Boonton 4540 Peak Power Meter User Manual Manual de usuario

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Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Contents x MEMory:SNSR:LFLIN? ... 5

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Operation 4-52 4.5.31 Display > Graph Header Menu The Graph header menu is used to customize the text fields a

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Operation 4-53 Table 4-1 Field Parameter Selection List Field Parameter Description Pulse Width Automatic Pulse

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Operation 4-54 4.5.32 Display > Text Mode Menu The Text Mode menu can be used to configure the Modulated text

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Operation 4-55 4.5.33 Display > Text Mode > Ch1|2 Options Menu The Ch1|2 Options menu provides methods for

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Operation 4-56 Main Pg 2 > Display > Text Mode > Ch1|2 Options > Field 2 Chan Description: Select chan

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Operation 4-57 4.5.34 Display > Backlight Menu The Backlight menu provides methods for adjusting backlight and

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Operation 4-58 4.5.35 System Menu The System menu provides access to system configuration, information, and contro

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Operation 4-59 4.5.36 System > I/O Config Menu The I/O Config menu provides access to set GPIB address and con

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Operation 4-60 4.5.37 System > I/O Config > Ethernet Menu The Ethernet menu provides access to configuratio

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Operation 4-61 4.5.38 System > I/O Config > Ethernet > Extensions Menu The Ethernet Extensions menu cont

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Contents xi READ:MARKer:CURsor:POWer? ... 5-50 READ

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Operation 4-62 Main Pg 2 > System > I/O Config > Ethernet > Extensions > MAC Address Description:

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Operation 4-63 4.5.39 System > I/O Config > Multi IO Menu This menu selects the signal to be sent to the Mu

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Operation 4-64 4.5.40 System > I/O Config > Multi IO > IO Mode Status Out Menu This menu selects a TTL c

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Operation 4-65 4.5.41 System > I/O Config > Multi IO > IO Mode Rec Out Menu This menu selects an analog

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Operation 4-66 Main Pg 2 > System > I/O Config > Multi IO > Scaling (Rec Out) Description: Sele

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Operation 4-67 4.5.43 System > I/O Config > Multi IO > IO Mode Trig Out Menu This menu selects trigger r

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Operation 4-68 4.5.44 System > I/O Config > Multi IO > IO Mode Volt Out Menu This menu selects a voltage

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Operation 4-69 4.5.45 System > Calibrator Menu (Internal 50 MHz) The Calibrator Menu is used to select and con

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Operation 4-70 4.5.46 System > Calibrator Menu (External 1 GHz - optional) The Calibrator Menu is used to secl

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Operation 4-71 Main Pg 2 > System > Calibrator > Status Description: This menu item is not implemented a

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Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Operation 4-72 4.5.47 System > Calibrator > Pulse - Preset Menu (Ext 1 GHz - opt.) The pulse menu is speci

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Operation 4-73 4.5.48 System > Calibrator > Pulse - Variable Menu (Ext 1 GHz - opt.) The pulse menu is spe

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Operation 4-74 FFF Fig. 4-62.

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Operation 4-75 4.5.49 System > Reports Menu System Reports are text displays that provide additional informat

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Operation 4-76 Main Pg 2 > System > Reports > Info The Hardware Info Report shows temperature, power sup

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Operation 4-77 Main Pg 2 > System > Reports > Remote Cmds The Remote Commands Report is a list of all 454

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Operation 4-78 4.5.50 System > Servicing Menu This menu accesses various service related functions. Main Pg

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Operation 4-79 4.5.51 System > Servicing > Security Menu This menu provides a means to erase sensitive stor

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Operation 4-80 Main Pg 2 > System > Servicing > Security > Full Sanitize Description: Select

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Operation 4-81 4.5.52 System > Sensor Data Menu This menu provides information about the characteristics and c

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Contents xiii TRIGger:POSition ...

