Performance Veri
fi
cation
NOTE.
The performance veri
fi
cation procedure is not a calibration procedure.
The performance veri
fi
cation procedure only veri
fi
es that your instrument meets
key speci
fi
cations. For your instrument to be calibrated, it must be returned to a
Tektronix service facility.
Prerequisites
The tests in this section make up an extensive, valid confirmation of performance
and functionality when the following requirements are met:
The cabinet must be installed on the instrument.
The instrument must have passed the Power On Self Tests (POST).
The instrument must have been last adjusted at an ambient temperature
b18 °C (+64 °F) and +28 °C (+82 °F), must have been operating
for a warm-up period of at least 20 minutes after starting the RSA5100B
application, and must be operating at an ambient temperature. (See Table 63
on page 63.)
Required Equipment
The procedures, use external, traceable signal sources to directly check warranted
characteristics. (See page 75,
Warranted Characteristics Tests
.) The following
table lists the equipment required for this procedure.
Table 70: Equipment required for Performance Veri
fi
cation
Item number and
Minimum requirements
Example
Purpose
1.
Frequency
Counter
Frequency Range: 10 MHz; Accuracy: 1 x 10
–9
Agilent 53132A
Option 10
Checking reference
output frequency
accuracy
2.
RF Power Meter
Agilent E4418B
3.
RF Power Sensor
1
9 kHz to 18 GHz RF Flatness: <3% Calibration
factor data uncertainty: <2% (RSS)
Agilent E9304A
Option H18
Adjusting signal
generator output level,
checking reference
output power level
4.
RF Power Sensor
2
10 MHz to 26.5 GHz RF Flatness
Agilent E4413A, Option
H10
5.
Signal Generator
Frequency Accuracy: ±3 x 10
–7
Output
Frequency: 0 to 40 GHz
Anritsu MG3694B
Options 2A, 3A, 4, 15A,
16, 22, SM5821
Checking RF
fl
atness,
intermodulation
distortion, image
suppression, and
external reference
lock check.
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