User`s guide

5-2
Optimizing Measurement Results
Using This Chapter
Using This Chapter
This chapter describes techniques and analyzer functions that help you achieve the best
measurement results. The following topics are included in this chapter:
• Increasing Measurement Accuracy on page 5-4
❏ Interconnecting cables
❏ Improper calibration techniques
❏ Sweeping too fast for electrically long devices
❏ Connector repeatability
❏ Temperature drift
❏ Frequency drift
❏ Performance verification
❏ Reference plane and port extensions
• Maintaining Test Port Output Power During Sweep Retrace on page 5-7
• Making Accurate Measurements of Electrically Long Devices on page 5-8
• Increasing Sweep Speed on page 5-10
• Increasing Dynamic Range on page 5-15
• Reducing Noise on page 5-16
• Reducing Receiver Crosstalk on page 5-18
• Reducing Recall Time on page 5-18