SA Auxiliary Port mu...

Page 811: ...255 different chan nels at the Aux Port connector see example below You can also use the Aux Port output signals as channel dependent trigger signals for external devices Use OUTPut Ch UPORt VALue to...

Page 812: ...eters Boolean ON OFF switch the power on or off RST ON Example DIAG SERV RFP OFF Turn off the RF source power 11 5 2 5 DISPlay commands The DISPlay commands control the selection and presentation of g...

Page 813: ...ay LAYout GRID 817 DISPlay LAYout JOIN 818 DISPlay LAYout OVERlay 818 DISPlay LAYout SPLit 818 DISPlay RFSize 818 DISPlay WINDow Wnd CATalog 819 DISPlay WINDow Wnd MAXimize 819 DISPlay WINDow Wnd NAME...

Page 814: ...e channel list but hide the swept frequency range Manual operation See Trace Info on page 429 DISPlay ANNotation FREQuency STATe Boolean Unmasks or masks all stimulus values in the VNA GUI for the act...

Page 815: ...w the Info Window Manual operation See Info Window on page 429 DISPlay LAYout LayoutMode Arranges the diagrams in the screen leaving the diagram contents unchanged Parameters LayoutMode LINeup STACk H...

Page 816: ...1 wi2 wiM i 1 00 for all rows i 1 to N The LayoutData string for horizontal layouts reads h1 w11 w12 w1M 1 h2 w12 w22 w2M 2 hN wN1 wN2 wNM N A semicolon separates different rows a comma separates diff...

Page 817: ...illed with M i diagrams with independent widths wij j 1 2 M i the data string is composed as follows StartFormat N 1 0 00 0 00 RepeatFormati 1 M i 1 00 hi wi1 1 00 wi2 1 00 wiM i 1 00 For a vertical l...

Page 818: ...the main layout SubLayoutId Integer value 1 2 Current number of sub layout as defined by DISPlay LAYout DEFine RST n a Example See Creating diagrams Usage Setting only Manual operation See Additional...

Page 819: ...diagrams Example RST DISP WIND2 STAT ON Create diagram no 2 DISP WIND2 NAME S11 Test Diagram Assign a name to the new diagram DISP CAT Query all diagrams and their names As a default diagram no 1 is c...

Page 820: ...operation See Maximize Diagram on page 423 DISPlay WINDow Wnd NAME Name Defines a name for diagram area Wnd The name appears in the list of diagram areas to be queried by DISPlay WINDow Wnd CATalog Su...

Page 821: ...ace Diagram on page 423 DISPlay WINDow Wnd TITLe DATA Title Defines a title for diagram area Wnd Suffix Wnd Number of the diagram area Parameters Title String variable for the title The length of the...

Page 822: ...etween a trace and a diagram area as defined by means of DISPlay WINDow Wnd TRACe WndTr FEED TraceName and expressed by the WndTr suffix The trace itself is not deleted this must be done via CALCulate...

Page 823: ...LC4 PAR SDEF Ch4Tr1 S11 Create channel 4 and a trace named Ch4Tr1 to measure the input reflection coefficient S11 DISP WIND2 STAT ON Create diagram area no 2 DISP WIND2 TRAC EFE CH4TR1 Display the gen...

Page 824: ...ers TraceName Trace name string parameter e g Trc4 Boolean ON OFF display or hide the label of the related trace Example RST DISP TRAC LAB SHOW Trc1 Reset the analyzer creating the default trace Trc1...

Page 825: ...both traces in both diagrams DISP TRAC SHOW DALL Query whether all data traces are displayed The response 0 means that at least one trace is hidden Manual operation See Table Area on page 349 DISPlay...

Page 826: ...038 deg to 3 4 1038 deg RST 0 deg Default unit deg RealPart Real and imaginary part of added complex constant optional for setting command but returned by query Range 3 4 1038 to 3 4 1038 RST 0 Imagin...

Page 827: ...PDIV RLEV Autoscale the default trace and query the scaling parameters again In general both values have changed Usage Setting only Manual operation See Auto Scale Trace on page 317 DISPlay WINDow Wnd...

Page 828: ...ticalDiv TraceName Sets the value between two grid lines value per division for the diagram area Wnd When a new PDIVision value is entered the current RLEVel is kept the same while the top and bottom...

Page 829: ...ffect the value of PDIVision The trace can be refer enced either by its number WndTr or by its name TraceName Suffix Wnd Number of an existing diagram area defined by means of DISPlay WINDow Wnd STATe...

Page 830: ...s The reference position is the point on the y axis which should equal the RLEVel Suffix Wnd Number of an existing diagram area defined by means of DISPlay WINDow Wnd STATe ON This suffix is ignored i...

Page 831: ...contrast to manual control all or part of the zoom window may be outside the original diagram Suffix Wnd Number of an existing diagram defined by means of DISPlay WINDow Wnd STATe ON This suffix is i...

Page 832: ...r right border of the zoom window Range See description above RST Start or stop of the analyzer s sweep range Default unit NN TraceName Optional string parameter for the trace name e g Trc4 If this op...

Page 833: ...d to the analyzer FORMat DATA 833 FORMat DATA TransferFormat Length Selects the format for numeric data transferred to and from the analyzer Note The format setting is only valid for commands and quer...

Page 834: ...te 835 HCOPy ITEM ALL 835 HCOPy ITEM LOGO STATe 836 HCOPy ITEM MLISt STATe 836 HCOPy ITEM TIME STATe 836 HCOPy PAGE MARGin BOTTom 837 HCOPy PAGE MARGin LEFT 837 HCOPy PAGE MARGin RIGHt 837 HCOPy PAGE...

Page 835: ...format PDF portable document format Adobe Systems SVG scalable vector graphics format XML based RST n a RST does not affect the printer configuration Example HCOP DEV LANG BMP Select Windows bitmap fo...

Page 836: ...ut and start printing HCOPy ITEM MLISt STATe Boolean Qualifies whether or not the printed output contains the information in the marker info field marker list Parameters Boolean ON OFF marker list is...

Page 837: ...does not affect the printer configuration Example HCOP PAGE MARG LEFT 10 RIGHT 10 Set an left and a right margin of 1 cm HCOPy PAGE MARGin RIGHt RightMargin Defines the distance between the right edge...

Page 838: ...PrintDiagram ALL SINGle ACTive HARDcopy NONE ALL all diagrams are printed on one page SINGle one diagram per page ACTive print only active diagram HARDcopy print a screenshot of the diagram area prese...

Page 839: ...sweep in channel no 1 Channel no 2 is still measured continuously INIT CONT ALL OFF Activate single sweep mode for all channels The measurement in channel no 2 is also stopped after the current sweep...

Page 840: ...and is not supported in the ZVR or ZVABT compatibility modes Note In contrast to all other commands of the VNA mode the INITiate Ch IMMediate commands have been implemented for overlap ped execution E...

Page 841: ...5 2 9 INSTrument commands The INSTrument commands select or query particular resources SCPI logical instruments of the analyzer INSTrument NSELect 841 INSTrument PORT COUNt 841 INSTrument TPORt COUNt...

Page 842: ...ion Info n Example HCOPy DEST MMEM Prepare a hardcopy to a file MMEM NAME C temp hc_test pdf Specify the target file path HCOPy DEVice LANGuage PDF Select file type PDF HCOP CONT WIND Print multiple w...

Page 843: ...61 MMEMory LOAD VNETworks Ch SENDed EMBedding PhyPt 861 MMEMory STORe CABLe 862 MMEMory STORe CKIT 863 MMEMory STORe CKIT WLABel 863 MMEMory STORe CORRection 864 MMEMory STORe CORRection TCOefficient...

Page 844: ...ed cal kit file If an empty string is specified the factory cal kit file stored in the active calibration unit SYSTem COMMunicate RDEVice AKAL ADDRess is used By default this file is also used in manu...

Page 845: ...rameters CalGroupName String parameter to specify the name of the cal group file to be deleted Cal group files must have the extension cal The directory path must not be specified the analyzer always...

Page 846: ...C Users Public Documents Rohde Schwarz ZNL Calibration Kits New_kit calkit Load the previously created cal kit file New_kit calkit from the default cal kit directory MMEM STOR CKIT New_kit C Users Pub...

Page 847: ...tory RST FirstPort First port number sufficient for one port standards If the port numbers are omitted the cal kit data is valid for all ports SecondPort Second port number for two port standards If t...

Page 848: ...h Standard types for a description refer to table Standard types and their parameters StandardLabel String parameter addressing a particular calibration standard by its label An empty string means tha...

Page 849: ...OAD CKIT UDIR C Users Public Documents Rohde Schwarz ZNL Calibration Kits Autoload Specifiy the directory for additionally available cal kits MMEM MDIR C Users Public Documents Rohde Schwarz ZNL Calib...

Page 850: ...el CalGroupFile CalGroupFile Merges activates several cal group files for channel no Channel so that the query SENSe Ch CORRection COLLect METHod DEFine returns a list of all merged calibration types...

Page 851: ...R0103 FRTR0104 MMEM STOR CORR 1 Merged cal Store both sets of calibration data to a common cal group file Usage Setting only Manual operation See Add Add All Replace Apply Apply to All on page 523 MME...