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Operation 4-82 Main Pg 2 > System > Sensor Data > Sensor 2 Info Description: See a typical CW sensor re

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Operation 4-83 4.5.53 Setup Menu This menu provides for system preset with default parameters, pre-defined parame

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Operation 4-84 4.5.54 Setup > Preset Menu This menu provides presets for widely used communications system sig

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Operation 4-85 4.5.55 Setup > User Presets Menu Main Pg 2 > Setup > User Preset > Preset Name Descr

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Operation 4-86 4.6 Cal/Zero Key Menu Pressing thefront panel Cal/Zero key wil

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-1 5. Remote Operation 5.1 GPIB Configuration The 4540 GPIB interface is configured using the

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-2 5.4 SCPI Language The 4540 Series instruments may be remotely controlled using comm

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-3 5.4.5 Command Arguments and Queries Many commands require arguments. In this case, the entir

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-4 :CALCulate:STATe? Query the state of measurement channel 1 (default chan #) :CALC:STAT? Quer

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-5 5.5 Basic Measurement Information The easiest way to obtain a reading is by use of the MEASu

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Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-6 5.6 SCPI Command Reference This section contains a list of all SCPI remote commands accepted

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-7 *ESR? Description: Return the current value of the Standard Event Status Register, then cl

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-8 *OPC? Description: This command examines the OPC (Operation Complete) status fla

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-9 *STB? Description: Return the current value of the Status Byte register. This register ha

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-10 *WAI Description: Wait command. This command insures sequential, non-overlapped executio

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-11 5.6.2 CALCulate Subsystem The CALCulate group of the command subsystem is used to configure

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-12 CALCulate:LIMit:UPPer[:POWer] Description: Set or return the upper limit power level for

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-13 CALCulate:MATH Description: Set or return the signal source or sources combined in an ari

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-14 CALCulate:REFerence:COLLect Description: For the selected channel, make the current powe

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-15 CALCulate:STATe Description: Set or return the measurement state of the selected channel.

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter General Information 1-1 1. General Information This instruction manual provides you with the information you need

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-16 5.6.3 CALibration Subsystem The CALibration group of commands is used to control automatic z

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-17 CALibration[:INTernal]:AUTOcal Description: Performs a multi-point sensor gain calibratio

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-18 5.6.4 DISPlay Subsystem The DISPlay group of commands is used to control the selec

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-19 DISPlay:MODUlated:TIMEBASE Description: Set or return the Modulated Mode timebase in s

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-20 DISPlay:PULSe:TSPAN (Note: This command is supplied for compatibility with the Model

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-21 DISPlay:[TEXt:]LIN:RESolution Description: Set or return the display resolution for

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-22 DISPlay:TRACe:VCENTer Description: Set or return the power or voltage level of the horizo

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-23 5.6.5 FETCh Queries The FETCh? group of queries is used to return specific measurement data

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-24 FETCh:ARRay:AMEAsure:TIMe? Description: Returns an array of the current automatic timing

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-25 FETCh:ARRay:MARKer:POWer? Description: Returns an array of the current marker measurement

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter General Information 1-2 1.2 Description The 4540 Series RF Power Meter is the latest generation of BOON

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-26 FETCh:INTERval:AVERage? Description: For the specified channel, return the average power

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-27 FETCh:INTERval:MINimum? Description: For the specified channel, return the minimum insta

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-28 FETCh:MARKer:CURsor:PERcent? Description: Return the CCDF cursor y-axis position in

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-29 FETCh:MARKer:MINimum? Description: For the specified channel and marker, return the minim

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-30 FETCh:TEMPerature:AVERage? Description: Return the averaged internal temperature of

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-31 5.6.6 INITiate and ABORt Commands The purpose of the INITiate group of commands is to start

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-32 5.6.7 MARKer Subsystem The MARKer group of commands is used to configure and locate measurem

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-33 MARKer:POSItion:TIMe Description: Set or return the time (x-axis-position) of the selecte

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-34 5.6.8 MEASure Queries The MEASure group of commands is used to acquire data using a set of h

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-35 5.6.9 MEMory Subsystem The MEMory group of commands is used to save and recall instrument op

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter General Information 1-3 1.3 Features Software. A 32-bit control computer running a real-time operating system

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-36 MEMory:SNSR:INFO? Description: Return the sensor ID and parameter data. Syntax: MEMor

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-37 MEMory:SYS:LOAD Description: Recall a previously stored file image of an instrument setup

