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R&S ZVA, Operating Manual

The R&S ZVA is a high-quality vector network analyzer with advanced features for precise measurements. Get the most out of your device by downloading the free Operating Manual from manualshive.com. This comprehensive manual will guide you through the functionalities of the analyzer, ensuring optimal performance and accurate results.

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Vector Network Analyzers

Operating Manual

Operating Manual

 

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Page 1: ...R S ZVA R S ZVB R S ZVT Vector Network Analyzers Operating Manual Operating Manual 1145 1084 12 30...

Page 2: ...chwarz GmbH Co KG M hldorfstr 15 81671 M nchen Germany Phone 49 89 41 29 0 Fax 49 89 41 29 12 164 Email info rohde schwarz com Internet www rohde schwarz com Subject to change Data without tolerance l...

Page 3: ...e of the product The product is used for its designated purpose if it is used in accordance with its product documentation and within its performance limits see data sheet documentation the following...

Page 4: ...ation item 7 Signal words and their meaning The following signal words are used in the product documentation in order to warn the reader about risks and dangers Indicates a hazardous situation which i...

Page 5: ...afety is not observed either at all or to the extent necessary electric shock fire and or serious personal injury or death may occur 1 Prior to switching on the product always ensure that the nominal...

Page 6: ...t be fuse protected in such a way that anyone who has access to the product as well as the product itself is adequately protected from injury or damage 14 Use suitable overvoltage protection to ensure...

Page 7: ...masks and protective clothing must be worn 7 Laser products are given warning labels that are standardized according to their laser class Lasers can cause biological harm due to the properties of the...

Page 8: ...ckaging until they are ready to be used 4 Cells and batteries must not be exposed to any mechanical shocks that are stronger than permitted 5 If a cell develops a leak the fluid must not be allowed to...

Page 9: ...National waste disposal regulations must be observed 4 If handling the product releases hazardous substances or fuels that must be disposed of in a special way e g coolants or engine oils that must b...

Page 10: ...ien las informaciones de seguridad elementales as como la documentaci n del producto y entr guelas a usuarios posteriores Tener en cuenta las informaciones de seguridad sirve para evitar en lo posible...

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Page 13: ...0950 1 EN60950 1 o IEC61010 1 EN 61010 1 v lidos en cada caso 11 A menos que est permitido expresamente no retire nunca la tapa ni componentes de la carcasa mientras el producto est en servicio Esto p...

Page 14: ...manipulaci n mec nica y o t rmica o el desmontaje del producto debe tenerse en cuenta imprescindiblemente el cap tulo Eliminaci n protecci n del medio ambiente punto 1 5 Ciertos productos como p ej la...

Page 15: ...a las bater as y acumuladores o celdas pueden producirse explosiones incendios y o lesiones graves con posible consecuencia de muerte El manejo de bater as y acumuladores con electrolitos alcalinos p...

Page 16: ...sin clasificar sino que debe ser recogido por separado La eliminaci n se debe efectuar exclusivamente a trav s de un punto de recogida apropiado o del servicio de atenci n al cliente de Rohde Schwarz...

Page 17: ...ument up to date and to be informed about new application notes related to your instrument please send an e mail to the Customer Support Center stating your instrument and your wish We will take care...

Page 18: ...ry Frequently Used Terms Chapter 3 System Overview Chapter 4 Measurement Examples Chapter 5 GUI Reference Chapter 6 Remote Control Chapter 7 Command Reference Chapter 8 Programming Examples Chapter 9...

Page 19: ...o operation and helps you to get familiar with the R S ZVA ZVB ZVT It gives an introduction to the instrument s functionality and provides procedures for typical mea surement tasks The Getting Started...

Page 20: ...te control One trace of each 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 ac...

Page 21: ...illed with measurement data and updated after each sweep dynamic trace Diagram area Rectangular portion of the screen used to display traces Diagram areas are arranged in windows they are independent...

Page 22: ...nces of the upper and lower tone frequencies and their integer multiples Intermodulation suppression The ratio of the power of an intermoulation product to the power of the lower tone fundamental wave...

Page 23: ...S ZVA ZVB ZVT P Partial measurement Measurement at a specified stimulus value maintaining definite hardware settings Depending on the measurement type several partial measure ments may be needed to ob...

Page 24: ...ue of the sweep variable frequency power time point number where a measurement is taken Also termed sweep point Sweep Series of consecutive measurements taken at a specified sequence of stimu lus valu...

Page 25: ...ards Through and Line which are both assumed to be ideally matched Beyond that the through must be lossless and its length must be exactly known Especially useful for DUTs in planar line technology TR...

Page 26: ...Elements in the Diagram Area 27 Dialogs 34 Display Formats and Diagram Types 36 Measured Quantities 43 S Parameters 43 Impedance Parameters 45 Admittance Parameters 46 Wave Quantities and Ratios 48 M...

Page 27: ...splay Configuration 67 Data Transfer 68 Setting up a Sweep 69 Optimization 71 Optimizing the Measurement Speed 71 Calibration 72 Calibrating a Measurement Channel 72 Waveguide Calibration using Kit R...

Page 28: ...8 Print Preview 99 Page Setup 99 Print to Clipboard 101 Print to File 101 Save 103 Open Recall 103 Recent File 104 Exit 104 Trace Menu 105 Measure 106 Format 139 Scale 148 Trace Select 151 Trace Funct...

Page 29: ...Reference 569 Ext Reference 569 GPIB Address 570 Service Function 570 Preset 570 Undo 571 Redo 571 External Tools 571 Info Menu 571 Window Menu 572 New 572 Close 573 Cascade 573 Tile 573 Maximize 573...

Page 30: ...and Processing 591 Input Unit 592 Command Recognition 592 Data Base and Instrument Hardware 593 Status Reporting System 593 Output Unit 593 Command Sequence and Command Synchronization 593 Status Repo...

Page 31: ...rogram 1082 Handling of Channels Traces and Diagram Areas 1085 Condensed Programming Examples 1097 Assigning Channels Traces and Diagram Areas 1097 Exporting S Parameters 1099 Path Independent RC Prog...

Page 32: ...ace 1137 RSIB Interface Functions 1139 IEC IEEE Bus Interface 1146 Universal Interface 1150 Universal Interface R S ZVA and R S ZVB 1150 Control Signals 1150 Data Ports 1151 Universal Interface Connec...

Page 33: ...R S ZVA R S ZVB R S ZVT System Overview Basic Concepts Operating Manual 1145 1084 12 30 18...

Page 34: ...ssible and that user defined configurations can be conveniently implemented stored and reused the instrument uses a hierarchy of structures Global resources can be used for all measurements irrespecti...

Page 35: ...zed setups for many measurements Traces Channels and Diagram Areas The analyzer arranges displays or stores the measured data in traces which are assigned to channels and displayed in diagram areas To...

Page 36: ...tings can be divided into three main groups Control of the measurement process Sweep Trigger Average Description of the test setup Power of the internal source IF filter Bandwidth and Step Attenuators...

Page 37: ...R S ZVA R S ZVB R S ZVT System Overview Basic Concepts Operating Manual 1145 1084 12 30 22 All stages are described in detail in the GUI Reference chapter...

Page 38: ...instrument function Using the menus and submenus of the menu bar provides all settings Using the softkeys of the softkey bar alternative to the previous method Using the hardkey bar preselection of t...

Page 39: ...the menu provides the marker search and limit check functions The Channel menu provides all channel settings and the functions to create select modify and store different channels The Display menu pr...

Page 40: ...responding menu commands A large dot in the lower right corner indicates the current selection in a list of alternative settings Three dots indicate that the softkey calls up a dialog providing severa...

Page 41: ...tkey bar The hardkey bar is hidden by default to gain screen space for the diagram areas Status Bar The status bar Display Config View shows the complete information in the trace line of the active tr...

Page 42: ...thin the entire screen Each window corresponds to a setup Only one setup can be active at a time and only the traces of the active setup are updated by the current measurements Various settings to ass...

Page 43: ...ed quantity info opens a context menu The settings correspond to the most common commands in the Display Area Select and Display Config View menus Trace Types The analyzer uses traces to display the c...

Page 44: ...n true differential mode bd2 Pd1s denotes the differential mode wave quantity b2 with the analyzer port no 1 as a drive port providing a differential mode stimulus signal Detector If an AVG RMS or Pea...

Page 45: ...bration Overview Markers Markers are tools for selecting points on the trace and for numerical readout of measured data The analyzer provides three different basic marker types A normal marker Mkr 1 M...

Page 46: ...ste Marker List allows you to select marker values as numeric entries Marker Info Field The coordinates of all markers defined in a diagram area are displayed in the info field which by default is loc...

Page 47: ...Info from the context menu Drag and drop the info field to any position in the active diagram area To change the format of the active marker select Mkr Format To express the coordinates of the active...

Page 48: ...K4 Start value of the sweep indicates the lowest value of the sweep variable e g the lowest frequency measured corresponding to the left edge of the Cartesian diagram Color legend shows the display c...

Page 49: ...e groups of related settings and allow to make selections and enter data in an organized way All softkeys with three dots behind their labeling as in Marker Properties call up a dialog The dialogs of...

Page 50: ...se letters special characters respectively BS deletes the current string in the alphanumeric input field OK applies the current selection and closes the keyboard The current string is written into the...

Page 51: ...activated In contrast to dialogs it does not hide any of the display elements in the diagram area The numeric entry bar contains the name of the calling function a numeric input field including the C...

Page 52: ...values may be obtained from the measured data by non linear conversions The following examples show the same trace in Cartesian diagrams with linear and logarithmic x axis scaling Conversion of Comple...

Page 53: ...s The phase of the response values is given by the angle from the positive horizontal axis Values with the same phase are on straight lines originating at the center The following example shows a pola...

Page 54: ...ct the shape of a trace does not change at all if the display format is switched from Polar to Smith or Inverted Smith the analyzer simply replaces the underlying grid and the default marker format Sm...

Page 55: ...ane The circles for the points of equal resistance are centered on the real axis and intersect at Z infinity The arcs for the points of equal reactance also belong to circles intersecting at Z infinit...

Page 56: ...system zero reflection At the left and right intersection points between the horizontal axis and the outer circle the admittance is infinity short and zero open The outer circle corresponds to zero c...

Page 57: ...ay format and a measured quantity The following rules can help to avoid inappropriate formats and find the format that is ideally suited to the measurement task All formats are suitable for the analys...

Page 58: ...in this and the following sections apply to general n port DUTs An analyzer with a smaller number of test ports provides a subset of the n port quantities S Parameters S parameters are the basic meas...

Page 59: ...eaning of squared amplitudes The squared amplitudes of the incident and outgoing waves and of the matrix elements have a simple meaning ai 2 Available incident power the power provided by a generator...

Page 60: ...parameters Zii describe the input impedances at ports i i 1 to n under the condition that each of the other ports is terminated with its reference impedance matched circuit parameters A two port tran...

Page 61: ...interpreted as follows Z11 is the input impedance defined as the ratio of the voltage V1 to the current I1 measured at port 1 forward measurement with open output I2 0 Z21 is the forward transfer impe...

Page 62: ...les Y11 is the input admittance of a 2 port DUT that is terminated at its output with the reference impedance Z0 matched circuit admittance measured in a forward reflection measurement The extension o...

Page 63: ...es As long as the assumption of linearity holds the S Z and Y parameters are independent of the source power The network analyzer provides two additional sets of measurement parameters which have a un...

Page 64: ...are considered Examples for using ratios A measurement of ratios is particularly suitable for the following test scenarios The test setup or some of its components e g active components or non recipr...

Page 65: ...ficient defined as the ratio of the wave quantities b2 mode mout to a1 mode min forward measurement with matched output and a2 0 S mout min 12 is the mixed mode reverse transmission coefficient define...

Page 66: ...on R S ZVA K6 True Differential Mode the analyzer can generate balanced waves at arbitrary reference planes in the test setup and determine balanced results such as S parameters wave quantities and ra...

Page 67: ...ed port 4 port analyzers Reflection and transmission measurements on 1 or 2 balanced ports A balanced port configuration is defined by simply selecting the pairs of physical ports that are combined to...

Page 68: ...e system error correction data determined in a calibration procedure are stored on the analyzer You can read these correction data using the remote control command SENSe Ch CORRection CDATa You can al...

Page 69: ...Transmission Normalization Through S12 S21 or S13 Transmission tracking Medium Transmission measurements in any direction and between any combination of ports Full One Port Open Short and Match1 S11 o...

Page 70: ...rt and match irrespective of their properties 2 Or any other known two port standard See remark above 3 Via remote control it is possible to read the current error terms and to transfer user defined e...

Page 71: ...matched especially at the load port It is also the best calibration method for test setups with unidirectional signal flow e g a pulsed measurement using an external generator TOSM Calibration A TOSM...

Page 72: ...After acquiring the calibration sweep data for the unknown through the analyzer automatically determines its delay time transmission phase see Unknown Through Standard TOM Calibration A TOM Through Op...

Page 73: ...ion by Roger B Marks R B Marks A Multiline Method of Network Analyzer Calibration IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques Vol 39 No 7 July 1991 The conventional TRL calibration is typical...

Page 74: ...of Through connections have been measured in the Measure Standards dialog you can Apply the calibration You can also measure additional Through connections in order to improve the accuracy Any number...

Page 75: ...ZVB4 R S ZVB8 100 kHz to 8 5 GHz 3 5 mm f 2 1319 5507 32 R S ZN Z51 R S ZVB4 R S ZVB8 100 kHz to 8 5 GHz type N f 4 1319 5507 74 R S ZN Z51 R S ZVB4 R S ZVB8 100 kHz to 8 5 GHz type N f 2 1319 5507 72...

Page 76: ...ibration without any further input Advantages of automatic calibration Automatic calibration is generally faster and more secure than manual calibration because There is no need to connect several sta...

Page 77: ...oduct brochure Option Option Name Functionality RS ZVAB K2 Time Domain Transformation of the trace to time domain in order to analyze responses transformation back to the frequency domain R S ZVA K4 A...

Page 78: ...matically transformed in order to obtain the time domain representation which often gives a clearer insight into the characteristics of the DUT Time domain transforms can be calculated in bandpass or...

Page 79: ...surement R S ZVA K5 Measurement of the parameters of an external mixer including phase e g the complex conversion loss or reflection coefficients In contrast to scalar mixer measurements with option R...

Page 80: ...s signal A dual directional coupler separates the reference and measurement channels from the waveguide test port A second signal Local Oscillator LO is used for down conversion of the reference and m...

Page 81: ...offers several advantages No additional noise source is required The result can be obtained in a single sweep The test setup is as simple as for a basic transmission measurement The DUT must be conne...

Page 82: ...Window Cascade to display all windows with their title bar 2 Click the icon in the title bar to open the setup control menu 3 Click Move After the pointer changes to the four headed arrow 4 Press one...

Page 83: ...efined Scheme click System System Config Resets Reset Colors To change the marker colors When you create markers their color is the same as the color of the associated trace You can change the marker...

Page 84: ...by a start and a stop frequency use Start and Stop Alternatively to define a sweep range of definite width around a known center frequency e g an expected peak use Center and Span 5 To vary the numbe...

Page 85: ...Power 3 In the CW Frequency entry bar opened enter the fixed stimulus frequency for the power sweep 4 Click Channel Stimulus to access the submenu defining the sweep range 5 To define the start and st...

Page 86: ...surement to the stimulus range that you need for your device 1 Click Channel Stimulus to access the submenu defining the sweep range 2 To define a sweep range confined by a start and a stop frequency...

Page 87: ...ting High Selectivity unless it is required for your measurement Reduce the number of repeated measurements made to obtain an averaged result Averaging does not slow down the measurement however sever...

Page 88: ...The calibration of other numbers of ports is analogous see Performing an Automatic Calibration Connect the calibration unit 1 Switch on and start up your network analyzer and establish a USB connecti...

Page 89: ...he transmission phase of lshort lthr at the stop frequency of 40 GHz is equal to 160 deg lshort 4 40 GHz 9 lthr 4 c0 9 40 GHz lthr 0 333 cm lthr This length corresponds to a delay time of tshort 11 11...

Page 90: ...8 GHz Perform the calibration as in the example above TRL calibration with 2 Lines If you create a calibration kit with the three Lines and click Channel Calibration Cal Kits View Modify Kit Optimize...

Page 91: ...he View Modify Calibration Kit dialog and make sure you select the desired mode Check Agilent Mode if you wish to use a delay to characterize your standards or uncheck Agilent Mode to use electrical l...

Page 92: ...is a prerequisite for accurate measurements A power calibration must be performed previous to system error correction Refer to the documentation of your frequency converter for instructions If you re...

Page 93: ...t to initiate the calibration sweep 5 Proceed in a similar way using the Short and the Shim in the calibration kit producing an Offset Short and the fixed Match 6 Repeat the three one port calibration...

Page 94: ...e and select the right solution from the Phase drop down list Waveguide Calibration using Kit R S ZV WR03 The waveguide calibration kit R S ZV WR03 allows to calibrate network analyzers for test setup...

Page 95: ...hort standard from the calibration kit to the frequency converter no 1 the converter with RF IN connected to the analyzer port no 1 and click Port 1 WR03 Reflect to initiate the calibration sweep 5 Pr...

Page 96: ...the analyzer selects the correct solution automatically This is not possible in a waveguide system because the delay time is frequency dependent dispersive propagation The valid solution has to be sel...

Page 97: ...for Trc3 dialog and enter the following mathematical relation for the new trace Trc1 Mem2 Trc1 Click OK to confirm your definition and close the dialog 4 Select Trace Trace Funct Math User Def to dis...

Page 98: ...ep range 4 Click Trace Measure and select an S Parameter or a Ratio to be measured 5 Click Trace Format and ensure that the trace format is dB Mag 6 Click Trace Funct Trace Statistics Compression Poin...

Page 99: ...o enable the time gate If necessary go back to the Define Time Gate dialog to correct your time gate settings 4 Click Trace Trace Func Time Domain Frequency Domain The frequency domain trace now corre...

Page 100: ...ing Physical Port Numbers e g 3 and 4 5 Assign the appropriate differential and common mode reference impedances to logical port no 2 and Click Define The Def Balanced Port tab shows the balanced port...

Page 101: ...al known 2 port transformation network at port 1 1 Connect the DUT including the transformation network between test ports 1 and 2 of the analyzer so that the transformation network is placed between...

Page 102: ...log The traces of the active channel show the characteristics of the DUT including the virtual transformation network inserted between the logical port 1 of the analyzer and the balanced DUT port To r...

Page 103: ...ports preferably using a calibration unit for automatic TOSM calibration You can also use the calibration wizard e g if you want to use one of the 7 term calibration types TNA TRL see Calibrating a Me...

Page 104: ...ing balanced wave quantities and ratios 2 Click Trace Measure More S Params 3 In the Port Configuration panel of the More S Parameters dialog opened click Balanced Ports and Port Groups 4 In the Prede...

Page 105: ...he dialog click Channel Stimulus Start to define the start power of port 3 relative to the Source Power at 0 dB 6 Click Channel Stimulus Stop to define the stop power of port 3 relative to the Source...

Page 106: ...ced ports and enable true differential mode 5 Measurement Connect the DUT and measure the desired balanced or mixed mode S parameters Trace Measure Harmonics Measurements In the Harmonic Distortion me...

Page 107: ...channel Ch2 and shows the nth harmonic distortion factor as a wave quantity b2 With the default trace format the result is displayed in dB units Noise Figure Measurement The following example outline...

Page 108: ...input 2 Select Channel Calibration Start Power Cal Source Power Cal and calibrate the port 1 source power in the usual way Ensure that the calibrated source power will not overdrive the pre amplifier...

Page 109: ...e measured and displayed in parallel to the S parameters 1 Establish the measurement test setup connecting the external attenuator and the DUT as shown above see Test setup for noise measurement 2 Sel...

Page 110: ...he Title Bar of the main application window must be open Clicking a icon opens the Control menu for an individual setup window If a setup window is maximized the icon is placed to the left of the File...

Page 111: ...r session application control menu In a setup window the analyzer suggests to save changes to the setup before closing it If a setup is closed without saving all changes made since the last time it wa...

Page 112: ...d printer connection Print to Clipboard copies the screen contents to the clipboard in order to be pasted into another application Print to File opens a dialog to select a file and file format to stor...

Page 113: ...t Prints the active setup This command opens a standard Windows Print dialog box to specify the range of pages to be printed the number of copies the destination printer and other printer setup option...

Page 114: ...eview Displays the active setup as it would appear when printed The analyzer generates one printed page for each diagram area in the setup The main window is replaced with a print preview window in wh...

Page 115: ...not different diagram areas are printed on different pages The radio buttons in the Orientation panel specify whether the pages are printed in Portrait or Landscape format The Margins panel contains i...

Page 116: ...Clipboard Copies the current screen or a portion of it to the clipboard in order to be pasted into another application Use Print to File to copy the screen contents to a file with a selectable bitmap...

Page 117: ...ed for the next time Cancel closes the dialog without saving the screen contents The Options panel provides options to specify whether the entire screen All Diag Areas or a portion of it Active Diag A...

Page 118: ...asy navigation in the file system place the cursor on the icons to obtain What s this help Save saves the data e g the active setup in the selected file and directory and closes the dialog Cancel clos...

Page 119: ...the drive and directory in which the file to open 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 the icons to obtain Wh...

Page 120: ...The trace settings complement the definitions of the Channel menu Each trace is assigned to a channel see Traces Channels and Diagram Areas The channel settings apply to all traces assigned to the ch...

Page 121: ...l Mixer Meas provides the group delay of a mixer and derived results Impedance opens a submenu to convert reflection S parameters into matched circuit impedances converted Z parameters Admittance open...

Page 122: ...wave transmitted at port number n of the DUT response signal and received at test port no n of the analyzer received wave The analyzer offers various diagrams and display formats to visualize the resu...

Page 123: ...calibration is available At present arbitrary S parameter measurements are not suited for balanced ports and true differential mode Arbitrary S parameters require a special calibration type see backg...

Page 124: ...refer to section Detector The port configuration is valid for all traces in the channel The settings made in the Balanced and Measured Ports dialog are channel settings and therefore apply to all tra...

Page 125: ...f wave quantities b2 a1 Src Port 1 b1 a1 Src Port 1 b2 b1 Src Port 1 and b1 b2 Scr Port 1 select predefined ratios of the standard 2 port wave quantities a1 a2 b1 and b2 to be measured in forward dire...

Page 126: ...2 A1 Create new trace and select name and measurement parameter CALCulate Ch PARameter SDEFine Trace_Name B2 A1 More Ratios Opens a dialog to select arbitrary ratios of wave quantities e g for differe...

Page 127: ...t is switched off for partial measurements that do not require a source signal Exception Internal ports can be configured as permanent sources see Gen setting in the Source section of the Port Configu...

Page 128: ...ot evaluated in this process so that complex conversions e g the calculation of real and imaginary values do not really make sense The detector settings have an influence on the displayed trace They d...

Page 129: ...e NCOs converts one signal component to the analyzer frequency The port specific frequency offset between primed and unprimed waves can be set in the Receiver section of the Port Configuration dialog...

Page 130: ...the System Overview chapter a1 Src Port 1 b1 Src Port 1 b2 Src Port 1 a2 Src Port 2 b1 Src Port 2 b2 Src Port 2 Select the standard 2 port wave quantities a1 a2 b1 and b2 for different source ports T...

Page 131: ...Wave Quantity selects the type left pull down list and the port number assignment right pull down list of the wave quantity Balanced wave quantities are only available if the True Differential Mode i...

Page 132: ...not require a source signal Exception Internal ports can be configured as permanent sources see Gen setting in the Source section of the Port Configuration dialog The external source is measured in t...

Page 133: ...k 1 2 times the tone distance Intermodulation products can be measured at the DUT input wave a1 or at the DUT output wave b2 The intermodulation suppression IMkrel is the ratio between the power of a...

Page 134: ...intermodulation suppression the ratio of the Major IM3 Product at DUT Out to the Lower Tone at DUT Out reaches 0 dB see background information above More Intermod Products opens a dialog to select in...

Page 135: ...e UT below UT for intermodulation products at the DUT output in case of an inverted frequency conversion where IF LO RF Major denotes the lower or upper intermodulation product whichever is larger The...

Page 136: ...output Major denotes the lower or upper intercept point whichever is smaller The Major intercept point reveals the worst case performance of the DUT Remote control CALCulate Ch PARameter MEASure Trac...

Page 137: ...age conversion is shown as S IF_port RF_port img e g S21img a Drv Port Image is the wave quantity that the analyzer provides at its RF port in the image frequency range RF In the trace list the a Drv...

Page 138: ...the More Z Parameters dialog to measure Z parameters including the transfer parameters Use the Smith chart to obtain an alternative graphical representation of the converted impedances in a reflectio...

Page 139: ...Measured Ports dialog are channel settings and therefore apply to all traces assigned to the channel Balanced and Measured Ports is also accessible through Channel Mode Port Config Within a channel th...

Page 140: ...erminated at port 1 with the reference impedance Z0 matched circuit admittance measured in a reverse reflection measurement Y12 and Y21 denote the forward and reverse converted transfer admittances re...

Page 141: ...that the analyzer provides mixed mode parameters The graphics above the Balanced and Measured Ports button illustrates the current port configuration The port configuration is valid for all traces in...

Page 142: ...ced Port and Port Groups dialog to define the properties of the test ports Single ended unbalanced Z parameters are assigned to the physical test ports of the analyzer Balanced Z parameters are assign...

Page 143: ...e port numbers are assigned in the order Y out in where out and in denote the output response and input stimulus port numbers of the DUT Balanced and Measured Ports opens the Balanced Port and Port Gr...

Page 144: ...ulation is based on 2 port reflection and transmission S parameters so that the input and output port numbers must be different The Port Topology panel is analogous to the corresponding panel in the M...

Page 145: ...21 MUF121 MUF221 SENSe Chn FUNCtion ON POWer KFACtor MUFactor1 MUFactor2 Create new trace and select name and measurement parameter CALCulate Ch PARameter SDEFine Trace_Name SY11 SY12 SY21 SY22 Imbala...

Page 146: ...edance parameters are assigned to the physical test ports of the analyzer Balanced impedance parameters are assigned to logical test ports Selecting a balanced port configuration with logical test por...

Page 147: ...ort configuration is defined the normal S parameters are replaced by mixed mode parameters Remote control DC Inputs The DC Inputs submenu selects DC voltages or the Power Added Efficiency PAE of an ac...

Page 148: ...e DC MEAS input connectors as measured quantities The input connectors are located at the rear panel of the instrument The two DC inputs cover different input voltage ranges see data sheet or rear pan...

Page 149: ...est ports or logical ports can be used as Input and Output instrument ports The graphics and messages displayed in the Topology panel are identical to the ones shown in the More S Parameters dialog Wh...

Page 150: ...R 0 PDC IDC U DC MEAS 10V 10 V hence the Constant c must be set equal to IDC The unit field shows the SI unit of a current W V The input field for k is disabled k is not used UDC const R RDUT PR 0 PD...

Page 151: ...ENSe Chn PAE EXPRession SENSe Chn PAE C SENSe Chn PAE K Power Sensor Opens a configuration dialog for the measurement of wave quantities using an external power meter Power Sensor measurement example...

Page 152: ...e documentation of your external power sensor for more information Repeat zeroing During warm up after switching on or connecting the instrument After a substantial change of the ambient temperature A...

Page 153: ...s to Noise Cal overwrites the current channel settings with the ones that were used during the active Noise Figure Calibration see background information below Adjust Channel Settings to Noise Cal The...

Page 154: ...o display the magnitude of the measured quantity Real selects a Cartesian diagram to display the real part of a complex measured quantity Imag selects a Cartesian diagram to display the imaginary part...

Page 155: ...C i e C arctan Im C Re C appears on the vertical axis C is measured relative to the phase at the start of the sweep reference phase 0 If C exceeds 180 the curve jumps by 360 if it falls below 180 the...

Page 156: ...able is lost in polar diagrams but the marker functions easily provide the stimulus value of any measurement point dB values for the magnitude and other conversions can be obtained by means of the Mar...

