Boonton Power Sensor User Manual
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Contents
Paragraph
Page
1
Introduction
1
1-1
Overview
1
1-2
Sensor Trade-offs
1
1-3
Calibration and Traceability
3
2
Power Sensor Characteristics
5
3
Power Sensor Uncertainty Factors
17
4
Low Response
28
and Standing-Wave-Ratio (SWR) Data
5
Pulsed RF Power
32
5-1
Pulsed RF Power Operation
32
5-2
Pulsed RF Operation Thermocouple Sensors
33
5-3
Pulsed RF Operation Diode Sensors
34
6
Calculating Measurement Uncertainty
35
6-1
Measurement Accuracy
35
6-2 Uncertainty
Contributions
36
6-3
Discussion of Uncertainty Terms
36
6-4
Sample Uncertainty Calculations
41
7
Warranty
47
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