Datasheet

Performance Verification
This chapter contains performance verification procedures for the s pecifications
marked with the 9 symbol. The following equipment, or a suitable equivalent, is
required to c
omplete these procedures.
Table 2-1: Recommended Equipment
Equipment Requirements Example
Frequency
Standard
Accuracy 5X better than the timebase being tested
Output Amplitude ≥0.5 V
rms
(1.4 V
p-p
)
6×10
-11
required for the ultra high stability timebase
Spectracom/Pendulum 6689
Frequency Standard
Signal source
(Function
generator)
1 channel at 200 MHz or better
Signal noise at 1 V output < –40 dBc
External reference input
Tektronix AFG3251 or AFG3252
Microwave signal
source
40 GHz operation
Frequency accuracy better than 1%
Amplitude accuracy better than 1.5 dB
Output range –50 dBm to +7 dBm
Gigatronics 2440C Signal Source with
Option 18,and Option 26C
Digital multimeter
1% measurement accuracy of resistance near 1 MΩ
0.5% measurement accuracy on A C Volts at 1 0 mV
Tektronix DMM4020
Oscilloscope 100 MHz Bandwidth, 5 mV/div and up Tektronix DPO3012 Oscilloscope
Power meter
40 GHz operation
VSWR < 1.37 at 40 GHz
Maximum power +7 dB
Minimum power –10 dB
200MHzto40GHz
Linearity Error < ±0.35 dB from –10 dBm to +10 dBm
R&S NRVS Power Meter with
NRV-Z15 Sensor
Power splitter
DC to 40 GHz
Type K connector
Male input connection
Female output connections
Insertion loss < 8.5 dB at 40 GHz SWR < 2
Anritsu K241C
Adapter
SMA female to SMA female
Tektronix part number 015-1012-XX
Adapter
BNC to Banana Plug adapter
Tektronix part number 012-1450-XX
Adapter Type N male to 2.92 male connector
20 GHz operation
Fairview Microwave SM3140
FCA3000, FCA3100, and MCA3000 Series Specifications and Performance Verification 2–1