HP Agilent 8757D User manual

Operating Manual
8757D Scalar Netw
ork Analyzer
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HP Part No. 08757-90109 Master Set part number 08757-90107
Printe in USA November 2000 Superse es March 1993

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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 Op eration .................... . 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
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3. Operation
HP/Agilen
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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 Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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
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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
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prevent electric shock, o not remo
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Warning
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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
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Caution
Alwa
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Cpo
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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
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standards. Before y
ou operate this analyzer, review the pro duct and related documen
tation.
Become familiar with safet
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Instruction man
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bol: the pro duct will bemark
ed with this sym
bol
when it is necessary for the user to refer to the instruction man
ual (refer to
T
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ten
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M
Indicates hazardous v
oltages.
K
Indicates earth (ground) terminal.
The CE mark is the registered trademark of the Europ ean Communit
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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" symb ol is used to mark the position of the analyzer's line power
switch.
The \STANDBY" symbol is used to mark the position of the analyzer's power
switch.
1-2 General Information

The A
Csym
bol is used to indicate the required nature of the line mo dule
input po
wer.
The C-Tic
kmark is aregistered trademark of the Australian Sp ectrum
Management Agency.
W
arning
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ARNING sign enotes ahazar . It calls attention to a proce ure, which,
if not correctly performe or a here to, coul result in personal injury
.Do
not procee bey
on aW
ARNING sign until the in icate con itions are fully
un erstoo an met.
Caution
A
Caution
note denotes ahazard. It calls atten
tion to apro cedure, that, if not
correctly performed or adhered to, could result in damage to or destruction
of the pro duct. Do not pro ceed bey
ond a
Caution
note un
til the indicated
conditions are fully understoodand met.
Safety Earth Groun
This is a Safet
y Class Ipro
duct (pro
vided with aprotectiveearthing terminal). An
unin
terruptible safet
yearth ground m
ust bepro
vided from the main po
w
er source to the
pro duct input wiring terminals, po
w
er, cord, or supplied po
w
er cord set. Whenever it is lik
ely
that the protection has been impaired, the product m
ust bemade inop erativeand secured
against an
yunin
tended operation.
Before Applying P
o
w
er
V
erify that the pro duct is con gured to matc
hthe a
vailable main po
w
er source. Refer to the
input po
w
er con guration instructions pro
vided in this man
ual.
If this pro duct is to beused with an autotransformer mak
esure the common terminal is
connected to the neutral (grounded) side of the main supply
.
Servicing
An
yservicing, adjustmen
t, main
tenance, or repair of this pro duct m
ust b ep
erformed only
by quali ed personnel. Capacitors inside this pro duct ma
ystill bec
harged even when
disconnected from their po
w
er source.
Toa
void a re hazard, replacemen
t fuses m
ust ha
ve the required current rating and be of the
type sp eci ed in this man
ual.
General Information 1-3