User`s guide
Table Of Contents
- Title Page
- Contents
- Getting Started
- Introduction and Measurement
- Phase Noise Basics
- Expanding Your Measurement Experience
- Starting the Measurement Software
- Using the Asset Manager
- Using the Server Hardware Connections to Specify the Source
- Setting GPIB Addresses
- Testing the 8663A Internal/External 10 MHz
- Testing the 8644B Internal/External 10 MHz
- Viewing Markers
- Omitting Spurs
- Displaying the Parameter Summary
- Exporting Measurement Results
- Absolute Measurement Fundamentals
- Absolute Measurement Examples
- Residual Measurement Fundamentals
- What is Residual Noise?
- Assumptions about Residual Phase Noise Measurements
- Calibrating the Measurement
- Measurement Difficulties
- Residual Measurement Examples
- FM Discriminator Fundamentals
- FM Discriminator Measurement Examples
- AM Noise Measurement Fundamentals
- AM Noise Measurement Examples
- Baseband Noise Measurement Examples
- Evaluating Your Measurement Results
- Advanced Software Features
- Reference Graphs and Tables
- Approximate System Noise Floor vs. R Port Signal Level
- Phase Noise Floor and Region of Validity
- Phase Noise Level of Various Agilent Sources
- Increase in Measured Noise as Ref Source Approaches DUT Noise
- Approximate Sensitivity of Delay Line Discriminator
- AM Calibration
- Voltage Controlled Source Tuning Requirements
- Tune Range of VCO for Center Voltage
- Peak Tuning Range Required by Noise Level
- Phase Lock Loop Bandwidth vs. Peak Tuning Range
- Noise Floor Limits Due to Peak Tuning Range
- Tuning Characteristics of Various VCO Source Options
- 8643A Frequency Limits
- 8644B Frequency Limits
- 8664A Frequency Limits
- 8665A Frequency Limits
- 8665B Frequency Limits
- System Specifications
- System Interconnections
- PC Components Installation
- Overview
- Step 1: Uninstall the current version of Agilent Technologies IO libraries
- Step 2: Uninstall all National Instruments products.
- Step 3: Install the National Instruments VXI software.
- Step 4: Install the National Instruments VISA runtime.
- Step 5: Install software for the NI Data Acquisition Software.
- Step 6: Hardware Installation
- Step 7. Finalize National Instruments Software Installation.
- Step 8: System Interconnections
- Step 9: Install Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package use default settings
- Step 10: Install the Agilent I/O Libraries
- Step 11: Install the E5500 Phase Noise Measurement software.
- Step 12: Asset Configuration
- Step 13: License Key for the Phase Noise Test Set
- Overview
- PC Digitizer Performance Verification
- Preventive Maintenance
- Service, Support, and Safety Information
- Safety and Regulatory Information
- Safety summary
- Equipment Installation
- Environmental conditions
- Before applying power
- Ground the instrument or system
- Fuses and Circuit Breakers
- Maintenance
- Safety symbols and instrument markings
- Regulatory Compliance
- Declaration of Conformity
- Compliance with German noise requirements
- Compliance with Canadian EMC requirements
- Service and Support
- Return Procedure
- Safety and Regulatory Information
Preventive Maintenance
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Agilent E5505A User’s Guide 461
Connector Removal
GPIB Connectors
These are removed by two captured screw, one on each end of the connector;
these usually can be turned by hand. Use a flathead screwdriver if necessary.
GPIB connectors often are stacked two or three deep. When you are removing
multiple GPIB connectors, disconnect each connector one at a time. It is a
good practice to connect them back together even if you have not yet replaced
the instrument; this avoids confusion, especially if more than one instrument
has been removed.
When putting GPIB connectors back on, you must again detach them from one
another and put them on one at a time.
Precision 3.5 mm Connectors
These are precision connectors. Always use care when connecting or
disconnecting this type of connector. When reconnecting, make sure you align
the male connector properly. Carefully join the connectors, being careful not
to cross-thread them.
Loosen precision 3.5 mm connectors on flexible cables by turning the
connector nut counter-clockwise with a 5/16 inch wrench. Always reconnect
using an 8 inch-lb torque wrench (Agilent part number 8720-1765). Semirigid
cables are metal tubes, custom-formed for this system from semirigid coax
cable stock.
3.5 mm Connectors with a gold hex nut
The semirigid cables that go to the RF outputs of some devices have a gold
connector nut. These do not turn. Instead, the RF connector on the instrument
has a cylindrical connector body that turns. To disconnect this type of
connector, turn the connector body on the instrument clockwise. This action
pushes the cable’s connector out of the instrument connector.
To reconnect, align the cable with the connector on the instrument. Turn the
connector body counterclockwise. You may have to move the cable slightly
until alignment is correct for the connectors to mate. When the two connectors
are properly aligned, turning the instrument’s connector body will pull in the
semirigid cable’s connector. Tighten firmly by hand.
3.5 mm connectors with a silver hex nut
All other semirigid cable connectors use a silver-colored nut that can be
turned. To remove this type of connector, turn the silver nut counter-clockwise
with a 5/16 inch wrench.