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-38 5.6.10 OUTPut Subsystem The OUTPut group of commands is used to control various outputs of t

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-39 OUTPut:EXTernal:PRESent? Description: Return true if the Model 2530 external 1 GHz calib

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-40 OUTPut:EXTernal:PULse:PERWID Description: Set or return the pulse period <arg1> and

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-41 OUTPut:INTernal:SIGNal Description: Set or return the on/off state of the internal 50 M

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-42 OUTPut:[MIO:]RECOroderMIN Description: Set or return the Multi IO recorder output

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-43 OUTPut:MIO:STATus:SETTing Description: Set/return Multi IO status out setting. Below is

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-44 OUTPut:MIO:TRIGout:SOURce Description: Set/return Multi IO source for trigger out mode.

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-45 5.6.11 READ Queries The purpose of the READ? group of queries is to initiate a measurement c

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter General Information 1-4 Dual Independent Channels. When equipped with the optional second measurement channel, t

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-46 READ:ARRay:AMEAsure:TIMe? Description: Returns an array of the current automatic timing m

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-47 READ:ARRay:MARKer:POWer? Description: Returns an array of the current marker measurement

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-48 READ:INTERval:MINFilt? Description: For the specified channel, return the minimum

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-49 READ:MARKer:AVERage? Description: For the specified channel and marker, return the averag

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-50 READ:MARKer:CURsor:PERcent? Description: Return the CCDF cursor y-axis position in

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-51 READ:MARKer:RDELTa? Description: For the specified channel return the difference between

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-52 5.6.12 SENSe Subsystem The purpose of the SENSe command subsystem is to directly configure d

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-53 SENSe:ARRay:CALTemp? Description: Returns both channels’ sensor calibration temperatu

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-54 SENSe:CORRection:FREQuency Description: Set or return the RF frequency for the cu

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-55 SENSe:FILTer:STATe Description: Set or return the current setting of the integration filt

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter General Information 1-5 1.4 Accessories Optional 4540 accessories that can be ordered from Boonton Electronics.

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-56 SENSe:PULSe:ENDGT Description: Set or return the point on a pulse, which is used to defin

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-57 SENSe:PULSe:STARTGT Description: Set or return the point on a pulse, which is used to def

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-58 5.6.13 SENSe:MBUF Data Array Commands The MBUF commands (which are grouped under the SENSe s

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-59 SENSe:MBUF:SIZe Description: Set or return the size of the measurement buffer.

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-60 SENSe:MBUF:POSition Description: Return the current acquisition (write) position into the

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-61 SENSe:MBUF:MEASurement Description: Set or return the desired measurement value to be

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-62 5.6.14 STATus Commands The STATus command subsystem enables you to control the SCPI

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-63 STATus:DEVice:EVENt? Description: Returns the current contents of the Device Event regist

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-64 STATus:OPERation:CONDition? Description: Return the current value of the Operation Condit

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-65 STATus:OPERation:NTRansition Description: Set or return the value of the negative transit

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Contents ii INSTRUCTION MANUAL, 4540 SERIES RF POWER METER Revision date 10/04/2012 © Copyri

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter General Information 1-6 1.6 Specifications Performance specifications for the 4540 Series are listed in Table 1-2

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-66 STATus:QUEStionable:CONDition? Description: Return the current value of the Questionable

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-67 STATus:QUEStionable:EVENt? Description: Returns the current contents of the Questionable

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-68 STATus:QUEStionable:CALibration:CONDition? Description: Return the current value of the Q

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-69 STATus:QUEStionable:CALibration:NTRansition Description: Set or return the value of the neg

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-70 5.6.15 SYSTem Subsystem The SYSTem group of commands is used to control system-level functio

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-71 SYSTem:COMMunicate:LAN:ADDRess Description: Set or return the IP address for the Ethernet

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-72 SYSTem:COMMunicate:LAN:MAC? Description: Return the instrument’s Ethernet MAC address.