Page 852: ...t PM The two port between VNA and PM during power calibration BOTH Both positions parameter omitted If the parameter is omitted the command refers to the two port selected using SOURce Ch POWer PhyPt...

Page 853: ...esponseOffset LimLineType are only relevant for Touchstone files For limit files no optional parameters can be set Setting parameters TraceName Name of an existing trace in the active channel setup st...

Page 854: ...line file MMEM LOAD LIM TRC2 C Users Public Documents Rohde Schwarz ZNL LIMitLines Lim_Trc1 limit Load the previously created limit line file and assign the limit lines to Trc2 MMEM STOR TRAC TRC1 C...

Page 855: ...arz ZNL LIMitLines Lim_Trc1 limit Store the ripple limit definition of Trc1 to a ripple limit file MMEM LOAD RIPP TRC2 C Users Public Documents Rohde Schwarz ZNL LIMitLines Lim_Trc1 limit Load the pre...

Page 856: ...om mand Setting parameters Destination TraceName Name of an existing data trace in the active channel setup string parameter The trace data is loaded into a memory trace associated with the specified...

Page 857: ...trace assigned to Trc1 with the S11 trace Usage Setting only Manual operation See Import Data to New Mem on page 388 MMEMory LOAD TRACe AUTO TraceFile Loads the specified trace file and automatically...

Page 858: ...ory Port PMAin PSECondary Assigns a 2 port s2p file to the appropriate port PMAin cor responds to D1 PSECondary to D2 in the circuit model picto grams For an s4p file this parameter is ignored However...

Page 859: ...s the name of the loaded file Suffix Ch Channel number LogPt Logical port number of a balanced port Parameters TouchstoneFile String parameter to specify the name and directory of the loaded s2p file...

Page 860: ...data that partly specify the deembedding network of port group ListId from local Touchstone files Use CALCulate Ch TRANsform VNETworks PPAir DEEMbedding ListId TNDefinition or CALCulate Ch TRANsform...

Page 861: ...gh port numbers towards DUT SGATes Swapped gates even port numbers towards VNA odd port numbers towards DUT SINCreasing Swapped increasing port sequence high port numbers towards VNA low port numbers...

Page 862: ...ted port sequence network port 2 towards VNA network port 1 towards DUT Example CALC TRAN VNET SEND EMB TND FIMP Select the Serial s2p data circuit model MMEM LOAD VNET SEND EMB2 C Users Public Docume...

Page 863: ...tory MMEM STOR CKIT New Kit 1 C Users Public Documents Rohde Schwarz ZNL Calibration Kits New Kit 1 calkit Store the data for the user defined cal kit New Kit 1 and over write the cal kit file New Kit...

Page 864: ...C Users Public Documents Rohde Schwarz ZNL Calibration Data and a cal extension Example See MMEMory LOAD CORRection Usage Setting only Manual operation See Add Add All Replace Apply Apply to All on p...

Page 865: ...the active channel setup string parameter for which a limit line definition exists LimLineFile String parameter to specify the name and directory of the cre ated limit line file The default extension...

Page 866: ...tions are created using the CALCulate Chn RIPPle commands Setting parameters TraceName Name of an existing trace in the active setup string parameter for which a ripple limit definition exists RippleL...

Page 867: ...ces are available trc_name can be the name of any of the traces To create Touchstone files while less than n 2 single ended traces are available use MMEMory STORe TRACe PORTs Setting parameters TraceN...

Page 868: ...ll data traces in the specified channel to a trace file Traces are created using the CALCulate Ch PARameter SDEFine command Tip s n p Touchstone files n 1 2 3 are intended for a complete set of n port...

Page 869: ...parator comma TABulator field separator tabulator SPACe field separator space If the third optional parameter is omitted semicolons are used Example RST CONF TRAC NAME Reset the instrument creating a...

Page 870: ...PACe PLUS VOID Manual operation See Positive Number Prefix on page 144 MMEMory STORe TRACe OPTion SSEParator Boolean This command defines whitespace insertion during Touchstone file export If set to O...

Page 871: ...ne file export on page 243 Traces are created using the CALCulate Ch PARameter SDEFine command Setting parameters Channel Channel number in the active channel setup TouchstoneFile String parameter to...

Page 872: ...eference impedances and store them to a two port Touchstone file Usage Setting only Manual operation See Save on page 392 11 5 2 12 OUTPut commands The OUTPut commands control the characteristics of t...

Page 873: ...s or queries a sweep segment dependent four bit binary value to control four inde pendent output signals at the USER PORT connector lines 16 17 18 19 The output signals are 3 3 V TTL signals which can...

Page 874: ...ement in up to 16 different segments per channel at the USER PORT connector see example below You can also use the USER PORT output signals as segment dependent trigger signals for external devices Us...

Page 875: ...lines 16 17 18 19 The output signals are 3 3 V TTL signals which can be used to differentiate between up to 255 independent analyzer states OUTPut Ch UPORt VALue itself does not change the analyzer s...

Page 876: ...0 output signal at pin 9 B00000011 output signal at pins 8 and 9 B11111111 output signal at pins 8 9 10 11 16 17 18 19 Range B00000000 to B11111111 for setting command 0 to 255 query RST B00000000 0 E...

Page 877: ...ies to the Windows NT command prompt cmd exe To access the command prompt proceed as follows Create a batch file e g Start_cmd bat containing the command line start cmd exe and store the file to C Win...

Page 878: ...ge Write the string this is a message into the file c preferences myapp ini The contents of the file look like MESSAGE Send this is a message Receive Suppose the external program writes the string thi...

Page 879: ...d NAME Program Selects the application to be run on the analyzer At present only the general parame ter PROG is available This means that PROGram SELected EXECute can start any program Tip Use this co...

Page 880: ...rameters The sweep average is a noise reduction technique which consists of calculating each measure ment point as an average of the same measurement point over several consecutive sweeps In contrast...

Page 881: ...on page 324 SENSe Ch AVERage COUNt AverageFactor Defines the number of consecutive sweeps to be combined for the sweep average Factor Suffix Ch Channel number Parameters AverageFactor Sweep average fa...

Page 882: ...ent SENSe Ch BANDwidth RESolution 882 SENSe Ch BWIDth RESolution 882 SENSe Ch BANDwidth RESolution SELect 883 SENSe Ch BWIDth RESolution SELect 883 SENSe Ch BANDwidth RESolution ResBandw SENSe Ch BWID...

Page 883: ...er with highest selectivity but longest settling time RST NORMal Example See SENSe Ch SEGMent Seg BWIDth RESolution SELect CONTrol Manual operation See Selectivity on page 323 SENSe CORRection CKIT Th...

Page 884: ...e connectors For a complete list of standards refer to Table 11 16 Parameters StandardLabel Additional string label for the standard typically the standard s serial number CalStandardProps Parameters...

Page 885: ...rk Through Line Attenuation Con nType mandatory CalKit Name mandatory and must not be an empty string Standar dLabel mandatory but can be an empty string MinFreq MaxFreq mandatory Delay Param Loss Z0...

Page 886: ...f the standard Must be specified without unit implicit unit is dB Z0 Reference impedance no unit Must be specified without unit implicit unit is C0 C3 Polynomial coefficients for the fringing capacita...

Page 887: ...MMSNetwork MFSNetwork FFSNetwork Symmetric network m m or m f or f f SENSe CORRection CKIT CATalog ConnectorType Returns a list of all cal kits for a given connector type or for all connector types Q...

Page 888: ...e use the ZVR compatible modelling Parameters ConnectorType Name of the connector type Use SENSe Ch CORRection CONNection CATalog to query connector names CalKitName String parameter containing the na...

Page 889: ...ConnType SELect Parameters ConnectorType Connector type e g a user defined connector type string vari able CalKitName String parameter containing the name of a calibration kit availa ble on the analyz...

Page 890: ...gnment between connector types and calibration kits Example MMEM LOAD CKIT C Users Public Documents Rohde Schwarz ZNL Calibration Kits New Kit 1 calkit Load the previously created cal kit file New Kit...

Page 891: ...Ch MSMatch FSMatch Standard type see Table 11 16 DelayMode DELay ELENgth ELENgth default ZVR compatible modelling DELay Keysight modelling Port1 Port2 Optional port restriction one port number for one...

Page 892: ...possible to modify or store predefined or ideal kits Setting parameters CalKitName String parameter containing an imported or user defined calibra tion kit available on the analyzer KitLabel String pa...

Page 893: ...l kit file New Kit 1 2012 05 25 calkit CORR CKIT LDEL New Kit 1 2012 05 25 Delete the kit from the internal memory MMEMory LOAD CKIT C Users Public Documents Rohde Schwarz ZNL Calibration Kits New Kit...

Page 894: ...connectors PC7 PC35 PC292 PC 7 PC 3 5 or 2 92 mm connectors USER no user defined connectors UserConn1 UserConn2 SMA user defined connector type SMA Parameters CalKitName String parameter containing th...

Page 895: ...ration standard StandardType where a particular cal kit can be addressed by name and label Apart from the additional CalKitLabel parameter the syntax and semantics of this command is identical to Stan...

Page 896: ...ticular 2 port cal kit standard previously loaded from Touchstone file using MMEMory LOAD CKIT SDATa or MMEMory LOAD CKIT SDATa WLABel The cal kit is identified by its name and label Query parameters...

