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

able of Conten

1. General Information

Safet

yConsiderations .. . . . . . ..................1-2

The HP 8757D Analyzer ................. . . . . . ..1-6

T/LCD A

ttributes ........ . . . . . ...........1-6

Displa

ys . . . . . . .................... . . . . 1-6

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

tro duction .... . ........................ 2-1

Initial Insp ection ............ . ..............2-2

Operating En

vironmen

t................. . ......2-3

Electrostatic Disc

harge . . . . ...................2-4

er Requiremen

ts ..... . . . ..................2-5

Chec

king the Line V

oltage and F

use ....... . . . . . . . ....2-5

Chec

king the Po

er Cable ................. . . . . . 2-6

Equipmen

tRequired But Not Supplied . . . . . . ...........2-7

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

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

e/Recall ...... . . . . . . . ........23

7. Special F

unctions . . . . . .................. . . 25

A. A

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

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

Con

ten

ts ... . ... . . . .................. . . . 1

Man

ual Operation ......... . . . . . . . ..........2

Line P

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

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

er Calibration Error Messages .. . . . . . . . ..........13

Detector Error Messages (HP 85037A/B only . ..............14

On-Site Service -Calibration ............ . . . . . . . ..14

Connector Care

Principles of Micro

eConnector Care|Quic

kReference Card ......

Glossary

Contents-3

General Information

This c

hapter pro

vides information on the follo

wing topics:

general safet

y considerations

serial n

bers

analyzer description

wer calibrator option

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

prevent electric shock, o not remo

eco

ers.

arning

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

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

standards. Before y

ou operate this analyzer, review the pro duct and related do cumen

tation.

Become familiar with safet

ymarkings and instructions.

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

able of Con

ten

ts).

Indicates hazardous v

oltages.

Indicates earth (ground) terminal.

The CE mark is the registered trademark of the European Communit

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.

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