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Agilent 87050E 50 Ohm Multiport Test Sets Data Sheet Agilent 87050E 3 MHz to 2.2 GHz This document describes the performance and features of Agilent Technologies 87050E 50 ohm multiport test sets, both as standalone units and when combined with 50 ohm 8712ET, 8712ES, 8714ET, or 8714ES network analyzers. The following options are available: • Option 004 (4 ports) • Option 008 (8 ports) • Option 012 (12 ports) For more information about these test sets, please read the following documents: • Agilent 87050E, brochure, literature number, 5968-4763E • Agilent 87050E, configuration guide, literature number, 5968-4765E Introduction All specifications and characteristics apply over a 25 °C ± 5 °C range (unless otherwise stated) and 30 minutes after the instrument has been turned on. Definitions Specification: Warranted performance. Specifications include guardbands to account for the expected statistical distribution, measurement uncertainties, and changes in performance due to environmental conditions. Characteristic: A performance parameter that the product is expected to meet before it leaves the factory, but is not verified in the field and is not covered by the product warranty. A characteristic includes the same guardbands as a specification. Typical: Expected performance of an average unit. A typical does not include guardbands. It is not covered by the product warranty. Nominal: A general, descriptive term that does not imply a level of performance. It is not covered by the product warranty. Supplemental information: May include typical, nominal, or characteristic values. Calibration: The process of measuring known standards from a calibration kit to characterize the systematic (repeatable) errors of a network analyzer. 3 5 8 9 12 13 14 15 16 Corrected (residual) performance: Indicates performance after error correction (calibration). It is determined by the quality of calibration standards and how well “known” they are, plus system repeatability, stability, and noise. Uncorrected (raw) performance: Indicates instrument performance without error correction. The uncorrected performance affects the stability of a calibration. System performance: Performance of a complete multiport test system, which includes an 87050E test set and an 8712ET/ ES or 8714ET/ES network analyzer. Test Set Cal: The calibration of a multiport test system, requiring the connection of known calibration standards to all of the ports that will be used for measurements. SelfCal: An automated system calibration that uses calibration standards internal to the test set and the most recent Test Set Cal data to calibrate the test system. Environmental specifications: Environmental specifications bound the external conditions for which the specifications are valid. The environmental specifications also bound the external conditions the test set may be subject to without permanently affecting performance or causing physical damage. Table of contents System performance, two-port calibration System performance, T/R calibration System performance, uncorrected System performance, general Test set input/output performance Test set general information Physical dimensions Block diagrams System features 2 System performance Two-port calibration (user) Agilent 85032B/E Type-N calibration kit Specification1 (dB) Typical2 (dB) Parameter 3 MHz to 1.3 GHz 47 37 47 ±0.1 ±0.1 1.3 GHz to 2.2 GHz 40 35 40 ±0.1 ±0.1 2.2 GHz to 3 GHz 37 30 37 ±0.2 ±0.2 Directivity Source match Load match Reflection tracking Transmission tracking Transmission uncertainty (typical)3 Magnitude Phase Magnitude Phase 1. These specifications and supplementals apply under the following conditions: measurement uses the “Fine” (15 Hz) bandwidth, no averaging, and isolation cal “on”; Test Set Cals use the “Fine” (15 Hz) bandwidth, 16 averages, and assume an isolation calibration has been performed; the test set must be used with an 8712ES or 8714ES network analyzer with firmware revision E.06.00 or later; the test set and the analyzer must have had their performance verified within the last year; both instruments must have warmed up for at least 30 minutes after turn-on; measurements are made at an environmental temperature of 25 °C ± 5 °C and within ± 1 °C of the last valid Test Set Cal. 2. Corrected system performance is changed to typical when the current temperature has drifted beyond ± 1 °C of the last valid Test Set Cal. Typicals are valid only when the current temperature is within 25 °C ± 5 °C, and within ± 1 °C of the most recent SelfCal. 