Page 897: ...CORRection COLLect CONNection PORTs 914 SENSe Ch CORRection COLLect DELete 914 SENSe Ch CORRection COLLect DISCard 915 SENSe Ch CORRection COLLect FIXTure ACQuire 915 SENSe Ch CORRection COLLect FIXT...

Page 898: ...ly terminate the related test ports e g with 50 loads TestPort Test port number For a transmission standard or an adapter that is used as a through the input and output port numbers must be specified...

Page 899: ...sign corresponding to a 180 deg phase shift is adopted RST AUTO Example See SENSe Ch CORRection COLLect SAVE SELected DUMMy or Adapter removal on page 1079 Usage Setting only Manual operation See Sta...

Page 900: ...cal kit file with the specified name containing the cal kit data of the active calibration unit selected via SYSTem COMMunicate RDEVice AKAL ADDRess The cal kit file can be saved to a directory on th...

Page 901: ...is specified SENSe CORRection COLLect AUTO SENSe CORRection COLLect AUTO CKIT SENSe CORRection COLLect AUTO PORTs SENSe CORRection COLLect AUTO PORTs TYPE SENSe CORRection COLLect AUTO TYPE Tip You ha...

Page 902: ...y SD the file is saved to the SD card inserted at the calibration unit if available accessible TestPort1 Number of first test port CalUnitPort1 Number of the calibration unit port to whom the first te...

Page 903: ...ORTs abc Now returns something like 2 N 50 Ohm MALE 3 N 50 Ohm MALE 4 N 50 Ohm MALE SENSe CORRection COLLect AUTO CKIT PORTs ADD abc 1 2 Repeat characterization of test port 2 e g because the connec t...

Page 904: ...ored in the internal memory of the active cal ibration unit A VNA cal kit file name without path but prefixed with SD refers to a specific cal kit file stored on the SD card inserted at the active cal...

Page 905: ...d on the SD card inserted at the active calibration unit A VNA cal kit file name calkit with path refers to a spe cific cal kit file stored in an arbitrary directory on the analyzer TestPort1 Test por...

Page 906: ...to detection works you can use the simpler command SENSe Ch CORRection COLLect AUTO TYPE Suffix Ch Channel number of the calibrated channel Setting parameters CalType FNPort TOSM FOPort OPTPort FRTRan...

Page 907: ...automatic cali bration to be repeated without repeating all measurements Reusing existing calibration data is particularly useful for inline calibrations whose OSM measurements can be repeated without...

Page 908: ...f the characterization cal kit file to be used for the automatic calibration string parameter The empty string refers to the factory calibration of and stored on the active calibration unit A VNA cal...

Page 909: ...trast to manual aver aging see SENSe Ch AVERage STATe the number of calibration sweeps is calculated automatically Parameters Average AUTO MANual Manual operation See Auto Averaging on page 140 SENSe...

Page 910: ...OLLect METHod DEFine Parser Test SFK Ch2 FOPort 2 Declare the calibrations to be performed Then connect the Short standard to port 1 SENSe CORRection COLLect ACQuire SELected SHORt 1 Acquire calibrati...

Page 911: ...cal kit file either absolute or relative to the current directory see MMEMory CDIRectory Gender MALE FEMale NGENder Ports Either a comma separated list of port numbers or ALL optional Usage Setting on...

Page 912: ...ge Query only SENSe Ch CORRection COLLect CONNection PhyPt ConnectorType Selects a connector type at a specified port PhyPt and its gender Tip Use SENSe Ch CORRection COLLect SCONnection PhyPt to sele...

Page 913: ...n COLLect CONNection PhyPt RST N50FEMALE for all ports Example RST CORR COLL CONN1 N75MALE CONN4 Change the connector type at port 1 from N50FEMALE to N75MALE The connector type at the other ports is...

Page 914: ...ect independent connector types at the ports CORR COLL CONN1 N50MALE CONN4 N75FEMALE CONN2 Select independent connector types at ports 1 and 4 The con nector type at port 2 is not changed the query re...

Page 915: ...Test TOSM 1 2 SENSe1 CORRection COLLect ACQuire SELected THRough 1 2 SENSe1 CORRection COLLect ACQuire SELected OPEN 1 SENSe1 CORRection COLLect ACQuire SELected SHORt 1 SENSe1 CORRection COLLect ACQu...

Page 916: ...OLL FIXT STAR Prepare a fixture compensation measurement for channel 2 The channel 1 data is not affected SENS2 CORR COLL FIXT ACQ SHOR 1 3 Repeat the previous fixture compensation sweep for channel 2...

Page 917: ...t but not necessarily consecutive port numbers must be specified Example RST SENSe1 CORR COLL FIXT LMP OFF Activate Direct Compensation SENSe1 CORR COLL FIXT EXP Traces p12_short csv SHOR 1 2 Acquire...

Page 918: ...RRection COLLect FIXTure ACQuire Manual operation See Auto Length Auto Length and Loss on page 546 SENSe Ch CORRection COLLect FIXTure SAVE Completes a fixture compensation storing and applying the ac...

Page 919: ...up to 20 positions per port Multiple calls of SENSe Ch CORRection COLLect LOAD SELected CalGroupFile SLIDe TestPort for the same cal group file and test port implicitly increases the position until po...

Page 920: ...l Ch If you want to calibrate multiple channels in parallel use SENSe CORRection COLLect CHANnels ALL ON or SENSe CORRection COLLect CHANnels MCTYpes ON before executing this command For background in...

Page 921: ...t Full One Port Refl OSM FRTRans UTRans n port calibration types Trans Norm Both forward and reverse Trans Norm unidirectional n 1 For calibration type UTRans the VNA performs star shaped Through meas...

Page 922: ...erm REFLTRACK CORR CDAT REFLTRACK 1 0 Query the dummy system error correction term The response is a 1 written as 1 0 for the real and imaginary part for each sweep point no attenuation and no phase s...

Page 923: ...command uses a string variable to identify the connector type Suffix Ch Channel number of the calibrated channel PhyPt Port numbers of the analyzer If the analyzer is set to use the same connectors a...

Page 924: ...OSS PhyPt SECond STATe 935 SENSe Ch CORRection OFFSet PhyPt COMPensation STATe 935 SENSe Ch CORRection OFFSet PhyPt DFComp STATe 935 SENSe Ch CORRection OFFSet PhyPt STATe 936 SENSe Ch CORRection PCAL...

Page 925: ...t be transferred in full length The following strings are allowed DIRECTIVITY Directivity at source port SourcePort SRCMATCH Source match at source port SourcePort REFLTRACK Reflection tracking at sou...

Page 926: ...Suffix Ch Channel number Parameters ConnectorName Name of the user defined connectors string parameter Mode TEM WGUide Transverse electric or waveguide type propagation mode Gender GENDer NGENder GEN...

Page 927: ...es with their labels Possible response N 50 Ohm Ideal Kit 3653 85054D ZV Z121 ZCAN 50 Ohm ZV Z21 typical 85032B E 85032F 85054B New Kit 1 2012 05 25 A sequence of two commas means that the preceding c...

Page 928: ...mp TVNA MVNA MTESt CKIT FSMode The requested setting If no SfkSettingType is specified the values for STARt STOP POINts SPOWer and STYPe are returned ACAL 1 for automatic calibrations 0 for manual cal...

Page 929: ...different connector types merged cals Index Not used Example SENSe CORRection DATA PARameter Unrestricted query Result looks like this 100000 8500000000 201 10 LIN SENSe CORRection DATA PARameter STA...

Page 930: ...RR DATA PAR Query the sweep settings for the calibration sweep The ana lyzer returns the start and stop frequency the number of points source power and the sweep type e g 300000 8000000000 201 0 LIN C...

Page 931: ...set corrected channel PhyPt Port number of the analyzer Parameters Permittivity Permittivity Range 1 to 1E 6 RST 1 00062 Example See SENSe Ch CORRection EDELay PhyPt ELENgth Manual operation See Permi...

Page 932: ...ttivity the latter is set to its default value The response is 0 29990704322 1 00062 CORR EDEL2 Query the value of the delay at port 2 The delay is equal to the electrical length divided by the speed...

Page 933: ...and f2 The reference frequencies can be set using SENSe Ch CORRection LOSS PhyPt FREQuency and SENSe Ch CORRection LOSS PhyPt SECond FREQuency Suffix Ch Channel number PhyPt Physical port number Para...

Page 934: ...rameters RefFreq Reference frequency Range Frequency range of the analyzer model Increment 1 MHz RST 1000000000 Hz 1 GHz Default unit Hz Manual operation See Loss at DC Loss at 1st Freq 1st Freq for L...

Page 935: ...eq for Loss on page 534 SENSe Ch CORRection OFFSet PhyPt COMPensation STATe Boolean Toggles length loss fixture compensation for physical port PhyPt ON OFF Suffix Ch Channel number PhyPt Physical port...

Page 936: ...eters of all ports Parameters Boolean The parameter function depends on whether the command is used as a setting command or as a query For setting command ON no effect OFF resets all length offsets to...

Page 937: ...eceiver power correction Suffix Ch Calibrated channel number PhyPt This suffix is ignored because the port number is specified in the parameter list Setting parameters Wave AWAVe BWAVe B1 B2 B3 B4 AWA...

Page 938: ...in the center of the sweep range and query the measurement value The calibrated power of the refer ence wave a1 is approx equal to the default source power value See also example for SENSe Ch CORRecti...

