S97083B Vector and Scalar Mixer/Converter Measurements

Key converter measurements:

• Fully-calibrated measurements of conversion loss/gain plus phase and group delay, with swept or fixed input and output frequencies and input and LO power
• SMC+Phase offers measurements of deviation-from-linear-phase and absolute group delay without a reference mixer
• VMC adds a function for measuring group delay of frequency converting devices.
• Measure converters with fully embedded local oscillators with S97084B

Advanced calibration

• Power-meter-based calibration provides high accuracy for conversion gain or loss
• SMC+Phase comb-generator-based calibration eliminates the need for calibration mixers

Easy to set up and use

• Intuitive tab-based user interface makes it easy to configure measurements
• Calibration Wizard guides user through calibration process
• Application controls external signal generators and power meters

S97083B includes the scalar mixer/converter plus phase (SMC+Phase) measurement class that provides fully calibrated conversion gain/loss, relative phase, and absolute group delay measurements of mixers and converters without the need for reference or calibration mixers. Eliminating the calibration mixer requires a U9391C/F/G comb generator and an external DC power supply. A vector mixer characterization (VMC) is also included for measuring group delay of frequency converting devices. VMC can be used to characterize a calibration mixer supplied by the user.

S97083B provides an intuitive and easy-to-use user interface for setting up mixer and converter measurements, with single or dual conversion stages. It can control the analyzer’s built-in source(s) as well as external signal generators for use as LO signals.

S97083B is a superset of S97082B, so they should not be installed together. S97083B is compatible with S97084B, which enables measurements of converters with internal LOs.