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-73 SYSTem:DATE:MONTH Description: Set or return the month of the real time clock. Syntax:

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-74 SYSTem:ERRor:CODE? Description: Returns the next queued error code number. Note t

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-75 SYSTem:TIMe:HOUR Description: Set or return the hour of the real time clock. Syntax:

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter General Information 1-7 Table 1-2 4540 Series Performance Specifications (continued) (Specifications are subje

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-76 5.6.16 TRACe Data Array Commands The TRACe group of commands is used to control the output o

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-77 TRACe:COUNt Description: Set or return the number of trace points, which will be returned

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-78 5.6.17 TRIGger Subsystem The TRIGger group of commands is used to control synchronization of

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-79 TRIGger:DELay Description: Set or return the trigger delay time in seconds with respect t

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-80 TRIGger:MODe Description: Set or return the trigger mode for synchronizing data acquisit

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-81 TRIGger:SOURce Description: Set or return the trigger source used for synchroniz

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-82 5.6.18 SCPI Command Summary Table 5-1. SCPI COMMAND SUMMARY *CLS Clear Status Command *

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-83 Table 5-1. SCPI COMMAND SUMMARY (continued) CALCulate[1|2]:PKHLD Set/return state of the p

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-84 Table 5-1. SCPI COMMAND SUMMARY (continued) DISPlay:SCREensaver:STATe Set/ret

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-85 5-1. SCPI COMMAND SUMMARY (continued) FETCh[1|2]:INTERval:PKAVG? Return peak to avera

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter General Information 1-8 Table 1-2 4540 Series Performance Specifications (continued) (Specifications are subje

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-86 Table 5-1. SCPI COMMAND SUMMARY (continued) MEMory[1|2]:SNSR:CFFAST? Return the sensor hig

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-87 Table 5-1. SCPI COMMAND SUMMARY (continued) OUTPut:EXTernal:SIGNal Set or return the on/of

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-88 Table 5-1. SCPI COMMAND SUMMARY (continued) READ[1|2]:ARRay:AMEAsure:POWer? Return new Pp

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-89 Table 5-1. SCPI COMMAND SUMMARY (continued) SENSe[1|2]:CORRection:CALFactor Set co

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-90 Table 5-1. SCPI COMMAND SUMMARY (continued) SENSe:MBUF:COUNt Set/return number of buffer p

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-91 Table 5-1. SCPI COMMAND SUMMARY (continued) SYSTem:AUTOSET Perfor

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation 5-92 Table 5-1. SCPI COMMAND SUMMARY (continued) SYSTem:TIMe:MINUTE Set/ge

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Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Application Notes 6-1 6. Application Notes This section provides supplementary material to enhance your knowledge

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter General Information 1-9 Table 1-2 4540 Series Performance Specifications (continued) (Specifications are subje

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Application Notes 6-2 Figure 6-1. Pulsed RF Signal Figure 6-2. Distorted Pulse Signal

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Application Notes 6-3 6.1.2 Diode Detection Wideband diode detectors are the dominant power sensing device used

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Application Notes 6-4 Frequency Response. The carrier frequency response of a diode detector is determin

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Application Notes 6-5 6.2 Pulse Definitions IEEE Std 194™-1977 Standard Pulse Terms and Definitions ―prov

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Application Notes 6-6 Table 6-1. Pulse Terms TERM DEFINITION Base Line The two portions of a pulse w

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Application Notes 6-7 6.3.2 Automatic Measurement Terms The following terms appear in the 4540 Series Tex

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Application Notes 6-8 6.3.3 Automatic Measurement Sequence The automatic measurement process analyzes the captur

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Application Notes 6-9 7. The process locates the bottom amplitude (baseline) using the IEEE histogram method. A h

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Application Notes 6-10 Item dBm mW Mesial value 10.0 10.0 Sample n 8.0 6

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Application Notes 6-11 12. The processor calculates the output values according to the following definitions: a

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter General Information 1-10 Table 1-2 4540 Series Performance Specifications (continued) (Specifications are subj

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Application Notes 6-12 Figure 6-7 Sampling Intervals 14. The processor calculates the delay between

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Application Notes 6-13 Fig. 6-9 Statistical Mode Text Display Page 1