Page 939: ...data for the reference wave b n CorrData Power correction values either in ASCII or block data format depending on the current FORMat DATA setting Example RST SWE POIN 10 Reset the instrument and redu...

Page 940: ...ed power of the received wave b1 is approx equal to the default source power value See also example for SENSe Ch CORRection POWer PhyPt ACQuire Manual operation See Port Overview on page 522 SENSe Chn...

Page 941: ...tion SSTate Returns the system error correction state label of the active trace in channel Chn The response is a string variable containing the calibration state label in the trace list CAL CAI CAL OF...

Page 942: ...5 9999 GHz R S ZNL ZNLE6 1 MHz to 14 GHz 1 MHz to 14 GHz 1 Hz to 13 999 GHz R S ZNL ZNLE6 with R S ZNLE B100 100 kHz to 14 GHz 100 kHz to 14 GHz 1 Hz to 13 9999 GHz R S ZNL ZNLE6 1 MHz to 18 GHz 1 MH...

Page 943: ...CW frequency for all sweep types operating at fixed frequency Time CW Mode The two command forms SENSe Ch FREQuency CW and SENSe Ch FREQuency FIXed are equivalent The frequency ranges are listed in Ta...

Page 944: ...e analyzer auto selects the LO frequency depending on the receiver RF frequency RST AUTO Example RST SWE TYPE FREQ SBAN Query the RST values for the sweep type and the sideband set ting The response i...

Page 945: ...equency SENSe Ch FREQuency CENTer must not exceed the allowed fre quency range of the analyzer If necessary the center frequency is adjusted to fMIN Span 2 or fMAX Span 2 SENSe Ch FREQuency STARt Freq...

Page 946: ...46 SENSe Ch HARMonic RTIMe THReshold 947 SENSe Ch HARMonic Queries whether the current frequency grid is harmonic Suffix Ch Channel number Return values arg0 Usage Query only Manual operation See Is t...

Page 947: ...Parameters DUTRiseThreshold T1_9 T2_8 Rise time definition T1_9 10 90 T2_8 20 80 RST T2_8 Options R S ZNL ZNLE K2 Manual operation See Rise Time Rise Time Def on page 316 SENSe LPORt The SENSe LPORt...

Page 948: ...the default trace for channel no 1 SOUR LPOR1 1 2 Combine the physical ports no 1 and 2 to define the balanced logical port no 1 LPOR1 ZDIF 27 2 Specify a complex differential mode reference impedance...

Page 949: ...m attenuation to the closest step RST 0 dB Default unit dB Example POW ATT AREC 10 Set an attenuation factor of 10 dB for the waves received at test port 1 and channel no 1 The other test ports and ch...

Page 950: ...new sweep segment using default channel settings Insert New Segment The added segment covers the frequency interval between the maximum frequency of the existing sweep segments and the stop frequency...

Page 951: ...IDth RESolution CONTrol Manual operation See Optional Columns on page 337 SENSe Ch SEGMent Seg BWIDth RESolution CONTrol Boolean Selects common or independent Meas Bandwidth settings for the sweep seg...

Page 952: ...BWIDth RESolution SELect CONTrol ON Note For the R S ZNLE always NORMal selectivity filters are used Trying to set the selectivity will result in an execution error Suffix Ch Channel number Seg Sweep...

Page 953: ...thus NORMal selectivity SEGM BWID SEL HIGH Change the selectivity to HIGH BWID SEL Query the default selectivity for unsegmented sweeps The response is NORM SEGM BWID SEL CONT OFF Couple the selectivi...

Page 954: ...plus 1 If segment number Seg already exists it is replaced by the new segment Parameters StartFreq Start frequency of the segment see SENSe Ch SEGMent Seg FREQuency STARt Default unit Hz StopFreq Stop...

Page 955: ...ect Mode AUTO Ignored FreqSweepMode STEPped Frequency sweep mode must be set to Stepped Example SEGM ADD Create a new sweep segment no 1 in channel no 1 using default settings SEGM DEF Query the chann...

Page 956: ...t Suffix Ch Channel number Seg Sweep segment number This suffix is ignored the command deletes all segments Example SEGM ADD Create a new sweep segment no 1 in channel no 1 using default settings SEGM...

Page 957: ...p segment can be changed via SENSe Ch SEGMent Seg FREQuency STARt and SENSe Ch SEGMent Seg FREQuency STOP SENSe Ch SEGMent Seg FREQuency STARt StartFreq SENSe Ch SEGMent Seg FREQuency STOP StopFreq Th...

Page 958: ...Use SENSe Ch SEGMent Seg DEFine to change or query all settings of an existing segment Suffix Ch Channel number Seg Sweep segment number Segment numbers must be sequential The specified segment numbe...

Page 959: ...e set to the default value 0 MeasBandwidth IF bandwidth in the segment See SENSe Ch SEGMent Seg BWIDth RESolution Default unit Hz LO POSitive NEGative AUTO Position of the local oscillator frequency L...

Page 960: ...etween 1 0 MHz and 1 5 MHz and a meas delay of 10 ms SEGM1 SWE TIME Query the sweep time in the new segment Manual operation See Optional Columns on page 337 SENSe Ch SEGMent Seg POWer LEVel IntSource...

Page 961: ...SEGM ADD Create a new sweep segment no 1 in channel no 1 using default settings and thus 10 dBm internal source power SEGM POW 20 Decrease the power to 20 dBm SEGM POW CONT OFF Couple the powers in a...

Page 962: ...he sweep SENSe Ch SEGMent Seg SWEep TIME Range 0 s to 2500 s RST 0 s Default unit s Example SEGM ADD Create a new sweep segment no 1 in channel no 1 using default settings SEGM SWE DWEL 1 MS Set the m...

Page 963: ...ay in segment no 1 to the initial value of 0 s Manual operation See Optional Columns on page 337 SENSe Ch SEGMent Seg SWEep POINts SegPoint Defines the total number of measurement points in sweep segm...

Page 964: ...imum value to 1000 s RST Minimum value depending on the channel settings This default value corresponds to automatic sweep time setting in manual control Default unit s Example SEGM ADD Create a new s...

Page 965: ...TIME CONT OFF Couple the sweep times in all segments and reset the sweep time in segment no 1 to the initial value Manual operation See Optional Columns on page 337 SENSe Ch SEGMent Seg SWEep TIME SUM...

Page 966: ...n page 344 SENSe SWEep COUNt ALL Sweep Defines the number of sweeps to be measured in single sweep mode INITiate Ch CONTinuous OFF The setting is applied to all channels Use SENSe Ch SWEep COUNt to de...

Page 967: ...nded by the delay times the total number of sweep points one partial measurement per sweep point required Manual operation See Meas Delay on page 327 SENSe Ch SWEep DWELl IPOint InsertionPoints Define...

Page 968: ...e active trace If an S parameter S out in is measured the second port number index in input port of the DUT drive port of the analyzer is set equal to the selected drive port Drive port selection affe...

Page 969: ...ed by the default number of sweep points minus one Default unit Hz Example RST SWE STEP Query the default step size Currently for all analyzers the default sweep span is the full frequency range and t...

Page 970: ...the total sweep time to 2 s SWE DWEL Query the meas delay for each partial measurement again The delay is increased by 1 s divided by the total number of partial measurements per sweep Manual operatio...

Page 971: ...gram the x axis is a logarithmic frequency axis CW Time sweep The measurement is performed at constant fre quency SOURce Ch FREQuency PhyPt FIXed and source power SOURce Ch POWer PhyPt LEVel IMMediate...

Page 972: ...ial measurements and sweeps RST NONE Example COUP NONE Activate the alternated driving mode TRIG LINK PPO Set the triggered measurement sequence equal to one partial measurement Each trigger event sta...

Page 973: ...valid for the channel specified by the numeric suffix Ch SENSe Ch General settings are valid for all channels the channel suffix is ignored Refer to the description of the individual commands for more...

Page 974: ...GROup Grp 974 SOURce Ch GROup Grp CLEar 974 SOURce Ch GROup Grp PORTs 975 SOURce Ch GROup Grp arg0 arg1 In set direction this command defines the set of active logical ports the master group as the c...

Page 975: ...the set of active logical ports the master group as an arbitrary selection of logical ports The ports do not have to be numbered consecutively as for port groups defined via SOURce Ch GROup Grp See S...

Page 976: ...Lect CFACtor Convergence Specifies the convergence factor for a source power calibration Parameters Convergence Convergence factor Range 0 to 2 Increment 0 1 Example See SOURce Ch POWer CORRection ACQ...

Page 977: ...ce POWer CORRection COLLect RRECeiver and or SOURce POWer CORRection COLLect FLATness to ON RRAFter First the reference receiver will be calibrated by a single power meter measurement then the source...

Page 978: ...on of the additional two port in the test setup Note that it is possible to have two ports at both positions see SOURce POWer CORRection TCOefficient STATe This command is kept for compatibility rea s...

Page 979: ...TCO DEL1 Delete the first point in the list SOUR POW CORR TCO DEL ALL SOUR POW CORR TCO Clear the entire list Query whether the transmission coefficients are still used The response is 0 MMEM LOAD COR...

