User`s guide

1-2

Making Measurements

Using This Chapter

This chapter contains the following example procedures for making measurements. Mixer

and time domain measurements are covered in Chapter 2 , "Making Mixer Measurements

(Option 089 Only)" and Chapter 3 , “Making Time Domain Measurements.” This chapter

also describes how to use most display, marker, and sequencing functions.

• Making a Basic Measurement on page 1-4

• Measuring Magnitude and Insertion Phase Response on page 1-7

• Measuring Electrical Length and Phase Distortion on page 1-43

— Electrical Length

— Phase Distortion (deviation from linear phase, group delay)

• Characterizing a Duplexer (ES Analyzers Only) on page 1-50

• Measuring Ampliﬁers on page 1-53

— Measuring Harmonics

— Measuring Gain Compression

— Measuring Gain Compression and Reverse Isolation Simultaneously

(ES Analyzers Only)

— Making High Power Measurements (ES Analyzers Only)

• Using the Swept List Mode to Test a Device on page 1-68

• Using Limit Lines to Test a Device on page 1-73

• Using Test Sequencing to Test a Device on page 1-113

The following chapters describe how to use more instrument functions (as indicated by

their chapter titles):

• Chapter 4 , "Printing, Plotting, and Saving Measurement Results"

• Chapter 5 , "Optimizing Measurement Results"

• Chapter 6 , "Calibrating for Increased Measurement Accuracy"