Page 157: ...weep must be active The cables between the analyzer test ports and the DUT introduce an unwanted delay which often can be assumed to be constant Use the Zero Delay at Marker function define a numeric...

Page 158: ...is constant over the entire sweep range if the sweep type is a Lin Frequency sweep For Log Frequency and Segmented Frequency sweeps it varies with the sweep point number m Application The aperture mu...

Page 159: ...200 400 MHz The delay uncertainty is smaller than 2 5 ps In many instances an aperture around f 0 3 g meas provides optimum measurement accuracy For a measured group delay of 1 ns corresponding to a...

Page 160: ...to obtain small apertures Group delay g meas Aperture f Span No of aperture steps 1 ns 300 MHz 6 GHz 10 10 ns 30 MHz 600 MHz 10 100 ns 3 MHz 60 MHz 10 1 s 300 kHz 6 MHz 10 10 s 30 kHz 600 kHz 10 10 s...

Page 161: ...he SWR The superposition of the incident wave I and the reflected wave R on the transmission line connecting the analyzer and the DUT causes an interference pattern with variable envelope voltage The...

Page 162: ...aginary part of an impedance corresponds to its reactive portion Positive negative values represent inductive capacitive reactance Alternative Formats It is possible to view the magnitude and phase of...

Page 163: ...ical axis and view the entire trace Remote control CALCulate Chn FORMat UPHase Scale The Scale settings define how the active trace is presented in the diagram selected in the Format submenu Autoscale...

Page 164: ...ing an appropriate display margin In Cartesian diagrams the analyzer re calculates the values of the vertical divisions so that the trace fits onto 80 of the vertical grid The reference value is chose...

Page 165: ...mith Inverted Smith Ref Value defines the value of the outer circumference Changing Ref Value enlarges or scales down the diagram leaving the center unchanged The unit is U units for all circular diag...

Page 166: ...p functionality to move the reference line symbol to the desired position Remote control No command display configuration Couple All Decouple All Select common or independent scale settings for all tr...

Page 167: ...he screen can display several diagram areas simultaneously each with a variable number of traces In an active diagram area one of these traces is the active trace The active trace is highlighted in th...

Page 168: ...first level mnemonic of a command selects a trace as active trace Add Trace Creates a new trace in the current diagram area and assigns it to the current channel The new trace is created with the tra...

Page 169: ...ALCulate Ch PARameter DELete Trace Name CALCulate Ch PARameter DELete ALL CALCulate Ch PARameter DELete CALL Assign Channel Assigns the active trace to another channel A popup window offers a list of...

Page 170: ...traces of the current setup are listed in a table with several editable white or non editable gray columns Below the table the Trace Manager provides the following buttons Add Delete opens a dialog t...

Page 171: ...ote control CALCulate Ch PARameter SDEFine Trace Name Meas Parameter CONFigure CHANnel Ch TRACe REName CONFigure TRACe Trc CATalog CONFigure TRACe Trc NAME CONFigure TRACe Trc NAME ID CONFigure TRACe...

Page 172: ...ept the selected ones are lost The analyzer displays a confirmation dialog box before deleting the unused channels Remote control n a Sort Table Changes the order of the traces table rows in the Trace...

Page 173: ...ion between traces User Def Math opens a dialog to define a mathematical relation between traces Time Domain opens a submenu with the time domain transformation functions with option ZVAB K2 Time Doma...

Page 174: ...es can be changed in the Trace Manager dialog The exact function of Data Mem depends on the number of memory traces associated to the active data trace If no memory trace is associated with the active...

Page 175: ...traces have the same number of points so that the mathematical trace Data Mem is well defined Math Data Mem and Math User Def are alternative options of the mathematical mode Selecting one option dis...

Page 176: ...aces or memory traces Moreover it is possible to delete all memory traces in the active setup Remote control TRACe COPY memory_trc data_trc copy data trace to memory trace DISPlay WINDow Wnd TRACe Wnd...

Page 177: ...se the following mathematical operations Any mathematical relation applied to the trace Math Data Mem Math User Def A shift of the trace in horizontal or vertical direction Shift Response Value Shift...

Page 178: ...lable Math User Def and Math Data Mem are alternative options of the mathematical mode Selecting one option disables the other The mathematical expression defined via Define Math is not affected Remot...

Page 179: ...expression to a trace math string file Trace math string files are ASCII files with the default extension mth and contain the mathematical expression as it is written in the User Def Math dialog It i...

Page 180: ...eference impedance of the port associated with the measured wave quantity to be set in the Port Configuration dialog In time sweeps StimVal is the stimulus time in s In CW mode sweeps StimVal is the n...

Page 181: ...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 interpreted as dimensionless quantities Results in d...

Page 182: ...ace Time Domain Stimulus Axis opens a submenu to define the stimulus axis range for the time domain representation Define Time Gate opens a dialog to select the time gate and define its parameters Tim...

Page 183: ...domain to be applied to the active trace prior to the time domain transformation The analyzer always uses No Window Rectangle to calculate the time gated frequency domain trace see background informat...

Page 184: ...n doubled Together with the DC value the condition of equidistant sweep points implies that the frequency grid must be harmonic Due to the symmetry of the trace in the frequency domain the time domain...

Page 185: ...following characteristics Window Sidelobe suppression Relative impulse width Best for No Window Rectangle 13 dB 1 Low First Sidelobe Hamming 43 dB 1 4 Response resolution separation of closely spaced...

Page 186: ...asured quantity at zero frequency and possibly at additional points in the range between f 0 and f fmin where fmin denotes the minimum frequency of the analyzer The following figure shows a scenario w...

Page 187: ...in such a way that the frequency gap remains approximately the same This may increase the sweep time due to the additional sweep points introduced The three grids can be calculated repeatedly in any o...

Page 188: ...e ratio between the sweep range and the interpolation range between f 0 and f fmin must be large enough to ensure accurate results If the sweep range for the harmonic grid exceeds the frequency range...

Page 189: ...into the frequency domain The analyzer uses fixed No Window Rectangle window settings to transform the measured trace into time domain The TD trace is gated using the selected time gate The gated trac...

Page 190: ...he measured quantities to be transformed into the time domain Impedances and admittances are first converted back into the equivalent S parameter transformed and restored after the transformation Prop...

Page 191: ...between 0 s and the unambiguous range t 1 f where f is the spacing between two consecutive frequency points Due to the properties of the Chirp z transformation the trace is periodic in time and repeat...

Page 192: ...Switches the time gate defined via Define Time Gate on or off The softkey is enabled if a linear frequency sweep Channel Sweep Sweep Type Lin Frequency is active An active time gate acts on the trace...

Page 193: ...ied to the active trace The two red vertical lines represent the Start and Stop values defining the size of the time gate The analyzer always uses a Steepest Edges Rectangle window to calculate the ti...

Page 194: ...n Frequency and if the lowpass mode has been activated in the Define Transform dialog The radio button Continuous Extrapolation activates the extrapolation of the DC value after each sweep based on th...

Page 195: ...on range Phase Delay El Length displays or hides the phase delay and the electrical length of the trace in the selected evaluation range Eval Range Compression Point starts the x dB compression point...

Page 196: ...and the standard deviation of a trace depend on the selected trace format In contrast the RMS calculation is based on linear unformatted complex values and is then converted according to the trace fo...

Page 197: ...rsion effects of the connector are taken into account for the calculation of the phase delay and the electrical length To account for the propagation in both directions the delay and the electrical le...

Page 198: ...sion point in units of dBm Cmp In always corresponds to the driving port level e g the level from port no j if a transmission parameter Sij is measured Cmp Out is the sum of the stimulus level Cmp In...

Page 199: ...e sweep variable To restrict the evaluation range select one of the user defineable ranges 1 to 10 and use the Start and Stop input fields to modify the selected range The selected range is assigned t...

Page 200: ...a percentage of the total sweep span An 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 i...

Page 201: ...complete set of S parameter data to a trace file Export Formatted Data calls up a Save As dialog to store data or memory traces with their current trace format and stimulus values to a trace file Impo...

Page 202: ...background information about renormalization see Reference Impedances If Renormalize S Parameter is disabled the analyzer imports the stored data without changes Trace file import and import conditio...

Page 203: ...ort S Matrix Calls up a dialog to store a full set of S parameters to a Touchstone s n p file The analyzer exports the complex measurement data after de embedding but before renormalization and mixed...

Page 204: ...ization of the S matrix prior to Touchstone file export See Reference Impedances for background information on renormalization in general but note that the reference impedance for the Export S Matrix...

Page 205: ...e is no dual import function for Export S Matrix This means that data that have been exported in this way cannot be re imported and e g used as memory trace if data processing steps between data acces...

Page 206: ...iguous only if it is equal for all associated ports and modes If an S parameter with ambiguous reference impedances e g S12 with different reference impedances at ports 1 and 2 is exported a warning i...

Page 207: ...em ADS and to convert mixed mode parameters back to single ended parameters The data must be acquired in a frequency sweep Note the conditions for Touchstone file export in section Select Ports Use th...

Page 208: ...g all data and memory traces for data export to an ASCII csv file Dec Separator selects either the Point or the Comma if needed to process the exported data with an external application as a separator...

Page 209: ...01 Date 2011 03 17 17 29 05 Measurement S21 3 000000000000000E5 4 974100772242758E 1 4 765769749721549E 2 4 029850000000000E7 4 993215759551635E 1 4 876783852224179E 2 8 029700000000000E7 4 9475169296...

Page 210: ...lines The stimulus frequencies are arranged in ascending order If a lin Mag Phase MA or dB Mag Phase DB data format is selected the real and imaginary S parameter values Re Sij Im Sij are replaced by...

Page 211: ...nclosed in brackets freq Hz for frequency sweep power dBm for power sweep time s for time sweep trigger for CW mode sweep imbalanced_amplitude_sweep dB for amplitude imbalance sweeps imbalanced_phase_...

Page 212: ...data is arranged as described in the header The stimulus values are arranged in ascending order Import Complex Data requires the sweep type indicated in the ASCII file s header line to be the same as...

Page 213: ...trace by means of constant values is a simple case of trace mathematics Use the Define Math dialog to define more complicated mathematical operations Remote control DISPlay WINDow Wnd TRACe WndTr Y OF...

Page 214: ...cal readout of measured data A marker is displayed with a symbol a triangle a crossbar or a line on the trace which may be a data trace or a memory trace At the same time the coordinates are displayed...

Page 215: ...screte marker and vice versa More Markers opens a submenu to create the markers numbered 4 to 10 Marker Format defines an output format for the complex marker values More Markers opens a submenu to cr...

Page 216: ...Mkr Properties to call up the Marker Properties dialog and select the new stimulus value Use the Search functions to place the marker to a specific point on the trace If the marker position is define...

Page 217: ...eference marker a reference marker is created A delta marker is required to set the sweep span using marker functions Span Marker Remote control CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk DELTa STATe ON Ref Marker Marke...

Page 218: ...slave trace the slave marker is displayed at the edge of the diagram The marker info field indicates an invalid measurement result While marker coupling is active it is possible to Move a master mark...

Page 219: ...arker value z x jy is converted Marker Format Description Formula dB Mag Magnitude of z in dB z sqrt x2 y2 dB Mag z 20 log z dB Lin Mag Magnitude of z unconverted z sqrt x2 y2 Phase Phase of z z arcta...

Page 220: ...or one of the Marker 1 10 that may be associated to the active trace Name defines a marker name which may exceed the length of the input box and contain letters numbers blanks and special characters...

Page 221: ...tion in the marker info field or in a separate Table below the diagram area The display options may be selected simultaneously or all switched off The table provides more information than the marker i...

Page 222: ...lt is displayed in the marker info field If no search result can be found the marker remains at its original position Some search functions can be activated repeatedly in order to find all possible se...

Page 223: ...If a complex trace format e g a polar diagram is active the marker is set to the measurement point with the minimum magnitude By default the search range coincides with the sweep range If the active t...

Page 224: ...e the search result The peak criteria are defined via Define Peak Remote control CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk FUNCtion EXECute LPEak CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk FUNCtion RESult Target Opens a submenu to search...

Page 225: ...nt points with the same target value can be located using Target Search repeatedly If the target is not found e g because the active trace doesn t contain the target value then the active marker is no...

Page 226: ...MARKer Mk TARget Search Range Opens the Search Range Dialog to confine the target search to a subrange of the sweep Bandfilter Opens a submenu to search for trace segments with a bandpass or bandstop...

Page 227: ...er parameters in the diagram area Bandfilter mode can be selected for a broad range of measured quantities Trace Measure provided that the display format is dB Mag To obtain real filter parameters the...

Page 228: ...and UBE positions fCenter sqrt fLBE fUBE The bandfilter search results are displayed in the bandfilter info field To search for a bandpass region in the vicinity of the active marker use Bandpass Sear...

Page 229: ...use a peak search to place the active marker on the maximum of the trace Notice that if the active marker is off the peak both band edges are more than x dB below the peak response value To search for...

Page 230: ...ositions as the measurement goes on Tracking for the different bandfilter search modes is enabled or disabled in a selection box Selecting a search mode for tracking also activates this mode The searc...

Page 231: ...ble to store up to 10 customized search ranges Start defines the beginning of the search range Start must be smaller than the Stop value otherwise the search will not be initiated Stop defines the end...

Page 232: ...e between the Upper Bandwidth Edge UBE and the Lower Bandwidth Edge LBE Center is calculated as the geometric mean value of the LBE and UBE positions fCenter sqrt fLBE fUBE If desired the center frequ...

Page 233: ...t STATe CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk SEARch TRACking Define Peak Opens a dialog to define the peak type to be searched for It is possible to select the peak type up to ten times for each trace and assign t...

Page 234: ...nges for trace statistics The resulting search or evaluation range is the intersection of the assigned range with the current sweep range The analyzer provides the greatest flexibility in defining ran...

Page 235: ...of the selected range Use the paste marker list for convenient entry of Start and Stop values Range Limit Lines On If enabled the Start and Stop of the channel s active display range are displayed as...

Page 236: ...e Tracking is a toggle function Selecting the function repeatedly switches the tracking mode on and off Remote control CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk SEARch TRACking Marker Funct The Marker Functions use the...

Page 237: ...e sweep range equal to the stimulus value of the active marker leaving the end stop value unchanged The active marker appears at the left edge of the diagram Remote control CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk FUN...

Page 238: ...f Zero Delay at Marker is correction of the constant delay caused by the interconnecting cables between the analyzer test ports and the DUT line stretch The Zero Delay at Marker function modifies the...

Page 239: ...nal indicating a limit or ripple limit excess Global Check activates a global composite limit and ripple limit check on all traces in the active setup TTL Out Pass 1 2 activates or deactivates a TTL o...

Page 240: ...n on the number of segments in a limit line Del Sel Segment removes the selected segment from the list Del All Segments clears the entire segment list so it is possible to define or load a new limit l...

Page 241: ...if the limit check at the segment is switched Off Switching off the limit check does not delete the segment but changes its screen color Start Stimulus is the stimulus x axis value of the first point...

Page 242: ...UPPer CALCulate Chn LIMit LOWer Rules for Limit Line Definition The analyzer places very few restrictions on the definition of limit line segments The following rules ensure a maximum of flexibility...

Page 243: ...dded to the start and stop values of all segments Type defines whether the imported segments belong to the Upper or Lower limit line A third option is to import the segments but disable the limit chec...

Page 244: ...the Define User Color Scheme dialog Display Display Config Color Scheme Display of the limit line and limit check are independent of each other Hiding the limit line does not switch off the limit che...

Page 245: ...kers show interpolated values As a consequence a trace segment can be failed whereas a marker placed on the segment may show a response value within the allowed range This is shown in the example belo...

Page 246: ...s in the active setup TTL Out Pass 1 2 activates or deactivates a TTL output signal at the USER CONTROL connector indicating whether the trace was passed or failed Horizontal Line displays or hides th...

Page 247: ...iguous ripple limit ranges of equal width The ripple limits are estimated according to the measured ripple of the trace in the created ranges Del All Ranges clears the entire range list so it is possi...

Page 248: ...ipple ranges at the same time Selection of one or more ranges use the left mouse key and the Shift key of an external keyboard and a right click on the dark grey Seg area opens a context menu The cont...

Page 249: ...are only checked at the measurement points The following figure shows a ripple limit test involving 3 ranges As a consequence of the limit line rules the limit check will always pass a DUT if no limit...

Page 250: ...he menu item when the limit check is enabled When the limit check is switched on an info field shows the pass fail information and the measured ripple in each ripple limit range and a PASS or FAIL mes...

Page 251: ...its The global limit check is a composite limit check over all traces of the current setup The result of the global check appears in a popup box whenever Global Limit Check is pressed or PASS represen...

Page 252: ...h identical channel and trace settings The limit check for the two traces is monitored by means of the signals TTL Out Pass 1 TTL Out Pass 2 respectively If the DUT is passed in both limit checks the...

Page 253: ...lement the definitions of the Trace menu Each trace is assigned to a channel see Traces Channels and Diagram Areas The channel settings apply to all traces assigned to the channel The Channel menu con...

Page 254: ...am width i e Stop Start Power defines the power of the internal signal source CW Frequency sets the fixed frequency for the sweep types Power Time and CW Mode START CENTER opens the input field for th...

Page 255: ...ode the Start Center and Stop softkeys are inactive still you can use the START CENTER hardkey to select the fixed CW frequency The conditions for the stimulus range depend on the sweep type Lin Frequ...

Page 256: ...ive ports of the analyzer The sweep range frequency is also used as the channel base frequency for frequency converting measurements see Port Configuration CW Frequency Opens the numeric entry bar to...

Page 257: ...s and thus eliminating their effect on the new cycle The new cycle is started as fast as possible an ongoing sweep is terminated immediately ALC Config opens a dialog that allows to configure the Auto...

Page 258: ...d to use automatic generator step attenuator setting The Source section of the Port Configuration dialog provides a port specific constant power offset for arbitrary sweeps and a port and frequency de...

Page 259: ...ed ordering information and technical specifications Attenuation factors for the received waves and the generated waves serve different purposes Received wave factors are used to adjust the received s...

Page 260: ...enuator Use this mode if the following criteria apply Your test setup contains a broadband power meter that you use e g for a power calibration Your generator levels are not significantly above the br...

Page 261: ...via Step Attenuators Remote control INPut Pt ATTenuation SENSe Ch POWer ATTenuation ARECeiver BRECeiver CRECeiver DRECeiver attenuation RF Off RF Off switches the internal and external power sources i...

Page 262: ...at receiver frequencies below 500 MHz by a frequency dependent dynamic factor This setting complements the automatic bandwidth reduction for frequency sweeps with small start frequencies see Bandwidt...

Page 263: ...int by the frequency dependent correction factors listed below dynamic correction If the result is not equal to a selectable Meas Bandwidth value the next lower Meas Bandwidth is used The actual measu...

Page 264: ...sating for random effects on the trace by averaging adjacent measurement points Compared to the sweep average smoothing does not significantly increase the measurement time but can eliminate narrow pe...

Page 265: ...ore a narrower Control Range smaller value may be required to protect sensitive DUTs from excess input levels A narrow control range is often sufficient if the source power is relatively well known e...

Page 266: ...al Gain Kr controls the change of the controller output in response to the current error value If the value is too high the ALC may become unstable If it is too low the ALC may not respond sufficientl...

Page 267: ...rence mode Either true differential or defined coherence mode are active See Annex Error Messages for popup messages related to ALC errors that may occur during measurement Detailed error information...

Page 268: ...gs Sweep Type defines the sweep variable frequency power time CW mode and the position of sweep points in the sweep range Number of Points sets the total number of measurement points over the sweep ra...

Page 269: ...s CW Mode is a variant of the Time sweep where the individual measurements are triggered according to the current trigger settings Pulse Profile Define Pulse Profile and Show Pulse Profile Settings co...

Page 270: ...an diagram the measurement result is displayed as a trace over a logarithmic frequency scale The following example shows a Log Frequency sweep with a stimulus range between 50 MHz and 6 GHz the forwar...

Page 271: ...ed as a straight line Remote control SENSe Ch SWEep TYPE SEGMent SENSe Chn FUNCtion ON XFRequency Power In a Power sweep the internal generator power is swept in linear equidistant steps over a contin...

Page 272: ...ng to Stop n 1 where n is the selected Number of Points The frequency CW Frequency and internal generator power Source Power is fixed and entered into a field which pops up as soon as Time is activate...

Page 273: ...ive still you can use the START CENTER hardkey to select the fixed CW frequency Remote control SENSe Ch SWEep TYPE CW SENSe Chn FUNCtion ON XTIMe SOURce Ch FREQuency Pt CW FIXed SOURce Ch POWer LEVel...

Page 274: ...the fixed CW frequency Remote control SENSe Ch SWEep TYPE POINt SENSe Chn FUNCtion ON XTIMe SOURce Ch FREQuency Pt CW FIXed SOURce Ch POWer LEVel IMMediate AMPlitude Define Segments Opens a dialog to...

Page 275: ...sist of only one point If Points is set to 1 then the Stop frequency is set equal to the Start frequency The Trig column is only visible if Trigger is enabled in the Individual Segment Settings It all...

Page 276: ...cked option adds a column to the segment list Name adds a column to assign a name to each segment A segment name is a string that may contain letters numbers and special characters Power defines the i...

Page 277: ...the Meas Dly is 0 s The segment sweep time and point delay values are maintained until changed explicitly if Auto is switched off Sweep Time or Segment Sweep Time is the total measurement time for th...

Page 278: ...a special file format To import a segment list file seglist you can also use the Windows Explorer and simply double click the file or drag and drop the file into the NWA application You must enable th...

Page 279: ...om approx 200 ns to the maximum recording time Of course it is also possible to measure a sequence of pulses up to the maximum recording time Pulsed measurements require a trigger signal that is synch...

Page 280: ...operly the pulse width must be larger than twice the rise fall time of the receiver which roughly corresponds to the inverse of the IF bandwidth The figure below shows a rectangular pulse with a width...

Page 281: ...mediately starts acquiring data therefore it is possible to select negative start times pre trigger Moreover the time of the trigger event does not have to be within the displayed time range i e start...

Page 282: ...Due to the fixed sampling period of 12 5 ns and the fixed buffer size this parameter does not directly affect the measurement speed Results are interpolated if the number of points differs from the v...

Page 283: ...e is extended to cover the delayed wave The example above illustrates the importance of a correct delay compensation for the calculation of S parameters ratios and other derived quantities in the time...

Page 284: ...t Lines On couples the section limits and the section limit lines for all receivers and source ports and in all channels The evaluation mode and the Shift Stimulus values are still independent As a ty...

Page 285: ...signals for pulse modulators During the high signal periods the pulse modulator generates an RF signal during the low signal periods the RF signal is switched off The R S ZVA provides two different p...

Page 286: ...ator the Pulse Gen trigger must be used The trigger settings also control which of the trigger signals provides the trigger event Remote control SENSe Ch PULSe GENerator gen_no STATe Define Pulse Gene...

Page 287: ...gs of the active channel are applied to all channels This ensures continuous pulse generator signals at the CASCADE output of the network analyzer when another channel is selected Use All Channels Con...

Page 288: ...to a pulse train file Period denotes the duration of the entire pulse train The period of the sync signal is adjusted to the pulse train period as long as the pulse train signal type is active Column...

Page 289: ...T If after this operation the sync pulse overlaps with the pulse train the time origin is shifted to the rising edge of the first sync pulse Remote control SENSe Ch PULSe GENerator2 TYPE SENSe Ch PULS...

Page 290: ...cally selects a CW Time sweep mode and adjusts a number of data acquisition and pulse generator settings when the chopped pulse profile mode is activated The width of the sync signal pulse Gen 1 is se...

Page 291: ...rts with a preamble containing the channel the Pulse Train Period and the Pulse Delay to Sync value The following lines contain the entries of all editable columns of the list Example of a pulse train...

Page 292: ...Ch SWEep POINts Frequency Step Size Sets the distance between two consecutive frequency sweep points The step size is an alternative to the Number of Points setting If the sweep range is defined by me...

Page 293: ...llators SAW filters As an alternative to increasing the delay and thus the total sweep time it is possible to select Alternate sweep The Auto and Sweep Time settings are not active in the Time and CW...

Page 294: ...trigger signal is generated by the internal pulse generator of the analyzer The Periodic trigger signal is provided by an internal clock generator In Manual trigger mode the trigger signal is generate...

Page 295: ...ailable while the pulse generator is turned off Selecting Pulse Gen opens a dialog to select whether the rising or the falling edge of the Sync signal Gen 2 or of the Pulse generator signal Gen 1 prov...

Page 296: ...less manual trigger mode is active Remote control TRIGger SEQuence SOURce MANual TRG Trigger Settings Trigger Settings opens a dialog to specify the operation that the analyzer carries out after recei...

Page 297: ...eeps Relation to other sweep settings Some sweep settings are logically incompatible with a particular selection of the Triggered Meas Sequence If a Time sweep is performed the Triggered Meas Sequence...

Page 298: ...ating the current sweep In single sweep mode the measurement is stopped after the number of sweeps selected in the Define Restart dialog Press Single to activate the single sweep mode and start a sing...

Page 299: ...uto couples the BUSY signal to the active triggered measurement sequence Channel Sweep Trigger Trigger Settings After a Preset the analyzer triggers an entire sweep The BUSY signal is turned on High s...

Page 300: ...talled options Port Config opens a dialog to define the properties of the test ports the source and the receiver Scalar Mixer Meas measures the mixing products generated by an external mixer that is s...

Page 301: ...n Unit R S ZVAX24 and the installed hardware modules This menu item is unavailable if no RZS ZVAX24 unit is connected ZVAX TRM Config configures the RF signal paths in the Extension Unit R S ZVAX TRM...

Page 302: ...if no balanced ports are defined Physical Port shows and or defines the properties of the physical unbalanced ports of the analyzer Source shows and or defines the generator settings at each physical...

Page 303: ...he ports Reference impedance settings The default reference impedance for a physical port is equal to the reference impedance of the connector type assigned to the port but can be defined as an arbitr...

Page 304: ...s of the physical port For background information refer to Reference Impedances If a balanced port configuration is active the reference impedance settings for all ports are displayed in the Logical P...

Page 305: ...an still be used as a permanent RF signal source If Gen is on for most analyzers the source frequencies at port 1 and 2 and at port 3 and 4 are coupled see note on coupled test ports below Gen is unav...

Page 306: ...1110 28 48 all four ports have independent internal sources You can configure and combine the ports without restrictions Frequency Result displays the current frequency range for frequency sweeps or C...

Page 307: ...set Power 0 dBm Slope 2 dB GHz Across the sweep range the stimulus power increases linearly between 2 dBm and 8 dBm 2 Maintain the Slope setting and select a power sweep with a CW frequency of 1 GHz a...

Page 308: ...sweeps see stimulus parameters PCor Off enables or disables a receiver power calibration for an individual port This function is available only for ports where a receiver power calibration is availab...

Page 309: ...REFerence Converted Frequencies R S ZVA and R S ZVT In the Source and Receiver sections of the Port Configuration table it is possible to convert the source and receiver frequency ranges for frequency...

Page 310: ...port frequency that is used as a reference frequency must be a function of the channel base frequency fb The analyzer prevents inconsistent settings E g if the source frequency at port 1 is selected a...

Page 311: ...tual port power varies across the sweep for other configurations the port power is constant Attenuator defines the source step attenuator setting with options R S ZVABxx B21 see Step Attenuators If Au...

Page 312: ...y Relation between channel power and port power levels The channel base power Pb is defined by the following sweep settings For a power sweep the channel base power is equal to the stimulus range For...

Page 313: ...e upper part of the dialog symbolizes the NWA test port providing the converter input signals RF IN including the signal source a continuously adjustable attenuator providing the test port power offse...

Page 314: ...display configuration only Stimulus Dialog The Stimulus dialog modifies all sweep frequencies and power levels in the active channel based on an arbitrary frequency and power reference This is particu...