Page 980: ...ical fre quencies are added the analyzer automatically ensures a fre quency spacing of 1 Hz Range Stimulus values outside the frequency range of the analyzer are allowed RST n a Default unit Hz TransC...

Page 981: ...n TCOefficient STATe on page 983 Usage Setting only Manual operation See Frequency Transm Coefficients Insert Delete Delete All on page 515 SOURce POWer CORRection TCOefficient DELete ListNo DUMMy DeE...

Page 982: ...ween VNA and DUT during measurement PM The two port between VNA and PM during power calibration BOTH Both positions parameter omitted If the parameter is omitted the command refers to the two port sel...

Page 983: ...tion BOTH Both positions parameter omitted If the parameter is omitted the command refers to the two port selected using SOURce Ch POWer PhyPt CORRection TCOefficient CALibration Example See SOURce PO...

Page 984: ...EM STOR CORR TCO C Users Public Documents Rohde Schwarz ZNL PowerMeterCorr Test pmcl DUT Store the power loss list to the power meter correction list file Test pmcl in the directory C Users Public Doc...

Page 985: ...power calibration Note The command cannot be used unless a power meter is connected via GPIB bus USB or LAN interface and configured in the External Power Meters dialog Suffix Ch Calibrated channel n...

Page 986: ...is 1 Usage Setting only Manual operation See Port Overview on page 489 SOURce Ch POWer PhyPt CORRection ACQuire VERification RESult Returns and deletes the result of the last verification sweep The r...

Page 987: ...on data sets A power correction data set contains n real values where Each value corresponds to the ratio of the actual power at the reference plane value provided by the used source to the uncalibrat...

Page 988: ...ets settings of the available power calibrations Suffix Ch Number of the calibrated channel Wv Number of the power calibration Use SOURce Ch POWer PhyPt CORRection DATA PARameter Wv COUNt on page 989...

Page 989: ...PARameter Wv to retrieve the related settings Suffix Ch Number of the calibrated channel PhyPt This suffix is ignored Wv This suffix is ignored Usage Query only Manual operation See Port Overview on p...

Page 990: ...available for this command Range 1 to number of configured external power meters RST The power meter selection is not changed by a reset of the analyzer Example See SOURce Ch POWer PhyPt CORRection CO...

Page 991: ...command is disabled unless a source power calibration for the analyzer port has been performed SOURce Ch POWer CORRection ACQuire The query always returns a result Suffix Ch Calibrated channel number...

Page 992: ...t path contains an amplifier with a 30 dB gain RST SOUR POW 0 Reset the instrument and set the internal source power base channel power for the default channel 1 to 0 dBm SOUR POW2 OFFS 5 ONLY Replace...

Page 993: ...Rce Ch POWer PhyPt CORRection LEVel OFFSet Suffix Ch Channel number PhyPt Test port number of the analyzer Parameters Offset Port specific power offset Range 300 dB to 300 dB adjust to the analyzer s...

Page 994: ...OURce POWer REDuce SDELay SettlingDelay Deprecated superseded by SOURce POWer SWEepend SDELay If power reduction at sweep end is enabled SOURce Ch POWer PhyPt REDuce STATe ON this defines the settling...

Page 995: ...nalyzer Parameters Boolean ON OFF turns the internal source power at the specified test port no PhyPt on or off RST ON Example RST SOUR POW 6 Set the internal source power for channel 1 and all test p...

Page 996: ...power minus the minimum power span of 0 01 dB SOURce POWer SWEepend MODE SweepEndModes Selects the power mode at sweep end This is a global setting Parameters SweepEndModes AUTO REDuce KEEP AUTO at sw...

Page 997: ...nment before defining other port properties such as common or differential mode impedances whenever a logical port is created using SOURce Ch LPORt LogPt the parameters of all existing logical ports a...

Page 998: ...registers are not reset by RST use CLS for this purpose STATus PRESet 999 STATus QUEStionable CONDition 999 STATus QUEStionable INTegrity CONDition 999 STATus QUEStionable INTegrity HARDware CONDition...

Page 999: ...CONDition part of the QUEStionable registers Reading the CONDition registers is nondestructive Suffix Lev Selects one of the two QUEStionable LIMit registers see STATus QUEStionable LIMit 1 2 on page...

Page 1000: ...s QUEStionable LIMit 1 2 on page 636 Example STAT QUES LIM1 Query the EVENt part of the QUEStionable LIMit1 register to check whether an event has occurred since the last reading Usage Query only STAT...

Page 1001: ...le LIMit2 PTRansition register STATus QUEue NEXT Queries and at the same time deletes the oldest entry in the error queue Operation is identical to that of SYSTem ERRor NEXT The entry consists of an e...

Page 1002: ...RDEVice PMETer COUNt 1011 SYSTem COMMunicate RDEVice PMETer Pmtr DEFine 1011 SYSTem COMMunicate RDEVice PMETer DELete 1012 SYSTem COMMunicate RDEVice PMETer Pmtr SPCorrection STATe 1012 SYSTem COMMun...

Page 1003: ...GPIB interface messages DCL SDC Parameters Boolean SYSTem COMMunicate GPIB SELF INIT WAIT Boolean Determines queries the execution behavior of INITiate IMMediate commands see Chapter 11 5 2 8 INITiat...

Page 1004: ...is not necessary if only one cal unit is connected Parameters Address Name USB address of a connected calibration unit string vari able The names of all connected cal units can be queried using SYSTem...

Page 1005: ...rt 3 of the ICS Usage Query only SYSTem COMMunicate RDEVice AKAL CKIT Characterization If the calibration unit selected using SYSTem COMMunicate RDEVice AKAL ADDRess is an inline calibration unit ICU...

Page 1006: ...ery all characterizations stored on the connected calibration unit SYSTem COMMunicate RDEVice AKAL SDATa My_calkit OPEN S11 1 Query the characterization data for the characterization named My_calkit a...

Page 1007: ...on calkit file CalKit Name A possible response is Friday May 26 2011 10 13 40 An empty string is returned if no calibration unit is connected If several cal units are USB connected to the analyzer the...

Page 1008: ...tion unit is connected If several cal units are USB connected to the analyzer the command queries the cal unit selected via SYSTem COMMunicate RDEVice AKAL ADDRess Query parameters CalKitName String p...

Page 1009: ...icular charac terization can be queried via SYSTem COMMunicate RDEVice AKAL CKIT STANdard CATalog The factory characterization usually does not contain data for a through standard therefore a query of...

Page 1010: ...Event Manual operation See Auto Zero on page 415 SYSTem COMMunicate RDEVice PMETer CATalog Queries the numbers of all configured external power meters The response is a string containing a comma separ...

Page 1011: ...on is overwritten Power meters can be assigned several times so that the number of configured power meters is practically unlimited Parameters PmtrName Name of the external power meter string paramete...

Page 1012: ...ation table SYST COMM RDEV PMET DEF Query the power meter configuration The analyzer returns an error message because the power meter no 1 is no longer con figured Manual operation See Configured Devi...

Page 1013: ...e Trace name Identifies the trace within the active channel setup DataFormat SDATa FDATa The data format of the stored trace values SDATa Unformatted complex trace data FDATa Formatted real valued tra...

Page 1014: ...ShMemName initialized using SYSTem DATA MEMory INITalize Before the SYSTem DATA MEMory COMMit an initialized shared memory buffer has the temporary name NewMemory Do not delete it Setting parameters...

Page 1015: ...SYSTem CORRection JOINcal 1015 SYSTem DATE 1016 SYSTem DISPlay CONDuctances 1016 SYSTem FREQuency 1016 SYSTem PRESet USER CAL 1017 SYSTem SETTings UPDate 1017 SYSTem TIME 1018 SYSTem CORRection JOINca...

Page 1016: ...setting Parameters Year Year four digit number Month Month two digit number 01 for January to 12 for December Day Day two digit number 01 to the number of days in the month Example SYST DATE Response...

Page 1017: ...MMEMORY STORE CORRection 1 Refl1 Trans123 cal Adds the active user calibration to the memory pool SYSTem PRESet USER CAL Refl1 Trans123 Sets the newly created cal pool member as the preset user cal SY...

Page 1018: ...the current single sweep period Usage Setting only SYSTem TIME Hours Minutes Seconds The command queries or defines the instrument s current time setting Parameters Hours Range 0 23 Minutes Range 0 5...

Page 1019: ...Ce COPY TRACe DATA STIMulus ALL TRACe DATA RESPonse ALL CALCulate Chn MATH EXPRession DEFine TRACe COPY MemTraceName DataTraceName Copies a data trace to a memory trace The trace to be copied can be s...

Page 1020: ...COPY Mem_Pt20 CH1DATA Copy the current state of the created trace to a memory trace named Mem_Pt20 The memory trace is not displayed DISP WIND TRAC2 FEED MEM_PT20 Display the created memory trace in t...

Page 1021: ...ENSe1 CALC MATH SDEF Trc1 2 CALC MATH STAT ON Define a mathematical trace dividing the data trace by 2 Acti vate the mathematical mode and display the mathematical trace instead of the data trace TRAC...

Page 1022: ...time of 10 ms Manual operation See Delay on page 341 TRIGger Ch SEQuence LINK MeasSequence Selects the triggered measurement sequence The identifier for the sequence is a string variable Suffix Ch Cha...

