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

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

Power

Test IF

Power

Ref IF

Power Power

Input

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

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