3. These uncertainty curves only include the effects of the test port(s) within the measurement path. The effect of the uncorrected match of test ports outside the measurement path is ignored, and is dependent on the isolation between the ports of the DUT that are within the measurement path and ports of the DUT that are outside the measurement path. 3 System performance Two-port calibration (user) Agilent 85033D 3.5mm calibration kit Specification1 (dB) Typical2 (dB) Parameter Directivity Source match Load match Reflection tracking Transmission tracking 3 MHz to 1.3 GHz 40 38 40 ±0.1 ±0.1 1.3 GHz to 2.2 GHz 38 35 38 ±0.1 ±0.1 2.2 GHz to 3 GHz 35 30 35 ±0.2 ±0.2 Transmission uncertainty (typical)3 Magnitude Phase Magnitude Phase 1. These specifications and supplementals apply under the following conditions: measurement uses the “Fine” (15 Hz) bandwidth, no averaging, and isolation cal “on”; Test Set Cals use the “Fine” (15 Hz) bandwidth, 16 averages, and assume an isolation calibration has been performed; the test set must be used with an 8712ES or 8714ES network analyzer with firmware revision E.06.00 or later; the test set and the analyzer must have had their performance verified within the last year; both instruments must have warmed up for at least 30 minutes after turn-on; measurements are made at an environmental temperature of 25 °C ± 5 °C and within ± 1 °C of the last valid Test Set Cal. 2. Corrected system performance is changed to typical when the current temperature has drifted beyond ± 1 °C of the last valid Test Set Cal. Typicals are valid only when the current temperature is within 25 °C ± 5 °C, and within ± 1 °C of the most recent SelfCal. 3. These uncertainty curves only include the effects of the test port(s) within the measurement path. The effect of the uncorrected match of test ports outside the measurement path is ignored, and is dependent on the isolation between the ports of the DUT that are within the measurement path and ports of the DUT that are outside the measurement path. 4 System performance Transmission/reflection (T/R) calibration (user) Agilent 85032B/E Type-N calibration kit Specification1 ( dB) Typical2 (dB) Parameter 3 MHz to 1.3 GHz 47 37 18 14 ±0.1 ±0.1 1.3 GHz to 2.2 GHz 40 32 18 14 ±0.1 ±0.1 3 MHz to 1.3 GHz — — 23 18 — — 1.3 GHz to 2.2 GHz — — 24 18 — — 2.2 GHz to 3 GHz 40 30 20 14 ±0.2 ±0.2 Directivity Source match Load match (reflection calibration) Load match (transmission calibration) Reflection tracking Transmission tracking 1. These specifications and supplementals are valid for reflection (one-port) and transmission (enhanced-response) Test Set Cals, and apply under the following conditions: measurement uses the “Fine” (15 Hz) bandwidth, no averaging, and isolation cal “on”; Test Set Cals use the “Fine” (15 Hz) bandwidth, 16 averages, and assume an isolation calibration has been performed; the test set must be used with an 8712ET, 8712ES, 8714ET, or 8714ES network analyzer with firmware revision E.06.00 or later; the test set and the analyzer must have had their performance verified within the last year; both instruments must have warmed up for at least 30 minutes after turn-on; measurements are made at an environmental temperature of 25 °C ± 5 °C and within ± 1 °C of the last valid Test Set Cal. 2. Corrected system performance is changed to typical when the current temperature has drifted beyond ± 1 °C of the last valid Test Set Cal. Typicals are valid only when the current temperature is within 25 °C ± 5 °C, and within ± 1 °C of the most recent SelfCal. 5 System performance Transmission/reflection (T/R) calibration (user) Agilent 85032B/E Type-N calibration kit (continued) Transmission uncertainty, enhanced response calibration (typical)1 Magnitude, ES models Phase, ES models Magnitude, ET models with attenuator Phase, ET models with attenuator Magnitude, ET models without attenuator Phase, ET models without attenuator 1. These uncertainty curves only include the effects of the test port(s) within the measurement path. The effect of the uncorrected match of test ports outside the measurement path is ignored, and is dependent on the isolation between the ports of the DUT that are within the measurement path and ports of the DUT that are outside the measurement path. 6 Agilent 85032B/E Type-N calibration kit Magnitude, ES models Phase, ES models Magnitude, ET models with attenuator Phase, ET models with attenuator Magnitude, ET models