Page 315: ...p ranges CW defines the fixed frequency power Frequency and power definition in the Stimulus dialog If the selected reference frequency or reference power is changed the analyzer modifies all source a...

Page 316: ...n unbalanced stimulus signal and uses mathematical transformations to determine the balanced results The tabs of the Balanced Ports and Port Groups dialog are used to Select one of the predefined bala...

Page 317: ...or more ports are excluded from the measurement are provided see Measured Ports Example 4 port analyzer Fully unbalanced Physical ports no 3 1 4 2 connected to logical ports DUT ports 3 1 4 2 One bal...

Page 318: ...balanced port configuration OK activates the settings in the Select Logical Port Number table Reference impedance settings For non waveguide ports the default reference impedance is equal to the refe...

Page 319: ...correspond to single physical ports Select Logical Port Number shows the current port configuration Selecting a Logical Port and clicking Dissolve reestablishes a single ended unbalanced port configur...

Page 320: ...iver frequency which the analyzer uses to adjust the desired amplitude and phase of the true differential signal The adjustment requires a measurement of the a and b waves at the physical ports which...

Page 321: ...ces under test The Port Configuration table on the left of this tab shows an overview of the logical and physical numbering and grouping of the ports This table is displayed as an information only and...

Page 322: ...are needed Combining ports 1 and 2 to a first port group ports 3 and 4 to a second port group leaves two sets of 2 port parameters to be measured in parallel The measurement provides 2 4 8 S parameter...

Page 323: ...Please note that static and dynamic bandwidth reduction is not considered when determining the minimum frequency offset from the IF bandwidth Please note that in Simultaneous Measurement with Frequenc...

Page 324: ...ent segments The frequency offset applied to the generator must of course be balanced by a corresponding offset on the receiving side Since for technical reasons there can only be one LO frequency wit...

Page 325: ...MHz 104 MHz 108 MHz 112 MHz 4 8 MHz 100 MHz 104 MHz 108 MHz 112 MHz On the user level the firmware will provide for each port group only those four measurement points that were requested by the user a...

Page 326: ...f the generated IF signal see Define Mixer Mode and Mixer Signal Diagrams Power calibration of the signal sources and of the IF receiver see Mixer Power Calibration A system error correction including...

Page 327: ...erting mixer mode and normal non frequency converting operation Mixer Power Cal opens a dialog to perform a power calibration of the signal sources and of the IF receiver Mixer Cal opens a submenu to...

Page 328: ...races can be selected via Trace Measure Mixer Meas The port selection lists contain all analyzer ports or external generators which can provide the RF signal left side and local oscillator LO signals...

Page 329: ...wer Cal Mixer Cal Source and Load Match Power correction plus enhanced wave correction plus Load Match Correction of the conversion gain S21 Channel Calibration Enhanced Wave Correction and Channel Ca...

Page 330: ...s at a Fixed frequency and the third at the calculated sum or difference frequency Auto The labeling of the complete diagrams depends on the sweep type Frequency sweep The following mixer signal diagr...

Page 331: ...r e g Port 2 fixed frequency RF LO or RF LO expected fixed power The ports in the mixer signal diagrams are physical ports To measure mixers with differential inputs define a logical port configuratio...

Page 332: ...rs can be defined independently Start CW defines the output power levels at the RF LO 1 and LO 2 ports The Base Pwr setting overwrites the power settings in the Channel Stimulus menu for power sweeps...

Page 333: ...ls RF LO 1 LO 2 they are used for the calculation of the IF frequency only The Port Frequencies table consists of the following columns Type specifies how the frequency for each signal is defined One...

Page 334: ...Two Mixers In a frequency sweep where one of the input frequencies varies over a definite range the second swept signal e g the IF signal also covers a frequency range of the same width An error messa...

Page 335: ...eral steps For a test setup where the RF and LO signals are provided by port 1 and an external generator respectively where the RF signal is swept the LO signal is at fixed frequency and where the swe...

Page 336: ...frequency range is recommended The IF source power calibration avoids possible inaccuracies of an IF receiver calibration due to cable loss connectors and mismatch This calibration step requires an a...

Page 337: ...gs dialog to modify the essential settings of the next calibration sweep Power Meter selects an external power meter that is used to measure the exact source power at the calibration plane see Power M...

Page 338: ...s The Mixer Cal automatically includes an enhanced wave correction at the RF and IF ports The enhanced wave correction for the scalar mixer measurement calibrates the a and b waves at the RF and IF po...

Page 339: ...usual way in analogy to the parameters of a non frequency converting network The LO signals for the MUT and the additional mixers can be provided by additional analyzer ports port3 port 4 if available...

Page 340: ...ways used for the RF signal and the measured IF signal mixing product so they are not included in the lists Generators must be configured explicitly in the System Configuration External Generators dia...

Page 341: ...e frequencies Reset Frequency Conversion disables all frequency converting measurements including e g an active scalar mixer mixer delay or harmonic distortion measurement A Mix label in the channel l...

Page 342: ...RF LO frequencies and the selected IF band If the mixer under test is measured in down converting mode IF RF LO or IF LO RF a lowpass filter must be used to reject the up converted IF signal at IF RF...

Page 343: ...etup Port 2 if you use a network analyzer with an upper frequency limit 20 GHz and work at IF frequencies 600 MHz Avoid test setup Port 1 if the edge of your lowpass or highpass filter is not steep en...

Page 344: ...calculated from the selected RF sweep range and the LO frequency No additional external devices such as mixers are needed 3 Source power calibration for the LO signal provided by an external generato...

Page 345: ...rformed using the currently selected settings the respective box is marked with an exclamation mark and an error description is shown in the lower left part of the dialog Abort Sweep stops the current...

Page 346: ...performed manually or using a calibration unit Manual Cal opens the Calibration wizard for two full one port calibrations at ports 1 and 2 Calibration Unit opens a dialog for partially automatic calib...

Page 347: ...calibration the calibration mixer must be reciprocal S21 S12 If your mixer under test is reciprocal you can also use it as a calibration mixer Remote control SENSe Ch CORRection COLLect METHod DEFine...

Page 348: ...tain the one port correction data The active cal unit contains the necessary one port standards and provides all necessary one port data at once Connect a reciprocal calibration mixer between ports 1...

Page 349: ...frequency because those will affect both signals in the same way This means that the mixer delay measurement does not require any synchronization between the analyzer and the LO signal even if the LO...

Page 350: ...t 1 should be 10 dB above the source power at port 3 See also section Level Handling during Power Calibration For network analyzers with upper frequency limits of 20 GHz and above test setup 2 causes...

Page 351: ...2 VNA1 generates the dual tone source signal for the first sweep point VNA2 measures the b waves and returns the results to VNA1 3 VNA1 calculates and displays the mixer delay results 4 Steps 2 and 3...

Page 352: ...The mixer delay measurement possible if the source frequency as defined in the Port Configuration dialog at one of the used source ports is different from the channel base frequency the frequency conv...

Page 353: ...asurement bandwidth IF bandwidth which is significantly smaller than the aperture High selectivity IF filters have steeper edges and improve the detection of the two adjacent signals Detection fails i...

Page 354: ...XI Configuration opens a dialog to configure an additional network analyzer R S ZVA as a remote receiver The receiver instrument must be equipped with option R S ZVA K9 too Use LAN1 LAN2 selects one o...

Page 355: ...t LEVel IMMediate AMPLitude Mixer Delay Meas Calibration This dialog controls the calibration for the mixer delay measurement The calibration is based on a comparison of the measured mixer delay with...

Page 356: ...h the extension csv two examples are stored in the default directory C Program Files Rohde Schwarz Network Analyzer Calibration MixerDelay The files start with a preamble followed by a list of stimulu...

Page 357: ...bel in the trace list indicates an active mixer delay measurement Remote control SENSe Ch FREQuency MDELay CONVersion OFF Harmonics The Harmonics submenu controls the measurement of arbitrary harmonic...

Page 358: ...ngs Relative Measurement calculates the ratio of the selected harmonic to the fundamental and displays the result as a new trace Harmonic Power Cal opens a dialog to perform a power calibration of the...

Page 359: ...display other quantities and change the trace settings A label H3 in the channel list indicates that the third harmonic measurement is active In a frequency sweep the 3rd harmonic is displayed as a fu...

Page 360: ...he original harmonic and the relative measurement the harmonic is hidden invisible but can be retrieved using the Trace Manager The relative trace belongs to a new channel In the dB Mag trace format t...

Page 361: ...utomatically performed across the entire frequency or power range of the harmonics measurement Harmonic power calibration procedure and example Due to the different frequency ranges of the input and o...

Page 362: ...e first step A click in one of the boxes in the list of calibrations in the upper left part of the dialog starts the calibration sweeps for the source and receiver calibrations respectively The measur...

Page 363: ...tortion Measurement R S ZVA and R S ZVT The Intermod Distortion Meas submenu controls the intermodulation distortion measurement including power calibration and system error correction The intermodula...

Page 364: ...ith four ports and four generators order nos 1145 1110 28 48 all ports have independent internal sources You can perform intermodulation measurements with an arbitrary combination of two source ports...

Page 365: ...connectors and an external combiner You can also replace the external combiner by an Extension Unit R S ZVAX24 or R S ZVAX TRM with installed combiner option Intermodulation measurement results The i...

Page 366: ...is possible to feed the two tone source signal to the RF input of a mixer and measure the intermodulation distortion of the IF output signal after conversion with an additional LO signal The Define M...

Page 367: ...Intermodulation Distortion Measurement The Define Intermodulation Distortion Measurement wizard defines the source and receiver settings for the intermodulation measurement Frequency range for interm...

Page 368: ...Generator Receiver Access and without an internal combiner see Use Internal Combiner below the setting Ext Dev external device is fixed The analyzer assumes that the lower tone and the upper tone sign...

Page 369: ...he analyzer prepares itself for an enhanced wave correction i e the power calibration wizard for the intermodulation measurement see section Intermodulation Distortion Measurement Power Calibration wi...

Page 370: ...ettings depend on the active sweep type frequency or power sweep The frequency and power settings for the lower tone are identical with the Channel Stimulus settings The Frequency Range table shows th...

Page 371: ...er In order to display the intermodulation spectrum measurement the channel settings have to be modified by the firmware This can either be done in the current channel Overwrite Current Channel Settin...

Page 372: ...uency or power range of the intermodulation measurement Power calibration procedure and example Due to the different frequency ranges to be calibrated the intermodulation distortion measurement power...

Page 373: ...libration in step 3 and which cannot be performed at the external generator During these calibrations the upper tone port is switched off Power considerations The directional coupler introduces a coup...

Page 374: ...alibration will be performed This list also gives information on what connections have to be made for each group of calibrations for example Connect Pmtr to Ext Dev A click on a box for an individual...

Page 375: ...lts are applied starting with the first sweep after the verification sweep Remote control SOURce Ch POWer Pt CORRection IMODulation LTONe ACQuire SOURce Ch POWer Pt CORRection IMODulation UTONe ACQuir...

Page 376: ...ower Calibration the system error correction allows for an enhanced wave correction which can be switched on via Channel Cal Enhanced Wave Corr If the Two Tone Output is set to Ext Dev in the Define I...

Page 377: ...t setup is as simple as for a basic transmission measurement The DUT must be connected only once Moreover it is possible to perform S parameter measurements in parallel to the noise figure measurement...

Page 378: ...r the noise figure measurement can be accessed from the setup guide Mixer Noise Figure Setup Guide opens a similar dialog for noise figure measurements on mixers with option R S ZVA K31 Define Noise F...

Page 379: ...S ZVA K4 provides the mixer noise figure measurement Due to the extended calibration procedure mixer noise figure measurements cannot be performed with external attenuators The measurement algorithm...

Page 380: ...Generator and Receiver Access improve i e reduce the noise figure of the NWA source and receiver On analyzers equipped with options R S ZVA frequency B16 it is also possible to measure the noise figur...

Page 381: ...Receiver Power Calibration gives access to the Receiver Power Cal dialog for the previously selected DUT Output port If a preamplifier is connected between the DUT and the receive port of the analyze...

Page 382: ...at port n it also selects the Low Noise step attenuator mode If a pre amplifier is used in the receiver path a power reduction negative value of the Port n Pwr Offset may be required to prevent exces...

Page 383: ...to Sequential in Define Noise Figure Measurement dialog 3 S parameter results are not available Configure Traces step of Mixer Noise Figure Setup Guide 2 Source Power Calibration gives access to the S...

Page 384: ...e a transmission normalization the noise figure trace line contains no calibration state label except Pcal or another power calibration state label With an additional S Parameter Calibration i e a Ful...

Page 385: ...rder to reduce the receiver noise figure Apply RF Image Correction is relevant for mixer noise figure measurements only with option R S ZVA K31 The noise figure measurement accounts for the noise cont...

Page 386: ...SENSe Ch SWEep DETector TIME SENSe Ch NFIGure SEQuential SENSe Ch NfIGure RFICorr SENSe Ch NfIGure NDUT Noise Figure Cal Opens a dialog to assess and compensate the internal noise at the NWA receiver...

Page 387: ...ugh connection its attenuation should be as small as possible If a pre amplifier is used for the measurement it is also part of the calibration test setup The two dots in the figure below denote the p...

Page 388: ...al pre amplifier and a large Gen Atten for Scr NCal value is used IF Gain b configures the receiver path for the measurement channels b waves The default setting Low Noise is appropriate for relativel...

Page 389: ...ailable for analyzer models with arbitrary numbers of ports Embedding a DUT into a matching network To be integrated in application circuits high impedance components like Surface Acoustic Wave SAW fi...

Page 390: ...ing the DUT effectively extends the calibration plane towards the DUT ports enabling a realistic evaluation of the DUT without the distorting network Deembedding can be combined with length offset par...

Page 391: ...n has been defined Ground Loop Deembedding Embedding opens the configuration dialog for the ground loop circuits and activates or deactivates de embedding Deembedding Embedding at Port Pair opens the...

Page 392: ...log it is possible to select a combination of 4 port and 2 port networks to be numerically added removed at balanced logical ports and to select 2 port networks at single ended physical ports The foll...

Page 393: ...enormalization means that the measurement results measured at 50 75 are converted into results at arbitrary port impedances Renormalization of the physical port impedances affects e g S parameters and...

Page 394: ...Z0 The default value for the common mode is Z0c 25 Z0 2 Renormalization can be based on two alternative waveguide circuit theories The conversion formula of both theories differ only if the reference...

Page 395: ...atrix S1 is calculated as with the unit matrix E and two additional matrices with the elements 1 Power waves In the model of Kurokawa Power Waves and the Scattering Matrix the wave quantities a and b...

Page 396: ...dding function Transformation Network contains all available 2 port networks see below Networks are either defined by lumped elements or by means of imported S parameter data The active network appear...

Page 397: ...hstone file s2p No additional parameters are required The following networks are composed of a serial C or L as seen from the test port followed by a shunt C or L They are named Serial C Shunt C Seria...

Page 398: ...g two port or four port S parameter data is active The S parameters are read from two port s2p or four port s4p Touchstone files Each two port file can be assigned to one of two different physical por...

Page 399: ...ort S parameters The first network is defined by its S parameters stored in an imported four port Touchstone file s4p No additional parameters are required The following networks are composed of a shu...

Page 400: ...to the 2 port de embedding networks the ground loop represents a single wire connection The ground loop can be described by a one port S matrix On the other hand the ground loop de embedding algorithm...

Page 401: ...is network is defined by its S parameters stored in a one port Touchstone file s1p No additional parameters are required Set to Ideal Ground is enabled as long as the 1 Port Data network is active An...

Page 402: ...port pairs must have the following properties The two ports must be different If port groups are defined the two ports must be within the same port group As shown in section Combination of Different...

Page 403: ...ding function Transformation Network contains all available 4 port networks for port pairs see below Networks are defined either by means of imported S parameter data or by lumped elements The active...

Page 404: ...Air DEEMbedding List_idx file_name MMEMory LOAD VNETworks Ch PPAir EMBedding List_idx file_name Define Port Pairs for De embedding Defines a list of port pairs to be numerically added or removed Port...

Page 405: ...rue differential measurements on frequency converting DUTs or to use true differential mode in combination with external frequency converters see background information in section Balanced Ports and P...

Page 406: ...ibration is recommended You can also use offset parameters or additional two port transmission factors in order to move the reference plane where the analyzer provides an accurate differential or comm...

Page 407: ...Uc True differential mode Same Differential and Common Mode Voltages as in Single Ended Mode Differential mode Pch 2 Ud 0 W 0 V Common mode 0 W 0 V Pch 2 Uc True differential mode Apply to Differenti...

Page 408: ...measures the unbalanced wave quantities at ports k and l The differential mode waves adi0 and bdi0 and the common mode waves aci0 and bci0 can be calculated from the unbalanced waves using the follow...

Page 409: ...that a three port analyzer is configured for one balanced and one single ended port as shown below To obtain the complete mixed mode S matrix the analyzer generates the following stimulus signals 1 Di...

Page 410: ...blue In true differential mode gain peaking is smaller and compression starts at much lower stimulus power Remote control CALCulate Ch PARameter SDEFine SCD11 True Differential Mode on Frequency Conv...

Page 411: ...ion for true differential ports once per balanced port 4 Activate true differential mode 4 Connect the DUT in order to perform measurements Amplitude Imbalance Sweep To ensure proper operation differe...

Page 412: ...range for the amplitude imbalance sweep is independent of the power range for power sweeps Compensate Imbalance of a Waves Since the mixed mode S parameters of a linear balanced DUT depend only on th...

Page 413: ...of the wave quantities at the two physical ports of the swept logical port Imbalance arg ak arg al where k l The selected phase imbalance is applied to the differential as well as to the common mode...

Page 414: ...generators order nos 1145 1110 28 48 all ports have independent internal sources You can use defined coherence mode with an arbitrary combination of two source ports Defined coherence mode can be use...

Page 415: ...lyzer ports 1 and 2 and ports 3 and 4 uses the same generator coupled ports If port 1 is the reference port either port 3 or port 4 can be selected as the source port for the second coherent signal Re...

Page 416: ...reverses the order of partial measurements and sweeps A partial measurement is performed at all sweep points partial sweep before the hardware settings are changed and the next partial measurement is...

Page 417: ...e Off Trigger event starts m complete measurements at consecutive sweep points For a 2 port transmission measurement comprising two partial measurements S12 and S21 Sweep Segment Alternate On Trigger...

Page 418: ...rear panel of the network analyzer The signals can be used to control a R S ZVAX24 or R S ZVAX TRM Extension Unit equipped with pulse modulator option The pulse generator signals are configured using...

Page 419: ...ator the Pulse Gen trigger must be used The trigger settings also control which of the trigger signals provides the trigger event Remote control SENSe Ch PULSe GENerator gen_no STATe Define Pulse Gene...

Page 420: ...gs of the active channel are applied to all channels This ensures continuous pulse generator signals at the CASCADE output of the network analyzer when another channel is selected Use All Channels Con...

Page 421: ...to a pulse train file Period denotes the duration of the entire pulse train The period of the sync signal is adjusted to the pulse train period as long as the pulse train signal type is active Column...

Page 422: ...T If after this operation the sync pulse overlaps with the pulse train the time origin is shifted to the rising edge of the first sync pulse Remote control SENSe Ch PULSe GENerator2 TYPE SENSe Ch PULS...

Page 423: ...cally selects a CW Time sweep mode and adjusts a number of data acquisition and pulse generator settings when the chopped pulse profile mode is activated The width of the sync signal pulse Gen 1 is se...

Page 424: ...e analyzer uses a simple ASCII format to export pulse train definitions By default the pulse train file has the extension train and is stored in the directory shown in the Save Pulse Train and Recall...

Page 425: ...he presence of several spurious signals setting the Spurious Avoidance parameter globally may not be sufficient To improve the result perform a Segmented Frequency sweep and assign independent LO freq...

Page 426: ...er this setting Remote control SENSe Ch FREQuency 1 LPNoise ON OFF Extension Unit R S ZVAX24 for R S ZVA The extension unit R S ZVAX24 is an accessory for vector network analyzers R S ZVA24 The extens...

Page 427: ...eived wave at port 3 Used to protect the NWA receiver from excess input levels e g in T R module measurements Pulse Modulator Generator Port 3 R S ZVAX B273 Provides pulsed signals at port 3 Pulsed si...

Page 428: ...R S ZVAX signal path green rectangle in the figure below may contain the following modules A harmonic filter for very accurate frequency converting measurements in particular harmonics measurements A...

Page 429: ...to generate a pulsed source signal A harmonic filter for very accurate frequency converting measurements in particular harmonics measurements An external spectrum analyzer connected to the PORT 2 MON...

Page 430: ...s may be connected simultaneously see Pulse Generator Out Modulator Assignment selects the pulse generator signal for each of the three pulse modulators Src1 Rec 2 Src 3 see ZVAX Path Configuration di...

Page 431: ...extension unit including setup instructions and an overview of the available models and options refer to the R S ZVAX TRM User Manual stock no 1325 1268 02 also available for download in the product s...

Page 432: ...ticular building block By means of the transfer switches which are part of each building block the respective component can be looped into the RF path or simply bypassed This corresponds to activating...

Page 433: ...e GUI representation of the available building blocks Graphical Representation Name Remarks Pulse modulator on source path i 1 2 3 with a wave REF signal access The a wave access allows to use the unp...

Page 434: ...a time b wave access is fixed for all paths cannot be switched If an optional module pulse modulator power amplifier combiner low noise preamplifier is not available its building block is replaced by...

Page 435: ...The LNA at the receive port is activated automatically and its built in filters are controlled by the analyzer firmware compensating for the effects of the harmonic mixing used by the ZVA above 24 GH...

Page 436: ...timing between the two pulse generator signals that are made available to the R S ZVAX TRM via the CASCADE connection If the pulse generators are switched off Pulse Generators Active deselected this...

Page 437: ...it PMODulator Path SOURce SENSe Ch TEUNit PMODulator Path INVert SENSe Ch TEUNit REAR No SOURce SENSe Ch TEUNit REAR No INVert Trigger tab The Trigger tab mirrors settings from the Channel Sweep Trigg...

Page 438: ...log to perform the previous actions systematically rename channels Active and inactive traces and channels A window can display several diagram areas simultaneously each with a variable number of trac...

Page 439: ...invisible because no traces are assigned to them or distributed over several diagram areas Remote control The numeric suffix Ch appended to the first level mnemonic of a command selects a channel as...

Page 440: ...channel calibration are identical to the previous channel settings the trace is created with the trace settings of the former active trace but displayed with another color The new channel is named Ch...

Page 441: ...and one trace Columns in the Channel Manager table The channel table contains several editable white or non editable gray columns Channel indicates the current channel name The default names for new c...

Page 442: ...ta to a Cal Pool and to assign correction data to channels Recall Last Cal Set loads and activates the setup for which the last calibration was performed Cal Kits opens a dialog to manage the calibrat...

Page 443: ...and Four Port P1 P4 open submenus to select a three or four port calibration at the respective test ports Other opens the calibration wizard to select a calibration type for an arbitrary number of por...

Page 444: ...start dialog of the calibration wizard to start a manual calibration Full initiates a full one port calibration Normalization Short initiates a normalization using a short standard Remote control SEN...

Page 445: ...ation TRM initiates a Through Reflect Match calibration TOM initiates a Through Open Match calibration TNA initiates a Through Network Attenuation calibration Normalize Forward and Normalize Reverse i...

Page 446: ...M iniates a TOSM calibration with Unknown Through TRL initiates a Through Reflect Line calibration NIST Multiline TRL initiates a NIST Multiline TRL calibration TRM initiates a Through Reflect Match c...

Page 447: ...system error correction data To keep older correction data you can transfer them into a Cal Pool using the Calibration Manager The system error correction data determined in a calibration procedure a...

Page 448: ...with the same connector type Completness The selected calibration kit must contain all standards needed for the active calibration type If it doesn t the analyzer displays an error message Waveguide c...

Page 449: ...the Next button is pressed the analyzer checks the calibration kits and the matching of the calibration standards and possibly displays a notice box confirm with OK This happens If one of the calibrat...

Page 450: ...ion to the list Modify Calibration opens the Add Calibration dialog to modify the selected calibration Delete Calibration removes the selected calibration from the list Two buttons at the bottom of th...

Page 451: ...w fc the analyzer displays a tooltip and the waveguide port is excluded from the calibration When the OK button is pressed the analyzer checks the calibration kits and the selected calibration s and p...

Page 452: ...evel contains check boxes for the different positions of the sliding element Double click a physical port symbol to expand or collapse the list Through connections for full n port calibrations and n 3...

Page 453: ...cy Moreover it is recommended to use the predefined load positions of the standard The calibration is valid Apply is available if either the match or three positions of the sliding match have been mea...

Page 454: ...ed standards Show Phase displays or hides the phase trace in addition to the dB Mag trace in the measurement diagram Keep Measurement Data for Repeat Previous Cal causes the raw measurement data of th...

Page 455: ...on with two or three different Line standards With an appropriate length of the Lines the ratio for the start and stop frequency of the calibrated sweep range can increase to approx 1 64 for 2 Lines o...

Page 456: ...h dThrough denotes the delay of the Through standard At ftransition the phase difference between the longer Line and the Through and the phase difference between the shorter Line and the Through are a...

Page 457: ...epends on the delays of the longest Line and Through standards The threshold frequency is given by fTRM 1 18 dlong dThrough where dlong denotes the delay of the longest of the used Line standards dThr...

Page 458: ...serted over a 2 GHz wide frequency range centered around the CW frequency If the CW frequency is too close to the upper lower frequency limit of the analyzer the frequency range is cut in half e g 0 5...

Page 459: ...90 deg make sure that the spacing between the sweep points is small enough If you are not sure which one of the two phases for a dispersive standard is correct select one press Apply and check the me...

Page 460: ...s the effective relative permittivity and c0 the speed of light in vacuum Remote control SENSe Ch CORRection COLLect RPSHift SENSe Ch CORRection DATA PARameter Cal RPSHift Apply Finally Apply the resu...

Page 461: ...in the Calibration Manager A red label Cal Off appears behind the trace list if the system error correction is switched off see also Calibration Overview Correction for S parameters and wave quantiti...

Page 462: ...bitrary reference plane in the measurement path The calibrated reference plane is typically the input of the DUT In a frequency sweep the power at the reference plane is maintained at a constant Cal P...

Page 463: ...account 2 The power measured at the reference plane is displayed in the calibration sweep diagram and compared to the Cal Power The comparison serves as an input for the correction of the source power...

Page 464: ...e power calibration Abort Sweep stops a running sweep The data acquired in the aborted sweep is discarded The Settings panel displays the essential parameters of the source power calibration to be def...

Page 465: ...ress Finished show the progress of the calibration procedure Viewing calibration sweeps in remote state The analyzer provides calibration sweep diagrams for remote controlled source and receiver calib...

Page 466: ...receiver is multiplied by the selected convergence factor The variable attenuator setting is modified by the product of power deviation times convergence factor With a convergence factor larger smalle...

Page 467: ...new target power Cal Power is based on the existing calibration data at Cal Power 1 During the sequence of calibration sweeps the source power is varied such that the reference receiver indicates the...

Page 468: ...or the DUT Zeroing Zeroing calibrates the external power meter by adjusting its reading at zero signal power For this purpose the RF cable between the analyzer and the power sensor must be disconnecte...

Page 469: ...or during Calibration is active the analyzer increases the measured power sensor values by the two port transmission coefficients to ensure that a subsequent measurement without the additional two por...

Page 470: ...enuator with known attenuation is needed to connected the power sensor to the NWA test port The transmission coefficients of the adapter are used for the power meter correction Case B 2 port in front...

Page 471: ...is based on a wave with known power No external connection is needed for a receiver power calibration on the reference receiver wave quantity an with Port n used as a source Besides the reference rec...

Page 472: ...re they appear in the list Beneath the selected source a label displays the current status of the selected source s Flatness and or Reference Rcvr power calibration if available See Power Calibration...

Page 473: ...le an individual source or receiver calibration The settings are also accessible from the Port Configuration dialog Press Power Corr All Ports Off to disable the power calibration of all sources and r...

