Anritsu VectorStar ME7828A Series User manual

Quick Start Guide
VectorStar™ ME7828A Series
Broadband/Millimeter Wave System
High Performance Vector Network Analysis Measurement System
from 10 MHz to 110 GHz
This quick start guide provides a brief overview of the ME7828A System assembly. Refer to the VectorStar™
ME7828A Series Broadband/Millimeter Wave System Installation Guide, found on the CD-ROM, for important
safety and compliance information and for more details about the assembly, configuration, setup, and test of
the equipment.
1. Installing the Instruments into the Console
Figure 1. System Overview
VectorStar
MS4640A Series
VNA
3738A Broadband
Test Set
3742A-EW T-R
Module WR-10
66670-3 WR-10
Left Coupler
MG37022A
Signal Generator
LO Source
(GPIB Address: 4)
MG37022A
Signal Generator
RF Source
(GPIB Address: 5)
3700C3 Floor
Console
Blank Panel
3742A-EW T-R
Module WR-10
66671-3 WR-10
Right Coupler
Console Table
Blank Panel
Floor Console
Drawer
Anritsu Company
490 Jarvis Drive
Morgan Hill, CA 95037-2809
USA
Part Number: 10410-00289
Revision: B
Published: June 2009
Copyright 2007-2009 Anritsu Company

QSG-2 PN: 10410-00289 Rev. B ME7828A QSG
2. Assembling the Console Table
3. Connecting the Rear Panel Control and BNC Cabling
The illustration below shows the rear panel control and GPIB cabling between the MS4640A Series VNA and
the 3738A Test Set (left), and the BNC cabling between the MS4040A Series VNA and the two MG37022A
Signal Generators (right).
Figure 2. Console Table Assembly
Figure 3. Rear Panel Cabling
10 MHz Ref In
Lock Status Out
Ext Trig
BNC Tees
M-F-F (3 each)
10 MHz Out
10 MHz Ref In
Lock Status Out
Ext Trig
Lock Status
Trigger Out
MS4640A
VNA
3738A
Test Set
MG37022A
Signal
Generator
MG37022A
Signal
Generator
External I/O
a1 b1 a2 b2 IF Inputs/Outputs
a2 a1
Control Inputs
IF Outputs
b2 b1
Rear Panel
Control
Cable
IEEE-488 GPIB (Address: 4)
Dedicated GPIB
IEEE-488 GPIB (Address: 5)

ME7828A QSG PN: 10410-00289 Rev. B QSG-3
4. Connecting the Test Set to the Signal Generators and WR-10 mmW
Modules
The illustration below shows the RF and LO cables between the Signal Generators and the Test Set, and the
54094 Cable Assembly connection between the Test Set and the WR-10 mmW modules.
The upper MG37022A Signal Generator used for the LO must be set to a GPIB Address of 4.
The lower MG37022A Signal Generator used for the RF must be set to a GPIB Address of 5.
Figure 4. Test Set to MG37022A and WR-10 mmW Module Connections
MS4640A
VNA
3738A
Test Set
MG37022A
Signal
Generator
Test IF Ref IF Test IF Ref IF
RF LO RF LO
Ref IF
RF
Power
LO
Test IF
Test IF
LO
Power
RF
Ref IF
Power Power
RF
Input
LO
Input
RF Output
RF Output
3742A-EW
T-R Module
3742A-EW
T-R Module
54094 Cable
Assembly
54094 Cable
Assembly

QSG-4 PN: 10410-00289 Rev. B ME7828A QSG
5. Connecting the VNA to the 3642A-EW Combiners
The illustration below shows the MS4640A b1 and b2 input and Port 1 and Port 2 output connections to the
3742A-EW Combiners.
Figure 5. VNA to Combiner/Coupler Cable Connections
Port 2 b2 Input
MS4640A
VNA
3738A Test Set
b1 Input Port 1
66670-3
Left
Combiner
66671-3
Right
Combiner
3742A-EW
T-R Module
3742A-EW
T-R Module
b1 V (m-m) Cable
806-207
b2 V (m-m) Cable
806-207
P1/Source
V (m-f) Cable
806-207
P2/Source
V (m-f) Cable
806-207
b Out
Source
b Out
Source