Agilent Technologies B User Manual
Contents
1.
General
Information
Description
of
the
Agilent
83446A/B
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1-3
F
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t-panel
features
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1-6
Rear
panel
features
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1-8
Agilent
83446A/B
Sp eci cations
and
Characteristics
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1-9
Electrostatic
Discharge
Information
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1-12
Reducing
ESD
damage
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1-14
2.
Installation
and
Preparation
for
Use
Installing
the
Agilent
83446A/B
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2-3
Step
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Insp ect
the
shipmen
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2-3
Step
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Set
the
line
v
oltage
selector
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2-5
Step
3.
Chec
k
the
fuse
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2-6
Step
4.
Connect
the
Agilent
83446A/B
to
a
p o
w
er
source
2-7
Step
5.
T
urn
on
the
Agilent
83446A/B
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2-10
Connecting
the
Agilent
83446A/B
to
a
Bit-Error-Ratio
T
est
Set
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2-11
P
erforming
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Quic
k
Con dence
Chec
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2-13
If
the
v
eri cation
c
hec
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fails
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2-13
Ho
w
to
Return
the
Agilent
83446A/B
for
Service
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2-15
P
ac
k
aging
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2-15
Instrumen
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shipping
preparation
pro cedure
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2-16
Sales
and
service
oces
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2-17
Cleaning
Connections
for
Accurate
Measuremen
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2-19
T
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clean
a
non-lensed
connector
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2-21
T
o
clean
an
adapter
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2-22
T
o
test
insertion
loss
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2-23
T
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test
return
loss
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2-23
3.
Using
the
Agilent
83446A/B
Bit-Error-Ratio
T
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3-3
Example
of
measuring
disp ersion
p o
w
er
p enalty
of
single-mo
de
b er
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3-3
System
sensitivit y
calibration
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3-4
Determining
disp ersion
p o
w
er
p enalty
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3-7
Bit-Error-Ratio
T
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