Agilent Technologies E5100A User manual

Agilent E5100A/B Network Analyzer
User's Guide
SERIAL NUMBERS
This manual applies directly to instruments which has the serial
number prex JP2KC,JP3KC,JP4KC,JP5KC and MY405, or rmware
revision 2.xx and 3.xx.
For additional important information about serial numbers
,read
\Serial Number" in Appendix A.
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Safety Summary
The following general safety precautions must be observed during all
phases of operation, service, and repair of this instrument. F
ailure to
comply with these precautions or with specic
WARNINGS
elsewhere
in this manual may impair the protection provided by the equipment.
In addition it violates safety standards of design, manufacture
,and
intended use of the instrument.
The Agilent Technologies assumes no liability for the customer's
failure to comply with these requirements.
Note
E5100A/B complies with INST
ALLA
TION CA
TEGORY II and
POLLUTION DEGREE 2in IEC1010-1. E5100A/B is INDOOR USE
product.
Note
LEDs in E5100A/B are Class 1 in accordance with IEC825-1.
CLASS 1LED PRODUCT
Ground The Instrument
T
oavoid electric shock hazard, the instrument chassis and cabinet
must be connected to a safety earth ground by the supplied power
cable with earth blade
.
DO NOT Operate In An Explosive Atmosphere
Do not operate the instrument in the presence of ammable gasses or
fumes
.Operation of any electrical instrument in such an environment
constitutes adenite safety hazard.
K
eep A
way From Live Circuits
Operating personnel must not remove instrument covers
.Component
replacement and internal adjustments must be made by qualied
maintenance personnel. Do not replace components with the power
cable connected. Under certain conditions
,dangerous voltages may
exist even with the power cable removed. T
oavoid injuries
, always
disconnect power and discharge circuits before touching them.
DO NOT Service Or A
djust Alone
Do not attempt internal service or adjustment unless another person,
capable of rendering rst aid and resuscitation, is present.
DO NOT Substitute P
arts Or Modify Instrument
Because of the danger of introducing additional hazards
, do not
install substitute parts or perform unauthorized modications to the
instrument. Return the instrument to a Agilent Technologies Sales and
Service Oce for service and repair to ensure that safety features are
maintained.
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Dangerous Procedure W
arnings
W
arnings
,such as the example below
,precede potentially dangerous
procedures throughout this manual. Instructions contained in the
warnings must be followed.
W
arning
Dangerous voltages
,capable of causing death, are present in this
instrument. Use extreme caution when handling, testing, and
adjusting this instrument.
v

Typeface Conventions
Bold
Boldface type is used when a term is dened.
F
or example:
icons are symbols.
Italics
Italic type is used for emphasis and for titles
of manuals and other publications
.
Italic type is also used for keyboard entries
when a name or a variable must be typed in
place of the words in italics. For example:
copy
lename means to type the word
copy ,
to type a space, and then to type the name of
ale such as
file1
.
Computer
Computer font is used for on-screen prompts
and messages.
4
HARDKEYS
5
Labeled keys on the instrument front panel
are enclosed in
45
.
NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
SOFTKEYS
Softkeys located to the right of the LCD are
enclosed in
NNNNN
.
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Certication
Agilent Technologies certies that this product met its published
specications at the time of shipment from the factory
. Agilent
T
echnologies further certies that its calibration measurements are
traceable to the United States National Institute of Standards and
T
echnology, to the extent allowed by the Institution's calibration
facility
,orto the calibration facilities of other International Standards
Organization members.
Warranty
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echnologies instrument product is warranted against
defects in material and workmanship for aperiod of one year from
the date of shipment, except that in the case of certain components
listed in
General Information
of this manual, the warranty shall
be for the specied period. During the warranty period, Agilent
T
echnologies will, at its option, either repair or replace products that
prove to be defective
.
For warranty service or repair
,this product must be returned to a
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echnologies
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arranty
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,
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Exclusive Remedies
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indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages
, whether based
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or any assistance
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Safety Symbols
General denitions of safety symbols used on equipment or in manuals
are listed below
.
Instruction manual symbol: the product is marked
with this symbol when it is necessary for the user to
refer to the instruction manual.
Alternating current.
Direct current.
On (Supply).
O (Supply).
In position of push-button switch.
Out position of push-button switch.
Frame (or chassis) terminal. Aconnection to the
frame (chassis) of the equipment which normally
include all exposed metal structures
.
This
W
arning
sign denotes ahazard. It calls attention
to aprocedure
,practice
,condition or the like, which,
if not correctly performed or adhered to
,could result
in injury or death to personnel.
This
Caution
sign denotes a hazard. It calls attention
to aprocedure
,practice, condition or the like
,which,
if not correctly performed or adhered to
,could result
in damage to or destruction of part or all of the
product.
This
Note
sigh denotes important information. It
calls attention to aprocedure
,practice
,condition or
the like, which is essential to highlight.
Axed to product containing static sensitive devices
use anti-static handling procedures to prevent
electrostatic discharge damage to component.
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Documentation Guide
Please refer to the following manuals for the operation of the
analyzer where necessarily.
User's Guide (Option AB
Aonly) (Agilent P
art Number E5100-900X1)
This documents explains the method to set up and basic operations of E5100A/B in
simple steps
.
Function Reference (Option ABAonly) (Agilent Part Number E5100-900X0)
The Function Reference describes all function accessed from the front panel keys and
softkeys
.It also provides information on options and accessories available, specications,
system performance
,and some topics about the analyzer's features
.
Programming Manual (Option AB
Aonly) (Agilent P
art Number E5100-900X7)
The Programming Manual shows how to write and use B
ASIC program to control the
analyzer and provides a summary of all available GPIB commands
.
Instrument B
ASIC Users Handbook (Option AB
Aonly) (Agilent P
art Number
04155-90150)
The Instrument B
ASIC Users Handbook introduces you to the Instrument B
ASIC
programming language
,provide some helpful hints on getting the most use from it, and
provide ageneral programming reference
.It is divided into three books
,
Programming
T
echniques
,
Interface T
echniques
,and
Language R
eference
.
Service Manual (Option 0B
Wonly), (Agilent P
art Number E5100-901X0)
The Service Manual explains how to adjust, troubleshoot, and repair the instrument.
This manual is option 0BW only
.
The number indicated by \x" in the part number of each manual, is
incremented by 1 each time arevision is made
.The latest edition
comes with the product.
x