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Application Notes 6-14 Table 6-3. Statistical Automatic Measurements In the Statistical mode the following five a

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Application Notes 6-15 The following two global status values are displayed: TEXT

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Application Notes 6-16 6.5 Measurement Accuracy The 4540 Series includes a precision, internal, 50 MHz RF referen

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Application Notes 6-17 The worst case approach is a very conservative method in which the extreme conditions of eac

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Application Notes 6-18

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Application Notes 6-19 The value to use for calibration level uncertainty depends upon the sensor calibration techn

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Application Notes 6-20 Sensor Temperature Coefficient. This term is the error which occurs when the sensor’s tempe

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Application Notes 6-21 The sensor calfactor uncertainty is due to uncertainties encountered while performing this f

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Installation 2-1 2. Installation This section contains unpacking and repacking instructions, power requirements,

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Application Notes 6-22 Step 4: The Source Mismatch Uncertainty is calculated using the formula in the

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Application Notes 6-23 Step 10: Now that each of the individual uncertainty terms has been determined, we can combi

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Application Notes 6-24 Step 2: The Calibrator Level Uncertainty for the Model 2530 External 1GHz calibr

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Application Notes 6-25 Step 9: The Sensor Calfactor Uncertainty needs to be interpolated from the uncertainty valu

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Appendix A 7-1 7. Maintenance This section presents procedures for maintaining the 4540 Series. 7.1 Safety

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Appendix A 7-2 7.5 Firmware Upgrade Operating firmware has been loaded into the 4540 Series instrument at the fac

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Appendix A 7-3 How to Start Up in Boot Loader Mode 1. From a powered-down state, press and hold the to

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Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Appendix A 8-5 8. Appendix A SCPI Error Messages 8.1 SCPI Error Messages NO. MESSAGE DESCRIPTIO

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Installation 2-2 Table 2-1 4540 Series Packing List INSTRUMENT (See also Table 1-1) 4540 Series RF Power Meter

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Appendix A 8-6 NO. MESSAGE DESCRIPTION -245 "Sensor Disconnected." -246 ―Sensor voltage e

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Appendix A 8-7 NO. MESSAGE DESCRIPTION -342 "Temp comp pwr non-mono" -343 "Temp comp

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Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Appendix B 9-1 9. Appendix B Model 2530 1GHz Calibrator 9.1 Description The Model 2530 operates as an accesso

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Appendix B 9-2 9.4 Specifications RF Characteristics Operating Modes: CW, Internal or external pulse Output Fre

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Appendix B 9-3 9.5 Connections 1. Plug the supplied RJ-11 cable into the rear panel jack of the 2530 and into th

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Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Appendix C 10-1 10. Appendix C Boonton EULA "Boonton Electronics 4540 Series Operating Software" END

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Appendix C 10-2 8. U.S. GOVERNMENT LICENSE RIGHTS. All Product provided to the U.S. Government pursuant

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Appendix D 11-1 11. Appendix D Warranty & Repair Repair Policy 4540 Series Instrument. If the Boonton 4540

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Installation 2-3 Trigger Most triggered applications can use the RF signal applied to the sensors for triggering.

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Appendix D 11-2 THE FOREGOING WARRANTIES ARE IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUD-ING, B

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Installation 2-4 6. On the front panel, press the Menu key followed by the More softkey, then on the softkeys, pre

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Getting Started 3-1 3. Getting Started This chapter will introduce the user to the 4540 Series. The chapter wil

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Contents iii SAFETY SUMMARY The following general safety precautions must be observed during all phases of operat

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Getting Started 3-2 Figure 3-1. Standard 4540 Series RF Power Meter - Front Panel Table 3-1 Operating Control

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Getting Started 3-3 Table 3-1 Operating Controls, Indicators and Connections (continued) Reference # Front Rear

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Getting Started 3-4 Table 3-1 Operating Controls, Indicators and Connections (continued) Reference # Front Rear

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Getting Started 3-5 Table 3-1 Operating Controls, Indicators and Connections (continued) Reference # Front Rear

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Getting Started 3-6 3.3 LCD Monitor Display This subsection includes a picture (Figure 3-3) and a table (Table 3-

