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Agilent Technologies Agilent 4396B User Manual

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Filter

T

esting

Using

Limit

Lines

The

analyzer

has

limit

line/testing

functions

for

go/no-go

testing.

The

limit

lines

dene

upper

and

lower

limits

.

The

limit

testing

functions

compare

the

measured

data

to

the

limit

lines

and

indicate

the

result.

The

following

example

is

a

practical

method

for

setting

up

limit

lines

to

test

a

bandpass

lter

.

Example

of

Limit

Lines

F

or

Filter

T

esting

This

example

creates

limit

lines

to

test

a

70

MHz

crystal

bandpass

lter

.

Analyzer

Settings

Press

4

Preset

5 .

Then

set

the

analyzer's

controls

as

follows:

Desired

Setting

K

ey

Strokes

A

ctive

Channel

Block

Select

channel

1

4

Chan

1

5

(default)

Measurement

Block

Select

S

21

(or

B/R)

measurement

Press

4

Meas

5

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

Trans:FWD

S21

[B/R]

Select

LOG

MA

G

format

4

F

ormat

5

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

LOG

MAG

(default)

Sweep

Block

Center

frequency

836

MHz

Press

4

Center

5

836

4

M/

5

Span

frequency

100

MHz

Press

4

Span

5

100

4

M/

5

Number

of

points

401

Press

4

MENU

5

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

NUMBER

of

POINTS

401

4

21

5

Creating

Limit

Lines

P

erform

the

following

procedure

(see

Figure

5-20):

5-22

Network

Measurement

Examples