without attenuator Phase, ET models without attenuator 1. These uncertainty curves only include the effects of the test port(s) within the measurement path. The effect of the uncorrected match of test ports outside the measurement path is ignored, and is dependent on the isolation between the ports of the DUT that are within the measurement path and ports of the DUT that are outside the measurement path. 7 System performance Uncorrected Type-N Specification1 ( dB) Parameter 3 MHz to 1.3 GHz 12 18 12 — — — — 1.3 GHz to 2.2 GHz 10 18 12 — — — — Typical (dB) 3 MHz to 1.3 GHz 17 23 16 ±3 ±3 93 83 1.3 GHz to 2.2 GHz 14 24 17 ±2.5 ±2.5 89 79 2.2 GHz to 3 GHz 11 20 13 ±3 ±3 81 71 Source match, ratioed Load match, test port unselected2 Load match, test port selected3 Transmission tracking4 Reflection tracking4 Crosstalk5, 8712ET/8714ET Crosstalk5, 8712ES/8714ES 1. These specifications and supplementals apply under the following conditions: measurement uses the “Fine” (15 Hz) bandwidth, with narrowband detection and no averaging; the test set must be used with an 8712ET, 8712ES, 8714ET, or 8714ES network analyzer with firmware revision E.06.00 or later; the test set and the analyzer must have had their performance verified within the last year; both instruments must have warmed up for at least 30 minutes after turn-on. 2. This is the match of any test port that is unselected (not in the measurement path). If the network analyzer is performing a reflection measurement with one-port calibration, then only one port on the test set is selected (the source port). If the network analyzer is performing a transmission measurement or a reflection measurement with two-port calibration, then only two ports on the test set are selected (the source and load ports). 3. This is the match of the test set port that has been selected as the load port. The network analyzer must be making a transmission measurement or a reflection measurement with two-port calibration for a test port to be selected as the load port. 4. The uncorrected tracking terms are defined as the deviation over the defined frequency band, ignoring offset loss. 5. Crosstalk is computed by normalizing the result of an isolation measurement to a through measurement between the two ports such that the path losses are taken into account. Isolation is defined as the transmission signal measured between any two ports of the test system when those two ports are terminated with shorts. 8 System performance General Specification Typical System bandwidth Fine 15 Hz Network analyzer 3 MHz to 1.3 GHz 1.3 GHz to 2.2 GHz Fine 15 Hz 3 MHz to 1.3 GHz 1.3 GHz to 2.2 GHz Med Wide 4000 Hz 3 MHz to 1.3 GHz 1.3 GHz to 2.2 GHz Wide 6500 Hz 3 MHz to 1.3 GHz 1.3 GHz to 2.2 GHz System noise floor1 (dBm) 8712ET/8714ET 8712ES/8714ES –97 –88 –95 –86 –106 –100 –103 –97 –82 –75 –79 –72 –42 –42 –39 –39 System dynamic range2 (dB) 8712ET, no attenuator 8712ET, with attenuator 8712ES 8714ET, no attenuator 8714ET, with attenuator 8714ES 101 100 89 99 97 86 97 96 85 95 93 82 112 111 103 109 108 100 108 107 99 105 104 96 87 86 78 84 83 81 83 82 74 80 79 77 49 48 45 46 45 42 45 44 41 42 41 38 1. Noise floor is defined as the rms value of the trace (in linear format) for a transmission measurement in CW mode, using the “Fine” bandwidth (15 Hz), the test ports terminated in loads, 0 dBm at the test set source port, and no averaging. This measurement ignores the effects of crosstalk. This is a system specification–the test set increases the network analyzer noise floor by adding loss to the network analyzer measurement. 2. The system dynamic range is calculated as the difference between the receiver minimum input (noise floor plus calibrated crosstalk) and the system’s maximum output power. System dynamic range applies to transmission measurements only, since reflection measurements are limited by directivity. 9 System performance General (continued) Specification Supplemental information System bandwidth Network analyzer Fine 15 Hz Fine 15 Hz Med Wide 4000 Hz Wide 6500 Hz Receiver dynamic range1 (dB) 8712ET/8714ET 8712ES/8714ES 115 106 121 115 96 90 58 57 Magnitude, ES models Phase, ES models Magnitude, ET models Phase, ET models 1. The receiver dynamic range is calculated as the difference between the receiver minimum input (noise floor) and the receiver maximum input. Receiver dynamic range applies to transmission measurements only, since reflection measurements are limited by directivity. 