Making Pulse Measurements Using a Peak Power Analyzer

Application Notes

Radar pulse measurement can be separated into two types. One is for individual pulse characterization, sometimes called the pulse shaping measurement. The other is the multi-pulse timing measurement. Radar pulse characterization and analysis measurement examples are rise/fall time, pulse droop, pulse width, peak power, and average power. Timing measurement examples are PRI, delay measurement, limiter recovery time, and multi-pulse spacing. To obtain all these measurements traditionally requires a combination of an oscilloscope, peak power meter and sensor, and sometimes a spectrum analyzer.

This application note demonstrates how the Keysight Technologies, Inc. 8990B peak power analyzer (PPA) is used to obtain 14-point pulse parameter values from the trace graph, where the parameters values are automatically calculated by the 8990B application whenever a trace pattern appears on the graph.

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