Contents
1. Introduction
Overview of E5100A/B ................ 1-1
Overview .....................1-2
2. Front and Rear P
anel
Front P
anel ..............
..
..
...2-1
1. Front P
anel Keys and Softkeys .......... 2-2
Softkeys that are Joined by V
ertical Lines .....2-2
Softkeys That T
oggle On or O ..........2-2
Softkeys that Show Status Indications in Brackets .2-2
2. Built-in Flexible Disk Drive ............2-3
3.
4
Preset
5
................
..
..
..2-3
4. PROBE POWER Connector ............2-3
5. Inputs R, A, B
,and C............2-3
6. RF OUT Connector ................2-3
7. LINE Switch ...................2-3
Screen display ....................2-3
1. Channel Number .................2-4
2. Trace Number ..................2-4
3. Measured Input(s) ................2-4
4. F
ormat ..............
..
.....2-4
5. T
op and Bottom V
alue ..........
..
..2-4
6. Reference Level ................ .2-5
7. Marker Data Readout ...........
..
.2-5
8. Marker Stimulus ........ .. .......2-5
9. Trace number ........ .. ........2-5
10. Service Notation ........ .. .. ....2-5
11. Stimulus V
alue ....... .. .. ......2-5
12. Sweep Notations ....
..
..
..
..
..
.. 2-5
13. Reference P
osition .......
........2-5
14. Status Notations ..............
.. 2-5
Rear P
anel F
eatures and Connectors . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
1. Reference Oven Output (Option 1D5 Only) . . . . . 2-6
2. External Program RUN/CONT Input . . . . . . . . 2-6
3. P
ower.... .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. .. . 2-7
4. External Reference Input ............ 2-7
5. Internal Reference Output ..
.......... 2-7
6. External Trigger Input . . . .... .. .. .. . 2-7
7. GPIB Interface .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . 2-7
8. Printer Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
9. Video Outputs (VGA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
10. DIN Keyboard Connector ............ 2-7
11. I/O Port .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2-7
Contents-1