Page 474: ...er dialog contains three main panels Calibration State lists all channels and their current calibration state Calibration Pool contains a list of all stored correction data sets Calibration Properties...

Page 475: ...ect Physical Port Connectors of the calibration wizard The buttons in the upper half of the dialog are used to modify the Cal Pool and apply pool data to channels Add copies the correction data of the...

Page 476: ...ble to describe the standards by means of S parameter tables stored in a file The analyzer provides a large number of predefined cal kits but can also import cal kit files and create new kits A select...

Page 477: ...SENSe Ch CORRection CKIT DELete ckit_name Query connector types calibration kits and standards SENSe Ch CORRection CONNection CATalog SENSe Ch CORRection CKIT CATalog SENSe Ch CORRection CKIT STANdard...

Page 478: ...nce and capacitance parameters are set to zero Cal Kit Files Calibration kit files can be used to store the parameters of a particular calibration kit to re load the data and to exchange calibration k...

Page 479: ...ng system contain dots the ones generated on a German system contain commas The network analyzer expects the dot as a separator and displays an error message when a csv file with commas is loaded Plea...

Page 480: ...ification during export the last modified date of the generated calkit file is set to the kit s Date of Last Modification Assigning a label to user defined calibration kits is optional However the lab...

Page 481: ...ndards that you actually use Use Copy Standards from to avoid the re definition of their properties Standards are copied together with their parameters and their label which you can modify once they b...

Page 482: ...or various parameter conversions Z0 enters into The calculation of the S parameters for the calibration standards associated with the connector type provided that they are derived from a circuit model...

Page 483: ...e is selected various dialogs e g Add Standard will indicate varies instead of a definite impedance value Impact of offset model parameters The offset model parameters are used for the calculation of...

Page 484: ...s Restrict Port Assignment Select S Params From Qualify whether the standard is described by a Circuit Model from which the analyzer can calculate the S parameters or by a table of measured or simulat...

Page 485: ...ment Opens a dialog to define whether the standard can be connected to any port of the analyzer or to just one port for one port standards or a pair of ports for two port standards The port assignment...

Page 486: ...ion time of a wave traveling through the standard The Electrical Length is equal to the Delay times the speed of light in the vacuum and is a measure for the length of transmission line between the st...

Page 487: ...andard with variable load parameters sliding load and unspecified length The reference impedance is fixed and equal to the characteristic impedance of the connector type No load and offset parameters...

Page 488: ...e port Short Short circuit one port 0 Offset short Short circuit with added electrical length offset for waveguide calibration one port 0 Match Matched broadband termination one port Z0 reference impe...

Page 489: ...calibration kit contains the following standards A Short standard which also serves as a Reflect standard A Fixed Match standard A Shim that contains a short transmission line causing a 4 phase shift...

Page 490: ...series of measurements at a given frequency with equal mismatch and varying phase yields reflection factors that are located on a circle in the Smith chart The center of this circle corresponds to per...

Page 491: ...t effort The following table provides an overview of the available standards for rectangular waveguide calibration and the technical implementation using the calibration kit Standard Type Technical im...

Page 492: ...0 12 mm 0 27 mm 0 48 mm 0 71 mm 1 2 mm If you accidentally unscrew the knob completely simply screw it on again Enhanced Wave Correction Activates or deactivates the system error correction of all a a...

Page 493: ...ver calibration or a receiver calibration at a single port is sufficient For best accuracy perform a source power calibration with active reference receiver calibration With active enhanced wave corre...

Page 494: ...error correction as follows 2 frequency segments each with 201 points The two alternative calibration schemes are depicted below The Scalar Mixer Meas Power Cal provides the necessary power calibratio...

Page 495: ...verse sweep with port 2 as drive port is automatically performed during the measurement The correction is calculated under the assumption that the reverse transmission factor S12 in the example above...

Page 496: ...the mixer calibration will be restricted to the frequency range of the RF source port Port 1 and no longer cover the complete frequency range of the IF receive port Port 2 Always ensure that Cal and...

Page 497: ...ected to the corresponding test ports of the analyzer The connector type is type N f or 3 5 mm f for all connectors To connect the unit 1 Switch on and start up your network analyzer 2 To protect your...

Page 498: ...gh attenuation in the signal path connect matching port numbers and click Default Port Assignment at the beginning of the calibration process Accuracy considerations To ensure an accurate calibration...

Page 499: ...ect AUTO PORTs TYPE SENSe Ch CORRection COLLect AUTO TYPE Calibration Procedure The automatic calibration is started on clicking Calibration Unit in the Start Calibration menu The Calibration Unit dia...

Page 500: ...se a calibration unit that is characterized for TOSM instead of UOSM calibration Select Channel Calibration Characterize Cal Unit Disable User Characterization Warnings if you do not want to display t...

Page 501: ...orrection data has been calculated On pressing OK the result is applied to the active channel The network analyzer is ready to perform calibrated measurements The full two port and full n port calibra...

Page 502: ...port groups are treated during calibration Uncheck Retain port groups default to dissolve port groups during calibration and to create a single system error correction for all selected ports Check Re...

Page 503: ...ssignment method considerably extends the range of applications of the calibration units A two port unit is sufficient to perform a full n port calibration of an arbitrary number of analyzer ports The...

Page 504: ...ports are required Additional condition The cal unit port assigned to a given analyzer port must be the same2 Assign the node port to port 1 of the calibration unit Subdivide the remaining n 1 analyz...

Page 505: ...tory characterization data which ensure an accurate calibration for all standard applications For specific modifications of the test setup e g the connection of additional adapters to a calibration un...

Page 506: ...xt time the Characterize Cal Unit dialog is opened Enter an empty string no password to deactivate password protection View the list of available characterization data sets and their Properties Select...

Page 507: ...needed a simple characterization procedure involving only one port measurements is sufficient The calibrated ports are connected one after another A Full One Port or Full Two Port calibration of the a...

Page 508: ...are partly factory calibrated and partly normalized This can also happen if an S parameter is measured with different port impedances or if the analyzer uses a one port calibration at port 1 and a nor...

Page 509: ...source power calibration is relevant S parameters Sxy represent the ratio of a received wave bx to a driving wave ay therefore the absolute receiver power levels are not critical A PCal label indicat...

Page 510: ...and the electrical length are calculated as follows Electrical Length Mechanical Length or Delay are coupled parameters When one of them is changed the other two follow For a non dispersive DUT the d...

Page 511: ...mbedding by means of the Channel Mode Virtual Transform functions the offset parameters cannot compensate for a possible mismatch in the test setup Each offset parameter is assigned to a particular po...

Page 512: ...ffset an loss for the receiving port of the active measured quantity with the condition that the residual group delay of the active trace is minimized and the measured loss is minimized as far as poss...

Page 513: ...parameters The Mechanical Length dialog contains the three editable columns Mech Length Permittivity r and Velocity Fact The velocity factor is 1 sqrt r and is a measure for the velocity of light in...

Page 514: ...d as the negative derivative of the phase response is minimized across the entire sweep range If Delay is the selected trace format the entire trace is shifted in vertical direction and centered aroun...

Page 515: ...ratio wave quantity a converted impedance or a converted admittance The effect of Auto Length on S parameters wave quantities and ratios is to eliminate a linear phase response as described above The...

Page 516: ...kept at its previously defined value default 1 GHz The DC loss c is zero except for wave quantities and for S parameters and ratios with maximum dB magnitude larger than 0 01 dB Auto Length and Loss...

Page 517: ...cess after each fixture compensation sweep so that you can modify your test setup e g terminate the next measured port Disable Prompt for Each Standard to perform all calibration sweeps without interr...

Page 518: ...uracy Open and Short compensation is more time consuming because it requires two consecutive fixture compensation sweeps for each port the first with an open the second with a short circuit The analyz...

Page 519: ...d the following additional settings The settings in the Window menu arrange several windows containing one or more diagram areas within the entire screen Various settings to assign traces to diagram a...

Page 520: ...ram area as the active diagram area disabled if only one diagram area is defined Add Diag Area Trace creates a new diagram area with a new trace Delete Diag Area deletes the active diagram area Overla...

Page 521: ...arbitrary diagram area of the active setup as the active diagram area This function is disabled if the current setup contains only one diagram area The diagram area numbers are displayed in the upper...

Page 522: ...Places all traces in a single diagram area which is maximized to occupy the whole window This function is available irrespective of the trace Format and the Channel settings it is even possible to ov...

Page 523: ...to occupy the whole window placing the active diagram area on top While Maximize is selected Next Diag Area or Select Diag Area can be used to activate and display the other diagram areas The remainin...

Page 524: ...the two diagram areas drag and drop the separating frames use the Split Manager or the functions of the Window menu Remote control No command display configuration only Triple Split Splits the active...

Page 525: ...e empty and display No Trace To vary the size and position of the diagram areas drag and drop the separating frames use the Split Manager or the functions of the Window menu Remote control No command...

Page 526: ...R S ZVA R S ZVB R S ZVT GUI Reference Display Menu Operating Manual 1145 1084 12 30 511 The following examples were obtained with 3 diagram areas each with 1 trace Lineup Stack Tile Horizontally...

Page 527: ...e title may comprise a practically unlimited number of characters and is centered in a line below the top of the diagram area Diagram Area provides a drop down list of all diagram areas of the current...

Page 528: ...reen Color Scheme controls the colors in all diagram areas Frequency Info shows or hides the frequency values in the diagram areas Font Size changes the size of the fonts in the diagram on a relative...

Page 529: ...he right edge of the screen to the left of the softkey bar The hardkey bar represents the most commonly used front panel keys of the analyzer Clicking a key symbol executes the action of the correspon...

Page 530: ...generating color hardcopies of the screen The following Predefined Schemes can be appropriate for generating black and white hardcopies of the screen Black and White Line Styles sets a white backgroun...

Page 531: ...ing of the scheme On the other hand it is often desirable to use different colors in different diagram areas so that any trace that is moved from one diagram area to another can keep its color Keep Tr...

Page 532: ...ive The frequency stimulus values in the marker info field at the marker position and in the marker table The Frequency Info setting is valid for frequency and segmented frequency sweeps only Remote c...

Page 533: ...t performs a configurable instrument reset Undo reverses the previous operation Redo reverses the action of the Undo command External Tools opens a submenu with various demo setups and editing tools S...

Page 534: ...when the analyzer generates a notice status message or a warning alarm sounds or during calibration The settings are also valid if the instrument is remote controlled Transparent info fields do not hi...

Page 535: ...If Geometric mean is selected fCenter sqrt fLBE fUBE On a logarithmic frequency scale this ensures equal spacing from the band edges If Arithmetic mean is selected fCenter fLBE fUBE 2 The arithmetic m...

Page 536: ...RF and IF ports Fast Multiport Correction activates an approximate but faster algorithm for the correction of measurement results based on the system error correction data The fast algorithm is used f...

Page 537: ...n Kits or any other directory None means that no cal kit files are loaded on start up Use the special directory to make sure that you do not have to import kits manually even after terminating the NWA...

Page 538: ...source signal is turned off the RF amplifiers are still power supplied In the alternative configuration the power supply of the RF amplifiers is turned off too This further reduces the broadband noise...

Page 539: ...Set Factory Preset to use the factory defined setup or press Browse to select a user defined setup file User Preset File If the selected User Preset File cannot be accessed e g because it was deleted...

Page 540: ...to 16 independent analyzer states Since firmware version 3 70 it is also possible to use Drive Port Pins lines 16 to 19 at the USER CONTROL connector as additional channel bits 4 to 7 which allows to...

Page 541: ...w software option for the network analyzer is enabled by entering the option key and pressing Install as described in the dialog Alternatively it is possible to load the option key from the option key...

Page 542: ...ual 1145 1084 12 30 527 Remote Settings Provides settings for the remote control RC interface of the analyzer The Remote Language for the analyzer is specified in the upper part The DEFAULT language c...

Page 543: ...s swapped If the PNA language is activated Agilent compatible ID and OPT strings are set The bit order for transferred binary data is normal If one of the HP xxxx languages is activated HP xxxx compat...

Page 544: ...alibration A typical example is a source power calibration for an arbitrary analyzer port Configured external power meters can be selected as additional receivers in the Port Configuration and in the...

Page 545: ...are defined in the Add Modify External Power Meter dialog to be opened by means of the Add Other or Modify buttons All configured power meters are available as additional receivers for measurements an...

Page 546: ...nute until a power sensor of the R S NRPxxS SN family can be operated LAN operation of an R S NRPxxSN power sensor requires Power over Ethernet PoE i e the power sensor has to be connected to a PoE Et...

Page 547: ...brary For an Other interface type the input field contains the Resource String from the installed VISA library Driver contains a list of all supported power meter driver types The names in the list ar...

Page 548: ...re Wave Quantities More Ratios Port Configuration and in the power calibration dialogs To control external generators via LAN or GPIB interface it is necessary to install the Virtual Instrument Softwa...

Page 549: ...e see below The Found table and the icons in the Configured table are automatically updated each time the External Generators dialog is opened to update explicitly use the Refresh Tables button The re...

Page 550: ...current interface type GPIB addresses must be unique for all devices connected to the GPIB bus range 0 to 30 GPIB and IP addresses must agree with the entries in the VISA library For an Other interfa...

Page 551: ...nce frequency can be established in different ways Use the analyzer as master device Set the analyzer to Internal reference frequency mode and operate all other devices in external reference mode usin...

Page 552: ...figuration allows you to perform simultaneous four port measurements on four DUTs The switch matrices are configured and operated using SCPI commands A separate tool for LAN configuration is supplied...

Page 553: ...ing the input power of the source multiplier Converters with electronic attenuators and an E in the type designation e g R S ZVA Z110E For these models the output power can be adjusted either by the e...

Page 554: ...e following steps 1 R S ZVA Zxxx series Selection of the converter type and of the test setup in the Frequency Converter dialog R S ZCxxx series Connection of the converter to the NWA via USB which en...

Page 555: ...ion the table defines whether and if yes then how the source power of the converters is controlled by the analyzer firmware see Port i Power Control Apply activates the selected test setup and adjusts...

Page 556: ...nfiguration table shows the true output frequencies at all analyzer ports and the frequency conversion formulas The output powers at the RF and LO ports are set to optimum values For converters withou...

Page 557: ...ompts are issued It is assumed that the user wants to continue with the current setup The Port Assignment table is only shown if a converter Type other than None was selected The available ports are d...

Page 558: ...trol SENSe Ch CONVerter ASSign Port Port i Power Control The Port i Power Control dialog allows to select and configure the power control model to be used for the respective converter port The Control...

Page 559: ...a Set is selected as Control Method Factory data are only supported by R S ZCxxx models Selecting the User radio button enables the Read User Data Set button The latter opens a standard folder browser...

Page 560: ...output power at a specific port It can be opened from the Lin Approx Coefficients button in the Port i Power Control dialog This power control mode can be used for converters with electronic attenuat...

Page 561: ...echanical attenuation allows one to measure power sensitive DUTs while maintaining a sufficient input power at RF IN which in turn provides a good spectral purity of the mm wave signal o Electronic is...

Page 562: ...t n Power dialog The analyzer will increase its port power compensating for the power reduction selected in the first step The converter s output power is reduced by 3 dB Remote control SOURce Ch POWe...

Page 563: ...ers to the REF IN connector of the analyzer port providing the RF source signal The reference signal corresponds to the incident wave a wave applied to the input of the DUT 4 Measurement signal output...

Page 564: ...ithout electronic attenuators is shown below As mentioned above when a NWA with four sources is used Port 4 serves as common drive port A complete test setup for a two port transmission measurement us...

Page 565: ...nd to the waveguide standards during system error correction It actually does not affect the converter output frequencies Ensure that the correct converter frequencies are set especially if the test s...

Page 566: ...ers i e even if the adjusting knob is used to reduce the powers A receiver power calibration of the b waves without external power meter is possible after completion of the power calibration of an a w...

Page 567: ...arization of the converter output power over a wide range of power levels and frequencies the R S Converter Leveling Tool can be used It conducts a reference receiver calibration and records both the...

Page 568: ...r network analyzer measurement The Port Configuration settings together with the Stimulus settings determine the sweep range of the converted signals i e the input and output frequencies at the DUT po...

Page 569: ...Setup and Principle of the Measurement The R S ZVA110 is delivered with two fully assembled external test sets each consisting of a diplexer R S ZVA ZD110 and a frequency converter WR10 R S ZVA Z110E...

Page 570: ...s involves the following stages 1 Activation of the ZVA110 BU mode for measurements with external test set 2 Entry of power coefficients when an external test set is used for the first time 3 Connecti...

Page 571: ...t sets Low Phase Noise is enabled Automatic Level Control ALC is disabled The frequency and levels of all ports are displayed in the Port Configuration dialog Channel Mode Port Config Remote control S...

Page 572: ...odify Settings and ensure that both Flatness Cal and Reference Receiver Cal are checked 4 If your test setup causes strong nonlinear effects you can choose a Convergence Factor different from one 5 St...

Page 573: ...truments and test systems that is based on standard Ethernet technology LXI is intended to be the LAN based successor to GPIB combining the advantages of Ethernet with the simplicity and familiarity o...

Page 574: ...al class C features described above it provides the following LXI related functionality Integrated LXI Configuration dialog for LXI activation and reset of the LAN configuration LAN Configuration Init...

Page 575: ...rd an LCI must place the following parameters to a default state Parameter Value TCP IP Mode DHCP Auto IP Address Dynamic DNS Enabled ICMP Ping Enabled Password for LAN configuration LxiWebIfc The LCI...

Page 576: ...at the network analyzer itself is not listed as a network device in the Measurement Automation Explorer Otherwise Refresh Tables will send an identification query IDN causing the analyzer to close the...

Page 577: ...l indicates that a LAN connection has been established a red symbol indicates that no LAN cable is connected The Device Indicator setting is not password protected The navigation pane of the browser i...

Page 578: ...n mode uses DHCP server or Dynamic Link Local Addressing Automatic IP to obtain the instrument IP address Changing the LAN configuration is password protected The password reads LxiWebIfc notice upper...

Page 579: ...NS Service Discovery mechanisms has been introduced as a requirement in version 1 3 of the standard The network analyzers support both discovery mechanisms Ping Ping is a utility that verifies the con...

Page 580: ...section are mainly intended for event logging and connection tests If logging is enabled all internal and external LXI events e g the LXI event messages exchanged by two network analyzers which are co...

Page 581: ...ses Get next displays the next entry in the log file The Manual Lan Events page allows you to configure and transmit LAN packets This can be used for connection tests similar to the ping functionality...

Page 582: ...u Operating Manual 1145 1084 12 30 567 S Parameter Wizard The S Parameter Wizard menu consists of a series of dialogs providing the settings for a standard S parameter measurement in a frequency sweep...

Page 583: ...shape The buttons open the Reference Impedance of Logical Port dialog The default reference impedance of the physical analyzer ports is Z0 50 The default reference impedances for balanced ports are d...

Page 584: ...izard This calibration can be performed as well using automatic calibration if accessory R S ZV Z5x Calibration Unit is available You can skip the automatic calibration stage select Finish now without...

Page 585: ...hout changing the name of the service function the analyzer opens the internal On Screen Keyboard Use Shift Enter to execute a service function repeatedly Remote control SYSTem PASSword CENable DIAGno...

Page 586: ...ostic and service purposes see Obtaining Support Many Info dialogs also display softkeys to Print the contents save them to a file Print to File or Close the dialog The Info menu contains the followin...

Page 587: ...system A window can show a practically unlimited number of diagram areas The icons on the frame of the window are used to minimize maximize or close windows The functions of the Windows menu are used...

Page 588: ...e Remote control MEMory DELete NAME setup_name Cascade Arranges all opened windows in an overlapped fashion showing each one s title bar The active window is placed in the foreground Remote control No...

Page 589: ...ve information about the network analyzer the current firmware version and the open source software being used Help Topics Opens this help system The help file is opened with the Welcome topic and rem...

Page 590: ...ed address string or by an appropriately defined VISA alias short name A VISA installation on the master device is a prerequisite for remote control over LAN interface and for control of external devi...

Page 591: ...es Rohde Schwarz Network Analyzer Bin After the GPIB Explorer is started the interface and protocol for the connection to the instrument can be selected in a dialog The following options are provided...

Page 592: ...t is always in the manual operating state and can be operated via the front panel controls The instrument is switched to remote control as soon as it receives a command from the controller If the inst...

Page 593: ...e command processing software to its initial state You can use this softkey to unlock the Go to Local key while a sequential command is executed Device Clear does not change the analyzer settings Disp...

Page 594: ...e a title for the remote display SYSTem ERRor DISPlay Clear Remote Message Setting the Device Address The GPIB address primary address of the instrument is factory set to 20 It can be changed manually...

Page 595: ...king the corresponding command across the top of the remote screen executes the assigned functionality If you want to use more than 8 user keys you can easily introduce additional levels Simply reserv...

Page 596: ...otocol VXI 11 Protocol Device Messages Commands and Device Responses Device messages are transferred in ASCII format A distinction is made according to the direction in which device messages are trans...

Page 597: ...the SCPI standard places on command syntax error handling and configuration of the status registers are explained in detail in the following sections Reset values In contrast to instruments with manu...

Page 598: ...It defines the frequency for sweep types operating at fixed frequency TRIGger SOURce EXTernal This command contains the key word SOURce in the second command level It defines the trigger source extern...

Page 599: ...ast data byte Visual BASIC automatically produces an EOI together with the last data byte Several commands in a command line must be separated by a semicolon If the next command belongs to a different...

Page 600: ...nds are supplemented by a parameter or a list of parameters The parameters must be separated from the header by a white space Permissible parameters are numerical values Boolean parameters text charac...

Page 601: ...all commands of the analyzer Boolean Parameters Boolean parameters represent two states The ON state logically true is represented by ON or a numerical value different from 0 The OFF state logically...

Page 602: ...rks a common command Quotation marks introduce a string and terminate it The hash sign introduces binary octal hexadecimal and block data Binary B10110 Octal O7612 Hexadecimal HF3A7 Block 21312 A whit...

Page 603: ...WndTr FEED The assignment between traces channels and diagram areas is defined via numeric suffixes as illustrated in the following example CALC4 PAR SDEF Ch4Tr1 S11 Create channel 4 channel suffix 4...

Page 604: ...Reset the analyzer creating channel no 1 with the default trace Trc1 The trace is displayed in diagram area no 1 CALC1 PAR SDEF Trc2 S11 DISP WIND TRAC2 FEED Trc2 Create a new trace named Trc2 assigne...

Page 605: ...m SETTings UPDate ONCE since this mode may delay the measurement The following command sequence performs a single sweep in a single channel RST INITiate CONTinous OFF Activate single sweep mode for al...

Page 606: ...ME ABCD CONFigure TRACe Trc NAME returns ABCD Query trace number assigned to a trace named ABCD CONFigure TRACe Trc NAME ID ABCD returns the actual trace number the trace suffix is ignored Mixed comma...

Page 607: ...iates a message to the command recognition Command Recognition The command recognition stage analyzes the data received from the input unit It proceeds in the order in which it receives the data Only...

Page 608: ...he hardware executes the settings and resets the bit again as soon as the new state has settled This fact can be used to synchronize command servicing Queries induce the data set management to send th...

Page 609: ...e instrument executes commands as they are received As a general rule send commands and queries in different program messages Example 2 Overlapping command with OPC The analyzer implements INITiate IM...

Page 610: ...vice Request Enable SRE form the highest level of the status reporting system The STB provides a rough overview of the instrument status collecting the information of the lower level registers ESR SCP...

Page 611: ...ent functions The individual bits are independent of each other i e each hardware status is assigned a bit number which is valid for all five parts Bit 15 the most significant bit is set to zero for a...

Page 612: ...t has occurred since the last reading it is the memory of the condition part It only indicates events passed on by the transition filters It is permanently updated by the instrument This part can only...

Page 613: ...bines the entire status information into a single bit that can be queried in a parallel poll The Event Status Register ESR indicates general instrument states The status registers below belong to the...

Page 614: ...ire status information in a single bit It can be queried by means of a parallel poll The Parallel Poll Enable PPE register determines which bits of the STB contribute to the IST flag The bits of the S...

Page 615: ...s bit is set if a command which is undefined or syntactically incorrect is received An error message with a number between 100 and 200 which describes the error in greater detail is entered into the e...

Page 616: ...defined as follows Bit No Meaning 0 Not used 1 Failed limit check for trace no 15 This bit is set if any point on trace no 15 fails the limit check 2 Failed limit check for trace no 16 This bit is se...

Page 617: ...nsettled target power was not reached or unstable during measurement possibly due to an external disturbing signal or to restrictive ALC settings Check the ALC Config check external components 3 Recei...

Page 618: ...etector observation time is too long If desired reduce the measurement time or select a smaller IF bandwidth Application of the Status Reporting System The purpose of the status reporting system is to...

Page 619: ...o the procedure to generate an SRQ 1 STB query the contents of the status byte in decimal form If bit 3 QUEStionable summary bit is set then 2 STAT QUES EVENT query STATus QUEStionable register If bit...

Page 620: ...is mainly used to find out quickly which one of the instruments connected to the controller has sent a service request To this effect SRE and PPE must be set to the same value Query of an Instrument...

Page 621: ...m the controller to the instrument are recorded there as well Reset Values of the Status Reporting System The table below indicates the effects of various commands upon the status reporting system of...

Page 622: ...s Information in the command tables All commands are described according to the same scheme The following information is provided 1 Complete command syntax and parameter list 2 Description of the comm...

Page 623: ...d zero or more times Numeric suffixes Symbols in angular brackets Ch Chn Mk denote numeric suffixes Numeric suffixes are replaced by integer numbers to distinguish various items of the same type The a...

Page 624: ...uery Indicates the controller address to which GPIB bus control is returned after termination of the triggered action PRE 0 255 Parallel poll Register Enable Sets parallel poll enable register to the...

Page 625: ...nfirmed no query Example INIT CONT OFF Set the analyzer to Single Sweep mode INIT IMM Start a new single sweep sequence ABORt Abort the running measurement INIT IMM Initiate new sweep Restart CALCulat...

Page 626: ...ed the response should be equal to the previous response CALCulate Chn DATA This subsystem provides access to the results of a measurement The trace data is transferred in either ASCII or block data R...

Page 627: ...5 6 FORM REAL 32 Change the data format to 4 byte block data CALC DATA SDAT 224123456789012345678901234 Write 24 bytes 4 2 3 bytes of data to the memory trace The following parameters are related to...

Page 628: ...to the active calibration of channel no Chn or to the factory calibration if no channel calibration is active For the factory calibration the query form is allowed only no change of factory calibratio...

Page 629: ...aces The traces in the catalog list are read one 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 S13 S31 and S...

Page 630: ...ds the number of completed sweeps in single sweep mode INITiate Ch CONTinuous OFF The trace can be any of the traces acquired during the single sweep cycle Chn Channel number used to identify the acti...

Page 631: ...the results of the 5 th sweep CALCulate Chn DATA NSWeep LAST SDATa Reverse_Count Reads the response values of a trace acquired in single sweep mode INITiate Ch CONTinuous OFF The trace can be any of...

Page 632: ...unit of the sweep variable Hz or dBm or s RST value SCPI Command Types Device specific query only Example See CALCulate Chn DATA CALCulate Chn DLINe This subsystem controls the horizontal line used to...

Page 633: ...ate Chn Channel number used to identify the active trace numeric_value Center time of the time gate Range def unit 99 8999999 s to 99 8999999 s The increment parameters UP or DOWN is 0 1 ns s RST valu...

Page 634: ...eralized command CALCulate Chn FILTer GATE TIME WINDow if you wish to select a Dolph Chebychev time gate Chn Channel number used to identify the active trace Parameters MINimum steepest edges rectangl...

Page 635: ...nt parameters UP or DOWN is 0 1 ns s RST value 1E 009 s SCPI Command Types Confirmed command or query Example RST CALC TRAN TIME STAT ON CALC FILT TIME STAT ON Reset the instrument and enable the time...