Page 1023: ...asurement see TRIGger Ch SEQuence LINK DelayTime Delay time Range 0 s to 13680 s Increment 10 ms RST 0 s Default unit s Example See TRIGger Ch SEQuence MULTiple SOURce Manual operation See Source on p...

Page 1024: ...easurement sequence IMMediate Free run measurement untriggered EXT1 Trigger event at Trigger In or Pin 2 of Aux Port The latter requires option R S FPL1 B5 R S ZNL only EXT2 Trigger event at pin 25 of...

Page 1025: ...Signal Type on page 341 TRIGger Ch SEQuence SOURce TrigSource Selects the source of the trigger events that the analyzer uses to start a measurement sequence Suffix Ch Channel number Parameters TrigS...

Page 1026: ...2 CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk MINimum 1032 CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk REFerence MAXimum 1032 CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk REFerence MINimum 1032 CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk SEARch LEFT 1033 CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk SE...

Page 1027: ...s possible The parameters form three groups FLIN FLOG FSEG and FSINgle select frequency units for the limit line TLIN and TLOG select time units PLIN PLOG and PSINgle select power units RST FLIN Defau...

Page 1028: ...COMPlex MAGNitude PHASe REAL IMAGinary SWR GDELay L C Keyword for the physical unit of the response values The parameters form four groups COMPlex REAL IMAGinary and SWR select dimensionless numbers...

Page 1029: ...are created in addition CALC LIM UPP 0 5 5 0 Change the response values of the upper limit line segments CALC LIM LOW STAT ON CALC LIM UPP STAT ON CALC LIM FAIL Switch the limit check on and query the...

Page 1030: ...no 1 assigning a trace number 2 Usage Setting only The measurement parameter is selected by means of the following keywords the selection depends on the number of test ports of the analyzer e g S44 is...

Page 1031: ...Mk on trace no Chn on or off Note This command is the ZVR compatible equivalent of CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk DELTa STATe Suffix Chn Channel number used to identify the active trace Mk Marker number Para...

Page 1032: ...rget search with the related marker see Marker addressing on page 681 which can be activated using CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk FUNCtion EXECute TARGet or CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk REFerence FUNCtion EXECute...

Page 1033: ...itiate a search for the next valid peak to the left the next high est or lowest value among the valid peaks and the next valid peak to the right The marker must be created before using CALCulate Chn M...

Page 1034: ...command places some restrictions on the mathematical expression and the operands Use CALCulate Chn MATH EXPRession SDEFine to define general expressions Suffix Chn Channel number used to identify the...

Page 1035: ...owing parameters are related to trace data FDATa Formatted trace data according to the selected trace format CALCulate Chn FORMat 1 value per trace point for Cartesian diagrams 2 values for polar dia...

Page 1036: ...Parameters Channel CHANnel1 CHANnel2 CHANnel3 CHANnel4 Number of the channel to be activated The channel must be created before using CONFigure CHANnel Ch STATe ON RST CHANNEL1 Example CONF CHAN2 STA...

Page 1037: ...uffix Ch Channel number This suffix is ignored because calibration kits are channel independent Parameters ConnType Connector type one of the following identifiers N50 N75 N 50 or N 75 connectors PC7...

Page 1038: ...the MMEMory LOAD CKIT command Keysight cal kit files can be imported manually and converted into calkit files Example CORR CKIT INST C Users Public Documents Rohde Schwarz ZNL Calibration Kits ZCAN ck...

Page 1039: ...1 or 2 the second number denotes the number of the standard 1 to 3 RST ON Dispersion Optional status parameter for UTHRough standard OFF unknown through standard is non dispersive ON unknown through s...

Page 1040: ...which does not introduce any systematic errors none of the measurement results acquired previously SENSe Ch CORRection COLLect ACQuire is taken into account Tip The main purpose of the default correc...

Page 1041: ...sweep in continuous mode Usage Event SENSe Ch CORRection COLLect SAVE DUMMy Calculates the system error correction data from the acquired one or two port mea surement results SENSe Ch CORRection COLLe...

Page 1042: ...see SENSe Ch CORRection COLLect SAVE DEFault G and H matrices The 7 term calibration types named Txx e g TOM TSM TRM TRL TNA are based on a network analyzer with two ports i and j each equipped with a...

Page 1043: ...extensions SCORR11 load match at port 1 SCORR12 reverse transmission tracking between port 2 and port 1 G11 G22 G matrix elements see above H22 H matrix elements see above The error terms are dimensi...

Page 1044: ...to define the complete set of loss offset parameters SENSe Ch CORRection OFFSet PhyPt MAGNitude is equivalent to SENSe Ch CORRection LOSS PhyPt OFFSet Suffix Ch Channel number of the offset corrected...

Page 1045: ...stru ment specific Seg Sweep segment number This suffix is ignored the command is instrument specific Parameters Boolean ON OFF No effect RST ON If used as a query the command returns the information...

Page 1046: ...must be 1 Parameters SweepType Single string parameter defining the sweep type and the param eter to be measured string sweep_type parameter Range See list of strings below RST XFR POW S21 arg1 B1 B2...

Page 1047: ...OWer KFACtor POWer MUFactor Lev Stability factor K Stability factors 1 or 2 VOLTage DC DCIN1 DCIN2 Output DC 1 V DC 10 V DC Input 1 or 2 Note The mnemonics POWer and VOLTage are not used in output str...

Page 1048: ...20 Range MDATA n where n 1 to 8 Example SWE POIN 20 Create a trace with 20 sweep points making the created trace the active trace of channel 1 omitted optional mnemonic SENSe1 TRAC COPY Mem_Pt20 CH1D...

Page 1049: ...CH1DATA Query the 20 response values of the created trace according to the previous format settings Usage Query only TRACe DATA STIMulus ALL Stimulus Returns the stimulus values of the active data tr...

Page 1050: ...amples for programming tasks that almost every user will encounter when working with the R S ZNL ZNLE 11 6 1 1 Typical stages of a remote control program A typical remote control program comprises the...

Page 1051: ...ts RST INITiate1 CONTinuous OFF SENSe1 SWEep POINts 2 Avoid a delay time between different partial measurements and before the start of the sweeps is default setting SENSe1 SWEep TIME AUTO ON TRIGger1...

Page 1052: ...t places a 1 into the output queue when the sweep is terminated An appropriate condition in the remote control program must cause the controller to wait until OPC returns one The controller is stopped...

Page 1053: ...retrieve a particular trace within a group of sweeps 11 6 1 2 Channel trace and diagram handling The following examples show you how to perform basic tasks related to channel and trace definition and...

Page 1054: ...e new trace in the same diagram the trace becomes the active trace but is not displayed CALCulate1 PARameter SDEFine Trc2 S21 the trace is referenced by the channel suffix 1 CALCulate1 FORMat PHASe di...

Page 1055: ...display the traces in two diagrams Important remote control features for this program example The following command sequence illustrates the structure of the remote commands discussed in section Basi...

Page 1056: ...PDate ONCE 2 Create second diagram and display traces DISPlay WINDow2 STATe ON DISPlay WINDow1 TRACe2 FEED Admittance_trace DISPlay WINDow1 TRACe3 FEED Y_trace DISPlay WINDow2 TRACe1 FEED Impedance_tr...

Page 1057: ...nds allowing a smooth transition between remote and manual control 1 Create one channel two traces one diagram Reset the instrument creating the default trace Trc1 in channel 1 The default measured qu...

Page 1058: ...r position CALCulate1 MARKer1 FUNCtion EXECute MIN RES Check the result on the local screen Go to local SYSTem DISPlay UPDate ONCE Use the CALCulate Chn DATA commands to retrieve the complete trace se...

Page 1059: ...eferably using context sensitivity of the help system on your network analyzer or the index 2 Activate the link to the command description 3 A short example appears at the end of each command descript...

Page 1060: ...ndling on page 1053 Reset the analyzer RST Create a new trace for S21 with the name TrcDisp CALCULATE1 PARAMETER SDEFINE TrcDisp S21 Display the trace in the display area 1 DISPLAY WINDOW1 TRACE9 FEED...

Page 1061: ...2 TRACE6 FEED Ch4Trc2 DISPLAY WINDOW2 TRACE2 FEED Trc1 DISPLAY WINDOW2 TRACE3 FEED Ch4Trc3 Create traces trace names are not case sensitive CALCULATE4 PARAMETER SELECT Ch4Trc2 CALCULATE4 PARAMETER SEL...

Page 1062: ...e only diagram 1 TRACE COPY MDATA6 CH1DATA DISPLAY WINDOW1 TRACE6 FEED Mem6 Trc2 Create new diagram 2 and new channel and trace DISPLAY WINDOW2 STATE ON CALCULATE2 PARAMETER SDEFINE Ch2Trc1 S22 CALCUL...

Page 1063: ...The following script shows how to define mathematical relations between traces Reset the analyzer RST Create memory trace on active trace of channel 1 assign the memory trace to a diagram CALCULATE1 M...

Page 1064: ...MATH SDEFINE Trc1 2 1 1 CALCULATE1 MATH SDEFINE tRC1 e Pi STIMVAL sin 1 Min TRC1 Trc1 Imaginary unit j sqrt 1 j is no ordinary operand 1j not 1 j magnitude 1 phase 60 degrees CALCULATE1 MATH SDEFINE...