3. Installation and Set Up Guide
Incoming Inspection . ............... . 3-1
P
ower Cable ............... .. .. .. 3-3
P
ower Requirements .............
..
.. 3-5
Providing clearance to dissipate heat at installation site .3-5
Instruction for Cleaning ............... . 3-6
Rack/Handle Installation ............... 3-6
Option 1CN Handle Kit ............
..
. 3-7
Installing the Handle .............
.. 3-7
Option 1CM Rack Mount Kit ............. 3-7
Mounting the Rack .............
..
. 3-7
Option 1CP Rack Mount &Handle Kit .....
..
. 3-7
Mounting the Handle and Rack ......... . 3-7
Connecting aBNC A
dapter (Option 1D5 Only) ..... 3-8
Connecting aKeyboard (Option 1F0 only) ....... 3-8
Connecting aVGA Monitor ..........
..
.. 3-9
4. Quick Start Guide
Overview ......................4-1
Required Equipment ................ 4-2
Step1 :Preparing for ameasurement .......4-3
Step 2:Turning ON the analyzer ...........4-4
Line Input Receptacle ................4-4
Fuse .....................4-4
Steps to turn on the power .............4-4
Step3 :Setting up the Analyzer . ...........4-5
Setting the function ................4-5
Selecting the input ports ..............4-5
Selecting the measurement format ..........4-5
Setting the frequency range .............4-5
Performing the automatic scaling ..........4-5
Setting the IF band width ..............4-5
Step4 : Making a calibration .............4-6
P
erforming aResponse Calibration ..........4-6
Step5 :Reading ameasurement result .........4-7
Reading ameasured value by using marker ......4-7
Analyzing a lter parameter ........... .. 4-7
5. Analyzer F
eature Tutorial
Multi-channel Measurement Tutorial . . . . . . .... 5-1
To setup measurement .... .. .. .. .. . .. 5-1
To make response calibration .. .. . ....... 5-1
To measure dut . . . . . . . ............ 5-2
To display the trace of all channel . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
To measure a dut on dierent sweep parameter
..... 5-2
To setup measurement .... .. .. .. .. . .. 5-2
To make response calibration ............ 5-3
To measure dut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
To display the trace of all channel . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
To split the display graticule . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
To make list sweep .................. 5-4
To create sweep List ................ 5-4
To perform list sweep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
Contents-2

T
o increace Dynamic Range Enhancement ......5-6
Use of Order Base Display Mode ..........
.5-7
Disk Drive Tutorial ............... .. .5-8
Selecting Storage Devices .............
.5-8
T
o save le to aoppy disk .......... .. .5-8
T
o save le to aRAM disk ............ .. 5-9
T
orecall ale ...........
..
..
..
..5-9
T
ochange working directory ...........
. 5-10
T
orecall ale at power on ........
..
..
.5-10
A. Manual Changes
Introduction ............. .. .. ....A
-1
Manual Changes ............ .. .. ...A
-1
Serial Number .............. .. ....A
-2
Index
Contents-3

Figures
1-1. Overview of E5100A ................ 1-2
1-2. Overview of E5100B ................ 1-2
2-1. Analyzer Front P
anel ................ 2-1
2-2. Screen Display ................... 2-4
2-3. Analyzer Rear P
anel ................2-6
3-1. P
ower Cable Supplied ................ 3-4
3-2. Rack Mount Kits Installation ............3-6
3-3. Connecting aBNC A
dapter ............. 3-8
3-4. Connecting aKeyboard ...............3-9
3-5. Connecting aVGA Monitor .............3-9
4-1. Required Equipment ................4-2
4-2. Connection of Measurement Cables .........4-3
4-3. Line Input Receptacle and Fuse ...........4-4
5-1. Sweep List Edit Display ...............5-5
5-2. List Sweep Measurement ..............5-6
5-3. List Sweep Example (Dynamic Range Enhancement) .5-7
A
-1. Serial Number Plate (Sample) ...........
.A
-2
T
ables
3-1. E5100A/B Contents ................
. 3-2
3-2. ................
..
..
..
....3-5
3-3. Rack Mount Kits ...............
..
. 3-6
A
-1. Manual Changes by Serial Number ...... ..
..A
-1
A
-2. Manual Changes by Firmware V
ersion ...
..
..
. A
-1
Contents-4

1
Introduction
This manual explains setting up and starting the analyzer
,basic
measuring procedure
.
Overview of E5100A/B
E5100A/B is a10 kHz to 300 MHz network analyzer tted for
production lines of electric component manufactures
.
E5100A/B has the following features:
Frequency range from 10 kHz to 300 MHz.
0.04 ms/point (fastest) measurement speed
Ramp sweep and step sweep
Fine resolution IFBW (10 Hz to 30 kHz with 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8
steps)
Stable measurements (120 dB dynamic range @1 kHz IF BW)
T
oprovide fast waveform analysis commands
3-mode DOS exible disk drive (720 kbyte
,1.2 Mbyte
,and 1.44
Mbyte)
Introduction 1-1

Overview
Figure 1-1. Overview of E5100A
Figure 1-2. Overview of E5100B
1-2 Introduction

2
Front and Rear Panel
This chapter describes the features of the front and rear panels of the
analyzer
.It provides illustrations and descriptions of the front panel
features
,the LCD display and its labels
,and the rear panel features
and connectors
.
Front P
anel
Analyzer functions are activated from the front panel (Figure 2-1)by
using the front panel hardkeys or softkeys
.
Figure 2-1. Analyzer Front Panel
Front and Rear Panel 2-1

