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Contents of Chapter 3 

1145.1084.12 I-3.1 

E-1 

Contents of Chapter 3 

3

 

System Overview

................................................................................................ 3.1 

Basic Concepts.................................................................................................................................3.1

 

Global Resources.....................................................................................................................3.2

 

Setups ............................................................................................................................3.2

 

Traces, Channels and Diagram Areas.....................................................................................3.2

 

Trace Settings................................................................................................................3.3

 

Channel Settings............................................................................................................3.3

 

Data Flow...........................................................................................................................................3.4

 

Screen Elements...............................................................................................................................3.6

 

Navigation Tools of the Screen ................................................................................................3.6

 

Menu Bar .......................................................................................................................3.7

 

Menu Structure ..............................................................................................................3.8

 

Softkey Bar ....................................................................................................................3.8

 

Hardkey Bar ...................................................................................................................3.9

 

Status Bar ......................................................................................................................3.9

 

Display Elements in the Diagram Area ..................................................................................3.10

 

Title ..............................................................................................................................3.11

 

Traces ..........................................................................................................................3.11

 

Markers ........................................................................................................................3.13

 

Marker Info Field ..........................................................................................................3.14

 

Channel Settings..........................................................................................................3.15

 

Context Menus.............................................................................................................3.16

 

Dialogs ...................................................................................................................................3.16

 

On-Screen Keyboard ...................................................................................................3.17

 

Step Size......................................................................................................................3.18

 

Numeric Entry Bar........................................................................................................3.18

 

Display Formats and Diagram Types.....................................................................................3.18

 

Cartesian Diagrams .....................................................................................................3.19

 

Conversion of Complex into Real Quantities ...............................................................3.19

 

Polar Diagrams ............................................................................................................3.20

 

Smith Chart ..................................................................................................................3.21

 

Inverted Smith Chart ....................................................................................................3.23

 

Measured Quantities and Display Formats .................................................................3.25

 

Measured Quantities ......................................................................................................................3.26

 

S-Parameters .........................................................................................................................3.26

 

Multiport Parameters....................................................................................................3.27

 

Impedance Parameters..........................................................................................................3.27

 

Converted Impedances................................................................................................3.27

 

Z-Parameters ...............................................................................................................3.28

 

Admittance Parameters..........................................................................................................3.29

 

Converted Admittances................................................................................................3.29

 

Y-Parameters...............................................................................................................3.30

 

Wave Quantities and Ratios...................................................................................................3.30

 

Summary of Contents for 1145.1010.04/05/06

Page 1: ...6 1 Operating Manual Vector Network Analyzers R S ZVA 8 ZVA 24 1145 1110 08 24 26 R S ZVB 4 ZVB 8 ZVB 20 1145 1010 04 05 06 08 09 10 20 21 22 R S ZVT 8 1300 0045 62 Printed in Germany Test and Measure...

Page 2: ...a registered trademark of Rohde Schwarz GmbH Co KG Trade names are trademarks of the owners This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit http www open...

Page 3: ...R S Representatives Glossary of Terms Tabbed Divider 1 Chapter 1 Preparing for Use R S ZVA Preparing for Use R S ZVB Preparing for Use R S ZVT 2 Chapter 2 Getting Started 3 Chapter 3 System Overview...

Page 4: ...he CD ROM provides the complete user documentation for the network analyzer family The online help systems for R S ZVA R S ZVB and R S ZVT in two different HTML based formats chm for transfer to the h...

Page 5: ...filter search mode Bandpass Search Ref to Marker Improved access to the time domain and frequency domain stimulus values in the Transform Time Domain Stimulus Axis menu Frequency Step Size is a settin...

Page 6: ...bits of the calibrated channel are activated instead of the reset values When a new channel is created the channel bits automatically take on the values of the previous channel Calibration via remote...

Page 7: ...mplete error queue New command FORMat BORDer controls whether binary data is transferred in normal or swapped byte order Fixed Issues in Firmware V1 62 Compared to V1 61 Improved stability of the TNA...

Page 8: ...d S Parameter Wizard with reference impedance settings for balanced ports more bandwidths automatic calibration and Calibration Wizard In the User Interface tab of the System Config dialog Keep Measur...

Page 9: ...E 6 Limitations The following features are reported in the data sheet and this help system but not available in the current firmware version Simultaneous measurement of port groups in dialog Balanced...

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Page 11: ...by 93 68 EEC relating to electromagnetic compatibility 89 336 EEC revised by 91 263 EEC 92 31 EEC 93 68 EEC Conformity is proven by compliance with the following standards EN61010 1 2001 EN55011 1998...

Page 12: ...e limits 73 23 EEC revised by 93 68 EEC relating to electromagnetic compatibility 89 336 EEC revised by 91 263 EEC 92 31 EEC 93 68 EEC Conformity is proven by compliance with the following standards E...

Page 13: ...3 68 EEC relating to electromagnetic compatibility 89 336 EEC revised by 91 263 EEC 92 31 EEC 93 68 EEC Conformity is proven by compliance with the following standards EN61010 1 2001 EN55011 1998 A1 1...

Page 14: ...s of the Member States relating to electrical equipment for use within defined voltage limits 73 23 EEC revised by 93 68 EEC relating to electromagnetic compatibility 89 336 EEC revised by 91 263 EEC...

Page 15: ...asurement system error correction See also TOSM TOM TRM TRL TNA Calibration kit Set of physical calibration standards for a particular connector family Calibration standard Physical device that has a...

Page 16: ...rt 1 of the DUT H Harmonic Integer multiple of the fundamental frequency The fundamental is the first harmonic the nth harmonic is n times the frequency of the fundamental Harmonic distortion The prod...

Page 17: ...hardware settings Depending on the measurement type several partial measurements may be needed to obtain a measurement point A full n port S parameter measurement requires n partial measurements with...

Page 18: ...the attenuation don t have to be known exactly Like TRL and TRM TNA is especially useful for DUTs in planar line technology TOM A calibration type using three fully known standards through open match...

Page 19: ...1084 12 E 1 5 W Window Rectangular portion of the screen showing all diagram areas of a particular setup Windows are limited by a blue frame with several icons The analyzer uses standard windows prov...

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Page 21: ...een the three network analyzer types they are described in separate sections Information about the R S ZVA network analyzer starts on the following sheet Information about the R S ZVB network analyzer...

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Page 23: ...ing the Instrument and Checking the Shipment 1 11 Instrument Setup 1 12 Mounting in a 19 Rack 1 13 EMI Protective Measures 1 13 Connecting the Instrument to the AC Supply 1 13 Power on and off 1 13 St...

Page 24: ...Contents of Chapter 1 R S ZVA 1145 1090 62 I 1 2 E 1 Windows XP Embedded 1 22 Firmware Update 1 22...

Page 25: ...ons at the beginning of this manual Chapter 2 of this manual provides an introduction to the operation of the analyzer by means of typical configuration and measurement examples for a description of t...

Page 26: ...Load data files e g calibration kits memory traces setups Perform a firmware update if the setup file can not be loaded from another storage medium or a network connection Setup Keys The keys in the T...

Page 27: ...es functions to handle and activate channels CAL provides all functions that are necessary to perform a system error correction calibration OFFSET provides a selection of length offset parameters to s...

Page 28: ...here it is possible to perform system configurations and call up additional software utilities Navigation Keys The keys in the NAVIGATION keypad are used to navigate within the NWA screen and the Help...

Page 29: ...keys are only enabled while the cursor is placed on a data input field in a dialog or in the Help navigation pane The keys 0 to 9 enter the corresponding numbers The function of the and keys depends...

Page 30: ...creases and decreases numerical values scrolls within lists activates controls and confirms entries Turning or pressing the rotary knob is equivalent to the action of the Cursor Up and Cursor Down key...

Page 31: ...nput levels at all test ports according to the front panel labeling or the data sheet must not be exceeded In addition the maximum input voltages of the other input connectors at the front and rear pa...

Page 32: ...components e g external signal separating devices power amplifiers etc into the signal path in order to develop custom measurements e g to test high power devices and extend the dynamic range If no e...

Page 33: ...all front panel jumpers inputs according to the front panel labeling or the data sheet must not be exceeded In addition it is important that the signal fed in at the jumper input connectors contains n...

Page 34: ...e 10 MHz REF serves as an input or output for the 10 MHz reference clock signal DC MEAS comprises two inputs for DC measurements specified for different voltage ranges PORT BIAS comprises up to four i...

Page 35: ...whether in addition to the Quick Start Guide the following items are included in the shipment Vector network analyzer An AC power cable The documentation CD ROM see documentation map at the beginning...

Page 36: ...ect a DUT or test fixture to the analyzer s test ports To prevent ESD damage use the wrist strap and grounding cord supplied with the instrument and connect yourself to the GND connector at the front...

Page 37: ...nalyzer is automatically adapted to the AC supply voltage supplied The supply voltage must be in the range 100 V to 240 V 50 Hz to 60 Hz The mains connector is located at the bottom left corner of the...

Page 38: ...to switch the analyzer from the standby to ready state or vice versa In standby state the right amber LED is on The standby power only supplies the power switch circuits and the optional oven quartz...

Page 39: ...alyzer session was terminated regularly the NWA application uses the last setup with all instrument settings To shut down the analyzer proceed as follows 1 Press the STANDBY key to save the current se...

Page 40: ...nal PC Connecting a Mouse A USB mouse can be connected to one of the Universal Serial Bus connectors on the front panel or on the rear panel double USB connectors The mouse is detected automatically w...

Page 41: ...tiated using Windows XP s Add Printer Wizard The wizard is self explanatory A printer driver needs to be installed only once even though the printer may be temporarily removed from the analyzer Printe...

Page 42: ...onnect an appropriate LAN cable to one of the LAN ports Use a commercial RJ 45 cable to establish a non dedicated network connection or a cross over RJ 45 cable to establish a dedicated connection bet...

Page 43: ...work including the analyzer the second consisting of the additional test instrument plus the analyzer As a data router between the additional test instrument and the home network This configuration me...

Page 44: ...IP address The analyzer uses a user name and password as credentials for remote access In the factory configuration instrument is preset for both the user name and the password To protect the analyze...

Page 45: ...erties Internet Protocol TCP IP Properties dialog and enter the address information e g For more information refer to the Windows XP Embedded Help Remote Desktop Connection Remote Desktop is a Windows...

Page 46: ...operating system is accessed by pressing the Windows key in the SUPPORT keypad All necessary settings can be accessed from the Start menu in particular from the Control Panel Firmware Update Upgrade...

Page 47: ...ipment 1 10 Instrument Setup 1 11 Mounting in a 19 Rack 1 12 EMI Protective Measures 1 12 Connecting the Instrument to the AC Supply 1 12 Power on and off 1 12 Standby and Ready State 1 13 Replacing F...

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Page 49: ...ons at the beginning of this manual Chapter 2 of this manual provides an introduction to the operation of the analyzer by means of typical configuration and measurement examples for a description of t...

Page 50: ...Load data files e g calibration kits memory traces setups Perform a firmware update if the setup file can not be loaded from another storage medium or a network connection Setup Keys The keys in the T...

Page 51: ...es functions to handle and activate channels CAL provides all functions that are necessary to perform a system error correction calibration OFFSET provides a selection of length offset parameters to s...

Page 52: ...here it is possible to perform system configurations and call up additional software utilities Navigation Keys The keys in the NAVIGATION keypad are used to navigate within the NWA screen and the Help...

Page 53: ...ade and close dialogs OK ENTER is equivalent to pressing the rotary knob or the OK ENTER key in the DATA ENTRY keypad The Checkmark Space key switches a checkmark control in a dialog on or off The CAN...

Page 54: ...he four unit keys depends on the data type of the active input field see Data Entry section in Chapter 3 In numeric input fields the G n M k m or x1 keys multiply the entered value with factors of 10...

Page 55: ...ctors numbered 1 to 4 for four port instruments 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 a single test po...

Page 56: ...l Bus connector of type A master USB used to connect e g a keyboard mouse or other pointing devices a printer or an external storage device USB stick CD ROM drive etc The length of passive connecting...

Page 57: ...device 10 MHz REF serves as an input or output for the 10 MHz reference clock signal DC MEAS comprises two inputs for DC measurements specified for different voltage ranges PORT BIAS comprises four in...

Page 58: ...iner 2 Check whether in addition to the Quick Start Guide the following items are included in the shipment Vector network analyzer An AC power cable The documentation CD ROM see documentation map at t...

Page 59: ...ect a DUT or test fixture to the analyzer s test ports To prevent ESD damage use the wrist strap and grounding cord supplied with the instrument and connect yourself to the GND connector at the front...

Page 60: ...nalyzer is automatically adapted to the AC supply voltage supplied The supply voltage must be in the range 100 V to 240 V 50 Hz to 60 Hz The mains connector is located at the bottom left corner of the...

Page 61: ...to switch the analyzer from the standby to ready state or vice versa In standby state the right amber LED is on The standby power only supplies the power switch circuits and the optional oven quartz...

Page 62: ...alyzer session was terminated regularly the NWA application uses the last setup with all instrument settings To shut down the analyzer proceed as follows 1 Press the STANDBY key to save the current se...

Page 63: ...nal PC Connecting a Mouse A USB mouse can be connected to one of the Universal Serial Bus connectors on the front panel or on the rear panel double USB connectors The mouse is detected automatically w...

Page 64: ...er driver is installed If required printer driver installation is initiated using Windows XP s Add Printer Wizard The wizard is self explanatory A printer driver needs to be installed only once even t...

Page 65: ...lish a LAN connection proceed as follows 1 Refer to section Assigning an IP Address and learn how to avoid connection errors 2 Connect an appropriate LAN cable to one of the LAN ports Use a commercial...

Page 66: ...ting in two independent networks one comprising the home network including the analyzer the second consisting of the additional test instrument plus the analyzer As a data router between the additiona...

Page 67: ...IP address The analyzer uses a user name and password as credentials for remote access In the factory configuration instrument is preset for both the user name and the password To protect the analyze...

Page 68: ...erties Internet Protocol TCP IP Properties dialog and enter the address information e g For more information refer to the Windows XP Embedded Help Remote Desktop Connection Remote Desktop is a Windows...

Page 69: ...operating system is accessed by pressing the Windows key in the SUPPORT keypad All necessary settings can be accessed from the Start menu in particular from the Control Panel Firmware Update Upgrade...

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Page 71: ...ounting in a 19 Rack 1 7 EMI Protective Measures 1 8 Connecting the Instrument to the AC Supply 1 8 Power on and off 1 8 Standby and Ready State 1 9 Replacing Fuses 1 9 Starting the Analyzer Shutdown...

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Page 73: ...is of particular importance when you use the instrument for the first time Also observe the general safety instructions at the beginning of this manual Front Panel Tour The front panel of the R S ZVT...

Page 74: ...the front panel The key serves two main purposes Toggle between standby and ready state Shut down the instrument USB Connector Double Universal Serial Bus connector of type A master USB used to conne...

Page 75: ...nd 2 for two port instruments The test ports serve as outputs for the RF stimulus signal and as inputs for the measured RF signals from the DUT response signals Up to 6 additional test ports can be pu...

Page 76: ...r of OUT IN jumper connectors is through connected internally The SOURCE OUT signal comes from the internal RF signal source The SOURCE IN signal goes to the test port A power amplifier can be inserte...

Page 77: ...s for DC measurements specified for different voltage ranges 10 MHz REF serves as an input or output for the 10 MHz reference clock signal MONITOR is a sub Min D connector used to connect and external...

Page 78: ...ings are free from obstructions Signal levels at the input connectors are all within the specified maxima Signal outputs are correctly connected and not overloaded The instrument is dry and shows no c...

Page 79: ...including the rear panel perforations must be unobstructed The distance to the wall should be at least 10 cm Attention To avoid damage of electronic components of the DUT and the analyzer the operatin...

Page 80: ...typical power consumption and the frequency range of the individual analyzer models are listed in the data sheet The network analyzer is protected by two fuses as specified on the label on the power s...

Page 81: ...reference oscillator option ZVAB B4 stock no 1164 1757 02 In this state it is safe to switch off the AC power and disconnect the instrument from the power supply In ready state the left green LED is o...

Page 82: ...on 0 Off Attention It is strongly recommended to switch the analyzer to standby state before disconnecting it from the AC supply If you set the power switch to 0 while the NWA application is still run...

Page 83: ...e of the Universal Serial Bus connectors on the front panel or on the rear panel double USB connectors The keyboard is detected automatically when it is connected The default input language is English...

Page 84: ...Printer Wizard to complete the installation Use the Page Setup dialog or the Start Control Panel Printers and Faxes menu of Windows XP to configure the printer properties To access Windows XP press th...

Page 85: ...analyzer The use of hubs switches or gateways is not needed however data transfer is still made using the TCP IP protocol The IP address information is displayed in the Info Setup Info dialog Test Se...

Page 86: ...ion in the network Never connect your analyzer to an unprotected network because this may cause damage to the instrument software To establish the connection proceed as follows 1 Press the Windows but...

Page 87: ...your network administrator to obtain a valid IP address because connection errors can affect the entire network Manual TCP IP configuration To disable dynamic TCP IP configuration and enter the TCP IP...

Page 88: ...ws XP Embedded Help Windows XP Embedded The analyzer is equipped with a Windows XP Embedded operating system which has been configured according to the instrument s features and needs Changes in the s...

Page 89: ...you use an external monitor or PC to display the GUI access the Start menu of the operating system by pressing the Windows key on the external keyboard or on the hardkey bar of the GUI and double clic...

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Page 91: ...Saving and Printing Data 2 7 Basic Tasks 2 9 Control via Front Panel Keys 2 9 To Access a Particular Menu Command 2 9 To Make a Selection in a Dialog 2 10 Data Entry 2 11 Using Front Panel Keys 2 11...

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Page 93: ...Measurement Wizard in the System menu to perform a standard S parameter measurement in a straightforward way The wizard provides a series of dialogs where you can select the test setup screen configu...

Page 94: ...to prepare a reflection measurement you have to connect your DUT which is assumed to have a male N 50 connector to one of the equivalent analyzer test ports Besides it is recommended to preset the in...

Page 95: ...e Start Frequency numeric entry bar e g 5 GHz If you use the DATA ENTRY keys at the front panel for data entry simply type 5 and terminate the entry with the G n key Refer to section Data Entry to lea...

Page 96: ...properties With a single short standard it is possible to perform a normalization compensating for a frequency dependent attenuation and phase shift in the signal path Due to the analyzer s calibratio...

Page 97: ...ent of the connected short standard The analyzer performs a calibration sweep and displays a message box with a progress bar After completing the sweep the analyzer generates a short sound and a green...

Page 98: ...nitude of the reflection coefficient converted to a dB value at the marker position is displayed in the marker info field in the upper right corner of the diagram 2 Press MARKER FUNCT and activate Min...

