National Instruments PXIe-5693, Calibration Procedure

Page 1: ...t 11 Characterizing the RF Source 2 Power Direct 13 Characterizing the RF Source Power with Splitter and Attenuator 14 Characterizing the RF Source Power with Combiner Splitter and 20 dB Attenuator 15...

Page 2: ...93 RF Preselector Module Getting Started Guide NI 5667 3 6 GHz Spectrum Monitoring Receiver Getting Started Guide NI 5667 7 GHz Spectrum Monitoring Receiver Getting Started Guide NI RF Vector Signal A...

Page 3: ...e In band third order intercept Out of band third order intercept Reverse isolation Frequency range 20 MHz to 8 GHz Internal preamplifier Noise source control 28 V supply BNC connector Power meter Anr...

Page 4: ...uracy Adjustments RF gain Calibration tone power accuracy Power range 55 dBm to 20 dBm Frequency range 10 MHz to 8 GHz Input VSWR 10 MHz to 50 MHz 1 90 50 MHz to 2 GHz 1 12 2 GHz to 8 GHz 1 22 Lineari...

Page 5: ...ower accuracy 1 5 dB Harmonics 0 1 MHz to 10 MHz 30 dBc 10 MHz to 100 MHz 40 dBc 100 MHz to 2 2 GHz 50 dBc 2 2 GHz to 8 GHz 30 dBc Nonharmonic Spurious 0 1 MHz to 10 MHz 30 dBc 10 MHz to 2 2 GHz 60 dB...

Page 6: ...r intercept Out of band third order intercept Reverse isolation Calibration signal amplitude accuracy Adjustments RF gain Calibration tone power accuracy Frequency range DC to 8 GHz VSWR 1 14 SMA f to...

Page 7: ...characterization Verifications In band third order intercept Out of band third order intercept Reverse isolation Calibration signal amplitude accuracy Frequency range DC to 8 GHz Attenuation 20 dB nom...

Page 8: ...ower rating 1 W Impedance 50 VSWR DC to 8 GHz 1 25 Equivalent output VSWR DC to 8 GHz 1 25 Connectors 3 5 mm f Low frequency power combiner Mini Circuits ZFSC 2 5 S Test system characterization Verifi...

Page 9: ...intercept Out of band third order intercept Frequency range 500 MHz to 8 GHz Isolation 500 MHz to 8 GHz 19 dB Insertion loss 500 MHz to 8 GHz 4 5 dB Connectors 3 5 mm f Torque wrench Refer to Test Con...

Page 10: ...fication procedure insert a delay between configuring all devices and acquiring the measurement This delay may need to be adjusted depending on the instruments used but should always be at least 1 000...

Page 11: ...nnel B of the power meter to power sensor B 3 Zero and calibrate the power sensors using the built in functions in the power meter Characterizing the RF Source 1 Power Direct Note Zero and calibrate t...

Page 12: ...lue is the RF Source 1 Power Direct B 6 Repeat steps 3 through 5 for all remaining frequencies described by Table 2 7 Repeat steps 1 through 6 using power sensor A This measured power is the RF Source...

Page 13: ...er sensor B to channel B of the power meter Figure 2 shows the completed equipment setup Figure 2 RF Source 2 Power Direct Characterization Equipment Setup 3 Set the RF source 2 frequency according to...

Page 14: ...rce 1 output to the power splitter input using the SMA m to SMA m cable 2 Connect power sensor A to the reference output of the power splitter 3 Connect power sensor B to the other output of the power...

Page 15: ...dB attenuator path loss and calculate the RF source through splitter path loss using the following equations Splitter Balance and 6 dB Attenuator Path LossB_OUT Channel A Power Channel B Power RF Sou...

Page 16: ...tter 5 Connect power sensor A to the other output of the power splitter using the 20 dB attenuator Figure 4 shows the completed equipment setup Figure 4 RF Source Power with Combiner Splitter and 20 d...

Page 17: ...high frequency power combiner in place of the low frequency power combiner 12 Turn off RF source 1 output 13 Turn on RF source 2 output 14 Set the RF source 2 frequency according to the first row in T...

Page 18: ...Cable and 10 dB Attenuator Characterization Equipment Setup 3 Configure the spectrum analyzer according to the following settings Reference level 0 dBm Span 3 kHz Resolution bandwidth 1 kHz External r...

Page 19: ...ts at the end of the calibration cycle Verification The performance verification procedures assume that adequate traceable uncertainties are available for the calibration references Verifying Noise Fi...

Page 20: ...IF output power level 10 dBm 5 Configure the spectrum analyzer according to the following settings Span 0 Hz Reference level 50 dBm Resolution bandwidth filter 10 kHz Video bandwidth filter 30 Hz RF...

Page 21: ...eps 9 and 10 are referred to as Cal Cold dBm 11 Repeat steps 6 through 10 with the spectrum analyzer noise source control turned on The results from step 11 are referred to as Cal Hot dBm 12 Connect t...

Page 22: ...according to the first row in Table 5 17 Commit the NI 5693 settings to hardware 18 Record the spectrum analyzer marker amplitude 19 Repeat steps 15 through 18 for all remaining frequencies described...

Page 23: ...source 22 Calculate the noise figure by completing the following steps a At each measurement frequency in Table 5 convert the Cal Cold dBm Cal Hot dBm Meas Cold dBm Meas Hot dBm and the Noise Source s...

Page 24: ...ut to the power splitter input using the SMA m to SMA m cable 4 Connect the 20 dB attenuator to the reference output of the power splitter 5 Connect power sensor A to the 20 dB attenuator 6 Connect th...

Page 25: ...bled IF output power level 10 dBm 12 Configure the spectrum analyzer according to the following settings Span 0 Hz Reference level 0 dBm Resolution bandwidth filter 100 Hz Video bandwidth filter 200 H...

Page 26: ...ency in Table 7 calculate the following two frequencies Tone 1 Frequency NI 5693 Center Frequency 1 2 MHz 700 kHz 2 Tone 2 Frequency NI 5693 Center Frequency 1 2 MHz 700 kHz 2 Table 7 In Band TOI Veri...

Page 27: ...wer at the DUT input connector using the following equation RF Source 2 Target Tone Power RF Source 2 through Splitter and Combiner Path Loss 27 Measure the channel A power using the appropriate calib...

Page 28: ...e TOIL using the following equation TOIL RF Input Tone 1 Power Output Tone 2 Power IMDL 2 37 Calculate TOIU using the following equation TOIU RF Input Tone 2 Power Output Tone 1 Power IMDU 2 38 The sm...

Page 29: ...o SMA m cable 4 Connect the 20 dB attenuator to the reference output of the power splitter 5 Connect power sensor A to the 20 dB attenuator 6 Connect the other output of the power splitter to the NI 5...

Page 30: ...F output power level 10 dBm 12 Configure the spectrum analyzer according to the following settings Span 0 Hz Reference level 20 dBm Resolution bandwidth filter 100 Hz Video bandwidth filter 50 Hz RF a...

Page 31: ...and program the power meter to trigger when settled 15 Set the NI 5693 center frequency according to the first row in Table 10 This is the IMD Frequency Table 10 Out of Band TOI Verification Test Freq...

Page 32: ...one 1 frequency upper value using the following equation Tone 1 Frequency Upper IMD Frequency 1 2 MHz Tone Spacing 2 b Tune the RF source 2 frequency to the tone 2 frequency upper value using the foll...

Page 33: ...power and RF input tone 2 power is less than 0 1 dB 29 Turn on the RF source 1 output power 30 Set the spectrum analyzer center frequency to the IMD frequency 1 2 MHz 31 Measure the spectrum analyzer...

Page 34: ...A m to SMA m cable 2 Connect the 20 dB attenuator to the reference output of the power splitter 3 Connect power sensor A to the 20 dB attenuator 4 Connect the other output of the power splitter to the...

Page 35: ...ettings Reference level 60 dBm Preamp enabled Disabled IF output power level 10 dBm 9 Configure the spectrum analyzer according to the following settings Span 0 Hz Reference level 0 dBm Resolution ban...

Page 36: ...13 Enable the NI 5693 filter 1 path 14 Commit the NI 5693 settings to hardware 15 Set the spectrum analyzer frequency to the source frequency in the first row Table 13 16 Set the RF Source 1 center fr...

Page 37: ...le 13 with the NI 5693 preamp enabled 24 Compare the calculated reverse isolation for filters 1 through 16 to the verification test limits in Table 15 25 Disable the NI 5693 preamp 26 Enable the NI 56...

Page 38: ...g Calibration Signal Amplitude Accuracy 1 Connect the RF source 1 to the power splitter input using the SMA m to SMA m cable 2 Connect power sensor B to channel B on the power meter and to the referen...

Page 39: ...er cal tone mode Disabled 8 Configure the RF source 1 to enable single frequency mode 9 Set the power sensor A and the power sensor B settling percentage to 0 1 and program the power meter to trigger...

Page 40: ...tput 21 Configure the power meter to read only channel A 22 Set the NI 5693 center frequency to the first frequency listed in Table 16 23 Set the NI 5693 RF preselector cal tone mode to low band RF or...

Page 41: ...power sensor using the procedure in the Zeroing and Calibrating the Power Sensor section prior to starting this procedure 1 Connect the RF source 1 to the power splitter input using the SMA m to SMA m...

Page 42: ...to 0 1 and program the power meter to trigger when settled 10 Set the power sensor A as the input sensor and the power sensor B as the output sensor 11 Set the NI 5693 center frequency according to Ta...

Page 43: ...ter 3 Disabled Disabled Enabled 0 to 25 Filter 4 Disabled Disabled Enabled 0 to 25 Filter 5 Disabled Disabled Enabled 0 to 25 Filter 6 Disabled Disabled Enabled 0 to 25 Filter 7 Disabled Disabled Enab...

Page 44: ...ps 11 through 20 for all frequencies in Appendix A Test Frequencies for RF Gain Adjustment 22 Close the calibration step for the NI 5693 23 Close the calibration session for the NI 5693 Adjusting Cal...

Page 45: ...following settings Single frequency mode Enabled Power level 25 dBm 9 Set the power sensor A settling percentage to 0 1 and program the power meter to trigger when settled 10 Set the power sensor A as...

Page 46: ...e Output Power with 10 dB Attenuation Channel B Power Splitter Balance and 6 dB Attenuator Path LossB_OUT 22 Store the calculated cal tone output power with 10 dB attenuation value in the NI 5693 EEPR...

Page 47: ...atus of the device Note If any test fails reverification after performing an adjustment verify that you have met the Test Conditions before returning your device to NI Refer to Worldwide Support and S...

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