User`s guide

Getting Started with Return Loss
12 Agilent 81610A/11A/12A/13A/14A Return Loss Module, Fifth Edition
This chapter describes the use of use the Agilent 81610A Return Loss
module.
Here you will find:
• an introduction to the features of the module, its front panel, and
connectors.
• a brief explanation of the terms Return Loss and Insertion Loss,
• a description of how to use the module to measure Return Loss and
Insertion Loss,
• a brief discussion of the theoretical background to Return Loss
measurements using Agilent 8161x series Return Loss modules.