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The Complete ac Power
Test Solution
Since your product will have to
operate in the real world of unpre-
dictable ac power, you need to
design and verify its correct opera-
tion under a wide range of ac power
inputs. Brownouts, dropouts, sags,
and other irregularities are not
unusual in many communities
today. Agilent ac sources have the
features needed to easily accom-
plish this test goal either in an R&D
environment or on the manufactur-
ing test floor. If you plan to sell your
products in a worldwide market,
you will also need to test them at
the line voltages and frequencies
that they will eventually operate at.
There is also additional testing
needed to meet regulatory require-
ments for sale into some countries.
Agilent ac sources offer a complete
solution for ac power testing, help-
ing you to simplify this important
task. These instruments combine
the features of a power amplifier
and arbitrary waveform generator
to give you the ability to do all of
the tests that you need. There are
many standard preprogrammed
waveforms, or you can use the
transient generation system to sim-
ulate sophisticated and repeatable
ac line disturbances. dc power can
also be generated, either as a dc
offset or as a pure dc signal.
Powerful Built-in
Measurement Capabilities
Agilent ac sources have extensive
16-bit precision measurement
capabilities which would normally
require a number of complex
measurement instruments, includ-
ing a DMM (digital multimeter),
oscilloscope, power analyzer, and
harmonic analyzer. The precision
measurements include:
• rms, dc, ac + dc voltage
and current
• peak voltage and current
• real, apparent, and
reactive power
• harmonic analysis of voltage and
current waveforms providing
amplitude and phase up to the
50th harmonic
• THD (total harmonic distortion)
• Triggered acquisition of digitized
voltage and current
Using the measurement capabilities
of an Agilent ac source simplifies
your test setups and helps you
obtain accurate data quickly.
Dual Power Analyzer
Option 020
The powerful built-in power meter/
analyzer in Agilent ac sources
provides everything that you need
to make ac measurements at the ac
input to your DUT. For many test
scenarios, this is the extent of the
ac analysis required.
Some test scenarios, however,
require ac measurements to be
made at both the ac input and the
ac output of the DUT. Option
020 provides an additional power
analyzer, complete with a precision
current shunt, which can be
connected anywhere you need it.
This second analyzer can even be
used for tests where the ac source
is not providing power, thus
expanding the usefulness of this
instrument to many more test
configurations. The additional
analyzer is equivalent in specifica-
tions and capabilities to the stan-
dard analyzer.
Agilent ac Power Source/Analyzers an integrated ac power solution
Power Products Catalog 2002-2003 For more detailed specifications see the product manual at www.agilent.com/find/power
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Provides a complete ac and dc power and measurement solution
Protect valuable DUTs with extensive protection features
Easy to use Graphical User Interface (GUI)
6811B, 6812B, 6813B
ac Power Source/Analyzers:
375-1750 VA