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Atec Agilent-N5072A Series User Manual

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Group Delay

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Description

Specification
(dB)

Supplemental information

Aperture (selectable)

(frequency span)/(number of points - 1)

Maximum aperture

25% of frequency span

Minimum delay

Limited to measuring no more than 180° of
phase change within the minimum aperture.

Accuracy

See graph below (Typical)

The following graph shows group delay accuracy with type-N connectors, full 2-port calibration and a 10 Hz IF bandwidth.

• Calibration kit (85032F).

• Insertion loss is assumed to be < 2 dB.

In general, the following formula can be used to determine the accuracy
(in seconds) of a specific group delay measurement:
± phase accuracy (degrees)/[360 x aperture (Hz)]

1. Group delay is computed by measuring the phase change within a specifi ed step

(determined by the frequency span and the number of points per sweep).

Figure 11. Group delay

0.001

0.01

0.1

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10

100

0.01

0.1

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10

100

Accuracy (nSec)

Aperture (MHz)

Group Delay