Page 1065: ...UOUS OFF INITIATE IMMEDIATE SCOPE ALL SENSE SWEEP COUNT 4 INITIATE IMMEDIATE WAI Calculate statistical results also possible if info field is switched off CALCULATE1 STATISTICS RESULT MEAN CALCulate1...

Page 1066: ...x CALCulate1 MARKer FUNCtion BWIDth MODE BSTop CALCulate1 MARKer FUNCtion BWIDth MODE BST INITiate WAI CALCulate1 MARKer FUNCtion EXECute BFILter CALCulate1 MARKer AOFF Bandstop search ref to marker C...

Page 1067: ...2 Vertical 1 00 0 50 0 50 DISPlay LAYout APPLy 2 Check the executable formats of the generated layouts DISPlay LAYout DEFine 1 1 1 0 00 0 00 1 2 1 00 1 00 0 30 1 00 0 70 1 00 DISPlay LAYout DEFine 2...

Page 1068: ...he joined layout as a vertical layout DISPlay LAYout DEFine 3 VERT 0 3 1 0 0 7 0 5 0 5 DISPlay LAYout APPLy 3 DISPlay LAYout EXECute 1 2 0 00 0 00 1 1 0 3 1 00 1 00 1 0 2 1 0 7 1 00 1 00 0 5 1 00 0 5...

Page 1069: ...ARKER1 X 1GHZ CALCULATE1 MARKER2 ON CALCULATE1 MARKER2 X 2GHZ CALCULATE1 MARKER3 ON CALCULATE1 MARKER3 X 3GHZ CALCULATE1 MARKER4 DELTA STATE ON CALCULATE1 MARKER REFERENCE ON CALCULATE1 MARKER REFEREN...

Page 1070: ...1 8GHZ Range 2 includes the stimulus range CALCULATE1 MARKER1 FUNCTION DOMAIN USER 2 CALCulate1 MARKer1 FUNCtion DOMain USER START 0 8GHZ CALCulate1 MARKer1 FUNCtion DOMain USER STOP 2 2GHZ Use range...

Page 1071: ...sweeps SENSe Ch SWEep COUNt sweeps and then read any of the data traces acquired This feature has no equivalent in manual control where always the last data trace is displayed Reset the analyzer RST C...

Page 1072: ...ith the last extremum as memory trace TRACe COPY LastExtr Trc1 Display this last extremum trace Because it s a memory trace it must be displayed in the same diagram as the mother trace DISPlay WINDow1...

Page 1073: ...r the created channel 2 Adjust the number of sweep points CALCULATE2 PARAMETER SELECT Trc2 SENSE1 SWEEP POINTS 3 SENSE2 SWEEP POINTS 4 Set sweep time and sweep count for the channels 3 traces per sing...

Page 1074: ...meters available Reset the analyzer RST SENSe1 CORRection COLLect METHod DEFine Test TOSM 1 2 3 4 SENSe1 CORRection COLLect SAVE SELected DEFault Initiate a complete sweep INITiate1 CONTinuous OFF INI...

Page 1075: ...Standards SENSe1 CORRection COLLect ACQuire SELected THROUGH 1 2 SENSe1 CORRection COLLect ACQuire SELected OPEN 1 SENSe1 CORRection COLLect ACQuire SELected SHORT 1 SENSe1 CORRection COLLect ACQuire...

Page 1076: ...CORRection COLLect ACQuire SELected OPEN 2 SENSe1 CORRection COLLect ACQuire SELected SHORT 2 SENSe1 CORRection COLLect ACQuire SELected MATCH 2 Apply calibration SENSe1 CORRection COLLect SAVE SELec...

Page 1077: ...E1 CORRECTION STATE ON In the previous section the following error terms were saved SCORR1 Forward Directivity SCORR2 Forward Source Match SCORR3 Forward Reflection Tracking SCORR4 Forward Isolation S...

Page 1078: ...ORR5 scorr5 dat CALCulate1 DATA SCORR6 scorr6 dat CALCulate1 DATA SCORR7 scorr7 dat CALCulate1 DATA SCORR8 scorr8 dat CALCulate1 DATA SCORR9 scorr9 dat We are omitting the isolation term as it is not...

Page 1079: ...l Kit adapter side port 2 SENSE1 CORRECTION COLLECT ACQuire SELected OPEN 2 ON SENSE1 CORRECTION COLLECT ACQuire SELected SHORT 2 ON SENSE1 CORRECTION COLLECT ACQuire SELected MATCh 2 ON non adapter s...

Page 1080: ...ASSignment1 ACQUire SENSe1 CORRection COLLect AUTO SAVE 11 7 List of commands SENSe CORRection CKIT ConnType LSELect 894 SENSe CORRection CKIT ConnType SELect 889 SENSe CORRection CKIT OnePortStandar...

Page 1081: ...CORRection COLLect AUTO TEMPcomp 907 SENSe Ch CORRection COLLect AUTO TYPE 908 SENSe Ch CORRection COLLect AUTO UTHRough 909 SENSe Ch CORRection COLLect CKIT INSTall 911 SENSe Ch CORRection COLLect C...

Page 1082: ...d STATe 935 SENSe Ch CORRection OFFSet PhyPt COMPensation STATe 935 SENSe Ch CORRection OFFSet PhyPt DFComp STATe 935 SENSe Ch CORRection OFFSet PhyPt MAGNitude 1044 SENSe Ch CORRection OFFSet PhyPt S...

Page 1083: ...FREQuency STOP 957 SENSe Ch SEGMent Seg INSert 958 SENSe Ch SEGMent Seg INSert SELect 960 SENSe Ch SEGMent Seg OVERlap 1045 SENSe Ch SEGMent Seg POWer LEVel 960 SENSe Ch SEGMent Seg SWEep DWELl 962 SE...

Page 1084: ...48 CALCulate CLIMits FAIL 796 CALCulate DATA ALL 652 CALCulate DATA DALL 654 CALCulate DATA TRACe 657 CALCulate FILTer GATE TIME AOFFset 658 CALCulate LIMit CIRCle FAIL ALL 666 CALCulate LIMit FAIL AL...

Page 1085: ...ial EMBedding LogPt PARameters DATA 766 CALCulate Ch TRANsform VNETworks DIFFerential EMBedding LogPt PARameters G Cmp 767 CALCulate Ch TRANsform VNETworks DIFFerential EMBedding LogPt PARameters L Cm...

Page 1086: ...ion 790 CALCulate Ch TRANsform VNETworks SENDed DEEMbedding PhyPt STATe 790 CALCulate Ch TRANsform VNETworks SENDed EMBedding PhyPt PARameters C Cmp 790 CALCulate Ch TRANsform VNETworks SENDed EMBeddi...

Page 1087: ...LIMit SEGMent COUNt 676 CALCulate Chn LIMit SEGMent Seg AMPLitude STARt 675 CALCulate Chn LIMit SEGMent Seg AMPLitude STOP 675 CALCulate Chn LIMit SEGMent Seg FORMula 677 CALCulate Chn LIMit SEGMent S...

Page 1088: ...ursion STATe 688 CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk REFerence FORMat 688 CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk REFerence FUNCtion CENTer 689 CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk REFerence FUNCtion DOMain USER SHOW 690 CALCulate Chn MARKer...

Page 1089: ...ATH MEMorize 707 CALCulate Chn MATH STATe 708 CALCulate Chn MATH WUNit STATe 708 CALCulate Chn MATH EXPRession SDEFine 705 CALCulate Chn MATH EXPRession DEFine 1034 CALCulate Chn PARameter COPY 711 CA...

Page 1090: ...COMPlex 795 CALCulate Chn TRANsform DTFault CENTer 736 CALCulate Chn TRANsform DTFault DEFine 736 CALCulate Chn TRANsform DTFault DELete 737 CALCulate Chn TRANsform DTFault PEAK COUNt 737 CALCulate Ch...

Page 1091: ...TRACe Trc CHANnel NAME ID 808 CONFigure TRACe Trc CHANnel NAME 807 CONFigure TRACe Trc NAME 808 CONFigure TRACe Trc NAME ID 808 CONFigure TRACe Trc REName 809 CONTrol AUXiliary C DATA 810 DIAGnostic D...

Page 1092: ...Dow Wnd TITLe DATA 821 DISPlay WINDow Wnd TITLe STATe 821 DISPlay WINDow Wnd TRACe EFEed 823 DISPlay WINDow Wnd TRACe WndTr CATalog 822 DISPlay WINDow Wnd TRACe WndTr DELete 822 DISPlay WINDow Wnd TRA...

Page 1093: ...MARGin RIGHt 837 HCOPy PAGE MARGin TOP 595 HCOPy PAGE MARGin TOP 837 HCOPy PAGE MARGin UNIT 595 HCOPy PAGE ORIentation 595 HCOPy PAGE ORIentation 838 HCOPy PAGE WINDow 838 HCOPy PAGE WINDow CHANnel S...

Page 1094: ...UDIRectory 849 MMEMory LOAD CORRection 849 MMEMory LOAD CORRection MERGe 850 MMEMory LOAD CORRection RESolve 851 MMEMory LOAD CORRection TCOefficient Ch 852 MMEMory LOAD LIMit 853 MMEMory LOAD RIPPle...