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Getting Started 3-7 Table 3-2 LCD Monitor Display Fields (continued) Ref. No. Field Name Mode Descriptio

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Getting Started 3-8 Table 3-2 LCD Monitor Display Fields (continued) 10 GPIB/Remote Status All The GPIB/Re

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Getting Started 3-9 Table 3-2 LCD Monitor Display Fields (continued) Ref. No. Field Name Mode Descriptio

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Getting Started 3-10 3.4 Initialize The procedures presented in this section will initialize the 4540 Series and

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Getting Started 3-11 Table 3-3. Initialized Parameters Parameter Applies to: Default Graph/Text Mod

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Contents iv SAFETY SYMBOLS This safety requirement symbol (located on the rear panel) has been adopted by the Inte

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Getting Started 3-12 Table 3-3. Initialized Parameters (continued) Parameter Applies to: Default Pa

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Getting Started 3-13 Table 3-3. Initialized Parameters (continued) Parameter Applies to: Default Pa

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Getting Started 3-14 3.5 Calibration Before any pulse measurements can be acquired with the 4540 Series, a peak p

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Getting Started 3-15 STEP PROCEDURE 1. Select the Calibration menu soft key. Initiate autocalibration

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Getting Started 3-16 Figure 3-5. Menus for Sensor Calibration Procedure

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Getting Started 3-17 3.6 Making Measurements What you need to know To perform accurate measurements, the followin

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Getting Started 3-18 3.6.2 Pulse Mode For periodic or pulsed signals, it is often necessary to analyze the power f

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Getting Started 3-19 3.6.3 Statistical Mode Certain signals are completely random and provide no event that can se

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Getting Started 3-20 Note that this analysis does not depend upon any particular test signal, or upon synchronizati

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Operation 4-1 4. Operation This section presents the control menus and procedures for operating the 4540 Series i

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Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Operation 4-2 4.3 Numerical Data Entry Many 4540 Series parameters can be entered directly from the numeric keypa

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Operation 4-3 4.4 Sensor Calibration The Model 4540 Series features a built-in AutoCal process that automa

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Operation 4-4 4.5 Menu Reference 4.5.1 Main Menu - Pulse and Modulated Modes - Pg 1 (Top Level) The Main Menu i

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Operation 4-5 4.5.2 Main Menu - Pulse and Modulated Modes - Pg 2 (Top Level) The Main Menu is the topmost menu lev

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Operation 4-6 4.5.3 Main Menu - Statistical Mode - Pg 1 (Top Level) The Main Menu is the topmost menu level from

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Operation 4-7 4.5.4 Main Menu - Statistical Mode - Pg 2 (Top Level) The Main Menu is the topmost menu level from w

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Operation 4-8 4.5.5 Measure Menu The Measure menu contains items for controlling measurement acquisition and mode.

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Operation 4-9 Main > Measure > Clear Description: Clear display traces and all data buffers for CH1 and CH2.

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Operation 4-10 4.5.6 Channel Menu Select the specific menu for the desired measurement or reference channel if ava

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Operation 4-11 4.5.7 Channel 1 | 2 Menu The Channel menu contains items that affect a single measurement

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Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Operation 4-12 Main > Channel > Channel 1 | 2 > Calibration Description: Select the calibration menu for

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Operation 4-13 4.5.8 Channel > Calibration Menu The calibration menu contains menu items to initiate multi-step

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Operation 4-14 Main > Channel > Channel 1 | 2 > Calibration > Sel Calibrator Description: Selects the

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Operation 4-15 4.5.9 Channel > Extensions Pg 1 Menu (Modulated Mode) The extensions menu provides access

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Operation 4-16 Main > Channel > Channel 1 | 2 > Extensions Pg 1 > Filter Time Description: Set the c

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Operation 4-17 4.5.10 Channel > Extensions Pg 1 > Corrections Menu (Modulated Mode) The corrections menu co

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Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Operation 4-19 4.5.11 Channel > Extensions Pg 2 Menu (Modulated Mode) This menu is page two of the channel exte

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Operation 4-20 Main > Channel > Channel 1 | 2 > Extensions Pg 2 > Frequency Description: Set the RF f

