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Table 1. Procedures to confi gure the meter for power sweep mode.
No. Procedures
1. Connect sensor to power source.
2. Connect power meter TRIG OUT to power source TRIG IN using a BNC cable.
The same connection is applied for power source TRIG OUT to power meter
TRIG IN.
3.
Press
. Set the Sensor Mode to AVG Only.
4.
Press
, Acqn and select either Sing Trig or Cont Trig.
5. Press Settings, Source, Ext to set the trigger source to external.
6. Press 1 of 2, Output, On to allow TTL level high to be produced at TRIG OUT.
7. Press Slope and select + or - to set the trigger edge.
8. Set the trigger buffer size by sending the SENSe:BUFFer:COUNt <buffer_size>
command to the meter through SCPI.
9.
Press
or to confi gure the measurement settings such as averaging,
measurement frequency, offsets, duty cycle and so forth.
10. Send *OPC command to meter.
11. Set the meter to continuous trigger mode by sending the INITiate:CONTinuous
ON command.
12. Confi gure and set the required power sweep range and step on the power
source accordingly.
13. Set the power source trigger input and trigger output, then start sweeping.
14. Poll the status of the power meter by sending *ESR?. *ESR will return 1 when
buffering is completed. Use FETCh? to retrieve all buffered measurements.
Frequency Sweep or
Power Sweep
There are two modes featured
in triggered average power
measurement:
Frequency sweep mode
Power sweep mode
Power Sweep Mode
Power sweep is generally used in a
power level calibration setup where
frequency is constant (CW frequency)
and the amplitude of the power source
signal is swept. This mode can be
used to characterize the fl atness,
linearity or gain compression of a
device under test (DUT).
In this mode, no specifi c setting or
information is required for the power
meter except for the number of
measurement steps. To confi gure the
meter for power sweep mode, refer to
Table 1. and follow the procedures.
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