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 The front view of PLANAR TR1300/1 is represented in figure 2.1.

The front panel is


equipped with the following parts:

 Test ports ;
 Power LED.

Figure 2.1 PLANAR TR1300/1 front panel

 Test Ports :

The type-N 50 Ω test port 1 and test port 2 are intended for DUT connection. As the test
port 1 is used as a source of the stimulus signal and the test port 2 is used as a receiver of the
response signal of the DUT.

If you connect the DUT to test port 1 of the Analyzer, you will be able to measure the
reflection parameter S11 of the DUT.

If you connect the DUT to the both test ports of the Analyzer, you will be able to measure S11
and S21 of the DUT.

 The rear view of PLANAR TR1300/1 is represented in figure 2.2. The rear panel is
equipped with the following parts:

Power switch;
 Power cable receptacle;
 Internal Reference Frequency output connector;
USB port;
 Earth terminal.
Figure 2.2 PLANAR TR1300/1 rear panel

 Measurement & