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Manual Part Number

11867-90005

Edition

October 2013

Supersedes: November 2001

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Summary of Contents for 11867A?

Page 1: ...Agilent Technologies Agilent 11867A RF Limiter Operating and Service Guide...

Page 2: ...ent are furnished under a license and may be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of such license Restricted Rights Legend If software is for use in the performance of a U S Government pri...

Page 3: ...to use the limiter briefly describes tests that can be used to verify the specifications and explains how to repair the limiter Instrument specifications are listed in Table 1 These specifications are...

Page 4: ...ise considerations the limiter behaves as a thermal resistance shunted across the transmission line The excess noise temperature is less than 20 Kelvin This results in a noise figure that is essential...

Page 5: ...11867A Operating and Service Guide 3 Figure 2 Typical Return Loss Versus Frequency Figure 3 Typical Output Power Versus Input Power at 25 C...

Page 6: ...est system that can measure insertion loss The input and output ports must be provided with a good 50 ohm match Incident power must be less than 1 mW the limiting threshold CAUTION During the test of...

Page 7: ...t mixer of a spectrum analyzer the sampler of a network analyzer the power sensor or thermistor mount of a power meter or the input circuitry of any other device that might be subjected to transients...

Page 8: ...pair see Contacting Agilent on page 8 Do NOT attempt to remove or replace the diodes Connectors If a connector is damaged or worn it can be disassembled the worn or damaged parts replaced and the conn...

Page 9: ...r 1250 0918 2 Ring RF Connector Series N 1250 0016 3 Housing Male Connector 08491 2100 4 Pin Assembly Male 08491 4000 5 Spacer 08491 20003 6 Plug 11867 20001 7 Contact Elastomer 8160 0729 8 Limiter As...

Page 10: ...a local Agilent office are available on the Web at www agilent com find assist NOTE In any correspondence or telephone conversation refer to the Agilent product by its model number and full serial nu...

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