Page 636: ...Culate Chn FILTer GATE TIME STARt Note If the stop frequency entered is smaller than the current start frequency CALCulate Chn FILTer GATE TIME STARt the start frequency is set to the stop frequency m...

Page 637: ...d result at any sweep point is post processed and presented in the graphical display Note The analyzer allows arbitrary combinations of display formats and measured quantities see Trace Format and CAL...

Page 638: ...a Cartesian diagram with a logarithmic scale CALCulate Chn FORMat WQUType POWer VOLTage Selects the physical unit of the displayed trace Chn Channel number used to identify the active trace Parameters...

Page 639: ...LC GDAP SCO 15 Select an aperture of 15 steps CALCulate Chn LDEViation This subsystem controls the linearity deviation calculation CALCulate Chn LDEViation AUTO ONCE Initiates a re calculation of the...

Page 640: ...ation calculation This command is available if the active trace format is Phase or Unwrapped Phase or if a mixer delay is measured Chn Channel number used to identify the active trace El Length Electr...

Page 641: ...rules apply to an active trace with n existing limit line segments An odd number of values is rejected an error message 109 Missing parameter is generated An even number of 2 k values updates or gene...

Page 642: ...command not needed on R S ZVA Deletes the existing limit line and re defines the physical units of the stimulus values of the limit line The units of the response values and the scaling of the y axis...

Page 643: ...Culate Chn LIMit DATA type start_stim stop_stim start_resp stop_resp type start_stim stop_stim start_resp stop_resp Defines the limit line type the stimulus and response values for a limit line with a...

Page 644: ...e specific no query Example RST CALC LIM CONT 1 GHZ 1 5 GHZ Define an upper limit line segment in the stimulus range between 1 GHz and 1 5 GHz using default response values CALC LIM DATA 1 1500000000...

Page 645: ...2 GHZ Define an upper limit line segment in the stimulus range between 1 GHz and 2 GHz using default response values CALC LIM STAT ON FAIL Switch the limit check on and query the result CALCulate Chn...

Page 646: ...0 0 10 Define the following lower and default upper limit line segments CALC LIM DISP ON Show the limit line segments in the active diagram CALCulate Chn LIMit LOWer FEED stimulus_offset response_offs...

Page 647: ...ric_value Response offset value for all limit line segments Range def unit Almost no restriction for limit segments see Rules for Limit Line Definition dB RST value SCPI Command Types Device specific...

Page 648: ...its S Siemens Z selects impedance units YREL and ZREL select dimensionless numbers U RST value SCPI Command Types Device specific no query CALCulate Chn LIMit RDOMain FORMat COMPlex MAGNitude PHASe RE...

Page 649: ...cted RST value SCPI Command Types Device specific no query CALCulate Chn LIMit SEGMent Seg AMPLitude STARt numeric_value Changes the start response value i e the response value assigned to the start s...

Page 650: ...use CALCulate Chn LIMit LOWer DATA or CALCulate Chn LIMit UPPer DATA Chn Channel number used to identify the active trace Seg Segment number numeric_value Response value Range def unit Almost no rest...

Page 651: ...dBm for power sweeps s for time sweeps RST value A segment that is created implicitly e g by means of CALCulate Chn LIMit UPPer DATA or CALCulate Chn LIMit LOWer DATA covers the maximum sweep range of...

Page 652: ...an be done before or after defining the stimulus and response values of the segment however a segment must be created first to enable this command e g CALC LIM DATA The type command overwrites the CAL...

Page 653: ...ypes Confirmed command or query Example RST CALC LIM CONT 1 GHZ 2 GHZ Define an upper limit line segment in the stimulus range between 1 GHz and 2 GHz using default response values CALC LIM STAT ON FA...

Page 654: ...pper limit line segments For n k the response values of all existing upper limit line segments no 1 3 2 k 1 are updated the existing upper and lower limit line segments no 2 k 1 2 n are deleted The ex...

Page 655: ...meter SDEFine If no trace name is specified the analyzer uses the active trace no Chn SCPI Command Types Device specific no query Example CALC LIM UPP FEED 1 GHZ 10 Use the stimulus values of the acti...

Page 656: ...CALC LIM UPP STAT ON CALC LIM FAIL Switch the limit check on and query the result CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk This subsystem controls the marker functions The commands are device specific and beyond what...

Page 657: ...100 00 dB to 0 01 dB the increment UP DOWN is 0 3 dB dB For bandstop 0 01 dB to 100 00 dB the increment UP DOWN is 0 3 dB dB RST value 3 dB Response for query Search result in the format Bandwidth Cen...

Page 658: ...the active trace number see Coupled Markers in the GUI Reference chapter Mk Marker number in the range 1 to 10 This suffix is ignored because the command affects all markers Boolean ON OFF Enables or...

Page 659: ...x value of marker Mk on trace no Chn Note The formats of the markers assigned to a trace are independent of each other and of the trace format settings see CALCulate Chn FORMat Chn Channel number used...

Page 660: ...ctive trace Mk Marker number in the range 1 to 10 This numeric suffix is ignored and may be set to any value because the bandfilter search functions always use markers M 1 to M 4 x dB Bandwidth x dB B...

Page 661: ...BPASs Bandpass Search Ref to Max BSTop Bandstop Search Ref to Max BPRMarker Bandpass Search Ref to Marker BSRMarker Bandstop Search Ref to Marker BPABsolute Bandpass Absolute Level BSABsolute Bandstop...

Page 662: ...active trace Mk Marker number in the range 1 to 10 range_no Number of the search range Range def unit 0 fixed full span search range equal to the sweep range 1 to 10 user definable search ranges see e...

Page 663: ...Defines the stop value of the search range selected via CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk FUNCtion DOMain USER numeric_value Chn Channel number used to identify the active trace Mk Marker number in the range 1...

Page 664: ...NPEak Next highest or lowest value among the valid peaks next peak TARGet Target value see CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk TARget RTARget Next target value to the right of the current marker position LTARget...

Page 665: ...ctions The marker must be created before using CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk STATe ON Note This command is not needed except for compatibility with ZVR programs Use CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk FUNCtion EXECute...

Page 666: ...ce Mk Marker number in the range 1 to 10 Range def unit RST value SCPI Command Types Device specific no query Example RST CALC MARK ON Create marker 1 in the center of the current sweep range and assi...

Page 667: ...for a dB Mag trace SCPI Command Types Device specific command or query CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk MAXimum Deprecated command Selects a search mode for marker no Mk and initiates a maximum search The mark...

Page 668: ...in continuous mode CALC MARK ON MARK2 ON Display the two markers Due to the different modes the horizontal positions can be different CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk NAME name Defines a name for marker no Mk...

Page 669: ...C MARK2 ON Display the two markers Due to the different modes the horizontal positions can be different CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk REFerence NAME name Defines a name for the reference marker The marker d...

Page 670: ...response value RST value NORMal SCPI Command Types Device specific command or query Example CALC MARK REF ON CALC MARK REF TYPE FIX Create the reference markerand display it in the center of the swee...

Page 671: ...epending on the measured quantity unit depending on the marker format see CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk FORMat RST value SCPI Command Types Device specific query only Example Suppose that the active setup c...

Page 672: ...the bandfilter search functions always use markers M 1 to M 4 Range def unit RST value SCPI Command Types Device specific no query CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk SEARch LEFT Deprecated command Selects a sea...

Page 673: ...te Chn MARKer Mk SEARch TRACking Boolean Enables or disables the marker tracking mode for marker no Mk Tracking mode causes the active minimum maximum or target search of the active marker to be repea...

Page 674: ...er of the sweep range CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk TARGet search_value Defines the target value for the target search of marker no Mk which can be activated using CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk FUCTion EXECute TA...

Page 675: ...stimulus_value Defines the stimulus in Cartesian diagrams x axis value of the marker no Mk which can but doesn t have to be created using CALCulate Chn MARKer Mk STATe ON Chn Channel number used to id...

Page 676: ...permitted CALCulate Chn MATH EXPRession DEFine expression Deprecated command Defines a simple mathematical relation between traces To calculate and display the new mathematical trace the mathematical...

Page 677: ...ession defined via CALCulate Chn MATH EXPRession DEFine Example RST CALC MATH MEM Copy the current state of the default trace Trc1 to a memory trace named Mem2 Trc1 The memory trace is not displayed C...

Page 678: ...t displayed CALC MATH FUNC DIV Define a mathematical trace dividing the data trace by the stored memory trace The mathematical trace is displayed instead of the active data trace CALC MATH STAT The re...

Page 679: ...ulate Chn MATH FUNCtion Chn Channel number used to identify the active trace Boolean ON Display the active data trace OFF Display the mathematical trace RST value OFF SCPI Command Types Confirmed comm...

Page 680: ...from the source power rather than a dimensionless quantity The y axis range of the mathematical trace now exactly corresponds to the power sweep range CALCulate Ch PARameter This subsystem assigns na...

Page 681: ...s not complete The alternative command CALCulate Ch PARameter SDEFine uses a complete parameter list with compatible names Ch Channel number Ch may be used to reference a previously defined channel If...

Page 682: ...selected to become active traces see CALCulate PARameter SELect Each channel can contain a single S parameter group only Defining a new S parameter group deletes the previous one Use CALCulate Ch PAR...

Page 683: ...rameter group has been defined Example CALC2 PAR DEF SGR 1 2 Create channel 2 and four traces to measure the two port S parameters S11 S12 S21 S22 The traces are not displayed DISP WIND TRAC2 FEED Ch2...

Page 684: ...channel 4 CALCulate PARameter DELete ALL Delete all traces including the default trace Trc1 in channel 1 CALCulate Ch PARameter DELete ALL Deletes all traces in all channels of the active setup inclu...

Page 685: ...ed traces You can open the trace manager DISPlay MENU KEY EXECute Trace Manager to obtain an overview of all channels and traces including the traces that are not displayed Ch Channel number of an exi...

Page 686: ...Ch PARameter MEASure changes the measured quantity of an existing trace To select an existing trace as the active trace use CALCulate PARameter SELect You can open the trace manager DISPlay MENU KEY E...

Page 687: ...rcuit Z parameters with port modes and port numbers like for normal mode S parameters Y S11 Y SSS11 Y SCC11 Y SDD11 Z S11 Z SSS11 Z SCC11 Z SDD11 S parameters converted to matched circuit admittances...

Page 688: ...allowed BP2D1 A1D1 BP02D01 A01D01 BP2D1 A1D1SAM B2D1 AP1D1RMS BP2D1 AP1D1PEAK BP2D1 AP1D1AVG Ratio of primed unprimed wave quantities with port numbers and source port numbers D no for drive port The...

Page 689: ...ixer derivative mixer phase with options R S ZVA K4 and R S ZVA K9 S21I S21IAVG A1D1ISAM A1D1IAVG B2D1ISAM B1D1IAVG Image conversion gain scalar mixer measurements a drive port image b receive port im...

Page 690: ...LC4 FORM MLIN Calculate the magnitude of S11 and display it in a linearly scaled Cartesian diagram CALCulate Chn PHOLd This subsystem controls the max hold peak hold function CALCulate Chn PHOLd MIN M...

Page 691: ...xisting ripple limit ranges and select level units for the ripple limit of the active trace CALC RIPP DATA 1 10 5 3 Define and enable a ripple limit range in the stimulus range between 10 dBm and 5 dB...

Page 692: ...P DISP ON Show the ripple limits in the active diagram CALCulate Chn RIPPle DELete ALL Deletes all ripple limit ranges Chn Channel number used to identify the active trace RST value SCPI Command Types...

Page 693: ...le limit line can directly affect the pass fail result of the displayed trace Chn Channel number used to identify the active trace Response 0 1 0 represents pass or a disabled limit check 1 represents...

Page 694: ...r This suffix is ignored the command counts all ranges Response 0 1 number of enabled or disabled ripple limit ranges RST value 0 SCPI Command Types Device specific query only Example RST CALC RIPP DA...

Page 695: ...OFF the new sweep must be started explicitly using INITiate Ch IMMediate SCOPe ALL SINGle This behavior is different from manual control where a changed ripple limit line can directly affect the pass...

Page 696: ...0000000 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 3 dB CALC RIPP SEGM STIM STAR 1GHZ STOP 2 5 GHZ CALC RIPP SEGM L...

Page 697: ...Ple SEGMent Seg STIMulus STARt CALCulate Chn RIPPle SOUNd STATe Boolean Switches the acoustic signal fail beep on or off The fail beep is generated each time the analyzer detects an exceeded ripple li...

Page 698: ...that the result of i is replaced by the arithmetic mean value of all measurement points in this interval RST value 1 SCPI Command Types Device specific command or query Example RST CALC SMO ON Activa...

Page 699: ...ct evaluation range no 1 and define the evaluation range between 1 GHz and 2 GHz Display the range limit lines CALCulate Chn STATistics DOMain USER SHOW Boolean Displays or hides range limit lines for...

Page 700: ...elay El Length results in the diagram area of trace no Chn Chn Channel number used to identify the active trace Boolean ON OFF Statistical info field on or off RST value OFF SCPI Command Types Device...

Page 701: ...be preceded by activation of enhanced compression point measurement via CALCulate Chn STATistics NLINear COMP STATe The accuracy depends on the state set by this command If set to ON the enhanced calc...

Page 702: ...ev MAX MIN RMS PTPeak ELENgth PDELay GAIN SLOPe FLATness ALL Returns a single statistical parameter of the trace no Chn or all parameters It is not necessary to display the info field CALCulate Chn ST...

Page 703: ...result but is converted to a unitless linear value CALCulate Chn STATistics RMS STATe Boolean Displays or hides the RMS results in the diagram area of trace no Chn Chn Channel number used to identify...

Page 704: ...sults in addition CALC STAT RMS ON Display the RMS results in addition CALC STAT EPD ON Display the Phase Delay El Length results in addition CALC STAT SFL ON Display the Gain Slope Flatness results i...

Page 705: ...tive trace If unspecified the numeric suffix is set to 1 S Y P S parameters Y parameters Z parameters RST value The initial representation of the trace is determined by means of CALCulate Ch PARameter...

Page 706: ...N 5ns Set the center time to 0 ns and the time span to 5 ns Note If the x axis is scaled in distance units CALCulate Chn TRANsform TIME XAXis DISTance then the center value is entered in m the range a...

Page 707: ...Channel number used to identify the active trace numeric_value DC value of the measured quantity Range def unit Depending on the measured quantity 1E5 to 1E5 for S parameters RST value 0 SCPI Command...

Page 708: ...olates the measured trace towards f 0 and overwrites the current DC value CALCulate Chn TRANsform TIME LPASs DCSParam The command is relevant for lowpass time domain transforms Chn Channel number used...

Page 709: ...def unit 2E 012 s to 200 s The increment parameters UP or DOWN is 0 1 ns s RST value 5E 009 s SCPI Command Types Confirmed command or query Example See CALCulate Chn TRANsform TIME CENTer Note If the...

Page 710: ...s Confirmed command or query Example RST CALC TRAN TIME STAT Reset the instrument activating a frequency sweep and query whether the default trace is displayed in the time domain The response is 0 CAL...

Page 711: ...sponse CALCulate Chn TRANsform TIME STIMulus STEP is automatically changed to impulse response LPASs Lowpass impulse or step response depending on CALCulate Chn TRANsform TIME STIMulus setting RST val...

Page 712: ...ult trace CALC TRAN TIME XAX DIST Convert the x axis scaling to distance units CALCulate Ch TRANsform VNETworks This subsystem defines the circuit models for single ended and balanced port de embeddin...

Page 713: ...L1 SCC Shunt C serial C C1 C2 R1 R2 SLL Shunt L serial L R1 R2 L1 L2 Circuit models for ground loop embedding deembedding Parameter Circuit model Capacitances Resistances Inductances FIMPort File impo...

Page 714: ...cifies the inductance values L1 L2 L3 in the different circuit models for balanced port deembedding Ch Channel number Log_pt Logical port number balanced port no Number of inductance in circuit model...

Page 715: ...inductance 10 M for all resistances connected in parallel with a capacitance SCPI Command Types Device specific command or query In the query form the numeric_value parameter must be omitted The comm...

Page 716: ...og_pt PARam eters C no STSC SCST CSSL LSSC CSSC SLCS SCLS SCCS numeric_value Specifies the capacitance values C1 C2 C3 in the different circuit models for balanced port embedding Ch Channel number Log...

Page 717: ...H RST value 1 nH 10 9 H SCPI Command Types Device specific command or query In the query form the numeric_value parameter must be omitted The command returns the inductance value for the specified ci...

Page 718: ...MB PAR R3 CSSL 2 2E 3 Increase the resistance R3 to 2 2 k CALCulate Ch TRANsform VNETworks BALanced EMBedding Log_pt STATe Boolean Enables or disables the embedding function for balanced ports It is a...

Page 719: ...evice specific command or query In the query form only the first parameter is required the capacitance must be omitted Example RST CALC TRAN VNET GLO DEEM PAR C SC Query the default capacitance for gr...

Page 720: ...first parameter is required the resistance parameter must be omitted The command returns the resistance value for the specified circuit model Example RST CALC TRAN VNET GLO DEEM PAR R SC R SL Query t...

Page 721: ...e Capacitance C for ground loop embedding Range def unit 1mF to 1 mF F The increment is 1 fF 10 15 F RST value 1 pF 10 12 F SCPI Command Types Device specific command or query In the query form only t...

Page 722: ...CPI Command Types Device specific command or query In the query form only the first parameter is required the resistance parameter must be omitted The command returns the resistance value for the spec...

Page 723: ...nd can be used repeatedly to extend or overwrite the list Ch Channel number List_idx List index denotes the current number of the defined pair of ports within the list If several port pairs are define...

Page 724: ...els character data see circuit models RST value see command type description below numeric_value Capacitance C no for the specified circuit model Range def unit 1mF to 1 mF F The increment is 1 fF 10...

Page 725: ...C TRAN VNET PPA DEEM PAR L1 CSSL 2 2E 9 Increase the inductance to 2 2 nH CALCulate Ch TRANsform VNETworks PPAir DEEMbedding List_idx PARame ters R no STSL STSC SLST SCST CSSL LSSC CSSC LSSL SLCS SCLS...

Page 726: ...sform VNETworks PPAir DEEMbedding List_idx DE Fine Boolean ON Deembedding active OFF Deembedding inactive RST value OFF SCPI Command Types Device specific command or query Example RST CALC TRAN VNET P...

Page 727: ...air of ports within the list If several port pairs are defined List_idx is the number of the first port pair first port no second port no Two different analyzer ports Range def unit 1 to 4 depending o...

Page 728: ...F SCPI Command Types Device specific command or query In the query form the numeric_value parameter must be omitted The command returns the capacitance value for the specified circuit model Example R...

Page 729: ...mber List_idx Current number of a port pair in the list defined via CALCulate Ch TRANsform VNETworks PPAir EMBedding List_idx DEFine no Number of resistance in circuit model If unspecified the numeric...

Page 730: ...port pairs CALC TRAN VNET PPA EMB1 TND CSSL Select the Serial Cs shunt L circuit model for port pair no 1 CALC TRAN VNET PPA EMB PAR R3 CSSL 2 2E 3 CALC TRAN VNET PPA EMB ON Increase the resistance R3...

Page 731: ...the capacitance value for the specified circuit model Example RST CALC TRAN VNET SEND DEEM PAR C2 CSC Query the default capacitance C2 for the Serial C shunt C circuit model The response is 1E 012 1 p...

Page 732: ...s character data see circuit models RST value see command type description below numeric_value Resistance R no for the specified circuit model Range def unit 10 M to 10 M The increment is 1 m 10 3 RST...

Page 733: ...lue CSL SCPI Command Types Device specific command or query Example See CALCulate Ch TRANsform VNETworks SENDed DEEMbedding STATe CALCulate Ch TRANsform VNETworks SENDed EMBedding Ph_pt PARameter s C...

Page 734: ...ible circuit models character data see circuit models RST value see command type description below numeric_value Inductance L no for the specified circuit model Range def unit 1H to 1 H H The incremen...

Page 735: ...the default resistances 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 CALCulate Ch TRANsform VNETwork...

Page 736: ...ls Response String with comma separated list of channel numbers and names see example below If all channels have been deleted the response is an empty string RST value SCPI Command Types Device specif...

Page 737: ...ot relevant and may be omitted the command returns the actual channel number Ch_name Channel name e g Channel 4 RST value SCPI Command Types Device specific command or query Example See CONFigure CHAN...

Page 738: ...el no 1 created on RST OFF for all other channels SCPI Command Types Device specific command or query Example See CONFigure CHANnel Ch CATalog CONFigure TRACe Trc CATalog Returns the numbers and names...

Page 739: ...race name e g Ch2Trc2 RST value a trace name must be specified whenever the query is used SCPI Command Types Device specific query only Example See CONFigure TRACe Trc CATalog CONFigure TRACe Trc NAME...

Page 740: ...em provides device specific commands to control hardware settings related to the rear panel connectors CONTrol AUXiliary A DATA numeric_value CONTrol AUXiliary B DATA numeric_value Writes a channel de...

Page 741: ...ort A is configured according to the bit pattern 1100 0001 While channels no 2 and 3 are measured the bit patterns are 1100 0010 and 1100 0011 respectively CONTrol AUXiliary C DATA numeric_value Sets...

Page 742: ...the USER CONTROL connector 0 no signal at any of the pins 1 output signal at pin 8 2 output signal at pin 9 3 output signal at pin 8 and 9 255 output signal at pins 8 to 11 and 16 to 19 If pins 16 to...

Page 743: ...ers MIN MAX DEF are not supported RST value 0 port A B and F Ports C D and E are configured as input ports Note RST does not change the configuration of the Universal Interface Use CONTrol HANDler RES...

Page 744: ...EXT RTR STAT ON Route the READY_FOR_TRIGGER signal to pin 21 CONT HAND RES Restore the default state Pins no 20 and 21 are available for port B input output signals CONTrol HANDler EXTension RTRigger...

Page 745: ...a negative pulse on the INPUT1 line pin 2 CONTrol HANDler OUTPut port USER binary Defines the state of the output ports pin 3 or 4 of the Universal Interface connector after the next negative pulse on...

Page 746: ...nd Types Device specific command or query Example See DIAGnostic ALC SETTings AUBW See SOURce Ch POWer Pt ALC CONTrol DIAGnostic ALC AUBW Boolean Deprecated command replaced by SOURce Ch POWer Pt ALC...

Page 747: ...Gnostic ALC SETTings AUBW DIAGnostic ALC CLAMp Boolean Deprecated command replaced by SOURce Ch POWer Pt ALC CLAMp Suspends the ALC mechanism while the analyzer acquires measurement data Clamp ALC dur...

Page 748: ...Ch POWer Pt ALC PIParameter ITIMe Defines the integration time of the PI controller This setting takes effect when manual setting of the controller parameters is enabled DIAGnostic ALC PIParameter MAN...

Page 749: ...t offset Range def unit 3 dB to 3 dB dB UP and DOWN increment the start offset in 0 1 dB steps RST value 0 0 dB SCPI Command Types Device specific command or query Example See DIAGnostic ALC SETTings...

Page 750: ...double quotes string parameter This is analogous to manual entry of the identifier in the Service Function dialog DIAGnostic SERVice FUNCtion requires the service function identifier as a pseudo nume...

Page 751: ...iagrams Boolean ON OFF Show or hide channel list RST value ON SCPI Command Types Device specific command or query Example RST DISP ANN CHAN OFF Create diagram area no 1 with default trace and hide the...

Page 752: ...e also description of the Preset command SCPI Command Types Confirmed with device specific numeric suffix and parameters command or query The query returns three values between 0 and one separated by...

Page 753: ...AP Element TRACe RGB 14 Trace 2 15 Trace 3 16 Trace 4 17 Trace 5 18 Trace 6 19 Trace 7 20 Trace 8 21 Trace 9 22 Trace 10 23 Trace 11 24 Trace 12 25 Trace 13 26 Trace 14 27 Trace 15 28 Trace 16 DISPlay...

Page 754: ...ed DISPlay CMAP Element TRACe RGB trace_name red green blue trace_style trace_width Defines the color of a trace referenced by its name based on the Red Green Blue color model Use the generalized comm...

Page 755: ...nction must also be separated by colons If the name designates a menu entry that opens a sub menu the respective sub menu is activated Note It is not possible to activate a menu that contains only sub...

Page 756: ...current setup Wnd Number of a diagram area This suffix is ignored the command returns a list of all diagram areas Response String with comma separated list of diagram area numbers and names see examp...

Page 757: ...iagram areas or restore the previous display configuration RST value OFF SCPI Command Types Device specific command or query returns whether or not the diagrams are maximized Example RST DISP WIND2 ST...

Page 758: ...Number of the diagram area string String variable for the title The length of the title is practically unlimited but should be kept short enough to be displayed in the diagrams RST value SCPI Command...

Page 759: ...t between a trace and a diagram area as defined by means of DISPlay WINDow Wnd TRACe WndTr FEED Trace_Name and expressed by the WndTr suffix The trace itself is not deleted this must be done via CALCu...

Page 760: ...ure the input reflection coefficient S11 DISP WIND2 STAT ON Create diagram area no 2 DISP WIND2 TRAC EFE CH4TR1 Display the generated trace in diagram area no 2 No trace number is assigned DISPlay WIN...

Page 761: ...Number of a diagram area This suffix is ignored the command affects traces in all diagram areas WndTr Trace number This suffix is ignored the trace is referenced by its name DALL MALL trace_name All...

Page 762: ...y Example RST DISP WIND TRAC X OFFS 1MHZ DISP WIND TRAC Y OFFS 10 Create the default trace and shift it horizontally by 1 MHz vertically by 10 dB DISPlay WINDow Wnd TRACe WndTr Y OFFSet Magnitude Phas...

Page 763: ...eans of DISPlay WINDow Wnd TRACe WndTr FEED This suffix is ignored if the optional trace_name parameter is used ONCE Activate the autoscale function trace_name Optional string parameter for the trace...

Page 764: ...agram area no 2 DISP WIND2 TRAC9 FEED CH4TR1 Display the generated trace in diagram area no 2 assigning the trace number 9 to it DISP WIND2 TRAC9 Y BOTT 40 TOP 10 or DISP WIND2 TRAC Y BOTT 40 CH4TR1 T...

Page 765: ...ence value for a particular displayed trace Setting a new reference level does not affect the value of PDIVision The trace can be referenced either by its number WndTr or by its name trace_name Wnd Nu...

Page 766: ...WINDow Wnd STATe ON This suffix is ignored if the optional trace_name parameter is used WndTr Existing trace number assigned by means of DISPlay WINDow Wnd TRACe WndTr FEED This suffix is ignored if t...

Page 767: ...Commands RST value Depending on the measured quantity The default upper edge for a dB Mag diagram is 20 dB trace_name Optional string parameter for the trace name e g Trc4 If this optional parameter...

Page 768: ...to and from the analyzer The format setting is only valid for commands and queries whose description states that the response is formatted as described by FORMat DATA In particular it affects trace d...

Page 769: ...the measured parameter see CALCulate Ch PARameter SDEFine RST value SDATa SCPI Command Types Device specific command or query Example See TRACe DATA RESPonse ALL The following parameters are related...

Page 770: ...COP MPAG WIND ALL Include all diagram areas one one page of the printed file HCOP DEST MMEM HCOP Select Print to file and create the printer file specified before HCOPy DEVice LANGuage EMF WMF EWMF BM...

Page 771: ...nd settings SCPI Command Types Confirmed no query Example HCOP ITEM ALL Select the complete information to be printed HCOP Start printing HCOPy ITEM LOGO STATe Boolean Qualifies whether or not the pri...

Page 772: ...for printed hardcopies If you print to a file HCOPy DESTination MMEM use HCOPy MITem TIME STATe Boolean ON OFF Date and time is included or excluded RST value n a RST does not affect the printer confi...

Page 773: ...ARKer Defines the diagram areas to be printed to file This command is valid for screen content which is printed to a file HCOPy DESTination MMEM To configure hardcopies use HCOPy PAGE WINDow ALL All d...

