| Frequency Range |
40 MHz to 40 GHz |
| Number of channels |
Four measurement channels |
| Parameters |
S11, S21, S12, S22, or user defined; analog voltage input; complex input and output impedance; complex input and output admittance; complex forward and reverse transmission |
| Domains |
Frequency domain, CW draw, and optional high speed time domain |
| Formats |
Log magnitude, phase, log magnitude and phase, Smith chart (impedance), Smith chart (admittance), linear polar, log polar, group delay, linear magnitude, linear magnitude and phase, real, imaginary, real and imaginary, and SWR |
| Data points |
1601 maximum. System also accepts an arbitrary set of N discrete data points where 2≤N≤1601. CW mode permits selection of a single point. |
| Reference delay |
Can be entered in time or in distance. Automatic reference delay adds the correct electrical length compensation at the push of a button. Software compensation for the electrical length difference between the reference and test is accurate and stable since measurement frequencies are always synthesized. |
| Reference offset |
Magnitude and phase |
| Markers |
Six independent markers can be used to read out measurement data. In delta-reference mode, any one marker can be selected as the reference for the other five. Markers can automatically find critical filter parameters i.e. 3 dB bandwidth, loss, center frequency, shape factor and Q. |
| Marker sweep |
Sweeps upward in frequency between any two markers. Recalibration is not required during the marker sweep. |
| Limits |
Two limit lines per data trace to indicate test limits. Limits can be either single or segmented limits for testing devices pass-fail. |
| Measurement dynamic range |
Table 1 gives receiver dynamic range as the ratio of maximum signal level at Port 2 (or individual sampler input) to the noise floor. |
| Data averaging |
Averaging of 1 to 4096 averages per data point can be selected |
| IF bandwidth |
Front panel switch selects four levels of IF bandwidth: 10 kHz, 1 kHz, 100 Hz and 10 Hz |