Page 99: ...e easier if external accessories are connected to the analyzer or if the instrument is integrated into a LAN Refer to sections External Accessories and Remote Control in a LAN to obtain information ab...

Page 100: ...in the SYSTEM keypad 6 In the Save As dialog opened select a file location format and name and activate Save The active setup is stored to a file and can be reused in a later session Proceed as descr...

Page 101: ...Press the MENU key in the SUPPORT keypad to access the menu bar and open the File menu 2 Use the keys in the NAVIGATION keypad or the rotary knob to navigate between and within the menus Use the Curso...

Page 102: ...he menu bar is deactivated and the cursor returns to the diagram softkey area To Make a Selection in a Dialog 1 Press a softkey with three dots to open a dialog 2 Use the keys in the NAVIGATION keypad...

Page 103: ...o enter a numeric value 1 Place the cursor into a numeric data input field in a dialog or in the numeric entry bar 2 Press the DATA ENTRY keys Use 0 to 9 enter the corresponding numbers Use and to ent...

Page 104: ...After completing the input string use the key to move to the OK button 6 Press OK ENTER or the rotary knob to apply your selection and close the keyboard Operation with a mouse 1 Click the symbol to...

Page 105: ...elect Start Stop Center Span from the Channel Stimulus menu Use the marker functions MARKER FUNCT key Reference Value and Position The analyzer provides three parameters for changing the scale of the...

Page 106: ...e Value scales down the polar diagram Decreasing the Reference Value magnifies the polar diagram The Reference Value is indicated in the scale section of the trace list To change the Reference Value u...

Page 107: ...e marker Mkr 1 and place it to a particular trace point E g you can use the marker Search functions to locate a maximum or minimum on the trace 2 Click Trace Marker Funct Max Marker to move the trace...

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Page 109: ...3 11 Traces 3 11 Markers 3 13 Marker Info Field 3 14 Channel Settings 3 15 Context Menus 3 16 Dialogs 3 16 On Screen Keyboard 3 17 Step Size 3 18 Numeric Entry Bar 3 18 Display Formats and Diagram Typ...

Page 110: ...iew 3 36 Calibration Standards and Calibration Kits 3 36 Calibration Types 3 37 Normalization 3 38 Full One Port Calibration 3 38 One Path Two Port Calibration 3 39 TOSM Calibration 3 39 TOM Calibrati...

Page 111: ...user interface GUI Reference in the online help system Basic Concepts The analyzer provides a variety of functions to perform a particular measurement and to customize and optimize the evaluation of r...

Page 112: ...System External Tools submenu you can find demo setups vbs for various measurement scenarios You can modify the demo setups and store them to a zvx file for later use Moreover the Measurement Wizard p...

Page 113: ...h of particular values on the trace by means of markers Limit check The Trace menu provides all trace settings They complement the definitions of the Channel menu Each trace is assigned to a channel T...

Page 114: ...change of the channel settings an additional red asterisk symbol appears in the status bar Data Flow The analyzer processes the raw measurement data in a sequence of stages in order to obtain the dis...

Page 115: ...ACE 2 AVERAGE MATH SHIFT RESPONSE TIME DOMAIN GATE TRACE FORMAT SMOO THING 2 RATIOS S Parameters Wave Quantities Ratios Data Access Points 1 2 Import Export Data 3 4 Apply cal pool data copy to cal po...

Page 116: ...Screen The main window of the analyzer provides all control elements for the measurements and contains the diagram areas for the results There are several alternative ways to access an instrument func...

Page 117: ...he Control menu provide standard Windows functions to control windows The File menu provides standard Windows functions to create save recall or print setups to copy the current screen and to shut dow...

Page 118: ...e settings Example In the figure above S21 is selected as measured quantity Softkey Bar The softkey bar displays the commands of the active menu so that they can be activated by hitting the associated...

Page 119: ...of time sufficient to select the next instrument function Hardkey Bar The hardkey bar front panel key bar Diplay Config View represents the most commonly used front panel keys of the analyzer Clicking...

Page 120: ...y menu and the following additional settings The settings in the Window menu arrange several windows containing one or more diagram areas within the entire screen Each window corresponds to a setup On...

Page 121: ...e of the diagram and a dashed horizontal line The value and position of the triangle can be changed in order to modify the diagram scale and shift the trace vertically Measured quantity for the active...

Page 122: ...lowing contents from left to right Trace name indicates the current trace name The default names for new traces are Trc n where n is a current number A Mem preceding the trace name indicates a memory...

Page 123: ...arker Mkr 1 Mkr 2 determines the coordinates of a measurement point on the trace Up to 10 different normal markers can be assigned to a trace A reference marker Ref defines the reference value for all...

Page 124: ...er and of the trace format settings The active marker has a dot placed in front of the marker line A sign placed in front of the marker line indicates that the marker is in Delta Mode Customizing the...

Page 125: ...a current number Right click the section and call the Channel Manager from the context menu to change the channel name Start value of the sweep indicates the lowest value of the sweep variable e g the...

Page 126: ...h using the right mouse button Except from some particular screen configurations anything you can do from a context menu you can also do from the menu bar or using front panel keys and softkeys Use wh...

Page 127: ...but no OK button Example Step Size dialog Dialogs with confirmed settings provide both an OK button and a Cancel button Example On screen keyboard You can also cancel an immediate setting using System...

Page 128: ...n implying a single numeric entry is 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...

Page 129: ...on the horizontal axis x axis scaled linearly sweep types Lin Frequency Power Time CW Mode or logarithmically sweep type Log Frequency The measured data response values appears on the vertical axis y...

Page 130: ...olar diagrams show the measured data response values in the complex plane with a horizontal real axis and a vertical imaginary axis The grid lines correspond to points of equal magnitude and phase The...

Page 131: ...he diagram is not linear The grid lines correspond to points of constant resistance and reactance Points with the same resistance are located on circles Points with the same reactance produce arcs The...

Page 132: ...e g S11 S22 then the unit Smith chart can be used to read the normalized impedance of the DUT The coordinates in the normalized impedance plane and in the reflection coefficient plane are related as...

Page 133: ...t linear The grid lines correspond to points of constant conductance and susceptance Points with the same conductance are located on circles Points with the same susceptance produce arcs The following...

Page 134: ...the normalized admittance of the DUT The coordinates in the normalized admittance plane and in the reflection coefficient plane are related as follows see also definition of matched circuit converted...

Page 135: ...plex Impedances Admittances Z parameters and Y parameters are generally displayed in one of the Cartesian diagrams with linear vertical axis scale or in a polar diagram The real Stability Factors DC I...

Page 136: ...ransmitted waves are reflected off the receiver ports so that an additional a2 contribution occurs in forward measurements an a1 contribution occurs in reverse measurements The 7 term calibration type...

Page 137: ...a a a a S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S b b b b 4 3 2 1 44 43 42 41 34 33 32 31 24 23 22 21 14 13 12 11 4 3 2 1 where again ai i 1 to 4 denote the incident bi i 1 to 4 denote the outgoing waves and t...

Page 138: ...dance measured in a forward reflection measurement The extension of the impedances to more ports and mixed mode measurements is analogous to S parameters Zdd44 is the differential mode input impedance...

Page 139: ...ended to describe circuits with more than two ports or several modes of propagation Admittance Parameters An admittance is the complex ratio between a current and a voltage The analyzer provides two i...

Page 140: ...parameters Y parameters are expressed as Y out in where out and in denote the output and input port numbers of the DUT In analogy to open circuit Z parameters the short circuit Y parameters for a two...

Page 141: ...s Analysis of non linearities of the DUT Use of the analyzer as a selective power meter The notation for wave quantities includes the direction and the test port number Additionally the source port mu...

Page 142: ...efficient b1 a1 Src Port 1 is the ratio of the wave quantities b1 and a1 measured at PORT 1 and corresponds to the S parameter S11 input reflection coefficient Balance Unbalance Conversion Balance unb...

Page 143: ...dent reference impedance values to each unbalanced port and to the differential and common mode of each logical port The following types of balanced devices can be measured with 2 port 3 port and 4 po...

Page 144: ...is the mixed mode forward transmission coefficient 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 m...

Page 145: ...cd11 dc11 dd11 3 DUT with one balanced and one single ended port S S S S S S S S S cc11 cd11 cs21 dc11 dd11 ds21 sc12 sd12 ss22 4 DUT with two balanced ports or one balanced and two single ended ports...

Page 146: ...surement on the test setup and on the types of calibration standards available Due to the analyzer s calibration wizard calibration is a straightforward menu guided process Moreover it is possible to...

Page 147: ...ng Low to medium Reflection measurements on any port Transmission Normalization Through S12 S21 or S13 Transmission tracking Medium Transmission measurements in any direction and between any combinati...

Page 148: ...lected in accordance with the test setup Select the calibration type for which you can obtain or design the most accurate standards and for which you can measure the required parameters with best accu...

Page 149: ...n Load Match Through calibration The four standards are used to derive 6 error terms for each signal direction In addition to the source match and reflection tracking error terms provided by the one p...

Page 150: ...ally useful for DUTs in test fixtures TRL Calibration A TRL Through Reflect Line calibration requires the two port standards through and line which are both assumed to be ideally matched Beyond that t...

Page 151: ...fferent from zero dB the exact value of the transmission coefficient is not important As with TRL TNA calibration is especially useful for planar DUTs If TNA is not practicable TRL may be an alternati...

Page 152: ...rk analyzers The units contain calibration standards that are electronically switched when a calibration is performed The calibration kit data for the internal standards are also stored in the calibra...

Page 153: ...ument and connect yourself to the GND connector at the front panel 3 Connect the USB type A connector of the USB cable to any of the USB type A connectors on the front or rear panel of the analyzer Co...

Page 154: ...equired Unused ports of the calibration unit must be terminated with a 50 match No adaptors must be inserted between the calibration unit and the test ports After connecting the unit to the USB port a...

Page 155: ...it in the Start Calibration menu When the test port connectors in the Port Configuration dialog do not fit to the connectors of the calibration unit a warning appears OK changes the connector type ass...

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Page 157: ...ialog 4 7 Print to Clipboard 4 8 Print to File 4 8 Print to File Dialog 4 8 Save 4 10 Save As Dialog 4 10 Open Recall 4 10 Open File Dialog 4 11 Recent File 4 11 Exit 4 11 Trace Menu 4 12 Measure 4 13...

Page 158: ...ign Diag Area 4 47 Trace Manager 4 47 Trace Funct 4 50 Data Mem 4 51 Math Data Mem 4 52 Show Data 4 52 Show Mem 4 52 More Mem 4 52 Mem Dialog 4 53 All Data Mem 4 54 Math User Def 4 55 User Def Math 4...

Page 159: ...arker 4 107 Zero Delay at Marker 4 108 Trace Lines 4 108 Show Limit Line 4 109 Limit Check On 4 110 Fail Beep On 4 111 Define Limit Line 4 111 Horizontal Line 4 116 Channel Menu 4 118 Stimulus 4 118 S...

Page 160: ...198 Guided Calibration 4 201 Repeat Previous Cal 4 207 Recall Last Cal Set 4 208 Correction Off 4 208 Power Calibration 4 209 Status Messages for Power Calibration 4 215 Interpolation and Extrapolati...

Page 161: ...xternal Power Meters 4 254 Add Modify External Power Meter 4 256 External Generators 4 256 Add Modify External Generator 4 259 Int Reference 4 260 Ext Reference 4 260 GPIB Address 4 261 Service Functi...

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Page 163: ...ng to the menus softkey groups of the user interface All topics in this chapter can be called up directly using the HELP key in the menus or the Help buttons in the dialogs A link at the end of each f...

Page 164: ...n or the Close menu command No direct access via front panel keys The Control menu contains the following functions Restore returns the active window to its size and position Move displays a cursor sy...

Page 165: ...ontrol 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 was saved are lost In the...

Page 166: ...ing functions New creates a new setup and opens a new setup window Close closes an opened setup window Print prints a setup Print Preview displays the setup on the screen as it would appear printed Pa...

Page 167: ...fore closing it If a setup is closed without saving all changes made since the last time it was saved are lost Remote control MEMory DELete NAME setup_name Print Prints the active setup This command o...

Page 168: ...ge To select further printer options open the Print Setup dialog Remote control HCOPy DESTination HCOPY IMMediate Print Preview Displays the active setup as it would appear when printed The analyzer g...

Page 169: ...radio buttons in the Print panel specify whether or not different diagram areas are printed on different pages The radio buttons in the Orientation panel specify whether the pages are printed in Portr...

Page 170: ...e 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 format Print to Fil...

Page 171: ...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 Are...

Page 172: ...e drive and directory in which the data is stored The icons to the right of the pull down list are provided for easy navigation in the file system place the cursor on the icons to obtain What s this h...

Page 173: ...place the cursor on the icons to obtain What s this help File Name specifies a file name e g a setup file zvx to open The file can be selected by clicking on the directory overview above Open opens s...

Page 174: ...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 channel The Trace men...

Page 175: ...rt reflection S parameters into matched circuit impedances converted Z parameters Admittance opens a submenu to convert reflection S parameters into matched circuit admittances converted Y parameters...

Page 176: ...zer offers various diagrams and display formats to visualize the results The analyzer places no restriction on the formats that are available for each measured quantity However to keep the interpretat...

Page 177: ...zer Balanced S parameters are assigned to logical test ports Selecting a balanced port configuration with logical test ports means that the balance unbalance conversion is switched on and that the ana...

Page 178: ...r balanced ports c Common mode for balanced ports All possible combinations of mixed mode parameters e g Sss Scs Sds Sdd Zss Zcs are provided Sss is used for unbalanced S parameters if the balanced un...

Page 179: ...meter S11 input reflection coefficient b2 b1 Src Port 1 is the ratio of the transmitted to the reflected wave quantities in a forward measurement b1 b2 Src Port 1 is the inverse of b2 a1 Src Port 1 Th...

Page 180: ...ork analyzers only The following detectors are available Normal selects the default detector mode where each measurement point is displayed without modification as soon as it is recognized to be valid...

Page 181: ...Ch SWEep DETector TIME Wave Quantities The Wave Quantities submenu selects a wave quantity to be measured and displayed a1 Src Port 1 b1 Src Port 1 b2 Src Port 1 a2 Src Port 2 b1 Src Port 2 and b2 Src...

Page 182: ...ement The analyzer can also measure wave quantities for other source ports see More Wave Quantities Remote control CALCulate Ch PARameter MEASure Trace_Name A1 SENSe Ch Tr FUNCtion ON POWer A1 etc Cre...

Page 183: ...n ON POWer A1 etc Create new trace and select name and measurement parameter CALCulate Ch PARameter SDEFine Trace_Name A1 Impedance The Impedance submenu contains the functions to convert S parameters...

Page 184: ...ters Use the Smith chart to obtain an alternative graphical representation of the converted impedances in a reflection measurement Remote control CALCulate Ch PARameter MEASure Trace_Name SZ11 SZ12 SZ...

Page 185: ...balanced test port configuration is selected the single ended parameters assigned to the channel are converted into mixed mode parameters Relation between impedances and S parameters The relation bet...

Page 186: ...impedance Z0 matched circuit admittance measured in a forward reflection measurement Y22 is the output admittance of a 2 port DUT that is terminated at its input with the reference impedance Z0 match...

Page 187: ...assigned to logical test ports Selecting a balanced port configuration with logical test ports means that the balance unbalance conversion is switched on and that the analyzer provides mixed mode par...

Page 188: ...ere mout and min denote the output and input port modes The port numbers are assigned in the order Z out in where out and in denote the output response and input stimulus port numbers of the DUT Balan...

Page 189: ...the Y Parameter dialog is analogous to the definition of S parameters The dialog provides the following settings Y Parameter selects the type left pull down list and the port number assignment right...

Page 190: ...e of the three two port stability factors K 1 or 2 The Stability dialog provides the following settings Stability Factor selects the stability factor to be calculated see definitions below Used Test P...

Page 191: ...ide a necessary and sufficient condition for unconditional stability The conditions 1 1 or 2 1 are both equivalent to unconditional stability This means that 1 and 2 provide direct insight into the de...

Page 192: ...rs 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 panel labelling The left in...

Page 193: ...of the test ports Either physical test 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 show...

Page 194: ...nal precision resistor R used to measure the DC current The values IDC UDC and R determine the Constants c and k These constants must be entered in the DC Power panel using the appropriate physical un...

Page 195: ...set equal to 1 R The unit fields for c and k show the SI units of a current W V and an inverse resistance W V2 respectively Models 1 and 4 provide the exact DC power supplied to the DUT the two other...

Page 196: ...s presented in the graphical display dB Mag selects a Cartesian diagram with a logarithmic scale of the vertical axis to display the magnitude of a complex measured quantity Phase selects a Cartesian...

Page 197: ...e stimulus variable appears on the horizontal axis scaled linearly The magnitude of the complex quantity C i e C sqrt Re C 2 Im C 2 appears on the vertical axis scaled in dB The decibel conversion is...

Page 198: ...magnitude and other conversions can be obtained by means of the Marker Format functions Remote control CALCulate Ch Tr FORMat SMITh Polar Selects a polar diagram to display a complex quantity primaril...

Page 199: ...roduct of Lmech sqrt is termed the electrical length of the DUT and is always larger or equal than the mechanical length 1 for all dielectrics and 1 for the vacuum Application Transmission measurement...

Page 200: ...measured sweep points and does not slow down the measurement f is constant over the entire sweep range if the sweep type is a Lin Frequency sweep For Log Frequency and Segmented Frequency sweeps it v...

Page 201: ...h conversion of the complex S parameter to a real SWR Remote control CALCulate Ch Tr FORMat SWR Lin Mag Selects a Cartesian diagram with a linear vertical axis scale to display the magnitude of the me...

Page 202: ...tion S parameter Properties The Inverted Smith chart is a circular diagram obtained by mapping the positive complex semi plane into a unit circle If the measured quantity is a complex reflection coeff...

Page 203: ...erence of a polar diagram Ref Position defines the position of the reference line in a Cartesian diagram Ref Val Marker sets the reference value equal to the active marker value The Scale settings are...

Page 204: ...Div Sets the value of the vertical diagram divisions in Cartesian diagrams Scale Div corresponds to the increment between two consecutive grid lines The unit depends on the display format dB for displ...

Page 205: ...ot available grayed for polar diagrams Polar Smith Inverted Smith Use the analyzer s drag and drop functionality to move the reference line symbol to the desired position Remote control DISPlay WINDow...

Page 206: ...pens a dialog to perform the previous actions systematically for all traces and diagram areas Active and inactive traces The screen can display several diagram areas simultaneously each with a variabl...

Page 207: ...f the next diagram area Remote control The numeric suffix Ch Tr appended to the first level mnemonic of a command selects a trace as active trace Select Trace Opens a box to select an arbitrary trace...

Page 208: ...Parameter DISPlay WINDow Wnd STATe ON DISPlay WINDow Wnd TRACe WndTr FEED Delete Trace Deletes the current trace and removes it from the diagram area Delete Trace is disabled if the setup contains onl...

Page 209: ...ace is removed from the previous area and displayed in the new diagram area Selecting New creates a new diagram area and assigns the active trace to the new area The new area is numbered n where n is...

Page 210: ...measurement data or a memory trace MEM Channel indicates the channel of each trace Area indicates the diagram area of each trace Scale shows which traces use common scaling and format settings Rules...

Page 211: ...el and scale coupling is set in two independent panels Decouple All assigns independent channel or scale settings to all traces in the Trace Manager If the channel and trace names include numbers the...

Page 212: ...aces Data Mem stores the active data trace as a memory trace Math Data Mem activates the mathematical mode where the data trace is divided by the memory trace Show Data shows or hides the active data...

Page 213: ...trace is associated with the active trace a new memory trace is generated If several memory traces are associated with the active trace the current measurement data overwrites the last generated or c...

Page 214: ...the mathematical mode Selecting one option disables the other The mathematical expression defined via User Def Math is not affected Remote control CALCulate Ch Tr MATH EXPRession SDEFine string CALCul...

Page 215: ...opens a dialog to store all traces in the active setup to memory traces The remaining functions hide or show all data traces or memory traces Moreover it is possible to delete all memory traces in the...

Page 216: ...race leaving the existing memory traces unchanged Trace functions The trace functions comprise the following mathematical operations Any mathematical relation applied to the trace Math Data Mem Math U...

Page 217: ...and the analyzer provides new active trace data This function is disabled unless a user defined mathematical trace is available Math User Def and Math Data Mem are alternative options of the mathemati...

Page 218: ...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 is possible to change or create math string files using a t...

Page 219: ...nto a dB value for dB Mag trace format In power sweeps StimValprovides the voltage in V that results from the source power in dBm To obtain the correct source power in dBm for dB Mag trace format Resu...

Page 220: ...fies whether wave quantities are displayed as voltages or equivalent powers using the port impedances for a conversion between the two representations Result is Wave Quantity is relevant for mathemati...

Page 221: ...a submenu to define the stimulus axis range for the time domain representation Define Transform opens a dialog to define the transformation type and the frequency domain window used to optimize the t...

Page 222: ...e obtained by transforming the measured frequency sweep data into the time domain using an appropriate mathematical transformation type and frequency window Define Transform The sweep range and the ou...

Page 223: ...termed measurement range in time domain or unambiguous range Additional constraints apply if the selected Chirp z transformation is a lowpass transformation Remote control CALCulate Ch Tr TRANsform T...

Page 224: ...he vacuum times the velocity factor of the receiving port defined in the Channel Offset menu Distance 1 2 Time c0 Velocity Factor The factor 1 2 accounts for the return trip from the DUT to the receiv...

Page 225: ...ws The selected window is applied to the active trace If an Arbitrary Sidelobes Dolph Chebychev window is selected the Arbitrary Sidelobe Level sidelobe suppression can be set below the Impulse Respon...

Page 226: ...result Impulse and step response Restrictions No step response Undetermined phase Needs harmonic grid Use for Scalar measurements where the phase is not needed DUTs that don t operate down to f 0 e g...

Page 227: ...Bohman 46 dB 1 9 Dynamic range separation of distant responses with different amplitude Arbitrary Sidelobes Dolph Chebychev User defined between 10 dB and 120 dB 1 2 at 32 dB sidelobe suppression Adj...

Page 228: ...grid was calculated with fixed Stop Frequency and Number of Points The DC value and the values at the two additional red points must be extrapolated or interpolated according to the measured sweep po...

Page 229: ...cy Channel Stimulus Stop and the current frequency gap the spacing between the equidistant sweep points i e the sweep Span divided by the Number of Points minus one This leaves the unambiguous range u...

Page 230: ...n the number of sweep points and interpolated extrapolated values The harmonic grids can not be calculated for any set of sweep points If the minimum number of sweep points is smaller than 5 then the...

Page 231: ...he trace in time domain as well as in frequency domain representation Gat is displayed in the trace list while the time gate is active The time gate is independent of the frequency window used to filt...

Page 232: ...ndow is applied to the active trace The two red vertical lines represent the Start and Stop values defining the size of the time gate If an Arbitrary Gate Shape Dolph Chebychev window is selected the...

Page 233: ...ANN BOHMan DCHebyshev CALCulate Ch Tr FILTer GATE TIME DCHebyshev Trace Statistics Opens a submenu to evaluate and display statistical and phase information of the entire trace or of a specific evalua...

Page 234: ...s are calculated from all response values in the selected evaluation range Suppose that the trace in the evaluation range contains n stimulus values xi and n corresponding response values yi measureme...

Page 235: ...ee mathematical relations If a dispersive connector type i e a waveguide see Offset Model dialog is assigned to a test port related to a particular quantity then the dispersion effects of the connecto...

Page 236: ...ion point with the smallest stimulus level Moreover the Trace Statistics info field shows the numerical results of the compression point measurement Cmp In is the stimulus level at the compression poi...

Page 237: ...ntrol CALCulate Ch Tr STATistics DOMain USER numeric_value CALCulate Ch Tr STATistics DOMain USER STARt numeric_value CALCulate Ch Tr STATistics DOMain USER STOP numeric_value Smoothing On Activates t...

Page 238: ...the appropriate aperture A large smoothing aperture enhances the smoothing effect but may also average out quick variations of the measured values and thus produce misleading results To avoid errors...

Page 239: ...omplex Data calls up a Save As dialog to store data or memory traces to a trace file Export Formatted Data calls up a Save As dialog to store data or memory traces with their current trace format to a...

Page 240: ...lifies whether the loaded data overwrite the active memory trace box unchecked analogous to Data Mem or whether they are used to generate a new memory trace box checked analogous to Data New Mem Trace...

Page 241: ...or csv you can also use the Windows Explorer and simply double click the file or drag and drop the file into the NWA application The imported data generates a memory trace which is coupled to the act...

Page 242: ...rameter will be labeled S11 in the file and in the Select Parameter box s n p files n 2 3 4 are intended for a complete set of n port S parameters Data export fails if the active channel does not cont...

Page 243: ...races of the Active Channel including 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...

Page 244: ...RI R 50 0000 Rohde Schwarz ZVA Measurement S11 2003 07 07 60297750 000000 0 498113 0 054290 80297000 000000 0 504888 0 081229 The header consists of the following data elements specifies beginning of...

Page 245: ...0 000000 0 000000 0 000000 40499497 487437 0 000000 0 000000 0 000000 0 000000 80698994 974874 0 494927 0 065174 0 500833 0 074866 120898492 462312 0 497959 0 111724 0 488029 0 107375 The header consi...

Page 246: ...DISPlay WINDow Wnd TRACe WndTr X OFFset numeric_value Shift Response Value Modifies all points of the active trace by means of an added and or a multiplied complex constant The constant complex value...

Page 247: ...ach marker can be defined as a normal marker reference marker delta marker or discrete marker Marker types A normal marker Mkr 1 Mkr 2 determines the coordinates of a measurement point on the trace Up...

Page 248: ...e markers numbered 4 to 10 Marker Format defines an output format for the complex marker values More Markers opens a submenu to create the markers numbered 4 to 10 Marker Properties opens a dialog wit...

Page 249: ...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 defined explicitly by entering a...

Page 250: ...rker As a consequence the active marker takes the role of a reference marker Ref Marker Marker is not active if the active marker is a reference marker Remote control All Markers Off Removes all marke...

Page 251: ...master marker and thus change the position of all corresponding slave markers Activate another trace in order to make the associated markers the new master markers Marker coupling makes sense only if...

Page 252: ...eal Real part of z Re z x Imag Imaginary part of z Im z y SWR Voltage Standing Wave Ratio SWR 1 z 1 z Delay Group delay neg derivative of the phase response d z d dB Mag and Phase Magnitude of z in dB...

Page 253: ...mulus value format delta mode number when it is switched on again The marker properties are definitely lost if the associated trace is deleted Fixed Marker freezes thecurrent response value of the sel...

Page 254: ...cific points on the trace Search functions The search functions are tools for searching measurement data according to specific criteria A search consists of analyzing the measurement points of the cur...

Page 255: ...for trace segments with characteristic bandfilter shape and calculate the filter parameters Define Peak defines the criteria for the peak search Search Range assigns a search range to each marker of t...

Page 256: ...gest response value that is below the current marker response value If a Min Search or a Bandstop Search is active then the marker is set to the next minimum The next minimum is the minimum with the s...

Page 257: ...he search to a subrange of the sweep Target Search Activates the search and sets the active marker to the defined target value If the active trace contains no markers a marker Mkr 1 is created to indi...

Page 258: ...the active trace contains no markers a marker Mkr 1 is created to indicate the search result and the target search range starts at the end Stop of the sweep range If the target value occurs at several...

Page 259: ...reated marker is displayed in the center of the search range The radio buttons in the Peak Type panel offer the following alternative peak types Local Max activates the peak search for local maxima on...

Page 260: ...initiated Stop defines the end of the search range Stop must be larger than the Start value otherwise the search will not be initiated Range Limit Lines On displays two vertical lines indicating the...

Page 261: ...m maximum and target search bandfilter tracking can be activated separately Tracking is marker specific but can be switched on for several markers simultaneously Switching between Max Search and Min S...

Page 262: ...gful definition of the x dB Bandwidth criterion the trace format must be dB Mag Bandpass Search Ref to Max activates the search for a bandpass region in the active trace starting at the absolute maxim...

Page 263: ...he tallest peak in the search range with a minimum excursion specified by means of the x dB Bandwidth parameter When Bandpass Search is activated the analyzer uses or creates the four markers Mkr 1 to...

Page 264: ...t on the right edge of the peak where the trace value is equal to the minimum plus x dB Bandwidth Mkr 4 indicates the center of the peak calculated as the arithmetic mean value of the LBE and UBE posi...

Page 265: ...rch to a subrange of the sweep It is possible to define and store up to ten different search ranges for each trace The bandfilter search is performed using the markers Mkr 1 Mkr 4 irrespective of the...

Page 266: ...mote control CALCulate Ch Tr MARKer Mk FUNCtion DOMain USER CALCulate Ch Tr MARKer Mk FUNCtion DOMain USER STARt CALCulate Ch Tr MARKer Mk FUNCtion DOMain USER STOP Search Result Off Hides the info fi...

Page 267: ...active trace and activates bandfilter Tracking starting at the position of the active marker A bandpass region is the closest peak in the search range with a minimum excursion specified by means of t...

Page 268: ...inning of the sweep range equal to the marker value Stop Marker sets the end of the sweep range equal to the marker value Span Marker sets the span of the sweep range equal to the active delta marker...

Page 269: ...he absolute value of the first coordinate of the active delta marker i e to the difference between the delta marker and the reference marker positions The function is available only if the active mark...

Page 270: ...nes The commands in the Lines define limits for the measurement results visualize them in the diagrams and activate deactivate the limit check Besides the menu provides a horizontal line for each trac...

Page 271: ...ace and changes its position Limit lines are available for all Cartesian diagram types Trace Format For polar diagrams the functions of the Lines submenu are grayed The limit lines are hidden and the...

Page 272: ...eckmark appears next to the menu item when the limit check is enabled When the limit check is switched on a PASS or FAIL message is displayed in the center of the diagram If the limit check fails at a...

Page 273: ...is a low tone acoustic signal that is generated each time the analyzer detects an exceeded limit No fail beep can be generated if the limit check is switched off A checkmark appears next to the menu...

Page 274: ...h the default extension limit and a special file format Save Limit Line calls up a Save As dialog to store the current limit line configuration to a limit line file Limit line files are ASCII files wi...

Page 275: ...e last point of the segment not necessarily larger than Start Stimulus Start Response is the response y axis value of the first point of the segment Stop Response is the response y axis value of the l...

Page 276: ...don t have to be sorted in ascending or descending order e g the Start Stimulus value of segment no n doesn t have to be smaller than the Start Stimulus value of segment no n 1 Overlapping segments ar...

Page 277: ...check Off Remote control CALCulate Ch Tr LIMit LOWer FEED stimulus_offset response_offset trace_name CALCulate Ch Tr LIMit UPPer FEED stimulus_offset response_offset trace_name File Format for Limit L...

Page 278: ...to a pass fail signal then the TTL signal is generated only if all traces are within limits It is switched off as soon as one trace exceeds the limits Application Graduated limit check The two pass fa...

Page 279: ...ine its position response value The rounded position is displayed near the left edge of the screen Pressing Horizontal Line for a second time hides the horizontal line for the active trace Use the ana...

Page 280: ...on the sweep type Power Bandwidth Average defines the power of the internal signal source sets the step attenuators and the IF bandwidths and configures the sweep average Sweep defines the scope of m...

Page 281: ...ntly defined by Start and Stop It opens the input field for the Center frequency if the range is currently defined by Center and Span STOP SPAN opens the input field for the Stop frequency if the rang...

Page 282: ...and reference The Stop frequency must be greater than the Start frequency the Span must be 1 Hz If a Stop frequency smaller than the current Start frequency is set then the Start frequency is adjusted...

Page 283: ...Xed Power Bandwidth Average The Power Bandwidth Average menu defines the power of the internal signal source sets the step attenuators and the IF bandwidths and configures the sweep average Power defi...

Page 284: ...ndividual analyzer ports Output power at the test ports Power sets the output power at the test port that supplies the stimulus for the active channel The channel power can be varied over a wide dynam...

Page 285: ...Received wave factors are used to adjust the received signal levels to the input level range of the analyzer in order to avoid damage to the instrument e g if the DUT is a power amplifier The range o...

Page 286: ...position and function of the step attenuators is illustrated in the following figure The analyzer measures both the attenuated generated waves and the attenuated waves received from the DUT Remote con...

Page 287: ...rmal selectivity and short settling time and filters with High selectivity but larger settling time The selected bandwidth and selectivity applies to all filters used in the current channel This makes...

Page 288: ...time but can eliminate narrow peaks and thus produce misleading results The sweep average is not frequency selective To eliminate a spurious signal in the vicinity of the measurement frequency altern...

Page 289: ...e averaged over a selected number of consecutive sweeps Average Factor Average Factor defines the number of consecutive sweeps to be averaged Restart Average starts a new average cycle clearing all pr...

Page 290: ...difies the channel power so that Power is equal to the power at the calibrated reference plane Remote control SOURce Ch POWer LEVel IMMediate AMPlitude Receiver Step Attenuators Opens a dialog to set...

Page 291: ...at each port depends on the following settings The channel power pch the Power set in the Channel Power Bandwidth Average menu The port specific power offset pb for arbitrary sweeps and the port and...

Page 292: ...id damage to the instrument e g if the DUT is a power amplifier The range of values depends on the analyzer model Using a single step attenuation b2 corresponds to a standard test setup with 0 dB gene...

Page 293: ...he selected bandwidth and selectivity applies to all filters used in the current channel This makes sense because the measurement speed is limited by the slowest filter in the channel In Segmented Fre...

Page 294: ...time but can eliminate narrow peaks and thus produce misleading results The sweep average is not frequency selective To eliminate a spurious signal in the vicinity of the measurement frequency altern...

Page 295: ...sly On the other hand depending on the measurement task and the measured quantity the measurement at each point can consist of several partial measurements with definite hardware settings The Sweep me...

Page 296: ...axis is a dB linear power axis Time sweeps are performed at constant frequency and stimulus power The measurement is repeated over a specified period of time at constant time intervals CW Mode is a v...

Page 297: ...o desired in the Power Bandwidth Average submenu Log Frequency sweeps are suitable for the analysis of a DUT over a large frequency range e g over several octaves In a Cartesian diagram the measuremen...

Page 298: ...ed Frequency sweep with 3 segments in the stimulus range between 50 MHz and 6 GHz the forward transmission parameter S12 as measured quantity and a dB Mag scaled y axis In the frequency ranges between...

Page 299: ...r The measurement is repeated over a specified period of time at constant time intervals The total sweep time is defined via Channel Stimulus Stop see Stimulus and Sweep Types The time intervals betwe...

Page 300: ...mpatible with the Periodic Trigger If Periodic is selected while a time sweep is active the analyzer generates an error message To continue click OK and select any other trigger source In Time sweep m...

Page 301: ...scale oscillographic representation The diagram is analogous to the Time diagram The following example shows a CW Mode sweep with a DUT that does not change its characteristics in time Sweep time The...

Page 302: ...t plus the following editable or non editable columns On provides check boxes to activate or deactivate each individual segment Sweep points belonging to inactive segments only are not measured and no...

Page 303: ...eleting Segments Three buttons on the left side below the table in the Define Segments dialog extend or shorten the segment list Insert New Segment adds a new segment to the list The new segment is in...

Page 304: ...option is checked the columns Swp Tm or Meas Dly can not be edited Swp Tm indicates the estimated sweep time taking into account the current measurement settings the Meas Dly is 0 s The segment sweep...

Page 305: ...mat 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 the segmented sweep...

Page 306: ...composed of a hardware settling time at the beginning of the sweep plus the sum of the measurement times at each individual sweep point This implies that the measurement time increases roughly linearl...

Page 307: ...icitly if Auto is switched off Sweep Time is the total measurement time for the sweep The minimum sweep time to be set is equal to the estimated value in the Auto mode Setting a larger sweep time is e...

Page 308: ...reover it is possible to switch off the RF source between consecutive triggered measurement sequences and to define a delay between trigger events and the measurement sequences The trigger settings ar...

Page 309: ...ct whether the rising or the falling edge of the external trigger signal provides the trigger event The period of the external trigger signal should be adjusted to the triggered measurement sequence I...

Page 310: ...SOURce MANual TRG Trigger Settings Trigger Settings opens a dialog to specify the operation that the analyzer carries out after receiving a trigger event The dialog is divided into the following pane...

Page 311: ...cular selection of the Triggered Meas Sequence If a Time sweep is performed the Triggered Meas Sequence is always a sweep Alternate sweep mode only makes sense if the triggered measurement sequence co...

Page 312: ...onfigure the Single sweep mode Number of Sweeps selects the number of sweeps to be measured in single sweep mode either one Single Sweep or a group of sweeps Scope defines whether the active sweep mod...

Page 313: ...matching network to be embedded into deembedded from the measurement circuit for a DUT with single ended or balanced ports Alternating Sweeps activates or deactivates the operating mode where the anal...

Page 314: ...n be configured as a pure receive port by selecting RF Off in the Source section If one or more port groups to be measured are defined in the Define Measured Ports tab of the Balanced and Measured Por...

Page 315: ...NVersion AWReceiver STATe Logical Port Defines the properties of the logical balanced ports defined in the Balanced and Measured Ports dialog To display this section at least one balanced port configu...

Page 316: ...lso shown in the list of physical ports Instrum shows the network analyzer type e g ZVA8 ZVA24 The types of external generators and power meters are also displayed in this column Connector opens a dro...

Page 317: ...conditions are met with the Port Configuration settings listed below Section Parameter Value Meas On on Source On on Perm off Receiver LO a on LO b on Remote control SENSe Ch CORRection COLLect CONNec...

Page 318: ...rameter must be switched off to perform a system error correction For triggered measurements it is possible to switch off the signal source between the end of a measurement cycle and the next trigger...

Page 319: ...frequency and the start of the stimulus frequency range The Slope parameter is not available unless a frequency sweep is active Remote control SOURce Ch POWer Pt STATe ON OFF SOURce Ch POWer Pt PERMa...

Page 320: ...he Receiver Power Cal menu Atten defines port specific attenuation factors for the received wave The settings are analogous to the global Step Attenuator settings and replace them IF Gain b selects th...

Page 321: ...ients of the linear transformation between fb and the port frequencies are entered in dialogs of the following type Relation between channel frequency and port frequencies The stimulus frequency fb is...

Page 322: ...evant for source power calibrations with external amplifiers or attenuators and can be set via Channel Calibration Start Power Cal Source Power Cal Modify Settings Modify Cal Power Relation between ch...

Page 323: ...dialog to select a balanced port configuration and define reference impedances for balanced ports and to select the measured ports Balanced and Measured Ports Selecting a balanced port configuration...

Page 324: ...dialog it is possible to Select one of the predefined balanced port configurations Predefined Configs Define a logical port based on two physical ports and independent reference impedances for the cal...

Page 325: ...dition configurations where one 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...

Page 326: ...ence Impedances provides input fields for the differential and common mode impedances Select Logical Port Number shows the current port configuration Clicking the table cells updates the left Physical...

Page 327: ...ows the current port configuration Selecting a Logical Port and clicking Dissolve reestablishes a single ended unbalanced port configuration Remote control SOURce Ch LPORt log_port CLEar ALL Define Me...

Page 328: ...several port groups in parallel Port groups must not overlap and contain at least one channel so the maximum number of port groups is equal to the number of ports of the analyzer Example Using port g...

Page 329: ...harmonic frequencies by an electronic system when a signal is applied at the input is known as harmonic distortion The purpose of the Harmonics menu is to measure the harmonic distortion of a DUT To...

Page 330: ...ency The harmonic measurement mode is cancelled if the channel settings e g port assignments port frequencies are no longer compatible with the selected harmonic 2nd Harmonic Port1 to Port2 Activates...

Page 331: ...nu command Remote control SENSe Ch FREQuency CONVersion HARMonic ORDer order SENSe Ch FREQuency CONVersion HARMonic RPORt port_no SENSe Ch FREQuency CONVersion HARMonic SPORt port_no Freq Conv Off Act...

Page 332: ...active 2 nd harmonic belongs to channel Ch1 with a sweep range between 10 MHz and 2 GHz The relative measurement involves the following steps 1 The analyzer creates a new channel Ch2 with maximum swe...

Page 333: ...d example Due to the different frequency ranges of the input and output signals the harmonic power calibration must be performed in two steps For a test setup where the DUT s input signal fundamental...

Page 334: ...The calibration sweep are performed at the test settings defined in the Source Power Cal and Receiver Power Cal menus A popup box shows the progress of the calibration Mixer The Mixer submenu control...

Page 335: ...signal see Define Mixer Mode andMixer Signal Diagrams Power calibration of the signal sources and of the IF receiver see Mixer Power Calibration The mixer mode can be used also to test important perf...

Page 336: ...citly in the System Configuration External Generators dialog before they appear in the list None means that the input signal at LO if available is not controlled by the analyzer Config Ext Generators...

Page 337: ...LO RF or IF RF LO for RF LO The IF frequency is selected in the Set Frequencies dialog The signal description above with the swept RF signal and the LO signal at a fixed frequency corresponds to the...

Page 338: ...is at a fixed power CW frequency IF signal Fixed port number 2 fixed frequency RF LO or RF LO Time or CW mode sweep For a Time or CW Mode sweep the signal diagram is labeled as follows RF signal Fixed...

Page 339: ...with Fixed power definition Remote control SOURce Ch FREQuency CONVersion MIXer FUNDamental RF LO SOURce Ch FREQuency CONVersion MIXer PFIXed power Set Frequencies Controls the frequency of the RF an...

Page 340: ...NVersion MIXer FFIXed frequency SENSe Ch FREQuency CONVersion MIXer FIXed RF IF LO SENSe Ch FREQuency CONVersion MIXer FUNDamental RF IF LO SENSe Ch FREQuency CONVersion MIXer TFRequency DCLower DCUPp...

Page 341: ...uency using the source signal from port 1 red calibrated in the first step 5 Source power calibration for the LO signal provided by an external generator A power sensor is connected to the generator s...

Page 342: ...bration sweeps for the RF source IF receiver and the LO source respectively The calibration sweep are performed at the test settings defined in the Source Power Cal and Receiver Power Cal menus A popu...

Page 343: ...ined with a real matching circuit and a physical balance unbalance transformer balun in order to be evaluated in a 2 port measurement The idea of virtual embedding is to simulate the matching network...

Page 344: ...ding deembedding function in the Virtual Transform menu has the following characteristics Embedding and deembedding can be combined with balanced port conversion the de embedding function is available...

Page 345: ...Off denotes that no de embedding operation is performed Single Port Deembedding and Single Port Embedding show the 2 port transformation networks to be added or removed at single ended physical or ba...

Page 346: ...the 4 de embedding steps are carried out in the following order 1 Initial situation DUT embedded in 2 port and 4 port networks only 1 port shown 2 2 port deembedding 3 4 port deembedding 4 4 port embe...

Page 347: ...tor type assigned to the port 50 or 75 It can be defined as a complex value For balanced ports it is possible to define separate complex reference impedances for differential and for common mode The d...

Page 348: ...bed DUT enables or disables the de embedding function Transformation Network contains all available 2 port networks see below Networks are either defined by lumped elements or by means of imported S p...

Page 349: ...orted two port Touchstone 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 Ser...

Page 350: ...tion Network contains all available 4 port networks see below Networks are defined by lumped elements or by means of imported S parameter data The element parameters C R L for the selected network are...

Page 351: ...he 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 shunt C or L and two...

Page 352: ...alternative settings If the settling time between adjacent frequency points is larger than the settling time between the partial measurements then the Alternate measurementis faster than a normal swe...

Page 353: ...liminate known spurious components in the input signal that can distort the measurement especially in the low frequency range In Auto mode the analyzer auto selects the local oscillator frequency depe...

Page 354: ...t LO settings In the low frequency segment ranging up to the center frequency of the bandpass filter the frequency of the local oscillator is set to LO RF This ensures that the spurious signal b 2 is...

Page 355: ...and inactive traces and channels A window can display several diagram areas simultaneously each with a variable number of traces One of these traces is active at each time The active trace is highligh...

Page 356: ...ause 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 active channel...

Page 357: ...a new trace which is displayed in a new diagram area The new channel settings including a possible channel calibration are identical to the previous channel settings the trace is created with the trac...

Page 358: ...st contain at least one diagram area with one channel and one trace Columns in the Channel Manager table The channel table contains several editable white or non editable gray columns Channel indicate...

Page 359: ...ubmenu controlling the source and receiver power calibration Power Correction On re applies the current power calibration in the active channel Power Correction Off disables the power calibration in t...

Page 360: ...opens a submenu to initiate a four port TOSM calibration at test ports PORT 1 PORT 2 PORT 3 and PORT 4 Other opens the calibration wizard to select a calibration type for an arbitrary number of ports...

Page 361: ...connected The following menu commands calls up the start dialog of the calibration wizard to start a manual calibration Normalization Short initiates a normalization using a short standard Full initi...

Page 362: ...anced or TSM Enhanced calibration Remote control SENSe Ch CORRection COLLect AUTO port_no for matching analyzer and cal unit ports SENSe Ch CORRection COLLect AUTO PORTs for arbitrary pairs of ports S...

Page 363: ...ction COLLect AUTO port_no for matching analyzer and cal unit ports SENSe Ch CORRection COLLect AUTO PORTs for arbitrary pairs of ports SENSe Ch CORRection COLLect METHod DEFine cal_name TOSM port_no...

Page 364: ...control command SENSe Ch CORRection CDATa You can also replace the correction data of the analyzer by your own correction data sets Select Connectors The first dialog of the calibration wizard displa...

Page 365: ...igns the new kit to all ports with the same connector type Support of calibration types The selected calibration kit must contain all standards needed for the active calibration type If it doesn t the...

Page 366: ...a particular standard that is required for different calibration types can be reused The selected calibrations and ports appear in the List of Calibrations A N behind the ports number denotes a node...

Page 367: ...tion see Select Connector Physical Port Number are grayed Node Port is available for One Path Two Port calibrations where it selects the fully calibrated port All ports selected in the Calibrate Ports...

Page 368: ...rt reflection measurements are required and all physical port combinations where two port transmission measurements must be performed The second level contains check boxes for the standards to be meas...

Page 369: ...tores the system error correction data Deleting the raw data saves disk space Apply is enabled as soon as data have been acquired for all standards The button starts the calculation of the system erro...

Page 370: ...nd activates the setup for which the last calibration was performed If the last calibrated setup is already active nothing is changed The calibrated setups are automatically stored in the C Rohde Schw...

Page 371: ...e power calibration ensures accurate power levels of the generated wave at an arbitrary reference plane in the measurement path The calibrated reference plane is typically the input of the DUT In a fr...

Page 372: ...diagram and compared to the Cal Power The comparison serves as an input for the correction of the source power 7 Steps 1 and 2 are repeated for a specified Number of Readings or after the deviation be...

Page 373: ...es a verification sweep that the analyzer performs after the source power calibration The sweep is also displayed in the calibration sweep diagram Its purpose is to test the accuracy of the source pow...

Page 374: ...umber of calibration sweeps Tolerance denotes the maximum deviation of the measured power from the Cal Power The calibration procedure is stopped if the Maximum Number of Readings is reached or if the...

Page 375: ...equal to the actual output power at the port plus n dB The Cal Power Offset has no impact on the source power Use of an amplifier in the signal path Assume that a DUT requires a constant input power...

Page 376: ...IF bandwidth of 1 kHz Smaller IF bandwidths are maintained during the calibration sweep larger bandwidths are restored after the sweep The analyzer measures the power at each sweep point compares the...

Page 377: ...r calibration at least one calibration step is interpolated PCa denotes an active power calibration with changed step attenuator setting and disabled ALC PCao denotes an active power calibration with...

Page 378: ...ialogs to enable an individual source or receiver calibration Press Power Correction Off to disable the power calibration of all sources and receivers Remote control SOURce Ch POWer CORRection STATe O...

Page 379: ...wer correction with channel specific correction data is active A new calibration of the channel affects the channel specific correction data only Uses CalGroup A system error correction with one of th...

Page 380: ...Data file_name MMEMory DELete CORRection file_name Calibration Kits Opens a dialog to manage the calibration kits in use add new kits and import or export kits Calibration kits A calibration kit is a...

Page 381: ...o select a calibration kit for each connector type The pull down lists contain all kits for the individual connector types Remote control SENSe Ch CORRection CKIT conn_type SELect Ckit_Name Cal Kit Pa...

Page 382: ...hort f m 0 0 mm Offset Short f m 0 10 mm Match f m Z0 reference impedance of the connector type 0 mm Sliding Match f m 0 mm Reflect f m 0 mm Through ff mm mf 0 mm Line ff mm mf 10 mm Attenuation ff mm...

Page 383: ...es VNA Cal Kit Manager 2 1 The VNA Cal Kit Manager is a free Windows based software tool intended to import edit and export csv cal kit files The software is available for download at http www vnahelp...

Page 384: ...ens the View Modify Standard in kit_name dialog where it is possible to change the parameters Four buttons can be used to change the entries in the list Copy Standards from opens a dialog to copy stan...

Page 385: ...alog is opened from the Calibration Kits dialog View Modify Kit button The table shows the calibration kits with their name connector type and label if defined OK opens the View Modify Calibration Kit...

Page 386: ...exless and reference impedance Ref Imp The Offset Model describes the mode of wave propagation in the transmission lines of the standards associated with the connector type The buttons below are used...

Page 387: ...ctor type you can still change its name offset model and reference impedance Switching between sexed and sexless will delete all kits assigned to the connector type Remote control SENSe Ch CORRection...

Page 388: ...fc If a standard is measured in order to acquire calibration data the analyzer checks the low frequency cutoff If the start frequency of the sweep range is below fc then the calibration wizard generat...

Page 389: ...her higher numbered calibrated test port Assigning a label to standards is optional However the label is displayed in many dialogs and can provide useful information about the standard e g its serial...

Page 390: ...dialog Modify Offset button The offset parameters depend on whether or not the circuit model is defined in Agilent Mode see Add Modify Calibration Kit dialog If Agilent Mode is active then the standa...

Page 391: ...lue experimentally measure the delay in seconds and the loss in dB at 1 GHz and use the formula above The default Loss or Offset Loss is zero The impedance for waveguides is frequency dependent If a w...

Page 392: ...ion The Through standard is a through connection between two ports with minimum loss which is taken into account by the Offset Parameters The Sliding Match is a one port standard with variable load pa...

Page 393: ...ew of standard parameters see also SENSe Ch CORRection CKIT conn_type std_type Channel Offset The Offset menu defines a length offset for the test ports The offset complements the system error correct...

Page 394: ...m 4 then the phase of S21 increases by 90 deg whereas the phase of S11 increases by 180 deg If the trace is converted to the Delay format changing the offset parameters simply shifts the whole trace i...

Page 395: ...c _value Electrical Length Opens a dialog to define the offset parameters for the different physical and logical test ports as electrical lengths The electrical length is calculated as the product of...

Page 396: ...Port to change the permittivity or velocity factor for all port by entering a single value Remote control SENSe Ch CORRection EDELay port_no DISTance numeric _value SENSe Ch CORRection EDELay port_no...

Page 397: ...ns Auto Length is enabled if the measured quantity contains the necessary phase information as a function of the frequency and if the interpretation of the results is unambiguous A frequency sweep mus...

Page 398: ...w menu arrange several windows containing one or more diagram areas within the entire screen Various settings to assign traces to diagram areas are provided in the Trace Traces submenu The Display men...

Page 399: ...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 Overlay all places al...

Page 400: ...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 right corner The...

Page 401: ...Play WINDow Wnd STATe OFF Overlay all 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 Chann...

Page 402: ...and display configuration only Maximize Maximizes all diagram areas of the active setup to occupy the whole window placing the active diagram area on top While Maximize is selected Next Diag Area or S...

Page 403: ...agrams with different trace Format and Channel settings e g Cartesian and polar diagrams If only one trace is available the lower diagram area is empty and displays No Trace To vary the size and posit...

Page 404: ...frames use the Split Manager or the functions of the Window menu Remote control No command display configuration only Quad Split Splits the active window into four diagram areas and distributes the t...

Page 405: ...ger Opens a dialog to arrange the diagram areas in the active window Split Mode provides a drow down list to select alternative display schemes for the diagram areas see examples for split modes below...

Page 406: ...Display Menu R S ZVA ZVB ZVT 1145 1084 12 4 244 E 6 Stack Tile Horizontally Tile Vertically...

Page 407: ...he title string The 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 ar...

Page 408: ...ols the colors in all diagram areas Frequency Info shows or hides the frequency values in the diagram areas Hiding the controls and information elements leaves more space for the diagram areas All ele...

Page 409: ...e title bar of the NWA application The title bar provides the Control menu and the buttons to minimize maximize and close the main application window In normal operation using the analyzer s display t...

Page 410: ...ng black and white hardcopies of the screen Black and White Line Styles sets a white background color All traces and information elements in the diagram areas are black however the traces are drawn in...

Page 411: ...lor The analyzer assigns trace colors according to a predefined scheme starting with the colors that are easiest to distinguish On one hand it is advantageous to use the colors at the beginning of the...

Page 412: ...mote control DISPlay CMAP Element RGB red green blue trace_style trace_width DISPlay CMAP Element MARKer STATe ON OFF DISPlay CMAP Element TRACe COLor STATe ON OFF MMEMory LOAD CMAP MMEMory STORe CMAP...

Page 413: ...generate a copy of the current screen Int Reference selects the internal reference clock for synchronization Ext Reference selects an external clock signal for synchronization GPIB Address opens the n...

Page 414: ...the standards to be stored after the calibration is completed This function is equivalent to the parameter in the Measure Standards dialog of the calibration wizard see detailed description there but...

Page 415: ...methods Copy the xml file to the root directory of a floppy disk or memory stick accessible from your analyzer and press Install Copy the xml file to the directory C Rohde Schwarz Nwa of the analyzer...

Page 416: ...eive port External generators increase the number of RF output signals of a DUT that the analyzer can measure simultaneously They can also provide accurate results for signals at inaccurate or unknown...

Page 417: ...t several connected NRP Zxx power meters and or add an NRP Zxx to the lower table the automatic configuration must be disabled no risk of arbitrary assignment of power meter numbers The lower table Co...

Page 418: ...mote control SYSTem COMMunicate RDEVice GENerator gen_no DEFine External Generators Configures external generators with their connection type and device address Use of external generators examples An...

Page 419: ...power calibration using a measured wave b1 Configured external generators can be selected as additional sources in the More Wave Quantities More Ratios Port Configuration and in the power calibration...

Page 420: ...External Generator dialog to be opened by means of the Add Other or Modify buttons All configured generators are available as additional sources for measurements and power calibrations An icon in the...

Page 421: ...l with the name of the generator driver files gen stored in the resources extdev subdirectory of the analyzer s program directory Identify Type sends an identification query IDN to the specified devic...

Page 422: ...the analyzer to External reference and synchronize it and all other devices to the master s reference clock signal fed in at the 10 MHz REF connector on the analyzer s rear panel The 10 MHz REF setti...

Page 423: ...orms a preset of all instrument settings i e all open setups or of the active setup depending on the settings in the System Config dialog Scope of the preset and exceptions A preset affects either the...

Page 424: ...s Mouse Keyboard lnk Opens Windows XP s on screen keyboard Demo vbs Shows how to perform the settings for typical measurement tasks After running a vbs file you can modify the demo setup according to...

Page 425: ...ns in a table of the following 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 imped...

Page 426: ...the actual gain of the DUT is more than 30 dB then the default source power of 20 dB is still too high and needs to be changed after finishing the wizard 6 Perform a calibration optional Call up the c...

Page 427: ...stics of the instrument including its IP address Option Info shows the installed software options with their type and name the option key and key type the duration of activation and the expiry date if...

Page 428: ...rticular window New windows with new setups are created using the New command The contents of the windows are explained in section Display Menu The Window menu contains the following functions New cre...

Page 429: ...fashion showing each one s title bar The active window is placed in the foreground Remote control None screen configuration only Tile Arranges all opened windows in non overlapped tiles Remote control...