2. The reference power for dynamic accuracy is –20 dBm. 10 Network analyzer Specification Characteristic (dBm) Output power (system maximum) 1 GHz 7 6 4 2 1 –1 Parameter Specification Supplemental information Port switching time1 (sec) Reflection calibration Transmission enhanced calibration Two-port calibration — — — SelfCal time2 (sec) Reflection calibration Transmission enhanced calibration Two-port calibration — — — 1 (typical) 3 (typical) 8 (typical) 0.7 0.7 0.7 1. This is the time required to switch to any new port configuration, and requires that the Test Set Cal has been performed for 201 points, the new measurement configuration is 201 points, and no new SelfCal occurs during switching. 2. This is the time required to perform the SelfCal for any single port configuration, assuming that the Test Set Cal was performed for 201 points, the new measurement configuration is 201 points, and the measurement bandwidth is “Med Wide” (4000 Hz). SelfCal times for other settings can be found in Table 4-1 of the Agilent 87050E/87075C Users and Service Guide (87050-90026). 11 Test set input/output performance Parameter Frequency range Specification 3 MHz to 2.2 GHz RF input power Supplemental — Maximum input power at 0.1 dB compression1 Input damage power — — 16 dBm (nominal) 20 dBm (characteristic) Parameter Specification (dB) 3 MHz to 1.3 GHz 1.3 GHz to 2.2 GHz 11 18 14 10 8 9.5 9.5 — — 90 90 3 MHz to 1.3 GHz 18 23 18 17 14 6 6 1.5 1.5 100 105 Typical (dB) 1.3 GHz to 2.2 GHz 15 24 18 15 13 8 8 1.2 1.2 95 100 2.2 GHz to 3 GHz 12 20 14 10 11 12 12 1.5 1.5 85 90 Source match, test port2 Load match, test port unselected3 Load match, test port selected4 Interconnect match, reflection port5 Interconnect match, transmission port5 Insertion loss, reflection port to port-n6 Insertion loss, transmission port to port-n6 Tracking, reflection port to port-n6 Tracking, transmission port to port-n6 Crosstalk, uncalibrated, adjacent ports7 Crosstalk, uncalibrated, non-adjacent ports7 14 18 14 12 11 7.5 7.5 — — 90 90 1. Compression is defined for the test set, independent of the network analyzer. 2. This is the match of the test set port that has been selected as the source port. The test set interconnect reflection port must be terminated with a load standard from an Agilent 85032B/E calibration kit. 3. This is the match of any test port that is unselected (not in the measurement path). Only the source port of the test set is selected when you make a reflection measurement with one-port calibration. Only the source and load ports of the test set are selected when you make a transmission measurement, or a reflection measurement with two-port calibration. 4. This is the match of the test set port that has been selected as the load port. A transmission or two-port measurement is required for a test port to be selected as the load port. The test set interconnect transmission port must be terminated with a load standard from an 85032B/E calibration kit. 5. This is the match of the test set interconnect ports (transmission and reflection ports) with the test set in transmission, or two-port mode. The selected test set test ports must be terminated with load standards from 85032B/E calibration kits. 6. The reflection and transmission ports of the test set are connected to the corresponding ports of the network analyzer. Port-n is any one of the test ports used to connect to the device-under-test. 7. This is crosstalk of the test set measured between the test set’s interconnect ports, with shorts on the selected test ports. Crosstalk is computed by normalizing the result of an isolation measurement to a through measurement between the two ports such that the path losses are taken into account. Isolation is defined as the transmission signal measured between any two ports of the test system when these two ports are terminated with shorts. 12 Test set general information Description Specification Front panel ports Supplemental information Type-N, female 50Ω (nominal) Type-N, female 50Ω (nominal) Type-N, female 50Ω (nominal) 87050E, Option 004 87050E, Option 008 87050E, Option 012 4 8 12 Real panel Parallel in connector Parallel out connector — — Line power1 25-pin D-subminiature female (DB-25) 25-pin D-subminiature female (DB-25) Frequency 50/60 Hz Input voltage, operating Input power 100/120/220/240 Vac — General environment ESD — Dust General Operating Temperature Storage Temperature Altitude — Indoor use only 0 °C to + 55 °C –40 °C to + 70 °C 0 to 4.5 km (15,000 ft) Cabinet dimensions Height x width x depth — Weight Net Shipping — — — —