1. Front P
anel K
eys and Softkeys
Some of the front panel keys change instrument functions directly
,
and others provide access to additional functions available in softkey
menus
.Softkey menus are lists of up to eight related functions that
can be displayed in the softkey label area at the right-hand side of
the display
.The eight keys to the right of the LCD are the softkeys.
Pressing one of the softkeys selects the adjacent menu function. This
either executes the labeled function and makes it the active function,
causes instrument status information to be displayed, or presents
another softkey menu.
Some of the analyzer's menus are accessed directly from front panel
keys and some from other menus
.F
or example
,thesweep menu
accessed by pressing the
4
Sw
eep
5
key presents all the sweep functions
such as sweep type
, number of points
,andsweep time
.Pressing
NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
NUMBER of POINTS
allows the required number of points displayed
per sweep to be entered directly from the number pad.
NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
RETURN
softkeys return to previous menus
.
NNNNNNNNNNNNNN
DONE
indicates completion of a
specic procedure and then returns to an earlier menu.
Usually, when amenu changes
,the present active function is cleared.
Softkeys that are Joined by V
ertical Lines
When several possible choices are available for afunction, the
softkeys are joined by vertical lines
.F
or example
,trigger menu under
the
4
T
rigger
5
key
,the available inputs are listed:
NNNNNNNNNNNNNN
HOLD
,
NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
SINGLE
,
NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
CONTINUOUS
with avertical line between them. Note that only one
softkey can be selected at atime
.When aselection has been made
from the listed alternatives
,that selection is underlined until another
selection is made
.
Softkeys That T
oggle On or O
Some softkey functions can be toggled
on
or
off ,for example
averaging. This is indicated in the softkey label. The current state
,
on
or off
,is
capitalized in the softkey label.
Example:
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
SMOOTHING ON off
The word on is capitalized, showing that
smoothing is currently on.
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
SMOOTHING on OFF
The word o is capitalized, showing that
smoothing is currently o.
Softkeys that Show Status Indications in Brackets
Some softkey labels show the current status of a function in brackets
.
These include simple toggle functions and status-only indicators.
An example of a toggled function is the
NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
SWEEP DIR [UP] or
NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
SWEEP DIR [DOWN] softkey. The
NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
TRIG EVENT [ ] softkey is an
example of a status-only indicator, where the selected equation of the
data math function is shown in brackets in the softkey label.
2-2 Front and Rear Panel

2. Built-in Flexible Disk Drive
Stores the measurement data, instrument status
,and HP Instrument
B
ASIC programs
.The applicable disk format is DOS (disk operating
system) format.
3.
4
Preset
5
This key returns the instrument to aknown standard preset state
from any step of any manual procedure
.
4. PROBE PO
WER Connector
This connector (fused inside the instrument) supplies power to an
active probe for in-circuit measurements of A
Ccircuits.
5. Inputs R, A, B
,and C
These inputs receive signals from source or DUT
.The Rinput is
used as the reference input. The number of inputs is depends on
the option. The input impedance of each input is 50 . When the
analyzer is equipped with option 101 or 301, the input impedance can
be selected, 50 or 1M.
INST
ALLA
TION CA
TEGORY I
6. RF OUT Connector
These two connecters output the RF signal. The same RF signals are
outputted from these two connector because the power splitter is
builted in the analyzer
.The output impedance at this connector is 50
. When the analyzer is equipped with the option 001, the output is
changed to single
.When the analyzer is equipped with option 003, the
switch is installed instead of the power splitter.
7. LINE Switch
This controls ac power to the analyzer
.
1
is
on
,
0
is
off
.
Screen display
Displays agrid on which the measurement data is plotted, the
currently selected measurement traces
,and other information
describing the measurement. Figure 2-3 shows the locations of the
dierent information labels
.
In addition to the full-screen display shown in Figure 2-3, a split
display is available
.In
this case
, information labels are provided for
each half of the display
.
The screen can also be used as the HP Instrument B
ASIC display
.HP
Instrument B
ASIC uses either a full-screen display or a half-screen
display below the graticule display as a text screen.
Front and Rear Panel 2-3

Figure 2-2. Screen Display
1. Channel Number
Highlights the displayed channel number
.The active channel is
indicated by reverse display characters
.
2. Trace Number
Displays trace numbers
.The active trace is indicated by asmall
triangle to the left of the trace number
.
3. Measured Input(s)
Shows the input or ratio of inputs currently measured as selected
using
NNNNNNNNNNNNNN
Meas
under the
4
Meas/F
o
rmat
5
key
.The measured inputs is shown
when the function is set to gain-phase
4. F
ormat
Shows the format selected using
NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
Format
under the
4
Meas/F
ormat
5
key
.
5. T
op and Bottom V
alue
Displays the top and bottom values of the grid selected by
NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
SCALE MENU
under the
4
Display
5 key. When the function is set to
impedance measurement and the Y-axis is set to log format, the grid
scale is not scale/div format but top and bottom format.
2-4 Front and Rear Panel