Page 774: ...s not affect the printer configuration SCPI Command Types Device specific command or query Example HCOP PAGE MARG LEFT 10 RIGHT 10 Set an left and a right margin of 1 cm HCOPy PAGE MARGin TOP numeric_...

Page 775: ...onfirmed command or query Example HCOP PAGE WIND SING HCOP Select one diagram area per page and start printing INITiate Ch This subsystem controls the initiation of the trigger system and defines the...

Page 776: ...cution see Command Synchronization Ch Channel number If the channel number does not exist the analyzer returns an error message If INITiate Ch IMMediate SCOPe ALL is active this suffix is ignored RST...

Page 777: ...ntered value below the maximum attenuation to the closest step RST value 0 dB SCPI Command Types Confirmed no query query cannot return channel specific settings would be misleading Example INP2 ATT 1...

Page 778: ...tivated The channel must be created before using CONFigure CHANnel Ch STATe ON Range def unit CHANNEL1 CHANNEL2 CHANNEL3 CHANNEL4 RST value CHANNEL1 SCPI Command Types Confirmed command or query If al...

Page 779: ...and diagram areas The created setup becomes the active setup setup_name String parameter to specify the name of the created setup RST value SCPI Command Types Device specific no query Example See MEM...

Page 780: ...e can contain the complete path including the drive name and all subdirectories e g C TEMP TRASH test txt for the file named test txt in the TEMP TRASH subdirectory of the internal hard disk drive C I...

Page 781: ...icate RDEVice AKAL ADDRess is used By default this file is also used in manual control A NWA cal kit file name calkit without path denotes a specific cal kit file stored in the active calibration unit...

Page 782: ...ontents of the current directory directory_name String parameter to specify the directory If the directory is omitted the command queries the contents of the current directory to be queried with MMEMo...

Page 783: ...destination Copies an existing file to a new file file_source file_destination String parameters to specify the name of the file to be copied and the name of the new file RST value SCPI Command Types...

Page 784: ...tring 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 uses the default cal po...

Page 785: ...e defined in addition Renormalization rules In automatic renormalization mode MMEMory SETTings RENorm MODE AUTO renormalization is enabled In explicit renormalization mode MMEMory SETTings RENorm MODE...

Page 786: ...al kit ZV Z21 typical MMEMory LOAD CKIT UDIRectory directory Specifies the Directory for Additionally Available Cal Kits and Conn Types All cal kit files in the specified directory will be re loaded a...

Page 787: ...er defined cal kit Newkit and overwrite the cal kit file New_kit calkit MMEMory LOAD CORRection channel ALL file_name MMEMory LOAD CORRection channel Applies a system error correction data set stored...

Page 788: ...to be merged Cal group files must have the extension cal The file extensions must be specified as part of the string parameters In contrast the directory path must not be specified the analyzer always...

Page 789: ...k for all channels file_name Optional string parameter to specify the name of the cal group file Cal group files must have the extension cal The directory must not be specified the analyzer always use...

Page 790: ...Loads a limit line definition from a specified file and assigns it to a trace with a specified name Limit lines are created using the CALCulate Chn LIMit commands Limit lines can be loaded from Touch...

Page 791: ...Analyzer LIMitLines Lim_Trc1 limit Store the limit line definition of Trc1 to a limit line file MMEM LOAD LIM TRC2 C Program Files Rohde Schwarz Network Analyzer LIMitLines Lim_Trc1 limit Load the pr...

Page 792: ...d assigns it to a channel with a specified number Mixer delay measurements are controlled using the SENSe Ch FREQuency MDELay commands Use MMEMory LOAD MDAData to load delay values of a calibration mi...

Page 793: ...train definitions are created using the SENSe Ch PULSe GENerator Gen commands Channel Channel number RST value Generator Generator number In the present firmware version this number is always 1 RST v...

Page 794: ...he current setup contains two traces named Trc1 and Trc2 respectively and that ripple limits have been defined for Trc1 MMEM STOR RIPP TRC1 C Program Files Rohde Schwarz Network Analyzer LIMitLines Li...

Page 795: ...le and sets the analyzer to the corresponding instrument state numeric_value 1 the numeric_value is used for compatibility with the SCPI standard but is ignored file_name String parameter to specify t...

Page 796: ...name and directory of the trace file to be loaded Several file formats for trace files are supported If no path is specified the analyzer searches the current directory to be queried with MMEMory CDI...

Page 797: ...ire two 2 port s2p files to be assigned to the different ports PMAin and PSECondary the FIMPort model requires a single 4 port s4p file but no additional port assignment If no path is specified the an...

Page 798: ...Port 2 The ports must be specified for the import of 2 port s2p files they must be omitted for 4 port s4p files IPORts Interchange port numbers of loaded s2p file If the parameter is omitted the port...

Page 799: ...h MMEMory CDIRectory RST value SCPI Command Types Device specific no query Example CALC TRAN VNET SEND GLO TND FIMP Select the 1 Port Data s1p circuit model MMEM LOAD VNET GLO EMB C Program Files Rohd...

Page 800: ...MEMory LOAD VNETworks Ch PPAir EMBedding List_idx file_name PMAin PSECondary IPORts Loads data from a specified Touchstone file defining a balanced port circuit model for embedding Select a port pair...

Page 801: ...rt s2p Touchstone file defining a single ended circuit model for deembedding Select the single ended port circuit model involving file import FIMPort before using the command Ch Channel number Ph_pt P...

Page 802: ...interchanged SCPI Command Types Device specific no query Example CALC TRAN VNET SEND EMB TND FIMP Select the Serial s2p data circuit model MMEM LOAD VNET SEND EMB2 C Program Files Rohde Schwarz Netwo...

Page 803: ...created when it is selected as a printer destination HCOPy DESTination MMEM file_name String parameter to specify the file name The supported file formats are wmf ewmf bmp png see command HCOPy DEVic...

Page 804: ...ST value AUTO SCPI Command Types Device specific command or query Example RST MMEMory SETTings RENorm MODE EXPLicit RIMPedance 75 0 STATe ON Reset the analyzer to create the default trace Select expli...

Page 805: ...ble to modify or store predefined or ideal kits file_name String parameter to specify the name and directory of the cal kit file to be created The file is a NWA specific cal kit file with the extensio...

Page 806: ...nd directory of the color scheme file to be created If no path is specified the analyzer uses the current directory to be queried with MMEMory CDIRectory The default extension manual control for color...

Page 807: ...mands trc_name Name of an existing trace in the active setup string parameter for which a limit line definition exists file_name String parameter to specify the name and directory of the created limit...

Page 808: ...a is assigned to a channel when the file is re loaded RST value file_name String parameter to specify the name and directory of the created calibration file The default extension manual control for mi...

Page 809: ...n exists file_name String parameter to specify the name and directory of the created ripple limit file The default extension manual control for ripple limit files is ripple although other extensions a...

Page 810: ...ne command As s n p Touchstone files n 1 2 3 are intended for a complete set of n port S parameters export to this file type is only possible if the active channel contains the full set of n 2 traces...

Page 811: ...FORMatted COMPlex LINPhase LOGPhase POINt COMMa SEMicolon COMMa TABulator SPACe Stores all data traces in the specified channel to a trace file Corresponds to Export Complex Data and Export Formatted...

Page 812: ...l and imaginary part LINPhase Linear magnitude and phase LOGPhase dB magnitude and phase If the second optional parameter is omitted the command stores complex data POINt Decimal separator point COMMa...

Page 813: ...RIMPedance is ignored In explicit renormalization mode MMEMory SETTings RENorm MODE EXPLicit renormalization is enabled if and only if the renormalization state MMEMory SETTings RENorm STATe is ON If...

Page 814: ...y SETTings RENorm STATe is ON If enabled S parameters are renormalized to the configured reference impedance MMEMory SETTings RENorm RIMPedance The Reference resistance written to the file header of a...

Page 815: ...value below the maximum attenuation to the closest step RST value 0 dB SCPI Command Types Confirmed no query query cannot return channel specific settings would be misleading Example SOUR POW 6 Set th...

Page 816: ...ox 1 s while the amplifier stages of the analyzer are allowed to settle To circumvent this delay if you need to turn off the base channel power for a limited period of time reduce the base channel pow...

Page 817: ...partial measurement data of the first sweep point It returns to Low state after the last partial measurement of the last sweep point has been acquired OUTPut Ch UPORt ECBits Boolean Defines whether or...

Page 818: ...are set to zero no signal is applied to pins 16 to 19 of the USER CONTROL connector The value defined with OUTPut Ch UPORt SEGMent Seg VALue is assigned to segment no Seg in channel no Ch The signals...

Page 819: ...the maximum frequency of the analyzer OUTP UPOR SEGM2 B0010 Assign the segment bit value B0010 to segment no 2 While the analyzer measures the second segment the output signal changes from pin 16 to p...

Page 820: ...umber numeric_value Binary value Range def unit B00000000 to B11111111 for setting command 0 to 255 query The transferred values correspond to the following states of the USER CONTROL connector B00000...

Page 821: ...he command line start cmd exe and store the file to C Winnt system32 2 Execute the batch file PROG EXEC C winnt system32 Start_cmd bat The command prompt window is displayed in front of the NWA applic...

Page 822: ...s not exist it is created message Value for the fixed key Send RST value SCPI Command Types Device specific command or query Example PROG INIM c preferences myapp this is a message Write the string th...

Page 823: ...rameter Query the value of the key myparameter in the ini file The response is myvalue PROGram SELected NAME PROG Selects the application to be run on the analyzer At present only the general paramete...

Page 824: ...and execution until iecwin32 exe is stopped PROG RETVal Query the return value 0 in case of success ROUTe Ch This subsystem configures the internal signal paths of a connected switch matrix R S ZV Z81...

Page 825: ...Range def unit A B C D RST value See example below port no Output port number Range def unit 0 retain the existing port configuration when channel Ch is measured 1 2 3 4 use port no 1 2 3 4 RST value...

Page 826: ...heir effect on the new cycle Ch Channel number If unspecified the numeric suffix is set to 1 RST value SCPI Command Types Confirmed no query Example SENS1 AVER COUN 15 AVER ON Set the average factor f...

Page 827: ...mmand or query Example See SENSe Ch AVERage CLEar SENSe Ch BANDwidth This subsystem sets the bandwidth of the IF measurement filter resolution bandwidth The forms BANDwidth and BWIDth are equivalent S...

Page 828: ...uction ON Enable dynamic bandwidth reduction in order to obtain smaller bandwidths in the low frequency range SENSe Ch BANDwidth BWIDth RESolution SELect NORMal HIGH Defines the selectivity of the IF...

Page 829: ...ter ports SENSe Ch CONVerter ASSign Port Serial Assigns a R S ZCxxx converter to port no Port see Port Assignment The adequate converter type and test setup have to be set beforehand using SENSe Ch FR...

Page 830: ...wer and Electronic Attenuator with Data Set power transfer model for all converter ports Since FW version 3 40 this is a global setting Ch Channel number This suffix is ignored the command affects all...

Page 831: ...alibration of channel no Ch or the factory calibration if no channel calibration is active For the factory calibration the query form is allowed only no change of factory calibration data For an overv...

Page 832: ...on diagonal matrix elements of G or H as a free normalization factor The network analyzer uses the normalization H21 1 RST value The analyzer provides a default calibration corresponding to a test set...

Page 833: ...ration kits with different serial numbers use the commands of section SENSe Ch CORRection CKIT with Labels SENSe Ch CORRection CKIT CATalog conn_name Returns a list of all cal kits for a given connect...

Page 834: ...he string contains the cal kit name used in the Calibration Kits dialog a in the name must be replaced by Ohm e g NewKit1 denotes the user defined calibration kit NewKit1 N 50 Ohm Ideal Kit denotes th...

Page 835: ...ple CORR CKIT N50 FOPEN ZV Z21 0 1 8E 010 0 0151 0 0 0 22 0 22 0 0022 Define the properties of the open f standard for the N 50 connector type contained in the ZV Z21 calibration kit Assign a valid fr...

Page 836: ...series OPEN means that R is infinite so that the standard behaves like a capacitor no inductance the polynomial coefficients specify C SHORt means that R is zero so that the standard behaves like an...

Page 837: ...e Loss Port_1 Port_2 no load parameters polynomial coefficients no OPEN SHORt MATCh MMATten MFATten FFATten Attenuation m m or attenuation m f or attenuation f f Ckit_Name Max_Freq Port_1 Port_2 no of...

Page 838: ...les Rohde Schwarz Network Analyzer Calibration Kits ZCAN ck Load the previously created ZVR cal kit file ZCAN ck from the default cal kit directory MMEM STOR CKIT ZCAN C Program Files Rohde Schwarz Ne...

Page 839: ...Example CORR CKIT MDATe My_kit Returns the modified date in the form yyyy M d hh mm ss e g 2015 7 3 11 26 34 SENSe Ch CORRection CKIT SELect conn_type ckit_name Selects the calibration kit to be used...

Page 840: ...Min_Freq Max_Freq El_Length Loss Z0 C0 C1 C2 C3 L0 L1 L2 L3 OPEN SHORt MATCh Resistance Port_1 Port_2 Defines the parameters of a non ideal 1 port or 2 port calibration standard std_type A particular...

Page 841: ...type in the active cal kit CORR CKIT FOP N 50 Ohm Test Kit Query the properties of the Open f standard for a N 50 connector type in cal kit Test Kit SENSe Ch CORRection CKIT with Labels The following...

Page 842: ...directory CORR CKIT N50 LSEL New_kit 123456 Assign the imported kit to the N 50 connector type assuming that the cal kit name stored in New_kit 123456 calkit reads New_kit and that its label reads 12...

Page 843: ...label String parameter containing the new calibration kit label RST value A RST does not affect calibration kits SCPI Command Types Device specific command or query Example CORR CKIT FOP WLAB N 50 Ohm...

Page 844: ...the first string parameter only Example MMEMory LOAD CKIT C Program Files Rohde Schwarz Network Analyzer Calibration Kits New Kit 1 2012 05 25 calkit Load the previously created cal kit file New Kit 1...

Page 845: ...twork MFSNetwork MMSNetwork Symm network ff symm network mf or symm network mm standard For a complete list of standard types refer to the table of standard types Parameter list String parameters to s...

Page 846: ...nd LINE are synonymous Line2 and Line3 esp for TRL calibration Match Open M1O2 O1M2 Match Short M1S2 S1M2 Offset Short OSHORT Unknown Through UTHRough Isolation optional between port 1 and 2 The numbe...

Page 847: ...DEF Test RSHort 1 Select a one port normalization at port 1 with a short standard as calibration type CORR COLL SEL SHOR 1 Measure a short standard connected to port 1 and store the raw measurement re...

Page 848: ...standard is non dispersive ON Unknown through standard is dispersive RST value OFF AUTO delay phase Optional entry of delay time or phase for UTHRough standard AUTO The analyzer determines the delay t...

Page 849: ...ion Ch Channel number file_name Name and possibly directory of the characterization cal kit file to be used for the automatic calibration string parameter If nothing is specified empty string the fact...

Page 850: ...ber of the port assignment analyzer_port_no Port numbers of the analyzer For an n port automatic calibration n 1 to 4 n arbitrary not necessarily consecutive port numbers must be specified cal_unit__p...

Page 851: ...third port assignment CORR COLL AUTO SAVE Calculate the error terms from all three calibrations store them and apply the calibration to the active channel CORR COLL AUTO ASSignment DELete ALL Delete...

Page 852: ...default directory MMEMory CDIRectory is not used characterizationMethod The calibration types that shall be supported with this characterization FOPort Full One Port one port standards only FNPort Ful...

Page 853: ...od of the active cal unit property CAL_PROCEDURE ExtCalProc set in the calu s config ini VNA_port_i CalU_port_i Port pair i RST value SCPI Command Types Device specific no query Example CORR COLL AUTO...

Page 854: ...impler command SENSe Ch CORRection COLLect AUTO Use SENSe Ch CORRection COLLect AUTO CONFigure to prepare an calibration with multiple port assignments Ch Channel number file_name Name and possibly di...

Page 855: ...ected according to the previous command the response is 1 2 2 4 3 0 4 1 A zero means that the corresponding analyzer port is not connected to any port of the calibration unit SENSe Ch CORRection COLLe...

Page 856: ...ombine arbitrary not necessarily matching pairs of analyzer and cal unit ports RST value SCPI Command Types Device specific no query Example CORR COLL AUTO PORT FNPort 1 2 2 4 4 1 Perform an automatic...

Page 857: ...type file_name port_no port_no Initiates a one port two port three port or four port automatic calibration at arbitrary analyzer and cal unit ports This command also selects the calibration type If th...

Page 858: ...n kit file and arbitrary test ports of the cal unit SENSe Ch CORRection COLLect AUTO VMIXer ACQuire BASE MIXer Dispersion AUTO delay phase This command allows the automatic automatic vector mixer cali...

Page 859: ...TRUE the mixer is dispersive AUTO delay phase The missing mixer parameter can either be calculated automatically AUTO or specified by the user delay phase If not set to AUTO the parameter is interpre...

Page 860: ...uery 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 also changed to N75 however the gender female is m...

Page 861: ...on method where the same sweep setup is used for all standards CORR COLL DET AVER Select an average detector for the calibration e g for a noise figure measurement SENSe Ch CORRection COLLect CSETup B...

Page 862: ...measurements NORMal Normal detector recommended for all other applications RST value NORMal SCPI Command Types Device specific command or query Example See SENSe Ch CORRection COLLect CONNection port_...

Page 863: ...ixture 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 SENS1 CORR COLL FIXT SAV...

Page 864: ...t FIXTure ACQuire Previous compensation data is deleted Ch Channel number SCPI Command Types Device specific no query Example See SENSe Ch CORRection COLLect FIXTure ACQuire SENSe Ch CORRection COLLec...

Page 865: ...UOSM Deprecated command Selects a one port or two port calibration type for channel Ch at ports 1 2 Use the generalized command SENSe Ch CORRection COLLect METHod DEFine to select the calibration typ...

Page 866: ...CORRection MERGe the loaded calibrations become the selected ones The query and subsequent SENS CORR COLL ACQ SEL and SENS CORR COLL SAVE SEL commands refer to all currently selected calibrations Ch...

Page 867: ...age correction is enabled in addition SENSe Ch FREQuency CONVersion MIXer PRFimage ON a third calibration sweep in the RF image frequency range is added A noise figure calibration must be terminated w...

Page 868: ...Ch Channel number port1_no port2_no Port numbers of the DUT output port1_no and the DUT input The port numbers may be different from each other or equal ext_att_ON OFF ON OFF Boolean parameter indicat...

Page 869: ...Types Device specific command or query Query syntax SENSe Ch CORRection COLLect RPSHift cal_name Returns the reference plane shift to be used for a calibration If the optional cal_name parameter is mi...

Page 870: ...previous session or even on an other instrument If you want to use the external correction data on the analyzer simply generate the default data set corresponding to your port configuration and calibr...

Page 871: ...lder calibration has the same name as the current calibration see SENSe Ch CORRection COLLect METHod DEFine The older calibration is completely covered by the current calibration To avoid inadvertent...

Page 872: ...y 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 shift between the analyzer and the calibrat...

Page 873: ..._rel imped Configures the user defined connector types Ch Channel number conn_name Name of the user defined connectors string parameter TEM WGUide Transverse electric or waveguide type propagation mod...

Page 874: ...hm 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 cal kit has no label assigned We assume that a...

Page 875: ...ed the numeric suffix is set to 1 Error term parameters String parameters describing the different error terms depending on the current calibration method see table below Each term contains one comple...

Page 876: ...Device specific command or query After a system error correction in one of the sweep types Power Time or CW Mode the query returns two sets of correction data corresponding to the fixed CW frequency a...

Page 877: ...eter see table below RST value n a the command generates an execution error if no system error correction is active SCPI Command Types Device specific query only Example CORR COLL METH DEF Test1 RSHor...

Page 878: ...th port assignment if more than two ports are calibrated 1st Through 1st port no 1st Through 2nd port no 2nd Through 1st port no 2nd Through 2nd port no e g 2 3 2 4 3 4 3 measured Throughs between por...

Page 879: ...ted to port 1 and store the measurement results of this standard CORR COLL SAVE Calculate the system error correction data and apply it to the active channel CORR DATE Query the time when the system e...

Page 880: ...channel port_no Port number of the analyzer permittivity Permittivity Range def unit 1 to 1E 6 RST value 1 00062 SCPI Command Types Device specific command or query Example See SENSe Ch CORRection EDE...

Page 881: ...elay at port 2 The delay is equal to the electrical length divided by the speed of light in the vacuum so the response is 1 0006922856E 009 CORR LOSS2 2 LOSS2 FREQ 1 5 GHz OFFS 3 dB Define the offset...

Page 882: ...nce frequency SENSe Ch CORRection LOSS port_no FREQuency Ch Channel number of the offset corrected channel port_no Port number of the analyzer ref_loss Frequency dependent part of the offset loss Rang...

Page 883: ...value 1000000000 Hz 1 GHz SCPI Command Types Device specific command or query Example See SENSe Ch CORRection EDELay port_no ELENgth SENSe Ch CORRection LOSS port_no OFFSet DC_loss Defines the frequen...

Page 884: ...le for trace Chn SCPI Command Types Device specific query only Example See Noise Figure Measurement condensed programming examples SENSe Ch CORRection OFFSet port_no DFComp STATe Boolean Returns wheth...

Page 885: ...the offset parameters are different from zero Ch Channel number of the offset corrected channel port_no Port number of the analyzer This numeric suffix is ignored the command affects the parameters of...

Page 886: ...cal_port Calibrated port number Range def unit 1 to port number of the analyzer PORT Internal source at port source_no to be fed to port cal_port using an external through connection GENerator Externa...

Page 887: ...tended for the case that the system error coefficients used for enhanced wave correction are set via remote command For enhanced wave correction the 12 Term error coefficients that can be set via the...

Page 888: ...t value provided by the used source to the uncalibrated power in dB The number n is equal to the number of sweep points Increasing decreasing the values in the correction data sets increases decreases...

Page 889: ...on HARMonic RPORt SCPI Command Types Device specific no query Example See SOURce Ch POWer port_no CORRection HARMonic ACQuire SENSe Ch CORRection POWer port_no IMODulation ACQuire Deprecated command S...

Page 890: ...ange for all lower and upper intermodulation products which have been selected via SENSe Ch FREQuency IMODulation ORDer Im STATe If in addition to the intermodulation measurement a mixer measurement i...

Page 891: ...ean Enables or disables the receiver power calibration for channel Ch and for the received waves bn The setting command is disabled unless the received waves have been power calibrated SENSe Ch CORRec...

Page 892: ...See SOURce Ch POWer CORRection ACQuire SENSe Ch CORRection SSTate Returns the system error correction state label of the active trace in channel Ch Ch Channel number used to identify the active trace...

Page 893: ...rt 1 and store the measurement results of this standard CORR COLL SAVE SEL Calculate the system error correction data and apply it to the active channel SENSe Ch COUPle This subsystem selects the swee...

Page 894: ...n ON Internal combiner used The combined source signals of the R S ZVAX signal paths 1 and 3 are available at the NWA port 1 OFF No combiner used through path The source signals of the R S ZVAX signal...

Page 895: ...1M2 G1M3 Defines the assignment between pulse generator signals and pulse modulators Ch Channel number Parameters G1Mall Generator signal 1 controls all three modulators G2Mall Generator signal 2 cont...

Page 896: ...IN OFF R S ZVA signals fed in via CASCADE IN RST value OFF SCPI Command Types Device specific command or query Example See SENSe Ch EUNit PGENerator INPut EXTernal SENSe Ch EUNit PMODulator Path STAT...

Page 897: ...s set by means of SENSe Ch FREQuency CW FIXed SENSe Ch FREQuency CENTer center_frequency Defines the center of the measurement and display range for a frequency sweep Ch Channel number If unspecified...

Page 898: ...turns HARM MIXer VMIXer Scalar or vector mixer mode Both mixer modes are configured using the SENSe Ch FREQuency CONVersion MIXer commands RST value FUNDamental SCPI Command Types Device specific comm...

Page 899: ...depending on the instrument model Hz In addition the following restrictions apply numerator Values are rounded to positive or negative integer numbers zero is not allowed 1 denominator Values are roun...

Page 900: ...rounded to positive integer numbers 1 offset Values are rounded to positive or negative multiples of 1 Hz Hz RST value The default frequency frequency range corresponds to the sweep range or CW freque...

Page 901: ...ps depend on the instrument type RILI RILE RILI4 RILI56 R S ZVA 24 40 50 x x R S ZVA 67 x x R S ZVT 20 x x This is a global setting Ch Channel number This suffix is ignored the command affects all cha...

Page 902: ...ory Preset SYSTem PRESet USER STATe OFF This is a global setting Ch Channel number This suffix is ignored the command affects all channels Converter Type ZVA Z110 Frequency converter R S ZVA Z110 No f...

Page 903: ...Q CONV DEV PCO3 0 5479 0 03426 0 002866 2 124E 006 Re define the power coefficients for port 3 according to the connected converter unit FREQ CONV DEV PCO3 DEF ON Use default power coefficients for al...

Page 904: ...Enables or disables the relative harmonic measurement where the harmonic is divided by the fundamental wave With enabled relative measurement the analyzer creates a new channel and a new mathematical...

Page 905: ...d generalized mixer commands With firmware version V2 90 the mixer measurement has been extended to support a second mixer stage and frequency converters in the RF and LO signal paths To account for t...

Page 906: ...al is not controlled by the analyzer gen_number Number of external generator as defined in the System Configuration External Generators dialog RST value NONE SCPI Command Types Device specific command...

Page 907: ...the analyzer s frequency range fMIN SCPI Command Types Device specific command or query Example RST FREQ CONV MIX FFIX 1 GHz Reset the analyzer and specify a fixed frequency of 1 GHz FREQ CONV MIX RFS...

Page 908: ...or signal no 1 LO2 local oscillator signal no 2 for 2 stage mixer measurements SENSe Ch FREQuency CONVersion MIXer STAGes IF mixer output signal RST value RF SCPI Command Types Device specific command...

Page 909: ...SENSe Ch FREQuency CONVersion MIXer LOEXternal NONE gen_number SOURce1 SOURce2 Deprecated command replaced by SENSe Ch FREQuency CONVersion MIXer LOPort Stg Selects an external generator as a signal...

Page 910: ...ed by SENSe Ch FREQuency CONVersion MIXer LOPort Stg Selects an analyzer port as a signal source for the LO signal internal source Ch Channel number NONE LO signal is not controlled by the analyzer po...

Page 911: ...lled by the analyzer EMBedded LO is embedded in the DUT and not controlled by or synchronized with the analyzer see Define Scalar Mixer Meas PORT port_number Analyzer port number Range def unit 1 to n...

Page 912: ...2 1 LOMultiplier2 2 1 Define frequency conversion factors 2 for the RF signals and the LO signals FREQ STARt 1GHz STOP 2 GHZ Select a sweep range between 1 and 2 GHz FREQ CONV MIX FIXed1 LO1 FIXed2 L...

Page 913: ...P or DOWN is 0 1 kHz RST value Minimum of the analyzer s frequency range fMIN SCPI Command Types Device specific command or query Example RST FREQ CONV MIX RFF 1 GHz Reset the analyzer and specify a f...

Page 914: ...er mixer stages for scalar mixer measurements and intermodulation distortion measurements For mixer delay measurements and vector mixer measurements options R S ZVA K5 R S ZVA K9 R S ZVA K10 a single...

Page 915: ...nt frequency is set by means of SENSe Ch FREQuency CW FIXed SENSe Ch FREQuency CW FIXed CW_frequency Defines the fixed Continuous Wave CW frequency for all sweep types operating at fixed frequency pow...

Page 916: ...omplete list of sweep types Selects the sweep type and defines which set of commands controls the stimulus frequency Ch Channel number SWEep Linear or logarithmic frequency sweep depending on the sele...

Page 917: ...ant receiver frequency offset for unprimed wave quantities relative to the common receiver frequency The offset for unprimed waves is not displayed in the Port Configuration dialog Ch Channel number P...

