User`s guide

Agilent E5505A User’s Guide 3
Contents
1 Getting Started
Introduction 26
Documentation Map 27
Table 1. E5505A user’s guide map 27
Additional Documentation 28
Figure 1. Navigate to system documentation 28
System Overview 29
Figure 2. E5505A benchtop system, typical configuration 30
Table 2. Equivalent system/instrument model numbers 30
2 Introduction and Measurement
Introducing the GUI 32
Figure 3. E5500 graphical user interface (GUI) 33
Designing to Meet Your Needs 34
Beginning 34
E5505A Operation: A Guided Tour 35
Required equipment 35
How to begin 35
Powering the System On 36
To power on a racked system 36
To power on a benchtop system 36
Starting the Measurement Software 37
Figure 4. Navigation to the E5500 user interface 37
Figure 5. Phase noise measurement subsystem main screen 38
Performing a Confidence Test 39
Figure 6. Opening the file containing pre-stored parameters 39
Figure 7. Navigating to the Define Measurement window 40
Beginning a measurement 40
Figure 8. Navigating to the New Measurement window 40
Figure 9. Confirm new measurement 41
Figure 10. Setup diagram displayed during the confidence test. 41
Making a measurement 42
Figure 11. Typical phase noise curve for test set confidence test 42
Sweep segments 42
Congratulations 43