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Table of Contents
Introduction ..........................................................................................................................3
Device Types ........................................................................................................................4
Pulsed-RF Measurement Types ................................................................................5
Pulsed-RF Detection Techniques ..............................................................................6
Wideband detection ...........................................................................................................7
Narrowband detection ....................................................................................................... 8
Pulsed-RF S-parameter Measurements Using PNA-X .................................9
PNA-X pulse system ..........................................................................................................9
PNA-X hardware overview ...............................................................................................9
PNA-X IF paths.................................................................................................................10
Internal pulse generators ................................................................................................ 10
Internal pulse modulators ...............................................................................................11
Pulse I/O ..........................................................................................................................11
Pulse system delays ........................................................................................................12
Setting up measurements using Pulsed-RF measurement application ...................... 14
PNA-X wideband pulse measurements ......................................................................16
Wideband pulse data acquisition ...................................................................................16
Synchronizing pulsed-RF stimulus and measurements ...............................................19
Wideband pulse system dynamic range ........................................................................23
PNA-X narrowband pulse measurements ..................................................................24
Narrowband filter path with crystal filter ...................................................................... 24
Software gating ...............................................................................................................26
Digital filter nulling ..........................................................................................................28
Active-Device Measurements with Calibrated Stimulus ..........................29
Power leveling modes ......................................................................................................29
Accurate pulsed stimulus using receiver leveling ....................................................30
Pulsed stimulus power calibration .................................................................................30
Receiver leveling with wideband detection ................................................................... 31
Receiver leveling with narrowband detection ...............................................................33
Swept-power measurement examples ........................................................................35
Improving stimulus power level accuracy in pulse profile measurements .........36
Compression vs. Frequency Measurements in Pulse Mode ..................37
Two-tone IMD measurements in Pulse Mode ................................................39
Additional Resources ....................................................................................................42
Application note ................................................................................................................42
Web ......................................................................................................................................42