Page 918: ...t Depending on the instrument model Hz The increment parameters UP or DOWN is 0 1 kHz RST value Maximum frequency range of the analyzer fMAX fMIN SCPI Command Types Confirmed command or query Example...

Page 919: ...quency minus the minimum frequency span SENSe Ch FREQuency SPAN SENSe Ch FREQuency IMODulation This subsystem controls the analyzer s intermodulation measurement mode Together with the Harmonic Distor...

Page 920: ...TONe SENSe Ch FREQuency IMODulation LTONe PORT source_no Selects the source for the lower tone signal that is used for the intermodulation measurement Please note that external generators are not allo...

Page 921: ...er Im Order of IM products Range def unit 3 5 7 9 RST value Boolean ON OFF enables or disables measurement RST value ON for Im 3 OFF for Im 3 SCPI Command Types Device specific command or query Exampl...

Page 922: ...e Ch FREQuency IMODulation SPECtrum STATe SENSe Ch FREQuency IMODulation SPECtrum STATe Boolean Enables or disables the measurement of the intermodulation spectrum without creating a new channel If a...

Page 923: ...ST value 1 MHz SCPI Command Types Device specific command or query Example See SENSe Ch FREQuency IMODulation LTONe SENSe Ch FREQuency IMODulation TTOutput PORT EDEVice Selects the source for the two...

Page 924: ...measurements SENSe Ch FREQuency MDELay ACQuire Starts a calibration sweep for the mixer delay measurement As a prerequisite the calibrated channel must have at least one mixer delay trace Ch Channel n...

Page 925: ...mand Types Device specific command or query Example RST FREQ MDEL CDEL 1 ns Enable constant mixer delay and define a constant mixer delay value of 1 ns FREQ MDEL CDM Query whether the constant delay m...

Page 926: ...ck to normal non frequency converting mode Ch Channel number OFF Disable mixer delay measurement RST value OFF SCPI Command Types Device specific no query Example See SENSe Ch FREQuency MDELay APERtur...

Page 927: ...asurement with external receiver The command has no effect if a single analyzer internal receiver is used Ch Channel number Parameters LAN1 LAN LAN connector on the rear panel of the analyzer RST valu...

Page 928: ...r defining the sweep type and the parameter to be measured string sweep_type parameter Range def unit See list of strings below RST value XFR S21 SCPI Command Types Confirmed command or query Example...

Page 929: ...1 DCIN2 Output DC 1 V DC 10 V DC Input 1 DC 1 V 1 V or DC Input 2 DC 10 V 10 V Note The mnemonics POWer and VOLTage are not used in output strings SENSe Ch LO This subsystem controls the Local Oscilla...

Page 930: ...ned using SOURce Ch LPORt log_port phys_port1 phys_port2 An n port analyzer supports a maximum of n 2 n even or n 1 2 n odd logical ports real imaginary Real and imaginary part of the port impedance i...

Page 931: ...RC1 Reset the analyzer and delete 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 dif...

Page 932: ...al Boolean Selects sequential or simultaneous measurement mode Noise figure measurements for mixers with embedded LO SENSe Ch FREQuency CONVersion MIXer LOPort Stg EMBedded cannot be performed in simu...

Page 933: ...equal to the constant c SENSe Chn PAE C times the DC voltage measured at the DC input DC MEAS 10 V 10 V C1 The DC power is equal to the constant c times the DC voltage measured at the DC input DC MEAS...

Page 934: ...Example RST SENS1 PMMO Query the default frequency origin for the power meter in channel 1 The response is 0 SENSe Ch PORT This subsystem controls the frequency reference oscillator SENSe Ch PORT phy...

Page 935: ...epending on the analyzer model Test port 1 ARECeiver or 1 port_no 1 Test port 2 BRECeiver or 2 port_no 2 Test port 3 CRECeiver or 3 port_no 3 Test port 4 DRECeiver or 4 port_no 4 attenuation Attenuati...

Page 936: ...levels LDIStortion Fixed large IF gain for low input levels RST value AUTO SCPI Command Types Device specific command or query Example See SENSe Ch POWer IFGain Pt MEASure SENSe Ch PULSe GENerator Th...

Page 937: ...bles the chopped pulse profile mode SENSe Ch PULSe GENerator gen_no DELay Delay Defines the delay of the sync signal relative to the pulse generator signal Ch Channel number gen_no Number of the pulse...

Page 938: ...and or query Example See SENSe Ch PULSe GENerator gen_no CPProfile SENSe Ch PULSe GENerator gen_no MCHannel Channel Selects the master channel for CONTinuous pulse mode Ch Channel number This Paramete...

Page 939: ...e Ch Channel number gen_no Number of the pulse generator signal This suffix must be set to 1 the period of the sync signal is always adjusted to the pulse generator signal Period Pulse period Range de...

Page 940: ...the list as new segments Ch Channel number gen_no Number of the pulse generator signal This suffix must be set to 1 since pulse trains are available for the pulse generator signal only Active Identif...

Page 941: ...S GEN TRA DATA Query existing pulse train segments An error message 114 Header suffix out of range indicates that there are no segments SENSe Ch PULSe GENerator gen_no TRAin DELete ALL Deletes all pul...

Page 942: ...Types Device specific query only Example See SENSe Ch PULSe GENerator gen_no TRAin DATA SENSe Ch PULSe GENerator gen_no TRAin SEGMent Seg STARt Start High Changes the start time of a pulse train segm...

Page 943: ...n DATA Ch Channel number gen_no Number of the pulse generator signal This suffix must be set to 1 since the command affects the pulse generator signal only Seg Segment number Stop High Stop time of se...

Page 944: ...2 5 ns RST value 1 s for pulse generator signal 200 ns for sync signal SCPI Command Types Device specific command or query Example SENS1 PULS GEN2 TYPE SING Define a single pulse sync signal SENS1 PUL...

Page 945: ...mber of the analyzer Values range from 1 to the total number of test ports gen_no Number of a previously configured external generator Parameters NORMal wave quantity is as measured pulse shape MEAN w...

Page 946: ...Nerator gen_no EVALuation MODE SENSe Ch PULSe RECeiver A rec_no GENerator gen_no EVALuation STO P section_stop Defines the stop time of the averaging section for the wave quantity assigned to the refe...

Page 947: ...rts gen_no Number of a previously configured external generator shift_stimulus Offset time Range def unit 0 003 s to 0 003 s s The increment UP DOWN is 50 ns RST value 0 s SCPI Command Types Device sp...

Page 948: ...e analyzer Values range from 1 to the total number of test ports port_no Number of the analyzer source port 1 to the total number of test ports section_start Start time of the section Range def unit 0...

Page 949: ...r of test ports Boolean ON OFF Display or hide lines RST value OFF SCPI Command Types Device specific command or query Example See SENSe Ch PULSe RECeiver A rec_no SRCPort gen_no EVALuation MODE SENSe...

Page 950: ...d a GPIB address 21 PULS REC B2 GEN1 EVAL STAR 200 ns STOP 500 ns Specify the averaging section for the b2 receiver and the configured generator Define a start value of 200 ns and a stop value of 500...

Page 951: ...999975 s to 0 003 s s The increment UP DOWN is 50 ns The width of the averaging section must be between 25 ns and 3 s RST value 0 s SCPI Command Types Device specific command or query Example See SENS...

Page 952: ...her the wave quantity assigned to the measurement receiver rec_no and the analyzer source port port_no is displayed as measured or whether it is averaged Ch Channel number rec_no Number of the measure...

Page 953: ...CPort gen_no EVALuation MODE SENSe Ch PULSe RECeiver B rec_no SRCPort port_no EVALuation STOP section_stop Defines the stop time of the averaging section for the wave quantity assigned to the measurem...

Page 954: ...surement receiver port number of the analyzer Values range from 1 to the total number of test ports port_no Number of the analyzer source port 1 to the total number of test ports shift_stimulus Offset...

Page 955: ...I Command Types Device specific command or query Example See SENSe Ch PULSe TIME BWIDth RESolution SENSe Ch PULSe TIME STOP stop Selects the stop time of the displayed time range relative to the trigg...

Page 956: ...number This suffix is ignored in the ROSCillator subsystem and can be set to any value numeric_value Frequency of the external reference clock signal The frequency must be 10 MHz any other setting is...

Page 957: ...h RESolution Bandwidth Defines the resolution bandwidth of the analyzer Meas Bandwidth in sweep segment no Seg At the same time the command activates separate bandwidth setting in all sweep segments S...

Page 958: ...l no 1 using default settings and thus 10 kHz measurement bandwidth SEGM BWID 1 MHZ Increase the resolution bandwidth to 1 MHz SEGM BWID CONT OFF Couple the bandwidths in all segments and reset the ba...

Page 959: ...vity is entered using SENSe Ch SEGMent Seg BWIDth RESolution SELect SCPI Command Types Device specific command or query Example RST SEGM ADD Create a new sweep segment no 1 in channel no 1 using defau...

Page 960: ...ist Ch Channel number Seg Sweep segment number Segment numbers must be sequential The specified segment number must be smaller or equal to the number of existing segments plus 1 If segment number Seg...

Page 961: ...equency LO relative to the RF frequency Spur Avoid See SENSe Ch SEGMent Seg SBANd Range def unit POSitive LO RF NEGative LO RF AUTO The analyzer auto selects the local oscillator frequency depending o...

Page 962: ...tes all segments in the channel Ch Channel number Seg Sweep segment number RST value SCPI Command Types Device specific no query Example SEGM ADD Create a new sweep segment no 1 in channel no 1 using...

Page 963: ...ent The response is 1 2500000000E 006 Note The frequency range of the sweep segment can be changed via SENSe Ch SEGMent Seg FREQuency STARt and SENSe Ch SEGMent Seg FREQuency STOP SENSe Ch SEGMent Seg...

Page 964: ...start frequency entered is greater than the current stop frequency SENSe Ch SEGMent Seg FREQuency STOP the stop frequency is set to the start frequency plus the minimum frequency span of 1 Hz SENSe Ch...

Page 965: ...gment is inserted as segment no Seg Start Stop Start and stop frequency of the segment See SENSe Ch SEGMent Seg FREQuency STARt and SENSe Ch SEGMent Seg FREQuency STOP Range def unit Depending on the...

Page 966: ...GM INS 1MHZ 1 5MHZ 111 21DBM 0 5S 0 10KHZ Create a sweep segment with a sweep range between 1 0 MHz and 1 5 MHz SEGM2 ADD Create a second sweep segment The frequency range of the second segment will b...

Page 967: ...ult settings SEGM NAME Passband Assign a segment name SEGMent SBANd POSitive Select LO RF for the created segment SEGM SBANd CONT Query whether individual Spur Avoid LO RF settings for the sweep segme...

Page 968: ...M POW 20 Decrease the power to 20 dBm SENSe Ch SEGMent Seg POWer LEVel CONTrol Boolean Selects common or independent internal source Power settings for the sweep segments Ch Channel number Seg Sweep s...

Page 969: ...est port POSitive LO RF NEGative LO RF RST value AUTO SCPI Command Types Device specific command or query Example See SENSe Ch SEGMent NAME SENSe Ch SEGMent Seg SBANd CONTrol Boolean Selects common or...

Page 970: ...ling of the segments is switched on SENSe Ch SEGMent Seg SWEep DWELl CONTrol ON the delay is valid for all sweep segments in the current channel Ch Channel number Seg Sweep segment number Meas Delay M...

Page 971: ...using SENSe Ch SEGMent Seg SWEep DWELl SCPI Command Types Device specific command or query Example SEGM ADD Create a new sweep segment no 1 in channel no 1 using default settings and thus 0 s meas del...

Page 972: ...ting in manual control SCPI Command Types Device specific command or query Example SEGM ADD Create a new sweep segment no 1 in channel no 1 SEGM SWE TIME 0 1 Increase the segment sweep time to 0 1 s S...

Page 973: ...gments SENSe Ch SEGMent Seg SWEep TIME Ch Channel number Seg Sweep segment number This suffix is ignored the command returns the sum of all segments Sweep Time Segment sweep time Range def unit See SE...

Page 974: ...e the segment will be sweeped in one go immediately after the previous segment RST value ON SCPI Command Types Device specific command or query Example SEGM2 TRIG STAT OFF Deactivates triggering for s...

Page 975: ...ternal generator frequency 1 Pmtr 1 Receiver External power meter frequency 1 RST value Channel Base Source SCPI Command Types Device specific command or query Example RST FREQ STAR 1 GHz STOP 2 GHz D...

Page 976: ...wer Port 1 Source Source power at port 1 Port 2 Source Source power at port 2 Gen 1 Source External generator power 1 RST value Channel Base Source SCPI Command Types Device specific command or query...

Page 977: ...r RMS detector is active The detector is selected together with the measured quantity CALCulate Ch PARameter MEASure or CALCulate Ch PARameter SDEFine Ch Channel number det_time Detector time Range de...

Page 978: ...r of measurement points per sweep Number of Points Ch Channel number 1 no_points Number of points per sweep Range def unit 1 to 60001 RST value 201 SCPI Command Types Confirmed command or query Exampl...

Page 979: ...ignal Drive Port The setting acts on the active trace The effect of the drive port selection depends on the measurement parameter associated to the active trace If an S parameter S out in is measured...

Page 980: ...r the response is 119950000 119950000 Hz 24 GHz 10 MHz 200 SWE STEP UP Increase the step size FREQ STOP SWE POIN Query the stop frequency of the sweep and the number of points Increasing the step size...

Page 981: ...t a total sweep time of 1 s SWE TIME AUTO A query returns the value 1 SENSe Ch SWEep TYPE LINear LOGarithmic SEGMent POWer CW POINt PULSe IAMPlitude IPHase Selects the sweep type i e the sweep variabl...

Page 982: ...value LINear SCPI Command Types Device specific command or query Example FUNC XFR POW S12 Activate a frequency sweep and select the S parameter S12 as measured parameter for channel and trace no 1 SWE...

Page 983: ...aths 1 and 3 SENSe Ch TEUNit PAMPlifier Path STATe Boolean Loops an internal power amplifier into one of the RF signal paths source paths Ch Channel number If unspecified this parameter is set to 1 Pa...

Page 984: ...G2INt G1Ext G2Ext OFF Selects the source i e the pulse generator for the pulse modulator at RF path Path Ch Channel number If unspecified this parameter is set to 1 Path Signal path no 1 2 or 3 If un...

Page 985: ...internal pulse generator via CASCADE IN G2INt internal sync generator via CASCADE IN G1EXt external generator 1 via EXT PULSE GENERATOR 1 G2EXt external generator 2 via EXT PULSE GENERATOR 2 OFF RST...

Page 986: ...mber Path Signal path no 1 or 2 If unspecified this parameter is set to 1 Boolean ON User source path extension enabled OFF User source path extension disabled through path RST value OFF SCPI Command...

Page 987: ...ured quantities can be changed see measurement example for SENSe Ch UDSParams Pt ACTive Ch Channel number Pt Physical analyzer port number port_string Port definition string in the format drive port a...

Page 988: ...rent signal SOUR CMOD PORT3 AMPL 10 PHAS 90 Select the signal from port 3 as a coherent signal SOUR CMOD REF VOLT Assign the specified amplitude and phase relation to the voltage of the coherent signa...

Page 989: ...ice specific command or query Example See SOURce Ch CMODe PORT Pt AMPlitude SOURce Ch CMODe TOLerance AMPLitude Tolerance Defines the amplitude tolerance for the Defined Coherence Mode and the True Di...

Page 990: ...ating at fixed frequency power sweep time sweep CW mode sweep The two command forms SOUR FREQ CW and SOUR FREQ FIX are equivalent SOURce Ch FREQuency Pt CW FIXed is equivalent to SENSe Ch FREQuency CW...

Page 991: ...rter source frequency or frequency range should be an integer multiple of the source frequency at the analyzer port SOURce Ch FREQuency Pt CONVersion ARBitrary IFRequency The multiplier must be equal...

Page 992: ...renced via Gen Gen Generator number Boolean Switch the generator on or off numerator denominator offset Parameters of the frequency formula The source frequency fs is calculated according to fs numera...

Page 993: ...d range Ch Channel number Pt Test port number of the analyzer Note that the source frequencies at ports 1 2 and at ports 3 4 must be the same if the RF signal is simultaneously fed to two coupled port...

Page 994: ...el IMMediate AMPlitude Ch Channel number Pt Physical port number of the analyzer This suffix is ignored because the port assignments for mixer measurement are fixed Parameters RF mixer input signal LO...

Page 995: ...the Aux LO signal SOURce Ch FREQuency Pt CONVersion MIXer PFIXed fixed_power Deprecated command replaced by SOURce Ch FREQuency Pt CONVersion MIXer PMFixed Defines a fixed power to be assigned either...

Page 996: ...and Types Device specific command or query Example See SENSe Ch FREQuency CONVersion MIXer MFFIXed SOURce Ch FREQuency Pt CONVersion MIXer PMODe RF LO LO1 LO2 AUXLo IF FIXed FUNDamental Sets the RF LO...

Page 997: ...selects the next free group number Number 1 remains free as long as group 1 is unrestricted i e contains all available ports Range def unit As port groups must be non empty and disjoint the maximum nu...

Page 998: ...RO PORT Query the ports of group 1 The response is 1 2 4 Querying for a port group number 1 would raise an error SOUR GRO1 1 SOUR GRO2 2 4 Dissolve the port group created with SOUR GRO PORT Then restr...

Page 999: ...s in channel no Ch Ch Channel number group_no Port group number This suffix is ignored because the command returns the number of all port groups Range def unit Port groups must contain at least one lo...

Page 1000: ...mands may affect the operation mode of Simultaneous Measurement with Frequency Offset 0 switched off Simultaneous Measurement with Frequency Offset is switched off meaning SOURce Ch GROup SIMultaneous...

Page 1001: ...dditional measurement points which are completely transparent to the user However the number of sweep points entered by the user plus the number of additional internal sweep points called the extended...

Page 1002: ...Check the operation mode of Simultaneous Measurement with Frequency Offset SOURce Ch GROup SIMultaneous FOFFset MOFFset DVALue min_offset This command is used for Simultaneous Measurement with Frequen...

Page 1003: ...nsidered the firmware uses the measurement bandwidth as it has been specified via SENSe Ch BWIDth RESolution for the entire sweep or via SENSe Ch SEGMent Seg BWIDth RESolution segment specific RST val...

Page 1004: ...rement with Frequency Offset SOURce Ch GROup SIMultaneous STATe Boolean This command is used to activate deactivate simultaneous measurement of port groups Please note that setting this flag does not...

Page 1005: ...ommand is used as a query then log_port can range up to n no balanced ports see example below phys_port1 phys_port2 Physical port numbers If phys_port2 is omitted a single ended logical port is define...

Page 1006: ...uffix Pt POWER Pt General settings are valid for all test ports of the analyzer the port suffix is ignored Refer to the description of the individual commands for more information SOURce Ch POWer Pt A...

Page 1007: ...Types Confirmed command or query The query returns OFF 0 if MANual or LNOise attenuation mode is set see SOURce Ch POWer Pt ATTenuation MODE Example See SOURce Ch POWer Pt ATTenuation use SOURce Ch P...

Page 1008: ...mit is defined using SOURce Ch POWer Pt GENerator Gen LLIMit VALue Ch Channel number This suffix is ignored the setting applies to all channels Pt Test port number of the analyzer This suffix is ignor...

Page 1009: ...ers ONLY only the port specific power is used the channel power is ignored CPADd the port specific power is added as an offset to the channel power RST value CPADd SCPI Command Types Device specific c...

Page 1010: ...er Pt GENerator Gen STATe Boolean Turns an external generator numbered Gen on or off Ch Channel number Pt Test port number of the analyzer This suffix is ignored the generator is selected via Gen Gen...

Page 1011: ...1 A2 Activate a frequency sweep and select the ratio B1 A2 as measured parameter for channel and trace no 1 SOUR POW 6 Set the internal source power for channel 1 to 6 dBm SOUR POW2 SLOP 10 Set the po...

Page 1012: ...imit must be enabled explicitly see example Ch Channel number This suffix is ignored the limit applies to all channels Pt Test port number of the analyzer limit Limit for the internal source power at...

Page 1013: ...ce specific character data parameters command or query Example RST SOUR POW 6 Reset the instrument activating a frequency sweep and set the internal source power channel power for the default channel...

Page 1014: ...NWA ports shall be reduced at sweep end Exception single channel with a single driving port performing a Time or CW Mode sweep SENSe Ch SWEep TYPE CW POINt Ch Channel number This suffix is ignored bec...

Page 1015: ...set to the start power plus the minimum power span of 0 01 dB SOURce Ch POWer Pt STATe Boolean Turns the RF source power at a specified test port on or off In contrast to the system wide command OUTP...

Page 1016: ...10 dBm If the stop power entered is smaller than the current start power SOURce Ch POWer Pt STARt the start power is set to the stop power minus the minimum power span of 0 01 dB ALC SOURce Ch POWer...

Page 1017: ...for ALC SOURce Ch POWer Pt ALC BANDwidth bandwidth Selects the bandwidth in the ALC control loop for port Pt in channel Ch The setting takes effect when automatic bandwidth setting is disabled using S...

Page 1018: ...e individual ports in channel Ch Couple Port Settings in ALC Config dialog Ch Channel number Pt Port number This suffix is ignored the setting applies to all ports Boolean Enforces identical settings...

Page 1019: ...r Parameters AUTO Automatic setting depending on the bandwidth SOURce Ch POWer Pt ALC BANDwidth With automatic bandwidth selection SOURce Ch POWer Pt ALC AUBW Boolean ON this is the only option MANual...

Page 1020: ...IParameter MANual Ch Channel number Pt Port number prop_gain Integration time setting Range def unit 10 ns to 100 s s UP and DOWN increment the integration time in 10 ns steps RST value 500 ns SCPI Co...

Page 1021: ...he ALC loop is started Start Value Offset in ALC Config dialog for port Pt in channel Ch Ch Channel number Pt Port number start_offset Start offset Range def unit 3 dB to 3 dB dB UP and DOWN increment...

Page 1022: ...for a frequency converter port Pt The command is available for converters with electronic attenuators R S ZVA ZxxxE An additional Cal Power Offset can be defined via SOURce Ch POWer Pt CORRection LEVe...

Page 1023: ...N ATT MECH SOUR POW2 CONV TRAN MECH ATT 3 Select a converter type with a mechanical waveguide attenuator and define a 3 dB attenuation Alternatively SOUR POW2 CONV TRAN ATT ELEC SOUR POW2 CONV TRAN EL...

Page 1024: ...ample SOUR POW2 CONV TRAN DESC LAPP Enable the RF IN power and Electronic Attenuator with Linear Approximation control method at frequency converter port 2 and select a linear approximation SOUR POW2...

Page 1025: ...f unit 300 dBm to 200 dBm dBm the increment UP DOWN is 0 1 dB RST value n a a RST does not affect the general frequency converter settings SCPI Command Types Device specific command or query Example S...

Page 1026: ...to the adjustment screw Range def unit 0 dB to INF dB the increment UP DOWN is 0 1 dB RST value n a a RST does not affect the general frequency converter settings SCPI Command Types Device specific c...

Page 1027: ...ce Ch POWer Pt CONVerter TRANsfer SLOPe slope Specifies the slope for the linear power transfer approximation Slope value in Linear Approximation dialog Since FW version 3 40 this is a global setting...

Page 1028: ...rt is the source of the calibrated wave External generator is the source Frequency converter is the source The port generator or converter numbers are specified by means of the source_number parameter...

Page 1029: ...frequency converter measurements SOUR POW CORR ACQ CONV 1 Perform a source power calibration using the external converter no 1 as a source SOUR POW CORR CONV Check whether the calibration is applied...

Page 1030: ...power meters use the alternative commands listed in the program example below The command cannot be used unless a power meter is connected via GPIB bus USB or LAN interface and configured in the Exter...

Page 1031: ...mmand SOURce Ch POWer Pt CORRection NREadings Ch Calibrated channel number This parameter is ignored the limit applies to all channels Pt Calibrated port number This parameter is ignored the limit app...

Page 1032: ...or all channels ports and external generators It is not possible to disable flatness calibration and the reference receiver calibration simultaneously SOURce Ch POWer Pt CORRection COLLect RRECeiver C...

Page 1033: ...ed via SOURce Ch POWer Pt CORRection COLLect PMReadings requires SOURce Ch POWer Pt CORRection COLLect FLATness ON RRONly Reference Receiver only requires SOURce Ch POWer Pt CORRection COLLect RRECeiv...

Page 1034: ...t CORRection COLLect FLATness SOURce Ch POWer Pt CORRection CONVerter Con LEVel OFFSet offset Specifies a gain positive values or an attenuation negative values in the signal path between the converte...

Page 1035: ...p points Increasing decreasing the values in the correction data sets increases decreases the power at the reference plane Writing correction data the setting command fails if the number of transferre...

Page 1036: ...a the command generates an execution error if no power calibration is active SCPI Command Types Device specific query only Example RST SWE POIN 10 SOURce POWer CORRection DEFault ON SOURce POWer CORR...

Page 1037: ...ce receiver calibration RST value n a zero is returned if no power calibration is active SCPI Command Types Device specific query only Example See SOURce Ch POWer CORRection DATA PARameter Wave SOURce...

Page 1038: ...source port SOUR POW CORR DATA A1 Query the correction values The analyzer returns 10 comma separated real numbers MMEM STOR CORR 1 Calgroup_Ch1 cal Store the default source power calibration data to...

Page 1039: ...in positive values or an attenuation negative values in the signal path between the external generator and the calibrated reference plane Cal Power Offset The value has no impact on the generator powe...

Page 1040: ...number Gen RST value OFF SCPI Command Types Device specific command or query Example See SOURce Ch POWer Pt CORRection ACQuire SOURce Ch POWer Pt CORRection HARMonic ACQuire Starts the source calibrat...

Page 1041: ...ion measurement is combined with a mixer measurement the calibration will be performed both at the RF and the IF range of the lower tone frequency To perform a calibration at all selected intermodulat...

Page 1042: ...as preparation for an enhanced wave correction Make sure that the Prepare Enhanced Wave Corr SENSe Ch FREQuency IMODulation PEWCorr STATe flag is set before calling this command To perform a receiver...

Page 1043: ...pper tone frequency range with upper tone port driving c The frequency range for all lower and upper intermodulation products which have been selected via SENSe Ch FREQuency IMODulation ORDer Im STATe...

Page 1044: ...eviously configured in the External Power Meters dialog and properly connected for the RF source calibration SOUR POW CORR IMOD SPOR Start source power calibration for the lower and upper tone port pr...

Page 1045: ...cific no query Example See SOURce Ch POWer Pt CORRection IMODulation LTONe ACQuire SOURce Ch POWer Pt CORRection LEVel OFFSet offset Specifies a gain positive values or an attenuation negative values...

Page 1046: ...port 2 SCPI Command Types Device specific no query Example FREQ CONV VMIX Select a vector mixer measurement set frequencies see e g example for SENSe Ch FREQuency CONVersion MIXer TFRequency SOUR POW...

Page 1047: ...cy range the second over the IF frequency range for a subsequent receiver power calibration SENSe Ch CORRection POWer port_no MIXer IF ACQuire See description of the mixer calibration procedure If the...

Page 1048: ...ct power meter no 1 previously configured in the External Power Meters dialog and properly connected for the RF source calibration SOUR POW CORR MIX RF NFIGure Start the RF source calibration Change t...

Page 1049: ...cted via GPIB bus USB or LAN interface and configured in the External Power Meters dialog Ch Calibrated channel number Pt Calibrated port number This parameter is ignored the power meter selection is...

Page 1050: ...Ch Calibrated channel number This parameter is ignored the transmission coefficient settings are valid for all channels Pt Calibrated port number This parameter is ignored the transmission coefficient...

Page 1051: ...Ch POWer Pt CORRection TCOefficient COUNt Queries the number of frequency values and transmission coefficients in the power loss list Ch Calibrated channel number This parameter is ignored the transmi...

