CALIBRATION PROCEDURE
PXIe-5164
This document contains the verification and adjustment procedures for the PXIe-5164. Refer
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Contents
Required Software.....................................................................................................................2
Related Documentation.............................................................................................................2
Test Equipment..........................................................................................................................2
Test Conditions..........................................................................................................................7
Password................................................................................................................................... 8
Calibration Interval................................................................................................................... 8
As-Found and As-Left Limits................................................................................................... 8
Measurement Uncertainty......................................................................................................... 8
Calibration Overview................................................................................................................9
Test System Characterization....................................................................................................9
Zeroing the Power Sensor................................................................................................. 9
Characterizing Power Splitter Amplitude Balance and Loss..........................................10
Verifying DC Accuracy...................................................................................................15
Verifying AC Amplitude Accuracy.................................................................................19
Verifying 50 Ω Passband Amplitude Flatness and Bandwidth....................................... 22
Verifying 1 MΩ Passband Amplitude Flatness and Bandwidth......................................30
Verifying Timebase Accuracy.........................................................................................40
Verifying Input Capacitance............................................................................................41
Verifying RMS Noise......................................................................................................42
Adjusting the PXIe-5164................................................................................................ 43
Adjusting 1 MΩ Compensation Attenuator ................................................................... 44
Adjusting 1 MΩ DC Reference ......................................................................................44
Adjusting 50 Ω DC Reference ....................................................................................... 45
Adjusting Timebase.........................................................................................................45
Adjusting 50 Ω Passband Amplitude Flatness and Bandwidth.......................................46
Adjusting 1 MΩ Passband Amplitude Flatness and Bandwidth..................................... 48
Reverification..........................................................................................................................51
Updating Verification Date and Time..................................................................................... 51
Worldwide Support and Services............................................................................................ 51