Page 430: ...pens a dialog to retrieve information about the network analyzer and the current firmware version Help Topics Opens this help system The help file is opened with the Welcome topic and remembers its la...

Page 431: ...s to Queries 5 11 SCPI Parameters 5 11 Numeric Values 5 11 Boolean Parameters 5 12 Text Parameters 5 12 Strings 5 12 Block Data Format 5 13 Overview of Syntax Elements 5 13 Command Processing 5 14 Inp...

Page 432: ...1 Serial Poll 5 25 Parallel Poll 5 25 Query of an Instrument Status 5 25 Error Queue 5 26 Reset Values of the Status Reporting System 5 26 Special Remote Control Features 5 27 Traces Channels and Diag...

Page 433: ...y you should use the generalized R S ZVT specific commands A link to a generalized command is provided in the description of each ZVR specific command Information in the command tables All commands ar...

Page 434: ...AL Key words in square brackets can be omitted when composing the command header see SCPI Command Structure and Syntax The complete command must be recognized by the instrument for reasons of compatib...

Page 435: ...ommands error handling and the status registers The requirements that the SCPI standard places on command syntax error handling and configuration of the status registers are explained in detail in the...

Page 436: ...te IP or local host address see LAN Connection sections in Chapter 1 Socket interface not supported at present Named pipe A B only for local connection on the analyzer recommended for remote test on t...

Page 437: ...e control as soon as it receives a command from the controller If the instrument is controlled via RSIB or VX 11 interface the alternative commands REM and LOC can be used to switch from manual to rem...

Page 438: ...ed to switch off the display in real measurement applications where a tested program script is to be executed repeatedly The analyzer provides a third display option where the measurement screen is on...

Page 439: ...ly Returning to manual control via the front panel keys can be enabled again by deactivating the REN control line of the GPIB bus Messages The messages transferred on the data lines of the GPIB bus or...

Page 440: ...ommon commands have a function and syntax that is exactly defined in standard IEEE 488 2 Typical tasks are the management of the standardized status registers reset and selftest Device specific comman...

Page 441: ...he structure of the command i e on the position in the command header they are inserted in Example SOURce FREQuency CW lGHZ This command contains the key word SOURce in the first command level It defi...

Page 442: ...ral commands It is terminated by a New Line a New Line with EOI or an EOI together with the last data byte Visual BASIC automatically produces an EOI together with the last data byte Several commands...

Page 443: ...sponse 1 5 Text character data is returned in short form see also next section Example TRIGger SOURce Response IMM SCPI Parameters Most commands require a parameter to be specified The parameters must...

Page 444: ...subtraction or addition of infinite and the representation of missing values Unless it is explicitly stated in the command description you can use the special numeric parameters for all commands of t...

Page 445: ...ock of indefinite length The use of the indefinite format requires a NL END message to terminate the data block This format is useful when the length of the transmission is not known or if speed or ot...

Page 446: ...ever the buffer is not yet full when receiving the delimiter the input unit can already receive the next command during command recognition and execution The receipt of a DCL clears the input buffer a...

Page 447: ...the end of the command line however a permissible instrument state must have been reached again Before passing on the data to the hardware the settling bit in the STATus OPERation register is set cf...

Page 448: ...ent an overlapping execution of commands one of commands OPC OPC or WAI must be used All three commands cause a certain action only to be carried out after the hardware has been set and has settled By...

Page 449: ...ent Status Register ESR with the associated mask register standard event status enable ESE The STATus OPERation and STATus QUEStionable registers which are defined by SCPI and contain detailed informa...

Page 450: ...Status Reporting System R S ZVA ZVB ZVT 1145 1084 12 5 18 E 1...

Page 451: ...ate This register part can only be read but not overwritten or cleared Reading the CONDition register is nondestructive PTRansition The two transition register parts define which state transition of t...

Page 452: ...The STB receives its information from the following registers The standard IEEE 488 2 Event Status Register ESR with the associated mask register standard event status enable ESE The STATus OPERation...

Page 453: ...rvice Request SRQ is generated on the GPIB bus Bit 6 of the SRE is ignored because it corresponds to the summary bit of the STB Related common commands The STB is read out using the command STB or a s...

Page 454: ...command ESE and read using ESE The bits in the ESR are defined as follows Bit No Meaning 0 Operation Complete This bit is set on receipt of the command OPC after all previous commands have been execut...

Page 455: ...set if any point on trace no 16 fails the limit check Numbering of traces The traces numbers 1 to 16 are assigned as follows Traces assigned to channels with smaller channel numbers have smaller trace...

Page 456: ...xceeded 4 Set bit 3 in the SRE summary bit of the STATus QUEStionable register set after STATus PRESet 5 Set bit 10 in the STATus QUEStionable ENABle register summary bit of the STATus QUEStionable LI...

Page 457: ...bit 6 as well The results are ORed the result is possibly inverted and then sent as a response to the parallel poll of the controller The result can also be queried without parallel poll by means of t...

Page 458: ...entries describe the cause of an error more precisely than the status registers Especially in the test phase of a controller program the error queue should be queried regularly since faulty commands...

Page 459: ...trol concept discussed in the following sections Traces Channels and Diagram Areas Like in manual control traces can be assigned to a channel and displayed in diagram areas There are two main differen...

Page 460: ...e in the channel is explicitly selected as the active trace CALCulate Ch PARameter SELect trace_name As a consequence the active traces for manual and remote control may be different even within the s...

Page 461: ...nel Ch 6 130 CONTrol 6 131 DIAGnostic 6 132 DIAGnostic SERVice 6 132 DISPlay 6 133 DISPlay 6 145 FORMat 6 156 HCOPy 6 157 HCOPy DESTination string MMEM 6 157 INITiate Ch 6 162 INPut 6 163 INSTrument 6...

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Page 463: ...status reporting system COMMAND PARAMETERS UNIT REMARK CAL Calibration Query query only CLS Clear Status no query ESE 0 255 Event Status Enable ESR Standard Event Status Query query only IDN Identific...

Page 464: ...ORR17 SCORR18 SCORR19 SCORR20 SCORR21 SCORR22 SCORR23 SCORR24 SCORR25 SCORR26 SCORR27 block numeric_value SDATA numeric_value query only query only COMMAND PARAMETERS UNIT COMMENT CALCulate 1 4 DLINe...

Page 465: ...PHase POLar SMITh ISMith GDELay REAL IMAGinary SWR COMPlex MAGNitude for compatibility with ZVR COMMAND PARAMETERS UNIT COMMENT CALCulate 1 4 FSIMulator BALun DEVice DMCircuit BPORt 1 1 PARameters C L...

Page 466: ...L C LINear LOGarithmic DB SIC numeric_value numeric_value FLIN FLOG FSEG FSINgle TLIN TLOG PLIN PLOG PSINgle numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value string numeric_value...

Page 467: ...TRACking MAXimum MINimum TARGet Boolean CONTinuous DISCrete numeric_value Boolean Boolean Boolean numeric_value NORMal FIXed numeric_value MLINear MLOGarithmic PHASe POLar GDELay REAL IMAGinary SWR L...

Page 468: ...BSRMarker numeric_value Boolean numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value none MAXimum MINimum RPEak LPEak NPEAK TARGet LTARget RTARget BFILter dB dB Hz S dBm Hz S dBm for...

Page 469: ...B R2C R2D R3A R3B R3C R3D R4A R4B R4C R4D R1R2 R1R3 R1R4 R2R1 R2R3 R2R4 R3R1 R3R2 R3R4 R4R1 R4R2 R4R3 numeric_value string string string string string string query only no query no query no query COMM...

Page 470: ...p numeric_value numeric_value Boolean IMPulse STEP numeric_value BPASs LPASs RECT HAMMing HANNing BOHMan DCHebyshev TIME DISTance STSC SCST CSSL LSSC CSSC SLCS SCLS SCCS numeric_value STSL SLST CSSL L...

Page 471: ...CL SLL numeric_value CSL LSC CSC LSL SLC SCL SCC SLL numeric_value Boolean FIMPort CSL LSC CSC LSL SLC SCL SCC SLL CSL LSC CSC SLC SCL SCC numeric_value CSL LSC LSL SLC SCL SLL numeric_value CSL LSC C...

Page 472: ...AMETERS UNIT COMMENT DIAGnostic ALC DMODe MSTImulus POINts RTIMe SETTings CMODe STATe SERVice FUNCtion SFUNction RFPower numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value LOVershoot FSETtling Boolean numeric_...

Page 473: ...n RLEVel RPOSition TOP Boolean Boolean numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value SOLid DASHed DOTTed DDOTted DDDotted numeric_value Boolean Boolean Boolean string Boolean string numeric_value numeric_...

Page 474: ...PNG JPG Boolean Boolean Boolean numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value LANDscape PORTrait ALL SINGle ACTive no query no query no query COMMAND PARAMETERS UNIT COMMENT INITiate 1 4 CO...

Page 475: ...ZVB ZVT SCPI Command Tables 1145 1084 12 6 13 E 6 COMMAND PARAMETERS UNIT COMMENT MEMory CATalog DEFine DELete ALL NAME SELect setup_name setup_name setup_name query only no query no query no query n...

Page 476: ...MOPen FOPen MSHort FSHort MOSHort FOSHort MREFlect FREFlect MMTCh FMTCh MSMatch FSMatch stdlabel_name file_name numeric_value numeric_value file_name numeric_value file_name numeric_value file_name tr...

Page 477: ...PORT4 Binary dB COMMAND PARAMETERS UNIT COMMENT PROGram SELected NAME EXECute WAIT PROG cmd_name no query COMMAND PARAMETERS UNIT COMMENT SENSe 1 4 AVERage COUNt STATe CLEar numeric_value Boolean no...

Page 478: ...or_name Boolean THRough OPEN1 OPEN2 OPEN12 SHORT1 SHORT2 MATCH1 MATCH2 MATCH12 NET ATT IMATCH12 REFL1 REFL2 SLIDE1 SLIDE2 SLIDE12 LINE1 LINE2 M1O2 O1M2 OSHORT1 OSHORT2 M1S2 S1M2 Boolean Boolean THRoug...

Page 479: ...ect REFL RSHort FOPort FRTRans OPTPort TOSM TOM TRM TRL TNA ETOM ETSM numeric_value numeric_value N50FEMALE N50MALE N75FEMALE N75MALE PC7 SMAFEMALE SMAMALE PC35FEMALE PC35MALE PC292FEMALE PC292MALE UF...

Page 480: ...ing string numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value string string numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value string string numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric...

Page 481: ...alue OPEN SHORT string string numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value string string numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value nu...

Page 482: ...umeric_value numeric_value numeric_value OPEN SHORT string string numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value OPEN SHORT string string numeric_val...

Page 483: ...ring string numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value string string numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value string string numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeri...

Page 484: ...ic_value OPEN SHORT string string numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value OPEN SHORT string string numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value n...

Page 485: ...ing numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value OPEN SHORT string string numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value num...

Page 486: ...ring string numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value string string numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value string string numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeri...

Page 487: ...ic_value OPEN SHORT string string numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value OPEN SHORT string string numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value n...

Page 488: ...string numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value OPEN SHORT string string numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value...

Page 489: ...ring string numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value string string numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value string string numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeri...

Page 490: ...umeric_value OPEN SHORT string string numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value OPEN SHORT string string numeric_value numeric_value numeric_val...

Page 491: ..._value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value string string numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value string stri...

Page 492: ...ue numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value OPEN SHORT string string numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value nume...

Page 493: ...umeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value OPEN SHORT MATCH numeric_value string string string numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_v...

Page 494: ...numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value OPEN SHORT MATCH numeric_value string string string numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_...

Page 495: ...tring string string numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_valu...

Page 496: ...umeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value OPEN SHORT MATCH numeric_value string string string numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_v...

Page 497: ...e numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value OPEN SHORT MATCH numeric_value string string string numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeri...

Page 498: ...tring string string numeric_value numeric_value string string string numeric_value numeric_value string string string numeric_value numeric_value string string string numeric_value numeric_value strin...

Page 499: ...lue string string string numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric...

Page 500: ...ue string string string numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value Hz Hz m Hz Hz m Hz Hz m COMMAND PARAMETERS UNIT COMMENT SENSe 1 4 CORRection CKIT MMLine 1 MFLine 1 FFLine...

Page 501: ...UTO DIELectric DISTance ELENgth TIME OFFSet 1 2 STATe POWer 1 2 ACQuire AWAVe STATe DATA MIXer IF ACQuire STATe ONCE numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value Boolean AWAVe BWAVe B1 B2 B...

Page 502: ...IXer ARBitrary SHARmonic THARmonic numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value CW FIXed SWEep numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value CW FIXed SWEep Boolean numeric_value Boolean numeric_value numeric...

Page 503: ...R S ZVA ZVB ZVT SCPI Command Tables 1145 1084 12 6 41 E 6 COMMAND PARAMETERS UNIT COMMENT SENSe ROSCillator SOURce EXTernal FREQuency INTernal EXTernal numeric_value Hz...

Page 504: ...TO NORMal HIGH LNOise LDIStortion AUTO CHANnel SWTime DWELl numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value AUTO numeric_value numeric_value POSitive NEGative AUTO NORMal HIGH LN...

Page 505: ...OGarithmic numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value Boolean LINear LOGarithmic POWer CW POINt SEGMent s s Hz s COMMAND PARAMETERS UNIT COMMENT SENSe 1 4 PAE C K EXPRession numeric_value numeric_value...

Page 506: ...nce 1 2 STATe Boolean Boolean COMMAND PARAMETERS UNIT COMMENT SENSe 1 4 COUPle ALL NONE COMMAND PARAMETERS UNIT COMMENT SENSe 1 4 LPORt 1 1 ZCOMmon ZDIFferent numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value...

Page 507: ...CQuire RF ACQuire NREadings OSOurces STATe PMETer ID STATe STATe PERManent STATe ATTenuation GENerator 1 11 OFFSet PERManent STATe PORT GENerator A1 A2 A3 A4 ESRC1 ESRC2 numeric_value ASENsor BSENsor...

Page 508: ...CPADd numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value Boolean numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value CW FIXed SWEep numeric_value numeric_value numeric_value CW...

Page 509: ...MMAND PARAMETERS UNIT COMMENT QUEStionable EVENt CONDition ENABle PTRansition NTRansition LIMit 1 2 EVENt CONDition ENABle PTRansition NTRansition 0 65535 0 65535 0 65535 0 65535 0 65535 0 65535 query...

Page 510: ...Date ERRor NEXT ALL FIRMware UPDate LANGuage PASSword CENable PRESet SCOPe SETTings UPDate SOUNd ALARm STATe STATus STATe VERSion 0 30 LFEoi EOI string string string string ON OFF ON OFF string string...

Page 511: ...3DATA CH4DATA MDATA1 MDATA2 MDATA3 MDATA4 MDATA5 MDATA6 MDATA7 MDATA8 CH1DATA CH2DATA CH3DATA CH4DATA CH1MEM CH2MEM CH3MEM CH4MEM MDATA1 MDATA2 MDATA3 MDATA4 MDATA5 MDATA6 MDATA7 MDATA8 CH1DATA CH2DAT...

Page 512: ...PI Command Types Confirmed command for error terms or query Example RST SWE POIN 20 Create a trace with 20 sweep points making the created trace the active trace of channel 1 omitted optional mnemonic...

Page 513: ...Culate Ch Tr DATA NSWeep SDATa Trace_Hist_Count Reads the response values of a trace acquired in single sweep mode INITiate Ch CONTinuous OFF Ch Tr Channel number used to identify the active trace SDA...

Page 514: ...ontal line used to mark and retrieve response values display line CALCulate Ch Tr DLINe numeric_value Defines the position response value of the horizontal line Ch Tr Channel number used to identify t...

Page 515: ...esponse with option ZVAB K2 Time Domain CALCulate Ch Tr FILTer GATE TIME CENTer numeric_value Defines the center time of the time gate Ch Tr Channel number used to identify the active trace numeric_va...

Page 516: ...equency domain CALC FILT TIME DCH 25 Set the sideband suppression to 25 dB CALCulate Ch Tr FILTer GATE TIME SHAPe MAXimum WIDE NORMal MINimum Selects the time gate to be applied to the time domain tra...

Page 517: ...le the time domain representation and the time gate CALC FILT TIME STAR 0 STOP 10ns Set the start time to 0 ns and the stop time to 10 ns Note If the start frequency entered is greater than the curren...

Page 518: ...cts the time gate filter type defining what occurs to the data in the specific time region Ch Tr Channel number used to identify the active trace Parameters BPASs Band pass filter pass all information...

Page 519: ...f display formats and measured quantities see Trace Format and CALCulate Ch Tr PARameter commands Nevertheless it is advisable to check which display formats are generally appropriate for an analysis...

Page 520: ...de sqrt x2 y2 displayed in a Cartesian diagram with a logarithmic scale CALCulate Ch Tr FSIMulator This subsystem enables the virtual SAW Matching Network and defines its parameters When the virtual n...

Page 521: ...uture firmware versions CALC FSIM STAT ON Activate the matching network CALC FSIM BAL DMC BPOR2 PAR C 2 NF L 2 NH Set the serial capacitance to 2 nF and the parallel inductance to 2 nH CALC FSIM BAL D...

Page 522: ...nel number Impedance Differential mode impedance The increment parameters UP or DOWN is 1 Range def unit 0 to 3 4028234664E 032 M Ohm RST value 100 SCPI Command Types Device specific command or query...

Page 523: ...e segments n 1 k are generated with default response values see CALCulate Ch Tr LIMit UPPer DATA CALCulate Ch Tr LIMit LOWer DATA The generated segments are upper or lower limit line segments dependin...

Page 524: ...to identify the active trace Parameters Keywords for the units of the stimulus values The selected unit must be compatible with the sweep type SENSe Ch SWEep TYPE otherwise the limit line can not be...

Page 525: ...tart_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 an arbitrary number of limit line segments In cont...

Page 526: ...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 2000000000 2 3 Define an upper limit line segment in the st...

Page 527: ...mit line segments are assigned even numbers 2 4 6 Rules for creating segments The following rules apply to an active trace with n existing upper and n existing lower limit line segments An odd number...

Page 528: ...me is specified stimulus_offset Stimulus offset value used to shift all imported limit line segments in horizontal direction Range def unit 1000 GHz to 1000 GHz Hz RST value 0 Hz response_offset Respo...

Page 529: ...query Example See CALCulate Ch Tr LIMit LOWer FEED CALCulate Ch Tr LIMit LOWer STATe Boolean Switches the lower limit check on or off Lower limit line segments are assigned even numbers see CALCulate...

Page 530: ...s U RST value SCPI Command Types Device specific no query CALCulate Ch Tr LIMit RDOMain FORMat COMPlex MAGNitude PHASe REAL IMAGinary SWR GDELay L C Deletes the existing limit line and re defines the...

Page 531: ...Device specific no query CALCulate Ch Tr LIMit SEGMent Seg AMPlitude STARt numeric_value Changes the start response value i e the response value assigned to the start stimulus value of a limit line s...

Page 532: ...be created first to enable this command e g CALC LIM DATA To define the response values of several limit line segments with a single command use CALCulate Ch Tr LIMit LOWer DATA or CALCulate Ch Tr LI...

Page 533: ...z for frequency sweeps dBm for power sweeps s for time sweeps RST value A segment that is created implicitly e g by means of CALCulate Ch Tr LIMit UPPer DATA or CALCulate Ch Tr LIMit LOWer DATA covers...

Page 534: ...eps RST value A segment that is created implicitly e g by means of CALCulate Ch Tr LIMit UPPer DATA or CALCulate Ch Tr LIMit LOWer DATA covers the maximum sweep range of the analyzer SCPI Command Type...

Page 535: ...Command Types Confirmed command or query Example CALC LIM STAT ON SOUN ON Switch the limit check on and activate the fail beep CALCulate Ch Tr LIMit STATe Switches the limit check including upper and...

Page 536: ...e segments The commands CALCulate Ch Tr LIMit LOWer DATA and CALCulate Ch Tr LIMit UPPer DATA use a fixed numbering scheme for limit line segments Upper limit line segments are assigned odd numbers 1...

Page 537: ...rates an upper limit line using the stimulus values of a data or memory trace and specified offset values Ch Tr Channel number used to identify the active trace This trace provides the stimulus data f...

Page 538: ...mit line segments assigned to the active trace in vertical direction This command is identical with CALCulate Ch Tr LIMit LOWer SHIFt Ch Tr Channel number used to identify the active trace numeric_val...

Page 539: ...Limit check on or off RST value OFF SCPI Command Types Confirmed command or query Example CALC LIM UPP 10 0 0 10 Define the following upper and default lower limit line segments CALC LIM UPP STAT ON...

Page 540: ...andfilter level for a bandfilter search or returns the results The query form is only available after a bandfilter search has been executed CALCulate Ch Tr MARKer Mk FUNCtion EXECute BFILter see examp...

Page 541: ...ndwidth for the bandpass CALC MARK FUNC EXEC BFIL Initiate the bandpass filter search for the current trace Create markers 1 to 4 and display the marker info field CALC MARK BWID Query the results of...

Page 542: ...Tr Channel number used to identify the active trace Mk Marker number in the range 1 to 10 Boolean ON OFF Enables or disables the delta mode RST value OFF SCPI Command Types Device specific command or...

Page 543: ...z arctan Im z Re z POLar COMPlex x y Real and Imag GDELay Group Delay d z d REAL x IMAGinary y SWR Standing Wave Ratio SWR 1 z 1 z LINPhase MLPhase Lin Mag and Phase z arctan Im z Re z LOGPhase MDPha...

Page 544: ...Mkr4 Parameters Bandfilter search type BPASs Bandpass Search Ref to Max BSTop Bandstop Search Ref to Max BPRMarker Bandpass Search Ref to Marker BSRMarker Bandstop Search Ref to Marker RST value BPAS...

Page 545: ...nge no numeric_value to marker no Mk and selects the search range e g in order to define the start and stop values Ch Tr Channel number used to identify the active trace Mk Marker number in the range...

Page 546: ...CALCulate Ch Tr MARKer Mk FUNCtion DOMain USER numeric_value Ch Tr Channel number used to identify the active trace Mk Marker number in the range 1 to 10 numeric_value End of the search range Range de...

Page 547: ...r lowest value among the valid peaks next peak TARGet Target value see CALCulate Ch Tr MARKer Mk TARget RTARget Next target value to the right of the current marker position LTARget Next target value...

Page 548: ...ed to identify the active trace Mk Marker number in the range 1 to 10 For a bandfilter search BFILter this numeric suffix is ignored and may be set to any value because the bandfilter search functions...

Page 549: ...eep range and assign it to trace no 1 CALC MARK FUNC STAR Divide the sweep range in half starting at the current marker position CALCulate Ch Tr MARKer Mk FUNCtion STOP Sets the end stop of the sweep...

Page 550: ...SCPI Command Types Device specific command or query CALCulate Ch Tr MARKer Mk MAXimum Selects a search mode for marker no Mk and initiates a maximum search The marker must be created before using CALC...

Page 551: ...ulate Ch PARameter SELect CALC MARK MODE DISC MARK2 CONT Create marker 1 in discrete mode and marker 2 in continuous mode CALC MARK ON MARK2 ON Display the two markers Due to the different modes the h...

Page 552: ...the active setup contains an active trace no 1 see example for CALCulate Ch PARameter SELect and the sweep range for a frequency sweep starts at 1 GHz CALC MARK REF ON Create the reference marker and...

Page 553: ...uivalent of CALCulate Ch Tr MARKer Mk FUNCtion EXECute Ch Tr Channel number used to identify the active trace Mk Marker number in the range 1 to 10 For a bandfilter search BFILter this numeric suffix...

Page 554: ...Ch Tr MARKer Mk FUNCtion EXECute RPEak Ch Tr Channel number used to identify the active trace Mk Marker number in the range 1 to 10 Range def unit RST value SCPI Command Types Device specific no quer...

Page 555: ...query Example Suppose that the active setup contains an active trace no 1 see example for CALCulate Ch PARameter SELect CALC MARK ON MARK2 ON Create markers 1 and 2 and assign them to trace no 1 The...

Page 556: ...keeps its current response value RST value NORMal SCPI Command Types Device specific command or query Example CALC MARK ON CALC MARK TYPE FIX Create marker 1and display it in the center of the sweep r...

Page 557: ...Channel number used to identify the active trace Mk Marker number in the range 1 to 10 Response Response value of marker no Mk Range def unit Depending on the measured quantity unit depending on the m...

Page 558: ...Fine 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 CALC MATH CH1DATA MDATA2 Define a mathematical trace...

Page 559: ...Basic arithmetic operations for exponentiation Functions linMag dBMag Arg Re Im log ln tan atan sin asin cos acos Min Max Mathematical functions with one or two arguments Special Functions StimVal Cur...

Page 560: ...and Data_Trace is the name of the associated copied data trace The exact function of the command depends on the number of memory traces associated to the active data trace If no memory trace is assoc...

Page 561: ...Trc1 The memory trace is not displayed CALC MATH SDEF CH1DATA MDATA2 Define a mathematical trace dividing the data trace by the stored memory trace The mathematical trace is not displayed CALC MATH ST...

Page 562: ...y axis range of the mathematical trace now exactly corresponds to the power sweep range CALCulate Ch PARameter This subsystem assigns names and measurement parameters to traces The commands are device...

Page 563: ...rom ZVA conventions moreover the parameter list is not complete The alternative command CALCulate Ch PARameter SDEFine uses a complete parameter list with compatible names Ch Channel number Ch may be...

Page 564: ...B4 received waves to reference waves or reference waves to received waves R1R2 R1R3 R1R4 R2R1 R2R3 R2R4 R3R1 R3R2 R3R4 R4R1 R4R2 R4R3 Ratio of wave quantities a1 a2 a1 a3 a4 a3 reference waves only CA...

Page 565: ...etector where n and m number the source ports RST value SCPI Command Types Device specific with query see S11 parameter description above Example CALC4 PAR SDEF Ch4Tr1 S11 Create channel 4 and a trace...

Page 566: ...tial and C common are allowed Port numbers like for normal mode S parameters Y11 YSS11 YCC11 YDD11 Z11 ZSS11 ZCC11 ZDD11 Short circuit Y parameters and open circuit Z parameters with port modes and po...

Page 567: ...returns DC 1V or DC 10V DC MEAS 1 V DC MEAS 10 V Pmtr1G1 Pmtr2G1 Pmtr3D1 Power sensor measurement using a power meter Pmtr n and either an external generator G n or an analyzer source port D n Selecti...

Page 568: ...ion range The response is zero i e the evaluation range is equal to the complete sweep range CALC STAT DOM USER 1 CALC STAT DOM USER STARt 1GHZ STOP 2GHZ Select evaluation range no 1 and define the ev...

Page 569: ...f unit 0 01 dBm to 100 00 dBm dBm RST value 1 dBm SCPI Command Types Device specific command or query Example See CALCulate Ch Tr NLINear COMP RESult CALCulate Ch Tr NLINear COMP RESult Returns the x...

Page 570: ...values MAX Return the maximum of all response values MIN Return the minimum of all response values RMS Return the root mean square of all response values PTPeak Return the peak to peak value MAX MIN...

Page 571: ...e averaged to smooth the trace Ch Tr Channel number used to identify the active trace If unspecified the numeric suffix is set to 1 numeric_value Smoothing aperture Range def unit 0 05 to 100 A smooth...

Page 572: ...Z parameters and vice versa assuming that port no i is terminated with Z0i so that the three parameter sets are equivalent and the following formulas apply Ch Tr Channel number used to identify the ac...

Page 573: ...ue is entered in m the range and default value changes accordingly CALCulate Ch Tr TRANsform TIME DCHebyshev numeric_value Sets the sideband suppression for the Dolph Chebyshev window The command is o...

Page 574: ...nge def unit Depending on the measured quantity 1 to 1 for S parameters RST value 0 SCPI Command Types Device specific command or query Example RST CALC TRAN TIME STAT ON Reset the instrument activati...

Page 575: ...Culate Ch Tr TRANsform TIME LPASs DCSParam The command is relevant for low pass time domain transforms Ch Tr Channel number used to identify the active trace Parameters None RST value SCPI Command Typ...

Page 576: ...999999999998 s The increment 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 Reset the instrument activating a fr...

Page 577: ...CALCulate Ch Tr TRANsform TIME TYPE CALCulate Ch Tr TRANsform TIME STOP numeric_value Defines the stop time of the diagram in time domain Ch Tr Channel number used to identify the active trace numeric...

Page 578: ...the stop frequency and the number of points CALCulate Ch Tr TRANsform TIME WINDow RECT HAMMing HANN BOHMan DCHebyshev Selects the window type for filtering the data in the frequency domain prior to t...

Page 579: ...nes the circuit models for single ended and balanced port de embedding and activates the de embedding function The circuit models are referenced by means of predefined character data parameters They a...

Page 580: ...3 L1 SCLS Shunt C serial Ls C1 R1 R2 R3 L1 L2 SCCS Shunt C serial Cs C1 C2 C3 R1 R2 R3 SLLS Shunt L serial Ls R1 R2 R3 L1 L2 L3 Circuit models for single ended port embedding deembedding Parameter Cir...

Page 581: ...Range def unit 1 to 3 The number of capacitances depends on the selected circuit model Parameters Possible circuit models character data see circuit models RST value see command type description belo...

Page 582: ...The command returns the inductance value for the specified circuit model Example RST CALC TRAN VNET BAL DEEM PAR L1 CSSL Query the default inductance L1 for the Serial Cs shunt L circuit model The res...

Page 583: ...ed to change the circuit model and its parameters while deembedding is enabled Ch Channel number Log_pt Logical port number Boolean ON Deembedding active OFF Deembedding inactive RST value OFF SCPI Co...

Page 584: ...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 the numeric_value parameter must be omitted The comman...

Page 585: ...models for balanced port embedding Ch Channel number Log_pt Logical port number no Number of resistance in circuit model If unspecified the numeric suffix is set to 1 Range def unit 1 to 3 The number...

Page 586: ...E 3 CALC TRAN VNET BAL EMB ON Increase the resistance R3 for the Serial Cs shunt L circuit model to 2 2 k and enable embedding CALCulate Ch TRANsform VNETworks BALanced EMBedding Log_pt TNDe finition...

Page 587: ...Culate Ch TRANsform VNETworks SENDed DEEMbedding Ph_pt PARa meters L no CSL LSC LSL SLC SCL SLL numeric_value Specifies the inductance values L1 L2 L3 in the different circuit models for single ended...

Page 588: ...ance SCPI Command Types Device specific command or query In the query form the numeric_value parameter must be omitted The command returns the resistance value for the specified circuit model Example...

Page 589: ...embedding Ch Channel number Ph_pt Physical port number no Number of capacitance in circuit model If unspecified the numeric suffix is set to 1 Range def unit 1 to 2 The number of capacitances depends...

Page 590: ...ircuit model Example RST CALC TRAN VNET SEND EMB PAR L1 SLL Query the default inductance L1 for the Shunt L serial L circuit model The response is 1E 009 1 nH CALC TRAN VNET SEND EMB PAR L1 SLL 2 2E 9...

Page 591: ...l number Ph_pt Physical port number Boolean ON Embedding active OFF Embedding inactive RST value OFF SCPI Command Types Device specific command or query Example CALC TRAN VNET SEND EMB TND CSL Select...

Page 592: ...mmand Types Device specific query only Example RST CONF CHAN2 STAT ON NAME New Channel Create channel 2 and assign the channel name New Channel CONF CHAN CAT Query all channels and their names As a de...

Page 593: ...value to control four independent output signals at the USER CONTROL connector applied to pins 8 9 10 11 The output signals are 3 3 V TTL signals which can be used to differentiate between up to 16 in...

Page 594: ...l SCPI Command Types Confirmed command or query Example RST CONT AUX C 1 Assign the channel bit value 1 to the active channel no 1 The analyzer performs a measurement in channel no 1 therefore the out...

Page 595: ...ternal source power at all ports on or off Boolean ON OFF Switches the internal source power on or off RST value ON SCPI Command Types Device specific command or query Example DIAG SERV RFP OFF Turn o...

Page 596: ...same color to be defined via DISPlay CMAP6 RGB red green blue The marker color is independent of the trace colors OFF Each marker has the color of the associated trace RST value RST does not affect th...

Page 597: ...EF TRC2 S11 DISP WIND TRAC2 FEED TRC2 Create a new trace named TRC2 and display the trace in diagram area no 1 CALC PAR SEL TRC2 CALC MARK2 ON Select the new trace as the active trace and assign a mar...

Page 598: ...rtical Range Lines 8 Diagram Title 9 Limit Fail Trace Color 10 Limit Line Type Off 11 Limit Line Type Upper 12 Limit Line Type Lower 13 Trace 1 14 Trace 2 15 Trace 3 16 Trace 4 17 Trace 5 18 Trace 6 1...

Page 599: ...e Preset command SCPI Command Types Device specific command or query Example RST DISP CMAP13 RGB 1 0 0 Create diagram area no 1 with default trace showing the S parameter S21 and color the trace red D...

Page 600: ...xample RST DISP WIND2 STAT ON Create diagram areas no 1 with default trace and 2 with no trace DISP WIND2 MAXimize ON Maximize the diagram areas placing area no 2 on top DISPlay WINDow Wnd STATe Boole...

Page 601: ...ed again DISPlay WINDow Wnd TITLe STATe Boolean Displays or hides the title for area number Wnd defined by means of DISPlay WINDow Wnd TITLe DATA Wnd Number of the diagram area Boolean ON OFF Displays...

Page 602: ...fix and displays the trace A trace can be assigned to a diagram only once If a attempt is made to assign the same trace a second time e g by typing DISP WIND2 TRAC8 FEED CH4TR1 after executing the pro...

Page 603: ...rizontally by 1 MHz vertically by 10 dB DISPlay WINDow Wnd TRACe WndTr Y OFFSet Magnitude Phase Real Imaginary Modifies all points of the trace WndTr by means of an added and or a multiplied complex c...

Page 604: ...erence value for the default trace The response is 10 0 DISP WIND TRAC Y AUTO ONCE PDIV RLEV Autoscale the default trace and query the scaling parameters again In general both values have changed DISP...

Page 605: ...g diagram area defined by means of DISPlay WINDow Wnd STATe ON WndTr Existing trace number assigned by means of DISPlay WINDow Wnd TRACe WndTr FEED numeric_value Value and unit for the reference level...

Page 606: ...PI Command Types Confirmed with query Example CALC4 PAR SDEF Ch4Tr1 S11 Create channel 4 and a trace named Ch4Tr1 to measure the input reflection coefficient S11 DISP WIND2 STAT ON Create diagram area...

Page 607: ...FREQuency STATe Boolean Shows or hides all frequency stimulus values in the diagrams Boolean ON OFF Show or hide stimulus values RST value ON SCPI Command Types Confirmed command or query Example RST...

Page 608: ...nly for traces Element 12 Range def unit 1 to 20 RST values RST does not affect the color settings see also description of the Preset command SCPI Command Types Confirmed with device specific numeric...

Page 609: ...the following display elements Element Display Element 1 Background 2 Text 3 Selected Text 4 Grid 5 Reference Line 6 Same Color for all Markers 7 Horizontal Line Vertical Range Lines 8 Diagram Title...

Page 610: ...different diagram areas Element Numeric suffix not used in this command Implemented for compatibility with DISPlay CMAP Element RGB Boolean OFF Independent color scheme in new diagram area Moved trac...

Page 611: ...race is not red DISPlay WINDow Wnd MAXimize Boolean Maximizes all diagram areas in the active setup or restores the previous display configuration Wnd Number of the diagram area to become the active d...

Page 612: ...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 Types Device specific command or query Example RST DISP WI...

Page 613: ...lay the generated trace in diagram area no 2 assigning the trace number 9 to it DISP WIND2 TRAC9 DELete Release the assignment between trace no 9 and window no 2 The trace can still be referenced with...

Page 614: ...us offset value Range def unit 1000 GHz to 1000 GHz Hz for frequency sweeps The range and unit depends on the sweep type SENSe Ch SWEep TYPE RST value 0 SCPI Command Types Device specific with query E...

Page 615: ...D TRAC Y OFFS Query all response offset values The response is 10 0 0 0 DISPlay WINDow Wnd TRACe WndTr Y SCALe AUTO ONCE Displays the entire trace WndTr in the diagram area leaving an appropriate disp...

Page 616: ...SDEF Ch4Tr1 S11 Create channel 4 and a trace named Ch4Tr1 to measure the input reflection coefficient S11 DISP WIND2 STAT ON Create diagram area no 2 DISP WIND2 TRAC9 FEED CH4TR1 Display the generate...

Page 617: ...the RLEVel Wnd Number of an existing diagram area defined by means of DISPlay WINDow Wnd STATe ON WndTr Existing trace number assigned by means of DISPlay WINDow Wnd TRACe WndTr FEED numeric_value Val...

Page 618: ...ance OHM GOHM MOHM KOHM Admittance SIE MSIE USIE NSIE Inductance H MH UH NH PH FH Capacitance F MF UF NF PF FF Dimensionless UNIT MUNIT UUNIT NUNIT PUNIT FUNIT FORMat This subsystem sets a data format...

Page 619: ...nly It defines the length of the floating point numbers in bits Valid values are 32 and 64 RST value ASCII The default length of REAL data is 32 bits single precision SCPI Command Types Confirmed comm...

Page 620: ...be read or imported by an external application EMF WMF EWMF Windows enhanced metafile format vector based file extension emf The parameter WMF is equivalent to EMF a query returns EMF BMP Windows bit...

Page 621: ...o be printed HCOP Start printing HCOPy ITEM LOGO STATe Boolean Qualifies whether or not the printed output contains the logo The default R S logo file Logo gif is stored in the Resources Images subdir...

Page 622: ...omplete information to be printed HCOP ITEM TIME ON HCOP Include the data and time in the printed output and start printing HCOPy PAGE MARGin BOTTom numeric_value Defines the distance between the bott...

Page 623: ...distance between the top of the page and the top of the printed information numeric_value Upper margin Range def unit 0 01 mm to 10000 mm mm RST value 0 01 mm SCPI Command Types Device specific comman...

Page 624: ...tinuous sweep mode Ch Channel number The channel is ignored because the command affects all channels Boolean ON The analyzer measures continuously repeating the current sweep OFF The measurement is st...

Page 625: ...ue ALL SCPI Command Types Device specific command or query Example See INITiate Ch CONTinuous INPut This subsystem controls the characteristics of the analyzer s input ports INPut port_no ATTenuation...

Page 626: ...to be activated The channel must be created before using CONFigure CHANnel Ch STATe ON Range def unit 1 2 RST value 1 SCPI Command Types Confirmed command or query If all channels have been deleted CO...

Page 627: ...channel no 2 and select it as the active channel MEMory The MEMory system controls the loaded setups of the analyzer The MEMory command don t affect any stored files Use the MEMory commands to store...

Page 628: ...ified setup setup_name String parameter to specify the name of the setup to be closed RST value SCPI Command Types Confirmed no query Example See MEM CAT MEMory SELect setup_name Selects a setup as th...

Page 629: ...nt directory queried with MMEMory CDIRectory The file name itself may contain the period as a separator for extensions File and directory names can be chosen according to Windows conventions the restr...

Page 630: ...ectory of Subdir_name_1 used_size free_disk_space Subdir DIR file_name file_size Directory of Subdir_name_2 used_size free_disk_space The first line is omitted if the current directory contains no sub...

Page 631: ...name file_name String parameter to specify the name of the file data Data in 488 2 block data format The delimiter EOI must be selected to achieve correct data transfer RST value SCPI Command Types Co...

Page 632: ...meter to specify the name and directory of the cal kit file to be loaded If no path is specified the analyzer searches the current directory to be queried with MMEMory CDIRectory Note The loaded file...

Page 633: ...directory of the Touchstone file to be loaded A s1p file must be used for one port standards a s2p file for two port standards If no path is specified the analyzer searches the current directory to be...

Page 634: ...rom the default color scheme directory DISP CMAP13 RGB 1 0 0 DISP CMAP14 RGB 0 1 0 Color the first trace red the second trace green MMEM STOR CMAP C Rohde Schwarz NWA ColorSchemes Test ColorScheme Sto...

Page 635: ...th must not be specified If there is no link between Ch and the specified file the command has no effect If no file is specified the command resolves any link between Ch and an arbitrary cal group fil...

Page 636: ...e SENSe Ch SEGMent Seg commands Ch Channel number file_name String parameter to specify the name and directory of the sweep segment file to be loaded The default extension manual control for sweep seg...

Page 637: ...Setup_0413 zvx Load the settings stored in Setup_0413 ZVX MMEMory LOAD TRACe trc_name file_name parameter_name Loads trace data from a specified trace file and assigns it to a trace with a specified...

Page 638: ...meter to specify the name and directory of the loaded Touchstone file The balanced port circuit models STSL STSC SLST SCST require two 2 port s2p files to be assigned to the different ports PMAin and...

Page 639: ...port s2p files PMAin Port 1 PSECondary Port 2 The ports must be specified for the import of 2 port s2p files they must be omitted for 4 port s4p files RST value SCPI Command Types Device specific no...

Page 640: ...ving file import FIMPort must be selected before using the command Ch Channel number Ph_pt file_name String parameter to specify the name and directory of the loaded Touchstone file If no path is spec...

Page 641: ...fines a name for a file which can be used to store the printer output The file is created when it is selected as a printer destination HCOPy DESTination MMEM file_name String parameter to specify the...

Page 642: ...zer If no path is specified the analyzer uses the current directory to be queried with MMEMory CDIRectory Note Predefined or dummy kits can neither be modified nor be stored file_name String parameter...

Page 643: ...ta directory Ch Channel number file_name String parameter to specify the name of the created cal group file The directory path must not be specified the analyzer always uses the default cal pool direc...

Page 644: ...CDIRectory RST value SCPI Command Types Device specific no query Example See MMEMory LOAD SEGMent MMEMory STORe STATe numeric_value file_name Stores the configuration data of the current setup to a sp...

Page 645: ...ameter is omitted the command stores unformatted data RST value the default export format is UNFormatted SCPI Command Types Confirmed no query Example See MMEMory LOAD TRACe OUTPut Pt This subsystem c...

Page 646: ...he value defined with OUTPut Ch UPORt VALue is assigned to channel no Ch The signals at the USER CONTROL connector reflect the channel bits of the measuring channel i e the channel for which the analy...

Page 647: ...tive channel and assign the channel bit value B0002 The analyzer performs no measurement in channel no 2 therefore the output signal is not changed CALC2 PAR SDEF Ch2Tr1 S11 Create a trace named Ch2Tr...

Page 648: ...n order to avoid problems should the default value change in future firmware versions PROG Any program running under Windows XP Embedded or any file that can be opened with an application program avai...

Page 649: ...Ch Channel number If unspecified the numeric suffix is set to 1 RST value SCPI Command Types Confirmed no query Example AVER COUN 15 AVER ON Set the average factor for channel 1 to 15 and enable the...

Page 650: ...asurement filter resolution bandwidth The forms BANDwidth and BWIDth are equivalent SENSe Ch BANDwidth BWIDth RESolution numeric_value Defines the resolution bandwidth of the analyzer Meas Bandwidth C...

Page 651: ...The parameters must be transferred in full length and have the following meaning DIRECTIVITY Directivity at port port1_no SRCMATCH Source match at port port1_no REFLTRACK Reflection tracking at port p...

Page 652: ...CTIVITY SRCMATCH REFLTRACK LOADMATCH TRANSTRACK at present the ISOLATION terms are not included TOM TRM TRL TNA Enhanced TOM Enhanced TSM TOM TRM TRL TNA ETOM ETSM DIRECTIVITY SRCMATCH REFLTRACK LOADM...

Page 653: ...ssion standards have only 8 parameters until Z0 MMTHrough MFTHrough FFTHrough MMLine MFLine FFLine The following reflection and transmission standards have only 5 parameters until Max_Freq MSMatch FSM...

Page 654: ...elow Parameter list String parameters to specify the configured standard Ckit_Name Std_No and numeric parameters defining its properties See detailed description below RST value SCPI Command Types Dev...

Page 655: ...d without unit implicit unit is fF GHz2 or pH GHz2 C3 L3 Polynomial coefficients C3 or L3 for the fringing capacitance or residual inductance of the standard load parameter To be specified without uni...

Page 656: ...cients no OPEN SHORt MMATten MFATten FFATten Attenuation m m or attenuation m f or attenuation f f Ckit_Name Max_Freq no offset parameters no load parameters polynomial coefficients no OPEN SHORt MMSN...

Page 657: ...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 Dummy Kit denotes the N 50 Dummy Kit ZV Z21...

Page 658: ...OSHort1 OSHort2 Starts a calibration measurement in order to acquire measurement data for the selected standards The standards are reflection or transmission standards and must be connected to port 1...

Page 659: ...asurement results of this standard CORR COLL RSAV OFF To save disk space delete the current raw calibration data after the calibration is completed CORR COLL SAVE SEL Calculate the system error correc...

Page 660: ...t ports Ch Channel number of the calibrated channel file_name Name and possibly directory of the cal kit file to be used for the automatic calibration string parameter If nothing is specified empty st...

Page 661: ...Calibration Unit A NWA cal kit file name calkit with path denotes a specific cal kit file stored in an arbitrary directory analyzer_port_no Port numbers of the analyzer For an n port automatic calibr...

Page 662: ...N50 however the gender female is maintained CORR COLL CONN4 returns N50FEMALE SENSe Ch CORRection COLLect CONNection PORTs ALL SINGle Qualifies whether the connector types at the analyzer ports but no...

Page 663: ...he active channel then delete the data SENSe Ch CORRection COLLect METHod FRTRans TOM TRM TRL TNA TOSM FOPort1 FOPort2 FOPort12 FOPTport ROPTport REFL1 REFL2 REFL12 TPORt ETOM ETSM Selects a one port...

Page 664: ...d If more than n numbers are defined the spare numbers the last ones in the list are ignored Entering less than n numbers causes an error message RST value SCPI Command Types Device specific no query...

Page 665: ...unt The main purpose of the default correction data set is to provide a dummy system error correction which you can replace with your own external correction data You may have acquired the external da...

Page 666: ...on COLLect ACQuire SELected stores them and applies them to the calibrated channel Ch To avoid incompatibilities older system error correction data is deleted unless it has been transferred into a cal...

Page 667: ...mmy system error correction provides the reflection tracking error term REFLTRACK CORR CDAT REFLTRACK 1 0 Query the dummy system error correction term The response is a 1 written as 1 0 for the real a...

Page 668: ...RR1 SCORR12 G11 G22 H11 H22 Writes or reads system error correction data for a specific channel Ch and calibration method SENSe Ch CORRection COLLect METHod The analyzer test ports 1 or 2 are implicit...

Page 669: ...uce any systematic errors see SENSe Ch CORRection COLLect SAVE DEFault SCPI Command Types Device specific command or query After a system error correction in one of the sweep types Power Time or CW Mo...

Page 670: ...of the offset corrected channel port_no Port number of the analyzer This numeric suffix is ignored the active port is determined by the active trace ONCE Applies the Auto Length function RST value SC...

Page 671: ...offset parameter for test port port_no as an electrical length Ch Channel number of the offset corrected channel port_no Port number of the analyzer length Electrical length Range def unit 3 40282346...

Page 672: ...Resets the offset parameters for all test ports to zero or queries whether any of the offset parameters are different from zero Ch Channel number of the offset corrected channel port_no Port number of...

Page 673: ...d wave b1 b2 The port number cal_port the used source PORT GENerator and the source number source_no must be specified in addition Alternative Parameters B1 and B2 B1 B2 B3 B4 Direct wave and cal port...

Page 674: ...ed unless the reference waves have been power calibrated SENSe Ch CORRection POWer port_no ACQuire AWAVe Ch Calibrated channel number port_no Calibrated port number Boolean Enables ON or disables OFF...

Page 675: ...suming that the transmitted source power a1 is correct No external cabling is needed CORR POW DATA AWAV1 Query the correction values The analyzer returns 10 comma separated real numbers CORR POW DATA...

Page 676: ...ming that the source power a2 is correct A through connection from port 2 to port 1 is needed CORR POW Check whether the calibration is applied the response is 1 CALC PAR MEAS TRC1 B1D2 Select b1 as a...

Page 677: ...et 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 the...

Page 678: ...he mixer mode is configured using the SENSe Ch FREQuency CONVersion MIXer commands RST value FUNDamental SCPI Command Types Device specific command or query Returned values FUND or HARM Example RST FR...

Page 679: ...onverted frequency or frequency range must be within the analyzer s frequency range depending on the instrument model Hz In addition the following restrictions apply numerator Values are rounded to po...

Page 680: ...ment is enabled SENSe Ch FREQuency CONVersion HARMonic Ch Channel number order Order of the harmonic integer multiple of the fundamental frequency measured Range def unit 2 to 100 RST value 2 SCPI Com...

Page 681: ...n HARMonic SENSe Ch FREQuency This subsystem sets frequency related parameters especially the measurement and display ranges for the different sweep types and controls the frequency converting measure...

Page 682: ...reduced to min Center fMIN fMAX Center SENSe Ch FREQuency CONVersion FUNDamental HARMonic SHARmonic THARmonic MIXer Enables the measurement of a harmonic or the fundamental signal for channel Ch Enabl...

Page 683: ...denominator offset CW FIXed SWEep Defines the receiver frequency for frequency converting measurements The receiver frequency is either a range for frequency sweeps or a CW frequency for power time an...

Page 684: ...etween 3 GHz and 3 2 GHz SENSe Ch FREQuency CONVersion AWReceiver STATe Boolean Qualifies whether a waves are measured at the source or at the receiver frequency The setting is relevant for all freque...

Page 685: ...ve port for the harmonic measurement Ch Channel number port_no Integer port number Range def unit Depending on the analyzer model RST value 2 SCPI Command Types Device specific command or query Exampl...

Page 686: ...l FREQ CONV MIX FUND Query the assignment of the fundamental frequency to prove the last statement The response is LO SENSe Ch FREQuency CONVersion MIXer FIXed RF LO IF Selects the mixer input or outp...

Page 687: ...ment using the alternative commands The response is 1000000000 IF SENSe Ch FREQuency CONVersion MIXer LOEXternal NONE port_number SOURce1 SOURce2 Selects an external generator as a signal source for t...

Page 688: ...al source to select an external generator use SENSe Ch FREQuency CONVersion MIXer LOEXternal Ch Channel number NONE LO signal is not controlled by the analyzer port_number Analyzer port number Range d...

Page 689: ...Device specific command or query Example RST FREQ CONV MIX LOF 3 GHz Reset the analyzer and specify a fixed frequency of 1 GHz to be assigned to the LO signal FREQ STAR 1 GHz STOP 2 GHz Define a sweep...

Page 690: ...CW_frequency Fixed stimulus and analyzer frequency Range def unit Depending on the instrument model Hz The increment parameters UP or DOWN is 0 1 kHz RST value 1 GHz SCPI Command Types Confirmed comm...

Page 691: ...ncy to 100 MHz SENSe Ch FREQuency SBANd POSitive NEGative AUTO Defines whether the analyzer measures with a local oscillator frequency LO below or above the RF input frequency In a segmented frequency...

Page 692: ...CENTer must not exceed the allowed frequency range of the analyzer If necessary the center frequency is adjusted to fMIN Span 2 or fMAX Span 2 SENSe Ch FREQuency STARt start_frequency Defines the sta...

Page 693: ...d is smaller than the current start frequency SENSe Ch FREQuency STARt the start frequency is set to the stop frequency minus the minimum frequency span SENSe Ch FREQuency SPAN SENSe Ch Tr FUNCtion SE...

Page 694: ...Wer S Ptout Ptin S parameter with output and input port number of the DUT e g S11 S21 POWer RATio A Ptout B Ptin A Ptout B Ptin Output A Ptout B Ptin Ratio e g B2 A1 for b2 a1 drive Port 1 POWer A Pto...

Page 695: ...value ON SCPI Command Types Device specific command or query Example LOM1 OFF LOR1 OFF Switch the local oscillators for the measurement channel b and the reference channel a at port no 1 off SENSe Ch...

Page 696: ...TRC1 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 ZCOM 27 2 Specify a complex co...

Page 697: ...ive trace numeric_value Value of the constant c in the PAE test model SENSe Ch Tr PAE EXPRession The value is used if one of the test models C10 C1 CK11 is selected Range def unit 3 4028234664E 038 W...

Page 698: ...s equal to the constant c times the DC voltage measured at the DC input DC MEAS 1 V minus k times the square of the DC voltage measured at the DC input DC MEAS 1 V RST value CDC10 SCPI Command Types D...

Page 699: ...uery Example POR2 ZREF 52 2 Specify a complex reference impedance of 52 j 2 for the physical port no 2 SENSe Ch ROSCillator This subsystem controls the frequency reference oscillator SENSe Ch ROSCilla...

Page 700: ...nuation factor for the wave received at test port no Pt The generated wave is attenuated automatically if step attenuators are available Ch Channel number If unspecified the numeric suffix is set to 1...

Page 701: ...mented Frequency sweep A segmented sweep is activated via SENSe Ch SWEep TPYE SEGMent The commands in the SENSe Ch SEGMent Seg subsystem do not accept the step parameters UP and DOWN Numeric values ca...

Page 702: ...mmand activates separate bandwidth setting in all sweep segments SENSe Ch SEGMent Seg BWIDth RESolution CONTrol ON Ch Channel number 1 Seg Sweep segment number numeric_value Internal source power Rang...

Page 703: ...n a bandwidth is entered using SENSe Ch SEGMent Seg BWIDth RESolution SCPI Command Types Device specific command or query Example SEGM ADD Create a new sweep segment no 1 in channel no 1 using default...

Page 704: ...weep segment no 1 in channel no 1 using default settings and thus 10 dBm internal source power SEGM BWID SEL HIGH Activate an IF filter with high selectivity SENSe Ch SEGMent CLEar Deletes all sweep s...

Page 705: ...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 already exists it is repla...

Page 706: ...the local oscillator frequency LO relative to the RF frequency Spur Avoid In remote control this parameter must be set when a sweep segment is created Range def unit POSitive LO RF NEGative LO RF Sel...

Page 707: ...and 1 5 MHz and a meas delay of 10 ms SEGM SWE TIME Query the sweep time in the new segment SENSe Ch SEGMent Seg DELete Deletes the specified single sweep segment Del Selected Segment SENSe Ch SEGMent...

Page 708: ...p segment number Response Center frequency of the sweep Range def unit Depending on the instrument model Hz RST value SCPI Command Types Device specific query only Example SEGM INS 1MHZ 1 5MHZ 111 21D...

Page 709: ...strument model Hz The increment is 0 1 kHz RST value no sweep segment defined after reset SCPI Command Types Device specific command or query Example SEGM INS 1MHZ 1 5MHZ 111 21DBM 0 5S 0 10KHZ Create...

Page 710: ...SEGMent Seg subsystem Note Use SENSe Ch SEGMent Seg Add to create a segment with default channel settings Use SENSe Ch SEGMent Seg DEFine to change or query all settings of an existing segment Ch Chan...

Page 711: ...he default value 0 Meas Bandwidth Resolution bandwidth in the segment See SENSe Ch SEGMent Seg BWIDth RESolution Range def unit 1 0E 6 Hz to 5 MHz Hz LO Position of the local oscillator frequency LO r...

Page 712: ...ay Ch Channel number 1 Seg Sweep segment number SWTime Use segment sweep time DWELl Use meas delay RST value SWTime SCPI Command Types Device specific command or query Example SEGM INS SEL DWEL Select...

Page 713: ...are not supported OFF SCPI Command Types Device specific command no effect or query SENSe Ch SEGMent Seg POWer LEVel numeric_value Defines the Power of the internal signal source in sweep segment no S...

Page 714: ...ther or not the Power of the internal signal source can be set independently for each sweep segment Ch Channel number 1 Seg Sweep segment number Boolean ON The power can be set independently for each...

Page 715: ...nactive segments only are not measured Ch Channel number If unspecified the numeric suffix is set to 1 Seg Sweep segment number Boolean ON OFF Activates or deactivates the measurement in sweep segment...

Page 716: ...ame time the command activates separate sweep time setting in all sweep segments SENSe Ch SEGMent Seg SWEep TIME CONTrol ON Ch Channel number 1 Seg Sweep segment number numeric_value Internal source p...

Page 717: ...eep segment OFF The time in all sweep segments is equal to the sweep time for unsegmented sweeps set via SENSe Ch SWEep TIME RST value OFF The parameter is automatically switched to ON when a segment...

Page 718: ...D Create a new sweep segment no 1 in channel no 1 using default settings SEGM SWE DWEL 1 MS Set the meas delay in segment no 1 to 1 ms SEGM DEF Response 300000 8000000000 51 300 0 056559 0 10000 POS N...

Page 719: ...n the SENSe Ch SEGMent Seg subsystem SENSe Ch SWEep COUNt No_of_Sweeps Defines the number of sweeps to be measured in single sweep mode INITiate Ch CONTinuous OFF Ch Channel number If unspecified the...

Page 720: ...he number of points unchanged but has an impact on the duration of the sweep SENSe Ch SWEep TIME RST value 0 s SCPI Command Types Confirmed command or query Example FUNC XFR POW S12 Activate a frequen...

Page 721: ...s LOGarithmic The frequency is swept in equidistant steps on a logarithmic scale In a Cartesian diagram the x axis is a logarithmic frequency axis RST value LINear SCPI Command Types Confirmed command...

Page 722: ...r step_size Stimulus step size Range def unit Depending on the other channel settings The minimum step size is equal to the sweep span divided by the maximum number of points minus one SENSe Ch SWEep...

Page 723: ...g on the channel settings SCPI Command Types Confirmed command or query Example SWE TIME 1 Set a total sweep time of 1 s SWE DWEL Query the delay for each partial measurement SWE TIME 2 Increase the t...

Page 724: ...osed of several continuous frequency ranges or single frequency points defined by means of the commands in the SENSe Ch SEGMent Seg subsystem POWer Power sweep The measurement is performed at constant...

Page 725: ...R FREQ FIX are equivalent SOURce Ch FREQuency Pt CW FIXed is equivalent to SENSe Ch FREQuency CW FIXed Source and receiver frequency are equal the four commands overwrite each other With option ZVA K4...

Page 726: ...ratio of two integers times a multiple of 1 Hz Range def unit The converted frequency or frequency range must be within the analyzer s frequency range depending on the instrument model Hz In addition...

Page 727: ...40 dBm to 10 dBm The exact range depends on the analyzer model or external generator used refer to the data sheet dBm UP and DOWN increment decrement the source power in 0 1 dB steps RST value 25 dBm...

Page 728: ...1 The response is 1 2 SOUR GRO CLE ALL SOUR GRO1 Dissolve all port group and repeat the query The response is 1 4 the default port group no 1 contains all ports SOURce Ch GROup group_no CLEar ALL Diss...

Page 729: ...an n port analyzer is n 2 n even or n 1 2 n odd If the command is used as a query then log_port can range up to n no balanced ports see example below phys_port1 phys_port1 Logical port number The com...

Page 730: ...ings are valid for the port specified by the numeric suffix 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 individ...

Page 731: ...ffset can be defined via SOURce Ch POWer Pt CORRection LEVel OFFSet Ch Channel number Pt Test port number of the analyzer numeric_value Port specific power offset Range def unit 300 dB to 300 dB dB UP...

Page 732: ...h POWer Pt LEVel IMMediate AMPlitude SOURce Ch POWer Pt PERManent STATe Boolean Defines whether the source power is permanently on Ch Channel number Pt Test port number of the analyzer Boolean ON Powe...

Page 733: ...an Turns the RF source power at a specified test port on or off Ch Channel number Pt Test port number of the analyzer Boolean ON OFF Turns the internal source power at the specified test port no Pt on...

Page 734: ...ER 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 CORRection AC...

Page 735: ...UR POW CORR Check whether the calibration is applied the response is 1 Change the test setup connect an external generator no 1 to the reference plane SOUR POW CORR ACQ GEN 1 Perform a source power ca...

Page 736: ...cation is either enabled or disabled for all sources Boolean Enables ON or disables OFF the verification sweep RST value ON SCPI Command Types Device specific command or query Example See SOURce Ch PO...

Page 737: ...to the ratio of the actual power at the reference plane 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...

Page 738: ...on ACQuire To enable or disable a source power calibration for an analyzer port use SOURce Ch POWer Pt CORRection STATe Ch Calibrated channel number Pt Calibrated external generator Boolean Enables ON...

Page 739: ...ency CONVersion MIXer LOEXternal SCPI Command Types Device specific no query Example See SOURce Ch POWer Pt CORRection MIXer RF ACQuire SOURce Ch POWer Pt CORRection MIXer RF ACQuire Starts the RF sou...

Page 740: ...CORRection NREadings readings Sets a limit for the number of calibration sweeps in the source power calibration The command is valid for all ports and external generators Equivalent command SOURce Ch...

Page 741: ...ernal generators RST value The power meter selection is not changed by a reset of the analyzer SCPI Command Types Device specific command or query Example See SOURce Ch POWer Pt CORRection COLLect ACQ...

Page 742: ...port number of the analyzer This suffix is ignored because the selected channel power applies to all source ports used in the active channel It is possible though to define a port specific slope facto...

Page 743: ...ery Example RST SOUR POW 6 Reset the instrument activating a frequency sweep and set the internal source power channel power for the default channel 1 to 6 dBm SOUR POW1 OFFS 6 ONLY SOUR POW2 OFFS 6 C...

Page 744: ...alue Defines the start power for a power sweep which is equal to the left edge of a Cartesian diagram A power sweep must be active SENSe Ch SWEep TYPE POWer before this command can be used Ch Channel...

Page 745: ...ther the source power at test port 2 is on The analyzer returns a 1 SOURce Ch POWer Pt STOP numeric_value Defines the stop power for a power sweep which is equal to the right edge of a Cartesian diagr...

Page 746: ...parts of the STATus OPERation and STATus QUEStionable registers are set to all 1 s The PTRansition parts are set all 1 s the NTRansition parts are set to all 0 s so that only positive transitions in...

Page 747: ...it RST value SCPI Command Types Confirmed query only Example STAT OPER Query the EVENt part of the OPERation register to check whether an event has occurred since the last reading STATus QUEStionable...

Page 748: ...ble LIMit 1 2 ENABle Sets the enable mask which allows true conditions in the EVENt part of the QUEStionable LIMit 1 2 register to be reported in the summary bit If a bit is 1 in the enable register a...

Page 749: ...tionable LIMit 1 2 PTRansition Sets the positive transition filter Setting a bit causes a 0 to 1 transition in the corresponding bit of the associated condition register to cause a 1 to be written in...

Page 750: ...I Sets the receive terminator of the analyzer The receive terminator indicates the end of a command or a data block The receive terminator setting is relevant if block data is transferred to the analy...

Page 751: ...ce Interface type string parameter GPIB0 VXI 11 address Interface address string parameter depending on the interface type fast_sweep Optional Boolean parameter enables or disables the fast sweep mode...

Page 752: ...power meter type is identical with the name of the power meter driver file pwm stored in the resources extdev subdirectory of the analyzer s program directory Alternative The pmter_name string may con...

Page 753: ...ctly one sweep The same is true for queried trace data The trace is displayed or updated at once the sweep progress is not visible on the screen To make sure that all queried trace points stem from th...

Page 754: ...trol ONCE Switch the display on and show the current trace This parameter can be used for occasional checks of the measurement results or settings The measurement is continued however the measurement...

Page 755: ...taken file_name String variable for the name and directory of a NWA setup file msi RST value SCPI Command Types Device specific no query Example SYST FIRM UPD C Setup ZVAB_01 10 msi Install the firmw...

Page 756: ...e setting SCPI Command Types Device specific command or query Example See SYSTem PRESet SYSTem SETTings UPDate ONCE Initiates an immediate update of the channel or trace settings The command has an ef...

Page 757: ...ce 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 Status sounds switche...

Page 758: ...n DEFine CH1MEM CH2MEM CH3MEM CH4MEM Active memory trace associated to the active data trace CH1DATA CH2DATA CH3DATA CH4DATA respectively TRACe DATA RESPonse ALL TRACe DATA STIMulus ALL IMPLied Active...

Page 759: ...1 8 and Trc m is the name of the copied data trace MDATA1 MDATA2 MDATA3 MDATA4 MDATA5 MDATA6 MDATA7 MDATA8 As a memory trace with an arbitrary name string variable An existing memory trace with the s...

Page 760: ...as follows As the memory trace named Mem n Trc m where n 1 8 and Trc m is the name of the copied data trace MDATA1 MDATA2 MDATA3 MDATA4 MDATA5 MDATA6 MDATA7 MDATA8 As a memory trace with an arbitrary...

Page 761: ...MEM CH2MEM CH3MEM CH4MEM MDATA1 MDATA2 MDATA3 MDATA4 MDATA5 MDATA6 MDATA7 MDATA8 Returns the response values of the active data trace or memory trace see trace names To read the response values of an...

Page 762: ...N 20 Create a trace with 20 sweep points making the created trace the active trace of channel 1 omitted optional mnemonic SENSe1 TRAC STIM CH1DATA Query the 20 stimulus values of the created trace In...

Page 763: ...SEGM Select a trigger segment as triggered measurement sequence TRIGger Ch SEQuence SLOPe POSitive NEGative Qualifies whether the trigger event occurs on the rising or on the falling edge of the exte...

Page 764: ...TRIGger Ch SEQuence TIMer numeric_value Sets the period of the internal periodic signal that can be used as a trigger source TRIGger Ch SEQuence SOURce TIMer Ch Channel number If unspecified the numer...

Page 765: ...R S ZVA ZVB ZVT Program Examples 1145 1084 12 I 7 1 E 1 Contents of Chapter 7 7 Program Examples 1 Traces 1 Calibration 2 Modeling a Max Hold Function 4...

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Page 767: ...o channels and diagram areas Reset the analyzer RST Delete channel 1 CONFigure CHANnel1 OFF Create channels 1 4 and traces on this channels CALCulate1 PARameter SDEFine Trc1 S11 CALCulate2 PARameter S...

Page 768: ...Play WINDow1 TRACe1 FEED Trc1 DISPlay WINDow2 TRACe1 FEED Trc2 DISPlay WINDow3 TRACe1 FEED Trc3 DISPlay WINDow4 TRACe1 FEED Trc4 Query trace names assigned to window trace DISPlay WINDow1 TRACe1 FEED...

Page 769: ...ected MATCH 1 Apply cal SENSe1 CORRection COLLect SAVE SELected 2 port TOSM Select cal procedure SENSe1 CORRection COLLect METHod DEFine Test SFK TOSM 12 TOSM 1 2 Measure Standards SENSe1 CORRection C...

Page 770: ...PY LastExtr Trc1 Display this last extremum trace Because it s a memory trace it must be displayed in the same diagram as the mother trace DISPlay WINDow1 TRACe2 FEED LastExtr CALCulate1 MATH SDEFine...

Page 771: ...2 Test Ports 8 2 USB Connector 8 2 Ground Connector 8 3 Rear Panel Connectors 8 4 AUX 8 4 LAN1 LAN 2 8 4 USB 8 4 10 MHz REF 8 5 DC MEAS 8 5 PORT BIAS 8 6 MONITOR 8 6 CASCADE 8 7 USER CONTROL 8 7 EXT T...

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Page 773: ...vice manual when exchanging modules or ordering spares The order no for spare parts can be found in the service manual The service manual includes further information particularly on troubleshooting r...

Page 774: ...labeling or the data sheet must not be exceeded In addition the maximum input voltages of the other input connectors at the front and rear panel must not be exceeded The three LEDs above each test po...

Page 775: ...r Connector providing the ground of the analyzer s supply voltage Caution Electrostatic discharge ESD may cause damage to the electronic components of the DUT and the analyzer Use the wrist strap and...

Page 776: ...und LAN1 LAN 2 8 pin connector RJ 45 used to connect the analyzer to a Local Area Network LAN The pin assignment of the RF 45 connector supports category 5 UTP STP Unshielded Shielded Twisted Pair cab...

Page 777: ...or depends on the Int Reference or Ext Reference setting in the System menu If Int Reference is active 10 MHz REF is used as an output connector for the 10 MHz internal reference clock signal of the a...

Page 778: ...PORT BIAS Coaxial BNC connectors used to apply an external DC voltage bias to the test ports The PORT BIAS connectors are numbered 1 to 4 for four port analyzers Each PORT BIAS input is protected by a...

Page 779: ...TROL lines can be controlled via GPIB bus see CONTrol and OUTPut subsystems Pin No Name Input I or Output O Function 1 GNDD Digital ground 2 EXT TRG I External trigger signal 3 GNDD Digital ground 4 B...

Page 780: ...ous input signals which may cause undesirable events This is of particular importance for the external trigger input pin no 2 if the EXT TRIGGER input is used EXT TRIGGER Coaxial BNC connector used as...

Page 781: ...parallel and byte serial in the ASCII ISO code D0 is the least significant bit D7 the most significant bit 2 Control bus with five lines IFC Interface Clear active LOW resets the interfaces of the in...

Page 782: ...Parallel poll function full capability RL1 Remote Local switch over function full capability DC1 Reset function Device Clear full capability DT1 Trigger function Device Trigger full capability Interf...

Page 783: ...d sets the command processing software to a defined initial state Does not change the instrument setting Instrument Messages Instrument messages commands are transferred on the data lines of the GPIB...

Page 784: ...th is not sufficient the bit is cleared Error variable iberr If the ERR bit 8000h is set in the status word iberr contains an error code that specifies the error The RSIB has error codes of its own in...

Page 785: ...device has generated an SRQ RSDLLWaitSrq Waits until a device generates an SRQ RSDLLSwapBytes Swaps the byte sequence for binary numeric display only required for non Intel platforms Description of In...

Page 786: ...r ibcntl Like RSDLLibwrt this function sends data to a device The only difference is that binary data can be sent as well The length of the data is not determined by a zero terminated string but by th...

Page 787: ...ud ByVal Rd ByVal Cnt ibsta iberr ibcntl As Integer C format short WINAPI RSDLLilrd short ud char far Rd unsigned long Cnt short far ibsta short far iberr unsigned long far ibcntl C format Unix short...

Page 788: ...ction sets the device to the LOCAL or REMOTE state VB format Function RSDLLibsre ByVal ud ByVal v ibsta iberr ibcntl As Integer C format short WINAPI RSDLLibsre short ud short v short far ibsta short...

Page 789: ...ls of write functions The END message must be enabled again before sending the last data block RSDLLibrsp This function performs a serial poll and provides the status byte of the device VB format Func...

Page 790: ...INAPI RSDLLTestSrq short ud short far result short far ibsta short far iberr unsigned long far ibcntl C format Unix short RSDLLTestSrq short ud short result short ibsta short iberr unsigned long ibcnt...

Page 791: ...er pArray Array in which modifications are made size Size of a single element in pArray count Number of elements in pArray Example RSDLLSwapBytes Buffer sizeof float ibcntl sizeof float This function...

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Page 793: ...rol 9 1 Display Configuration 9 2 Data Transfer 9 2 Setting up a Sweep 9 3 Optimization 9 5 Optimizing the Measurement Speed 9 5 Calibrating a Measurement Channel 9 6 Trace Evaluation 9 8 Time Domain...

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Page 795: ...w is not maximized If necessary click 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...

Page 796: ...ication 6 If you wish to use several color schemes in parallel click Save to save your current color scheme to a file 7 If you wish to restore the original Predefined Scheme click System System Config...

Page 797: ...ep range confined 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...

Page 798: ...cy 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 stop power use Start and St...

Page 799: ...eed 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 use Start and Stop Alternatively to defin...

Page 800: ...er Bandwidth Average menu and make sure that Average On is not active 2 Alternatively click Average Factor and reduce the factor to a minimum Calibrating a Measurement Channel Calibration is the proce...

Page 801: ...Performing an Automatic Calibration Connect the calibration unit 1 Switch on and start up your network analyzer and establish a USB connection to the calibration unit see Connecting the calibration u...

Page 802: ...nse from the measured trace 1 Calculate a time domain transform as descibed above Setting up a time domain measurement 2 Click Trace Trace Func Transform Define Time Gate and place a time gate on the...

Page 803: ...ation To use a predefined port configuration 1 Click Trace Measure More S Params Balanced and Measured Ports 2 In the Predefined Configs tab of the Balanced and Measured Ports dialog opened select the...

Page 804: ...tual transformation network to a single ended port Suppose that your DUT is a 2 port DUT with single ended ports 1 Connect the DUT to your analyzer For a two port measurement connect the DUT between t...

Page 805: ...just the parameters R C and L displayed in the right half of the dialog 7 Click Deembed DUT and Close the dialog The traces of the active channel show the characteristics of the DUT without the effect...

Page 806: ...Channel Mode Port Config Balanced and Measured Ports Predefined Configs and define the appropriate balanced port configuration see also Balanced Measurement Examples combining ports 1 and 3 of the ana...

Page 807: ...5 Close the More Harmonics dialog to enable the harmonics measurement and observe the changed default trace Trc1 The trace shows the n th harmonic as a wave quantity b2 The measured quantity is change...

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Page 809: ...9 Bandstop Search Ref to Min 4 99 Bandwidth 4 121 4 127 Basic Concepts 3 1 Block data format 5 11 Boolean parameter 5 11 Brace 6 1 Bracket square 6 1 C Cal Ref 4 193 Calibration 3 36 example 2 4 guide...

Page 810: ...ats 3 18 Display Line 6 52 DOWN 5 11 E Embedding 4 180 ENABle 5 17 Error Log 4 265 Error queue 5 17 Error Terms 3 37 ESE 5 17 ESR 5 17 Evaluation of data 2 6 Examples Reflection measurement 2 2 Excurs...

Page 811: ...6 77 More S Parameters 4 13 More Y Parameters 4 27 More Z Parameters 4 26 Move 4 2 mu1 factor 4 28 mu2 factor 4 28 Multiport S parameters 4 13 Multiport 4 13 Multiport 4 26 Multiport parameters 3 27 N...

Page 812: ...PI Status Register Structure 5 17 SCPI Status Register 5 17 Screen elements 3 6 Search 4 92 Search 6 77 Search Range 6 77 Segmented Frequency 4 133 4 139 Segmented Frequency 9 3 Select Instrument Port...

Page 813: ...ces 3 11 Tracking 4 99 Tracking 6 77 Transformation Network 4 180 Trigger 4 146 4 148 Trigger Settings 4 146 4 148 TRL calibration 3 37 TRM calibration 3 37 U Universal command 5 7 UP 5 11 Upper limit...

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