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Operation 4-21 4.5.12 Channel > Extensions Pg 2 > Alarms Menu (Modulated Mode) The Alarms menu provides co

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Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Operation 4-22 Main > Channel > Channel 1 | 2 > Extensions Pg 2 > Alarms > Low Limit Description:

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Operation 4-23 4.5.13 Channel > Extensions Pg 1 Menu (Pulse Mode) The extensions menu provides access to

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Operation 4-24 Main > Channel > Channel 1 | 2 > Extensions Pg 1 > Define Pulse Description: Selects t

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Operation 4-25 4.5.14 Channel > Extensions Pg 1 > Corrections Menu (Pulse Mode) The corrections menu contai

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Operation 4-26 Main > Channel > Channel 1 | 2 > Extensions Pg 1 > Corrections > Duty Cycle Descript

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Operation 4-27 4.5.15 Channel > Extensions Pg 1 > Define Pulse Menu (Pulse Mode) The define pulse menu conta

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Operation 4-28 Main > Channel > Channel 1 | 2 > Extensions Pg 1 > Define Pulse > Pulse Units Descrip

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Operation 4-29 4.5.16 Channel > Extensions Pg 1 > Define Pulse > Pulse Gate Menu Main Channel > Chan

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Operation 4-30 4.5.17 Channel > Extensions Pg 2 Menu (Pulse Mode) This menu is page two of the channel extensi

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Operation 4-31 Main > Channel > Channel 1 | 2 > Extensions Pg 2 > Frequency Description: Set the RF fr

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Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Operation 4-32 4.5.18 Channel > Extensions Pg 2 > Alarms Menu (Pulse Mode) The Alarms menu provides contro

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Operation 4-33 Main > Channel > Channel 1 | 2 > Extensions Pg 2 > Alarms > Low Limit Description:

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Operation 4-34 4.5.19 Channel > Extensions Pg 1 Menu (Statistical Mode) The extensions menu provides access t

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Operation 4-35 4.5.20 Channel > Extensions Pg 1 > Corrections Menu (Statistical Mode) The corrections menu

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Operation 4-36 Main > Channel > Channel 1 | 2 > Extensions Pg 1 > Corrections > Duty Cycle Descript

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Operation 4-37 4.5.21 Channel > Extensions Pg 2 Menu (Statistical Mode) This menu is page two of the channel ex

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Operation 4-38 Main > Channel > Channel 1 | 2 > Extensions Pg 2 > Frequency Description: Set the RF f

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Operation 4-39 4.5.22 Channel > Extensions Pg 2 > Alarms Menu (Statistical Mode) The Alarms menu provides

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Operation 4-40 Main > Channel > Channel 1 | 2 > Extensions Pg2 > Alarms > Low Limit Description:

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Operation 4-41 4.5.23 Channel > Ref 1 | 2 Menu The Reference Menu is used to manually or automatically set a p

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Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Operation 4-42 Main > Channel > Ref 1 | 2 > Set Ref Description: Manually set the ratiometric mode ref

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Operation 4-43 4.5.24 Trigger Menu (Pulse Mode) The Trigger menu is used to configure trigger settings for pulse m

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Operation 4-44 Main > Trigger > Trig Slope Description: Set the trigger slope or polarity. When set to +, t

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Operation 4-45 4.5.25 Time Menu (Modulated and Pulse Mode) The time menu provides for controlling the timebase set

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Operation 4-46 Main > Time > Trig Delay Description: Set the trigger delay time in seconds with respect to

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Operation 4-47 4.5.26 Stat Mode Menu (Statistical Mode) The statistical mode menu provides for controlling the

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Operation 4-48 4.5.27 Term Options Menu (Statistical Mode) The statistical mode menu provides for controlling the

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Operation 4-49 4.5.28 Cursors Menu (Statistical Mode) The statistical cursors menu controls the mode and the verti

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Operation 4-50 4.5.29 Markers Menu (Modulated and Pulse Modes) The Markers menu is used to configure measurement m

Boonton 4540 Series RF Power Meter Operation 4-51 4.5.30 Display Menu The Display menu is the entry point for accessing and editing display configura