Agilent Technologies 8757D User manual

Operating Manual
Agilent Technologies
8757D
Scalar Network Analyzer
Manufacturing Part Number: 08757-90109
Printed in USA
Print Date: March 2005
Supersedes: November 2000
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Contents
T
able of Conten
ts
1. General Information
Safet
yConsiderations .. . . . . . ..................1-2
The HP 8757D Analyzer ................. . . . . . ..1-6
CR
T/LCD A
ttributes ........ . . . . . ...........1-6
Displa
ys . . . . . . .................... . . . . 1-6
P
eripherals ................... . . . .......1-6
Calibration Data and Instrumen
tStates ........... . ....1-6
Measuremen
tChannels ...... . ................1-6
Local and Remote Operation .................... . 1-6
Options Available . . . . .................. . . . . 1-7
Speci cations, General Requiremen
ts, and Operating Characteristics . . . .1-9
Man
ufacturer's Declarations ............. . . . ......1-17
Accessories and Supplies .................... . . . . 1-20
2. Installation
In
tro duction .... . ........................ 2-1
Initial Insp ection ............ . ..............2-2
Operating En
vironmen
t................. . ......2-3
Electrostatic Disc
harge . . . . ...................2-4
P
o
w
er Requiremen
ts ..... . . . ..................2-5
Chec
king the Line V
oltage and F
use ....... . . . . . . . ....2-5
Chec
king the Po
w
er Cable ................. . . . . . 2-6
Equipmen
tRequired But Not Supplied . . . . . . ...........2-7
A
CDetection ........... . . . . . . . ..........2-7
Firm
ware Compatibilit
y................ . . . . . . . 2-7
RackMounting . . . . . . . . . . ............ . . . . . . 2-8
Connecting the Analyzer to aSource .. . ........... . ...2-10
External Mo dulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
Other Con gurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
Connecting the Analyzer to an External Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16
CRT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16
LCD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16
Setting the HP-IB Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16
HP-IB Connectors and Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-18
Storing and Shipping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-20
Environment.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-20
Packing the Instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-20
Returning an Instrument for Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-20
Contents-1

3. Operation
HP/Agilen
t8757D Firm
w
are Capabilit
y..... . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Local Operation
HP 8757D User's Guide (wire-o book) .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1. Operating . ... . . . . . . . . . ............ . . . 3
2. Transmission Measurements .................. . . 10
3. Reection Measuremen
ts .......... . . . . . . . ....17
4. Limit Lines .. . . . . . . . .................. 19
5. Alternate Sw
eep ................. . . . . . . . .21
6. External Disk Sa
v
e/Recall ...... . . . . . . . ........23
7. Special F
unctions . . . . . .................. . . 25
A. A
Cv
ersus DC Detection .............. . . . . . ..26
Index ........... . . . . . ...............27
HP 8757D Operating Reference (wire-o book) ..............
1. F
ron
t-P
anel F
eatures ............ . . . . . . . ....1-1
2. CHANNEL .......... . . . ..............2-1
3. ENTR
YArea ..... . ....................3-1
4. FUNCTION Keys . . . .................... . 4-1
5. INSTR
UMENT ST
A
TE .. . . . . . . . .............5-1
6. Rear P
anel F
eatures ......... . . . . . . . .......6-1
A. Op erator's Chec
k................... . . . ..A-1
B. Softk
ey Men
uStructure Maps . . .................B-1
C. P
erforming an External Calibration ......... . .......C-1
D. Measuremen
tApplications .................. . .D-1
Remote Operation
HP-IB Programming Notes .. . ....................1
HP 8757D Quic
kReference Guide ...... . . . ..........1
HP 8757D with HP 90000 Series 200/300 (BASIC) ... . . . .....1
HP 8757D with HP V
ectra (Quic
kBasic 4.5) ......... . . . ..1
HP 8757D with HP V
ectra (Quic
kC 2.5) .............. . . 1
In Case of Dicult
y
Con
ten
ts ... . ... . . . .................. . . . 1
Man
ual Operation ......... . . . . . . . ..........2
Line P
o
w
er . ........... . ............ . ...2
Error Co des . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
System Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
HP-IB Connections and Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Other Cable Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Remote Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Inaccurate Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Mo dulation Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Sweep Sp eed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Calibrator Option 002 Only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Miscellaneous Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Alternate Sweep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Number of Trace Points and Trace Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Contents-2

Autozero of DC Detectors . . . . . . ............ . . . . 7
Sa
v
e/Recall Registers ......... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..7
System In
terface On/O . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..........8
Measurement-Memory-Memory . . ............ . . . . . . 9
Cursor Searc
h.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..........9
On-Site Service . . . . . . . . . ............ . . . . . . . 9
Main Error Co des .............. . . . . . . . .....10
P
o
w
er Calibration Error Messages .. . . . . . . . ..........13
Detector Error Messages (HP 85037A/B only . ..............14
On-Site Service -Calibration ............ . . . . . . . ..14
Connector Care
Principles of Micro
w
a
v
eConnector Care|Quic
kReference Card ......
Glossary
Contents-3

1
General Information
This c
hapter pro
vides information on the follo
wing topics:
general safet
y considerations
serial n
um
bers
analyzer description
po
wer calibrator option
a
v
ailable options
speci cations
operating c
haracteristics
man
ufacturer's radio in
terference declaration
man
ufacturer's sound emission declaration
man
ufacturer's ISO declaration
ordering accessories and supplies
General Information 1-1

General Safety Considerations
Warning
No operator serviceable parts insi e. Refer servicing to qualifie personel. T
o
prevent electric shock, o not remo
v
eco
v
ers.
W
arning
T
oprev
ent electrical shock, isconnect the Agilent T
echnologies 8757D from
mains before cleaning. Use a ry cloth or one slightly ampene with w
ater to
clean the external case parts. Do not attempt to clean internally
.
Warning
If this pro uct is not use as specifie , the protection pro
vi e b
ythe
equipment coul be impaire . This pro uct must be use in anormal con ition
(in which all means for protection are intact) only
.
Caution
Alwa
ys use the three-prong A
Cpo
w
er cord supplied with this pro duct. F
ailure
to ensure adequate earth grounding b
ynot using this cord ma
ycause pro duct
damage.
Safety Symbols
General
This pro duct w
as designed and man
ufactured in accordance with in
ternational safet
y
standards. Before y
ou operate this analyzer, review the pro duct and related do cumen
tation.
Become familiar with safet
ymarkings and instructions.
L
Instruction man
ual sym
bol: the product will bemark
ed with this sym
bol
when it is necessary for the user to refer to the instruction man
ual (refer to
T
able of Con
ten
ts).
M
Indicates hazardous v
oltages.
K
Indicates earth (ground) terminal.
The CE mark is the registered trademark of the European Communit
y
.
The CSA mark is a registered trademark of the Canadian Standards
Asso ciation.
ISM1 A This is a sym
bol of an Industrial Scien
ti c and Medical Group 1, Class A
pro duct (CISPR 11, Clause4).
The \ON" symbol is used to mark the p osition of the analyzer's line p ower
switch.
The \STANDBY" symbol is used to mark the position of the analyzer's power
switch.
1-2 General Information