Page 1095: ...SELect ITEM SCData 583 MMEMory SELect ITEM SGRam 584 MMEMory SELect ITEM SPECtrogram 584 MMEMory SELect ITEM TRACe 1 3 ACTive 584 MMEMory SELect ITEM TRANsducer ALL 584 MMEMory STORe CABLe 862 MMEMor...

Page 1096: ...ete ListNo DUMMy 981 SOURce POWer CORRection TCOefficient FEED 982 SOURce POWer CORRection TCOefficient INSert ListNo 982 SOURce POWer CORRection TCOefficient STATe 983 SOURce POWer REDuce SDELay 994...

Page 1097: ...EVENt 1000 STATus QUEStionable NTRansition 1000 STATus QUEStionable PTRansition 1001 STATus QUEStionable EVENt 1000 STATus QUEue NEXT 1001 SYSTem CLOGging 567 SYSTem COMMunicate AKAL CONNection 1002 S...

Page 1098: ...SYSTem DATA MEMory RESet 1015 SYSTem DATA MEMory SIZE 1015 SYSTem DATE 611 SYSTem DATE 1016 SYSTem DISPlay CONDuctances 1016 SYSTem DISPlay FPANel STATe 611 SYSTem DISPlay LANGuage 613 SYSTem DISPlay...

Page 1099: ...TRACe COPY MATH 1020 TRACe DATA STIMulus ALL 1049 TRACe DATA RESPonse ALL 1048 TRIGger Ch SEQuence HOLDoff 1022 TRIGger Ch SEQuence LINK 1022 TRIGger Ch SEQuence MULTiple HOLDoff 1023 TRIGger Ch SEQu...

Page 1100: ...are state Some of the hardware errors cause the instrument to be switched off to avoid damage Hardware errors with possible causes and remedies are listed in the following sections Exceptions indicate...

Page 1101: ...sage appears when this phase locked loop PLL fails For external reference check fre quency and level of the supplied ref erence signal 1 Converter clock fre quency lock failure The clock generator for...

Page 1102: ...ime reduce no of points increase IF bandwidth If pos sible reduce number of partial mea surements e g by restricting the number of ports measured 12 Port i output power unleveled The level control is...

Page 1103: ...dware Info hardware assemblies Versions and Options the status of all software and hardware options instal led on your instrument System Messages messages on any errors that may have occurred An xml f...

Page 1104: ...mail to the customer support address for your region as listed in Chap ter 12 4 Contacting customer support on page 1104 Packing and transporting the instrument If the instrument needs to be transport...

Page 1105: ...1105 User Manual 1178 5966 02 19 Contact information Contact our customer support center at www rohde schwarz com support or follow this QR code Figure 12 2 QR code to the Rohde Schwarz support page...

Page 1106: ...into the AC power supply connector Only use fuses of the type 5A T IEC60127 2 V order no 0099 6735 00 Such fuses are used for all of the specified nominal AC supply voltages If the R S ZNL ZNLE does...

Page 1107: ...in Chapter 13 4 Storage on page 1107 Otherwise observe the following rules Prevent short circuiting of the batteries which can happen if batteries touch each other or come into contact with metallic...

Page 1108: ...d waste after it has come to the end of its service life Even disposal via the municipal collection points for waste electrical and electronic equipment is not permitted Figure 13 1 Labeling in line w...

Page 1109: ...wanted system wide changes Hence you need administrator rights to install or unin stall a firmware How to uninstall the current firmware 1 Close the running firmware application a Press the Windows sy...

Page 1110: ...nel of the R S ZNL ZNLE provides various connectors for external devices and control signals 14 2 1 1 Aux Port 25 pole D Sub connector used as an input and output for low voltage 3 3 V TTL con trol si...

Page 1111: ...active while test port i is the source port If used as channel bits the pin states can be defined using OUTPut Ch UPORt VALue 17 UC_DRV_PORT2 O 18 UC_DRV_PORT3 O 19 UC_DRV_PORT4 O 20 AGND Ground 21 U...

Page 1112: ...particular importance for the external trigger input pin no 2 if the Trigger In input is used 14 2 2 GPIB interface The R S ZNL ZNLE can be equipped with a GPIB IEC IEEE bus interface option R S FPL1...

Page 1113: ...connected device to send a ser vice request to the controller REN Remote Enable active LOW permits switchover to remote control EOI End or Identify has two functions in connection with ATN ATN HIGH ac...

Page 1114: ...ce Clear full capability DT1 Trigger function Device Trigger full capability 14 2 2 2 Interface messages Interface messages are transmitted to the instrument on the data lines with the atten tion line...

Page 1115: ...l trigger signal input GTL Go to Local IBLOC device Transition to the Local state manual control PPC Parallel Poll Con figure IBPPC device data Configures the instrument for parallel poll Additionally...

Page 1116: ...h channel that has been selected as the active trace CALCulate Ch PARameter SELect trace name Many commands e g TRACE act on the active trace It can be different from the active trace in manual contro...

Page 1117: ...corrected by means of a calibration CW frequency Continuous Wave frequency fixed stimulus frequency used in Power CW Time and CW Mode sweeps D Data trace Trace filled with measurement data and update...

Page 1118: ...pass time domain transforms I Intercept point Fictitious lower tone DUT input output level where the intermodulation suppression for a given intermodulation product reaches 0 dB Intermodulation measu...

Page 1119: ...ion between constants and the data or memory traces of the active channel setup Measurement point Result of the measurement at a specified stimulus value fre quency power time Measurement result Set o...

Page 1120: ...ts taken at a specified sequence of stimu lus values series of consecutive measurement points Sweep point Value of the sweep variable stimulus value frequency power time where a measurement is taken S...

Page 1121: ...length must be exactly known Especially useful for DUTs in planar line technology TRM A calibration type which requires a low reflection low loss Through standard with an electrical length that may b...

Page 1122: ...Attention 1113 Auto Config 519 Auto Length 544 Auto Length and Loss 549 Auto Power Setting for Cal Unit 140 Auto Scale Diagram 317 Auto Scale Trace 317 Auto Zero 415 Autologin mechanism Activating De...

Page 1123: ...Kit 500 Standards 500 Calibration labels Scalar power calibration 275 system error correction 262 Calibration Manager dialog 523 Add 523 Add All 523 Apply 523 Apply to All 523 Channel and calibration...

Page 1124: ...ed devices external power meters 517 Connector AC power supply 46 Aux Port 49 Display Port 50 DVI 50 GPIB interface 47 Headphones 49 IF VIDEO DEMOD 48 LAN 50 Noise source control 48 Power sensor 50 Re...

Page 1125: ...st tab 439 Split tab 425 Display Port Connector 50 Displayed Columns dialog 336 Displayed items Touchscreen 121 Disposal 1106 Distance Center 315 Distance Span 315 Distance Start 315 Distance Stop 315...

Page 1126: ...g 545 Flatness Cal Convergence 511 Max Iterations 510 Tolerance 511 Flatness calibration 273 Font Size 429 Format Date and time 121 Format softtool 415 FPGA update failure 1102 Freq 189 Freq for Loss...

Page 1127: ...ork 156 IP Address DNS server 167 IP configuration LAN 169 IST flag 629 635 Remote 564 Items Saving 98 Settings 101 K K 21 softkey 413 Key DOWN 44 LEFT 44 Power 40 RIGHT 44 UP 44 Keyboard On screen 77...

Page 1128: ...ker Settings softtool Info Field tab 456 Marker Coupling tab 456 Marker Props tab 452 Markers tab 449 Set by Marker tab 454 Marker softtool Peak tab 458 Marker Style 453 Markers All Off 451 Coupled Ma...

Page 1129: ...535 Single Ended deembedding 535 Single Ended embedding 535 Offset Embed dock widget 533 Balanced panel 538 Calculation Flow 533 Differential Match panel 541 Ground Loop panel 539 Impedance Renormali...

Page 1130: ...ts dialog 514 Two Port Configuration dialog 515 Power Sensor menu 414 Power Sensor tab 414 Power sensors Configuring see user manual 50 Connector 50 Using see user manual 50 Power supply Connector 46...

Page 1131: ...heck 441 Ripple Fail Beep 441 Show Results All Traces 442 Show Ripple Limits 440 Rotary knob 43 S S parameter 216 S parameter buttons 396 S Parameter selector 395 S Parameter Wizard 52 396 S Params ta...

Page 1132: ...lus 384 Shift Trace 384 Show Trace Name 348 Show All Data 355 Show All Mem 355 Show All Traces 348 Show as 407 Show Cal Kit Label 140 Show Point List 335 Show Hide data trace 353 Show Hide memory trac...

Page 1133: ...eep Control Restart Manager dialog 345 Sweep Control tab 343 Sweep History 1073 Sweep mode Continuous 343 Single 343 Sweep range selection 53 Sweep settings 324 Sweep softtool Sweep Control tab 343 Sw...

Page 1134: ...e Gate tab 365 Trace Data tab 386 Trace Statistics tab 376 Traces tab 346 Trace Statistics 376 Compr Point 379 Compr Val 379 Evaluation Range 381 382 Evaluation Range Limit Lines On 382 Flatness Gain...

Page 1135: ...alibration tab 140 Power tab 145 User Interface tab 141 VXI protocol 149 W Wait Remote 566 Wave quantities Source port 407 Wave quantity 224 407 Wave tab 405 Web browser Configuration interface 168 Wh...

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