
Adjustment procedures
This section contains an adjustment procedure for your instrument. The purpose
of this procedure is to return the instrument conformance to its speci
fi
cations.
Adjustment interval.
The voltage and timing references inside the instrument
are very stable over time and should not need routine adjustment. The only
time you should perform the
Adjustment Procedures
is if the instrument fails
any of the mainframe performance veri
fi
cation checks provided in the
DSA8300
Performance Veri
fi
cation Technical Reference
manual.
Adjustment environment.
The instrument must be adjusted in a 20°C to 30 °C
ambient temperature environment. The instrument and signal source must warm
up at least 20 minutes in this environment before you begin the adjustment
procedure.
Required equipment
The adjustment procedure requires the speci
fi
c test equipment and materials listed
in the following table.
Category
Speci
fi
c equipment required
Quantity
Signal source
Signal generator 50 MHz to 1 GHz,
≤
1 ppm frequency accuracy
1
Frequency counter
Frequency resolution 12 digits
1
Meter
Digital Multimeter, with 6.5 plus digits
1
PC-compatible computer with National Instruments GPIB Controller card and
software, running Windows XP, Vista, or 7
1
Instrument controller (only
one of these con
fi
gurations
required)
National Instruments USB GPIB Controller card for Windows XP, Vista, or 7, and
National Instruments NI-488.2 for Windows software (to install in the instrument)
1
Divider
Power, 50
Ω
, SMA "T" male Tektronix 015-0565-00
1
Adapter
SMA "T", male to 2 SMA female Tektronix part number 015-1016-00
1
Adapter
SMA male to BNC female, Tektronix part number 015-0554-00
1
Adapter
BNC to dual banana plug, Tektronix part number 103-0095-00
1
Coaxial cables
50
Ω
, male-to-male SMA connectors
3
GPIB cable
GPIB cable, 1 m min length, Tektronix part number 002-0991-01
1
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