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CALIBRATION PROCEDURE

PXIe-5673E

Vector Signal Generator

This document contains the verification procedures for the PXIe-5673E Vector Signal
Generator. Refer to

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for more information about calibration solutions.

Contents

Characterizing the Power Splitter..................................................................................... 5

As-Found and As-Left Limits................................................................................................... 8
Verification............................................................................................................................... 8

Summary of Contents for NI PXIe-5673E

Page 1: ...haracterizing the Power Splitter 5 As Found and As Left Limits 8 Verification 8 Verifying LO Output Power Accuracy 9 Verifying Modulation Impairments 9 Verifying Modulation Bandwidth and Impairments 1...

Page 2: ...ice To calibrate the PXIe 5450 5451 Waveform Generator PXIe 5611 IQ Modulator or PXIe 5650 5651 5652 RF Analog Signal Generator individually refer to their calibration procedures at ni com manuals Cal...

Page 3: ...oise Frequency accuracy Frequency range 50 MHz to 19 8 GHz Noise floor 152 dBm Hz to 6 6 GHz SMA m to SMA m cable 36 inches Huber Suhner H S ST 18 SMAm SMAm 36 Operating frequency DC to 18 GHz Impedan...

Page 4: ...opriate for the type of RF connector you are using NI recommends using a 0 565 N m 5 lb in torque wrench for SMA connectors and a 0 90 N m 8 lb in torque wrench for 3 5 mm connectors Power splitter Ae...

Page 5: ...100 ms for each other iteration Zero and calibrate the power meter sensors before each test Initial Setup Refer to the PXIe 5673E Getting Started Guide for information about how to install the softwar...

Page 6: ...hould always be used with the splitter for subsequent verification procedures in this document that require a splitter 8 Connect one available output port of the power splitter to the power sensor wit...

Page 7: ...Store the resulting measurements as splitter i dB 1 PXIe 5650 5651 5652 RF Analog Signal Generator PXIe 5652 shown 2 Splitter 3 Power Sensor 4 N f to SMA m Adapter 5 Power Meter 6 CH A Connector 7 Spe...

Page 8: ...pecifications when it is received for calibration The as left limits are equal to the published NI specifications for the PXIe 5673E less guard bands for measurement uncertainty temperature drift and...

Page 9: ...5652 85 MHz to 6 6 GHz Store the resulting measurements If the results are within the selected test limit the device has passed this portion of the verification Verifying Modulation Impairments Compl...

Page 10: ...o span mode of the spectrum analyzer shortens test time by avoiding unnecessary frequency sweeping To obtain the average power convert the zero span trace data to linear volts perform a mean calculati...

Page 11: ...CSR from step 8 for each LO frequency If the results are within the selected test limit the device has passed this portion of the verification Verifying Modulation Bandwidth and Impairments Complete...

Page 12: ...6 Use the spectrum analyzer to measure the mean output power of image using the following spectrum analyzer parameter settings Center frequency Frequency in step 4 offset in step 4 Reference level 5 d...

Page 13: ...Table 5 If the results are within the selected test limit the device has passed this portion of the verification Table 5 Modulation Bandwidth Impairment Verification Test Limits CW Source LOFrequency...

Page 14: ...gnal Generator PXIe 5652 shown 4 Power Sensor 5 BNC m to SMA m Cable 6 Rubidium Frequency Source Rear Panel 7 BNC m to BNC m Cable Power Meter 8 CH A Connector 9 Connection from Rubidium Frequency Sou...

Page 15: ...of this section 4 Connect port A of the power splitter to the power meter through the SMA m to N f adapter Note The port used to connect the power splitter to the 6 dB attenuator in step 9 of the Cha...

Page 16: ...he SpecAn i values in the above equation are used only to determine the Corrections i values that are used in the 60 dBm and 90 dBm measurements described in steps 13 and 14 When verifying the 30 dBm...

Page 17: ...selected test limit the device has passed this portion of the verification Verifying Output Intermodulation Products Complete the following steps to verify the output intermodulation IMD performance...

Page 18: ...frequency Frequency in step 4 F1 Reference level 0 dBm Frequency span 0 Hz Resolution bandwidth 500 Hz Sweep time 5 ms Reference clock source External 7 Use the spectrum analyzer to measure the mean...

Page 19: ...fundamental tone power P1 or P2 11 Compare the Output IMD value from step 10 to the corresponding limit in Table 8 12 Repeat steps 4 through 11 for the following frequency ranges in 250 MHz increments...

Page 20: ...C m cable 4 Generate an arbitrary waveform signal using an array of all zeros with the following niRFSG property settings Frequency Hz 85 MHz Power Level dBm 10 dBm Generation Mode Arb Waveform Power...

Page 21: ...m analyzer RF INPUT front panel connector through the SMA m to SMA m cable 2 Connect the PXIe 5650 5651 5652 REF IN OUT front panel connector to any rubidium frequency reference rear panel BNC connect...

Page 22: ...time 5 ms Reference clock source External Note Only measure subharmonic tones at fundamental frequencies 3 3 GHz 7 Calculate the power level in dBc of each harmonic tone 6 6 GHz by subtracting the fun...

Page 23: ...bidium frequency reference rear panel BNC connector through the BNC m to SMA m cable 3 Connect any available rubidium frequency reference rear panel BNC connector to the spectrum analyzer REF IN rear...

Page 24: ...xternal 7 Calculate the power level of the baseband linearity related spur in dBc by subtracting the measured RF output power from step 5 from the measured baseband linearity related spur from step 6...

Page 25: ...vel dBm 0 dBm Generation Mode Arb Waveform Reference Clock Source RefIn 5 Use the spectrum analyzer to measure the maximum power within the configured span of the spectrum analyzer using the following...

Page 26: ...able 2 Connect any available rubidium frequency reference rear panel BNC connector to the spectrum analyzer REF IN rear panel connector through the BNC m to BNC m cable 3 Generate a signal with the fo...

Page 27: ...rt resources or service requests Updating Calibration Date Performing any adjustment procedure on the PXIe 5611 updates the calibration date If you do not want to perform an adjustment you can update...

Page 28: ...ustomers The data contained in this manual was developed at private expense and is subject to the applicable limited rights and restricted data rights as set forth in FAR 52 227 14 DFAR 252 227 7014 a...

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