Page 1052: ...point in the list This suffix is ignored the command deletes all points RST values n a SCPI Command Types Device specific no query Example See SOURce Ch POWer Pt CORRection TCOefficient CALibration SO...

Page 1053: ...ings are valid for all sources List_no Number of inserted point in the list frequency Stimulus frequency value Range def unit Stimulus values outside the frequency range of the analyzer are allowed Hz...

Page 1054: ...y 3E 9 Set a receiver frequency of 3 GHz SOURce Ch TDIF IMBalance AMPLitude LPORt Log Port Selects a logical balanced port for the amplitude imbalance sweep in true differential mode A balanced port c...

Page 1055: ...nd see program example Ch Channel number Start Power Start power of the sweep Range def unit 40 dBm to 9 99 dBm The exact range depends on the analyzer model refer to the data sheet dBm UP and DOWN in...

Page 1056: ...PE IPH SOUR TDIF Select a phase imbalance sweep This sweep type automatically activates the true differential mode the query returns 1 SOUR TDIF IMB PHAS LPOR 1 STAR 20 STOP 0 Configure the phase imba...

Page 1057: ...stop phase must be larger than the start phase SOURce Ch TDIF IMBalance PHASe STARt RST value 180 deg SCPI Command Types Device specific command or query Example See SOURce Ch TDIF IMBalance PHASe LP...

Page 1058: ...Defines the phase tolerance for the True Differential Mode and the Defined Coherence Mode see also SOURce Ch CMODe TOLerance PHASe Ch Channel number If unspecified the numeric suffix is set to 1 Toler...

Page 1059: ...e dependent events are reported at a higher level The command affects only the transition filter registers the ENABle registers and queue enabling The ENABle parts of the STATus OPERation and STATus Q...

Page 1060: ...le STAT QUES ENABle 1536 Set bits no 9 and 10 of the QUEStionable ENABle register STATus QUEStionable EVENt Returns the contents of the EVENt part of the QUEStionable register Reading an EVENt registe...

Page 1061: ...e RST value SCPI Command Types Confirmed query only Example STAT QUES INT COND Query the CONDition part of the QUEStionable INTegrity register to detect current hardware failures STATus QUEStionable I...

Page 1062: ...mask which allows true conditions in the EVENt part of the QUEStionable INTegrity HARDware register to be reported in the summary bit If a bit is 1 in the enable register and its associated event bit...

Page 1063: ...transition filter If a bit is set a 0 to 1 transition in the corresponding bit of the associated condition register causes a 1 to be written in the associated bit of the corresponding event register...

Page 1064: ...Types Confirmed query only Example STAT QUES LIMit COND Query the CONDition part of the QUEStionable LIMit1 register to retrieve the current status of the limit check STATus QUEStionable LIMit 1 2 ENA...

Page 1065: ...s QUEStionable LIMit 1 2 PTRansition Sets the positive transition filter If a bit is set a 0 to 1 transition in the corresponding bit of the associated condition register causes a 1 to be written in t...

Page 1066: ...port standards port_2 Second port number of the calibration unit for two port standards THRough only omitted for the one port standards RST value SCPI Command Types Device specific command or query E...

Page 1067: ...e as a receive terminator An accidental LF in a data block can be recognized as a terminator and cause an interruption of the data transfer The EOI setting is especially important if commands are tran...

Page 1068: ...rt TOSM calibration at test ports 1 2 and 4 using the calibration unit s default calibration kit file and arbitrary test ports of the cal unit SYSTem COMMunicate RDEVice AKAL ADDRess ALL Queries the n...

Page 1069: ...ial number see example below If no extension unit is connected an execution error is generated RST values RST has no effect on external devices SCPI Command Types Device specific query only Example SY...

Page 1070: ...generators The response is 2 SYSTem COMMunicate RDEVice GENerator gen_no COUNt Queries the number of configured external generators gen_no Number of the configured generator This suffix is ignored the...

Page 1071: ...ON reference frequency RST values RST has no effect on the configured generators SCPI Command Types Device specific command or query Example SYST COMM RDEV GEN1 DEF Ext Gen 1 SME02 gpib0 21 Configure...

Page 1072: ...he configured power meters SCPI Command Types Device specific query only Example SYST COMM RDEV PMET1 DEF USB Power Meter 1 NRP Z55 usb 100045 SYST COMM RDEV PMET2 DEF USB Power Meter 2 NRP Z55 usb 10...

Page 1073: ...mited pmeter_name Name of the external power meter string parameter An empty string means that no particular name is assigned to the power meter driver Power meter type string parameter The power mete...

Page 1074: ...icate RDEVice RECeiver DEFine IP_address Configures a network analyzer as an external receiver for the mixer delay measurement and adds it to the list of available receivers IP_address IP address stri...

Page 1075: ...ice ID A possible device response is Rohde Schwarz ED INTERFACE ZVAX TRM24 13226500K50100001 where 13221 6500 K24 is the order number of the extension unit R S ZVAX TRM24 100001 is the serial number o...

Page 1076: ...n the screen To make sure that all queried trace points stem from the same sweep you can also use single sweep mode INITiate Ch CONTinuous OFF and the common command OPC AUTO Data transfer with an aut...

Page 1077: ...pact on the update of trace and channel settings see SYSTem SETTings UPDate Boolean ON OFF Switch the display on or off If the display is switched on the analyzer shows the diagrams and traces like in...

Page 1078: ...error number and a short description of the error Positive error numbers are instrument dependent Negative error numbers are reserved by the SCPI standard see section Error Messages RST value SCPI Com...

Page 1079: ...the analyzer The installation is automatic and does not require any further action file_name String variable for the name and directory of a NWA setup file msi RST value SCPI Command Types Device spec...

Page 1080: ...an identity string The response is MyDevice SYSTem IDENtify FACTory IDN Re activate the factory setting The response is of the form Rohde Schwarz ZVA8 4Port 12345 0 10 1 23 where ZVxx nPort is the an...

Page 1081: ...all remote control commands transferred to the analyzer Boolean ON Command sequence stored to file C Program Files Rohde Schwarz Network Analyzer RemoteLog NWARemote log OFF Command sequence not logge...

Page 1082: ...et shall use factory defined or user defined default settings see PRESet USER STATe Boolean OFF always restore factory defined settings Factory Preset ON restore user defined settings RST value RST do...

Page 1083: ...Preset File active RST value RST does not affect the preset state setting SCPI Command Types Device specific command or query Example SYST PRES USER NAME C Program Files Rohde Schwarz Network Analyzer...

Page 1084: ...ly not taken into account immediately The analyzer aborts the current sweep sequence but postpones the preparation of the next sweep sequence including a re configuration of all settings made during t...

Page 1085: ...PI Command Types Device specific command or query Example SYST SOUN ALAR OFF STAT OFF Switch alarm and status sounds off SYSTem SOUNd STATus STATe Boolean Switches status sounds on or off Boolean OFF...

Page 1086: ...T value RST does not affect the title SCPI Command Types Device specific command or query Example SYST USER DISP TITL Rohde Schwarz n Vector Network Analyzer n Remote test running Define a title for t...

Page 1087: ...SYSTem USER KEY FUNCtion ukey_no ukey_name Labels the functionality of a function key to a user defined key in the remote display You can use this command to execute part of your measurement task man...

Page 1088: ...ed with Chn CALCulate Chn MATH EXPRession DEFine CHMem Active memory trace assigned to the IMPlied trace CALCulate Chn MATH EXPRession DEFine MDATA1 MDATA2 MDATA3 MDATA4 MDATA5 MDATA6 MDATA7 MDATA8 Me...

Page 1089: ...emory using an automatic memory trace name use CALCulate Chn MATH MEMorize memory_trc Name of the memory trace Range def unit memory_trace is either a string variable enclosed in single or double quot...

Page 1090: ...names no string variables MDATA1 MDATA2 MDATA3 MDATA4 MDATA5 MDATA6 MDATA7 MDATA8 only for memory traces Mem n Trc m where n 1 8 see list of trace names RST value data_trc Name of the data trace Rang...

Page 1091: ...es Device specific query only 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 CALC FORM MLIN FORM ASCII...

Page 1092: ...e HOLDoff delay Sets a delay time between the trigger event and the start of the measurement Trigger Delay Ch Channel number If unspecified the numeric suffix is set to 1 delay Delay time Range def un...

Page 1093: ...TRIGger Ch SEQuence HOLDoff GENerator Gen for external generators RST value PALL SCPI Command Types Device specific command or query Example TRIG LINK PPOint Select partial measurement as triggered me...

Page 1094: ...and Types Confirmed command or query The query returns the complete string see example below Example SEGM ADD SWE TYPE SEGM Select segmented frequency sweep TRIG LINK SEGM Select a trigger segment as...

Page 1095: ...ce IMMediate EXTernal TIMer MANual PGENerator Selects the source for the events that the analyzer uses to start a measurement sequence Ch Channel number IMMediate Free run measurement untriggered EXTe...

Page 1096: ...gnal that can be used as a trigger source TRIGger Ch SEQuence SOURce TIMer Ch Channel number numeric_value Timer period Range def unit 1E 005 s to 13680 s s UP and DOWN increment decrement the timer p...

Page 1097: ...optimizing the instrument for fast measurements Considerations for high measurement speed The measurement speed depends on the sweep time but also on an efficient preparation of the instrument and on...

Page 1098: ...verlapped execution The advantage of overlapped commands is that they allow the program to do other tasks while being executed In the present example the sweep must be completed before measurement res...

Page 1099: ...r can continue processing commands while the sweep is in progress SRE 32 Enable a service request for the ESR ESE 1 Set event enable bit for operation complete bit INITiate1 IMMediate OPC Start single...

Page 1100: ...our diagram areas Important remote control features for this program example The following command sequence illustrates the structure of the remote commands discussed in section Basic Remote Control C...

Page 1101: ...mes the active trace but is not displayed CALCulate1 FORMat PHASe the trace is referenced by the channel suffix 1 DISPlay WINDow1 TRACe2 FEED Trc2 display the second trace numbering it the second trac...

Page 1102: ...DISPlay WINDow2 STATe ON DISPlay WINDow3 STATe ON DISPlay WINDow4 STATe ON Assign the reflection parameter S11 to the default trace CALCulate1 PARameter MEASure Trc1 S11 Assign the remaining S paramet...

Page 1103: ...mber Display the new traces in diagram areas no 2 to 4 DISPlay WINDow2 TRACe2 FEED Trc2 DISPlay WINDow3 TRACe3 FEED Trc3 DISPlay WINDow4 TRACe4 FEED Trc4 Check the result on the local screen Go to loc...

Page 1104: ...re of the remote commands discussed in section Basic Remote Control Concepts In particular it shows that Channels are always referenced by a channel suffix Traces are referenced by trace names The act...

Page 1105: ...ive trace for channel 1 but is not displayed CALCulate1 PARameter SDEFine Admittance_trace Y S21 the trace becomes the active trace for channel 1 Create channel 2 with one new trace channel 3 with two...

Page 1106: ...a and display traces DISPlay WINDow2 STATe ON DISPlay WINDow1 TRACe2 FEED Admittance_trace DISPlay WINDow1 TRACe3 FEED Y_trace DISPlay WINDow2 TRACe1 FEED Impedance_trace DISPlay WINDow2 TRACe2 FEED R...

Page 1107: ...ttance_trace Y S21 Query the reference level for the Z_trace The trace is referenced by its number in diagram area no 2 DISPlay WINDow2 TRACe3 Y RLEVel Change the display format for the Z_trace The tr...

Page 1108: ...n the DISPlay WINDow Wnd TRACe WndTr commands numbers the different traces in a diagram area The analyzer provides several commands allowing a smooth transition between remote and manual control 1 Cre...

Page 1109: ...ram Select trace Trc1 as the active trace of the channel define a reference marker and a delta marker In the marker commands the active trace is referenced by the channel suffix CALCulate1 PARameter S...

Page 1110: ...ace see Retrieving Measurement Results 2 Limit lines and limit check Remove all markers and define a limit line for the active trace CALCulate1 MARKer1 AOFF CALCulate1 LIMit DATA 1 4500000000 55000000...

Page 1111: ...LCulate1 LIMit STATe ON FAIL if the trace is failed the response is 1 Check the result on the local screen Go to local SYSTem DISPlay UPDate ONCE Check the result in the Define Limit Line dialog The D...

Page 1112: ...sing 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 description The co...

Page 1113: ...LECT CALCULATE4 FORMAT POLAR CALCULATE4 PARAMETER SELECT Ch4Trc3 CALCULATE4 FORMAT DB_LIN CALCULATE4 PARAMETER SELECT CALCULATE4 PARAMETER SELECT Ch4Trc2 CALCULATE4 FORMAT CALCULATE4 PARAMETER SELECT...

Page 1114: ...SENSe1 CORRection COLLect METHod DEFine Test TOSM 1 2 3 4 SENSe1 CORRection COLLect SAVE SELected DEFault Initiate a complete sweep INITiate1 CONTinuous OFF INITiate IMMediate WAI MMEMory STORe TRACe...

Page 1115: ...SEQuential OFF simultaneous SENSe1 NFIGure ISNoise OFF Do not assume Ideal T0 Source Noise SENSe1 NFIGure RFICorr OFF Do not apply RF image correction SENSe1 NFIGure NDUT OFF Assume normal no narrowba...

Page 1116: ...cal step fails SENSe1 CORRection COLLect NFIGure STARt 1 2 OFF 30 30 SENSe1 CORRection COLLect NFIGure ACQuire RECeiver SENSe1 CORRection COLLect NFIGure SOURce SENSe1 CORRection COLLect NFIGure ATTen...

Page 1117: ...l 1 assign it to a window CALCULATE1 PARAMETER SDEFINE Trc2 S22 DISPLAY WINDOW1 TRACE5 FEED Trc2 CALCULATE1 PARAMETER SELECT Trc2 now active for channel 1 CALCULATE1 PARAMETER SELECT CALCULATE1 PARAME...

Page 1118: ...ELECT XYZ CALCULATE2 PARAMETER SELECT TRACE COPY MDATA4 Ch3Trc1 mixed parameters Char String DISPLAY WINDOW2 TRACE4 FEED Mem4 Ch3Trc1 Copy to existing memory traces update trace data TRACE COPY MDATA6...

Page 1119: ...CULATE1 MARKER1 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 MARKE...

Page 1120: ...CTION DOMAIN USER 1 CALCulate1 MARKer1 FUNCtion DOMain USER START 1 2GHZ CALCulate1 MARKer1 FUNCtion DOMain USER STOP 1 8GHZ Range 2 includes the stimulus range CALCULATE1 MARKER1 FUNCTION DOMAIN USER...

Page 1121: ...eak search functions CALCULATE1 MARKER1 FUNCTION SELECT MAXIMUM Proceed as for minimum search Trace Mathematics The following script contains examples for trace mathematics Reset the analyzer RST SYST...

Page 1122: ...d Mem CALCULATE1 MATH SDEFINE Data Mem CALCULATE1 MATH STATE ON Constants CALCULATE1 MATH SDEFINE Pi e j Functions CALCULATE1 MATH SDEFINE linMag 1 dBMag 2 Arg 3 Re 4 Im 5j CALCULATE1 MATH SDEFINE log...

Page 1123: ...AY WINDOW2 TRACE1 FEED Trc2 SENSE1 SWEEP TIME AUTO ON SENSE2 SWEEP TIME AUTO ON Search full span evaluation range display statistical results CALCulate1 STATistics DOMain USER 0 CALCulate2 STATistics...

Page 1124: ...1 MARKer FUNCtion BWIDth MODE BPAS Measure single sweep wait until complete sweep is finished INITiate CONTinuous OFF INITiate WAI CALCulate1 MARKer FUNCtion EXECute BFILter All markers OFF CALCulate1...

Page 1125: ...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 SYSTEM DISPLAY UPDATE ON Create a second and...

Page 1126: ...WAI Modeling a Max Hold Function The following example shows you how to emulate a max hold function Reset the analyzer RST DISPlay WINDow1 TITLe DATA Max Hold Function Emulation Create a trace with t...

Page 1127: ...weeps 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 SYSTEM DISPLAY UPDATE ON Creat...

Page 1128: ...nd 2 CALCULATE1 DATA NSWEEP SDATA 1 last trace data CALCULATE1 DATA NSWEEP SDATA 3 previous trace data CALCULATE2 DATA NSWEEP SDATA 1 last trace data CALCULATE2 DATA NSWEEP SDATA 4 previous trace data...

Page 1129: ...wave calibration and load match correction in addition SENSe1 CORRection COLLect SAVE SELected SENSe1 CORRection EWAVe STATe ON 2 port TOSM Select cal procedure SENSe1 CORRection COLLect METHod DEFin...

Page 1130: ...ins Ohm this Ohm case insensitive is replaced by the capital greek omega for the cal kit name used in the DataBase One port standards All commands to set the parameters of a physical standard have the...

Page 1131: ...uctivity 4 OPEN SHORT See also two port standard SYMMETRIC NETWORK First option REFLECT length capacity 4 OPEN SENSE CORRECTION CKIT N50 FREFLECT Parser N50 Ohm Ser 4 4 1 4MHZ 2 4MHZ 0 4m 41 42 43 44...

Page 1132: ...FATTEN Define SYMMETRIC NETWORK length capacity 4 inductivity 4 OPEN SHORT See also one port standard REFLECT SYMMETRIC NETWORK length capacity 4 OPEN SENSE CORRECTION CKIT N50 MMSNETWORK Parser N50 O...

Page 1133: ...POINts 51 SENSe1 BANDwidth 10000 SOURce1 POWer 10 Configure source power calibration sweeps Set number of readings tolerance and no verification sweep for the power calibration SOURce POWer CORRection...

Page 1134: ...on save the acquired system error correction data to a file and re load them Performing a Calibration Saving the Error Terms Reset the analyzer RST Set frequency range SENSe1 FREQuency1 STARt 1GHz SEN...

Page 1135: ...e1 DATA SCORr5 TRACEFILE scorr6 dat CALCulate1 DATA SCORr6 TRACEFILE scorr7 dat CALCulate1 DATA SCORr7 TRACEFILE scorr8 dat CALCulate1 DATA SCORr8 TRACEFILE scorr9 dat CALCulate1 DATA SCORr9 We are om...

Page 1136: ...Load Match SCORR6 Forward Transmission Tracking SCORR7 Reverse Directivity SCORR8 Reverse Source Match SCORR9 Reverse Reflection Tracking SCORR10 Reverse Isolation SCORR11 Reverse Load Match SCORR12 R...

Page 1137: ...ATA SCORR8 scorr8 dat CALCulate1 DATA SCORR9 scorr9 dat We are omitting the isolation term as it is not implemented on the ZVAB CALCulate1 DATA SCORR10 scorr10 dat CALCulate1 DATA SCORR11 scorr11 dat...

Page 1138: ...he display settings should only be changed from the Intel Graphics Control Panel Do not use the Windows Screen Resolution dialog for this purpose For instruments running Windows 7 do not use the hotke...

Page 1139: ...ies dialog After connecting the external monitor select Display Display Config Hardkey Bar at the NWA GUI to display the analyzer s hardkeys together with the menus softkeys and the diagram areas This...

Page 1140: ...at the NWA GUI to display the analyzer s hardkeys together with the menus softkeys and the diagram areas This allows you to control the instrument very comfortably with the mouse You do not have to ch...

Page 1141: ...ing the external monitor to a resolution different to that of the internal display 800x600 the desktop must either be extended to or displayed exclusively on the external monitor The following procedu...

Page 1142: ...e Display drop down menu 3 On the left hand side of the modified dialog select the Single Display mode and in the center select the external monitor 4 Press Apply and in the following confirmation dia...

Page 1143: ...d one is the internal display The last one is an internal connector on the FMR11 CPU board that can neither be used nor deactivated Do not select the internal connector Switching back to the Analyzer...

Page 1144: ...or smaller connectors for microwave analyzer types numbered 1 2 The test ports serve as outputs for the RF stimulus signal and as inputs for the measured RF signals from the DUT response signals With...

Page 1145: ...ectors 0 9 0 1 Nm for the other connector types USB Connector Double Universal Serial Bus connector of type A master USB used to connect e g a keyboard mouse or other pointing devices the Calibration...

Page 1146: ...ectors for microwave analyzers for each test port frequency corresponds to the network analyzer type For detailed ordering information refer to the product brochure See also section Converter Control...

Page 1147: ...analyzers The internal equivalent circuit is shown in section Direct Generator and Receiver Access Each PORT BIAS input is protected by an exchangeable fuse Pin No Name Input I or Output O or Bidirect...

Page 1148: ...vents IEC BUS IEC SYSTEM BUS GPIB bus IEC IEEE connector For a detailed description refer to section GPIB Bus Interface See also EMI Suppression in chapter Preparing for Use USB Double Universal Seria...

Page 1149: ...n input connector for an external 10 MHz reference clock signal The external reference signal must meet the specifications of the data sheet The internal reference signal is synchronized to the extern...

Page 1150: ...r plate Simply unscrew the plate if you want to use the connector Pin No Name Input I or Output O or Bidirectional B Voltage Range Function 1 FR_REF_128_IO_P B LVDS high 128 MHz reference signal 2 FR_...

Page 1151: ...i purpose with the following order of precedence 1 Segment Bits 2 Additional Channel Bits 4 to 7 3 Diplexer control for R S ZVA110 default for this instrument 4 Drive Ports i e DRIVE PORT i indicates...

Page 1152: ...ession in chapter Preparing for Use LAN Interface The analyzer provides two LAN connectors for direct connection to a Local Area Network Remote control via LAN requires a VISA installation but no addi...

Page 1153: ...he abort channel is used for immediate abort of the core channel the interrupt channel transmits spontaneous service requests of the instrument Link setup itself is very complex For more details refer...

Page 1154: ...the National Instruments interface successful execution of a command can be checked by means of the variables ibsta iberr and ibcntl To this end references to the three variables are transferred to a...

Page 1155: ...emaphore only under Unix Count variable ibcntl The variable ibcntl is updated with the number of bytes transmitted on every read and write function call Overview of Interface Functions The library fun...

Page 1156: ...on provides a handle that must be indicated in all functions for access to the device If the device with the name udName is not found the handle has a negative value RSDLLibwrt This function sends dat...

Page 1157: ...nix short RSDLLibwrt short ud char Wrt short ibsta short iberr unsigned long ibcntl Parameters ud Device handle file File the contents of which are sent to the device Example RSDLLibwrtf ud C db sav i...

Page 1158: ...vents writing beyond the end of the string RSDLLibrdf Reads data from the device with the handle ud into the file file VB format Function RSDLLibrdf ByVal ud ByVal file ibsta iberr ibcntl As Integer C...

Page 1159: ...r to LOCAL state the instrument can be manually operated via the GUI On the next access to the instrument by means of one of the functions of the library the instrument is switched again to the REMOTE...

Page 1160: ...LLibonl ByVal ud ByVal v ibsta iberr ibcntl As Integer C format short WINAPI RSDLLibonl short ud short v short far ibsta short far iberr unsigned long far ibcntl C format Unix short RSDLLibonl short u...

Page 1161: ...SwapBytes void pArray const long size const long count Parameters pArray Array in which modifications are made size Size of a single element in pArray count Number of elements in pArray Example RSDLLS...

Page 1162: ...appropriate NI VISA 4 6 2 is available free of charge for download on the internet refer to the National Instruments web site R S ZVAB B44 on network analyzers with FMR6 7 and FMR9 The driver softwar...

Page 1163: ...ted active LOW signals that the instrument connected is accepting the data on the data bus The analyzer provides the following functions to communicate via GPIB bus Interface functions Interface messa...

Page 1164: ...oll state Addressed Commands Addressed commands are encoded in the range 00 through 0F hex They are only effective for instruments addressed as listeners Command QuickBASIC command Effect on the instr...

Page 1165: ...utomated test Preparation of the network analyzer and the part handler The network analyzer configuration depends on the measurement to be made Starting from the preset state you will usually have to...

Page 1166: ...tion to the control signals the Universal Interface provides four bi directional data ports A B C D The data ports must be configured explicitly using SCPI commands they are not controlled by the meas...

Page 1167: ...n of ports A B C and D To write data to port E F both port C and port D A and B must be configured as output ports Data can be read and written using the CONTrol HANDler E DATA and CONTrol HANDler F D...

Page 1168: ...Changes to Low when the INPUT 1 pin no 2 receives a negative pulse 5 PORT A0 I or O Port A bit no 0 8 bit parallel input or output port 6 PORT A1 I or O Port A bit no 1 7 PORT A2 I or O Port A bit no...

Page 1169: ...C is an input port High port C is an output port 31 PORT D STATUS O Indicates the status of port D Low port D is an input port High port D is an output port 32 WRITE STROBE O Changes to Low when vali...

Page 1170: ...T Configuration Port A Port B Output ports all bits High decimal 0 Port C Port D Input ports PORT C STATUS PORT D STATUS Low OUTPUT 1 OUTPUT 2 High SWEEP END High PASS_FAIL High Remote control CONTrol...

Page 1171: ...s for Configuration Files The following rules apply to power meter and generator configuration files All configuration file entries may appear in arbitrary order A command line starting with a semicol...

Page 1172: ...sion Example Rohde Schwarz SMU200A 1141 2005k02 102753 2 1 72 0 02 05 222 34 The configuration file name is SMU200A gen The analyzer also recognizes similar file names provided they fulfil the followi...

Page 1173: ...WERMEASUSEOPC 0 Example POWERMEASINITDELAY 1 0 POWERMEASINITDELAY mandatory Wait time after initialization sec Used only if POWERMEASUSEOPC 0 Example POWERMEASINITDELAY 1 0 POWERMEASINITDELAY 2 POWERM...

Page 1174: ...d using the SYSTem ERRor query If the STB bit no 2 is not set the analyzer proceeds as described for IEEE If the STB bit no 5 is set the ESR bit no 2 to 5 are evaluated POWERMEAS_SPLITCOMMANDS optiona...

Page 1175: ...constant names are identical and consistent with the NWA firmware Generator Parameters The following parameter set is used to control external generators from the network analyzer The mandatory param...

Page 1176: ...device dependent error Bit 4 execution error Bit 5 Command error SCPI The instrument is SCPI compliant The STB bit no 2 indicates that the error queue contains a message If this bit is set the error q...

Page 1177: ...r list mode is available i e whether the generator supports hardware handshake IEC List mode not supported TTL List mode supported In list mode the generator steps through a predefined list of frequen...

Page 1178: ...POW 20DBM LIST DEL s GENERATORFREQLIST Mandatory if GENERATORIECAVAIL TTL else unnecessary SCPI command to send a frequency list to the generator comma separated ASCII format Format Command s s param...

Page 1179: ...and after a list selection It is not needed for most other generators Example SMP SOUR LIST LEAR GENERATORRESETLIST Mandatory if GENERATORIECAVAIL TTL else unnecessary SCPI command to reset the list i...

Page 1180: ...mple smb100a GETGENERATORMINPOW POW MIN GETGENERATORMAXFRQ Optional maximum output power dBm SCPI command to query the generator for its maximum output power If the query fails the static value GENERA...

Page 1181: ...A Microwave generator 43 GHz Must set OUTPut BLANk MODE ON After every RST command BLANk MODE will be reset to AUTO SMR Microwave generator cost effective 20 GHz 40 GHz SMU200A RF vector high end up t...

Page 1182: ...can be stored at the temperature range quoted in the data sheet When it is stored for a longer period of time the instrument should be protected against dust The original packing should be used partic...

Page 1183: ...Netcon Digital PCI version 8 5 or higher for maximum performance The analyzer is equipped with a CPU board FMR9 or higher but the PCINT FPGA wasn t upgraded to version 8 5 or higher The analyzer is st...

Page 1184: ...r messages If several power meters cause problems the lowest number is indicated Check whether the power meter is properly connected and switched on Check the GPIB address exclude address conflicts wh...

Page 1185: ...ill find solutions more quickly and efficiently if you provide us with the information listed below Simply open the relevant dialogs in the Info menu press Print to File and send us the file Setup Inf...

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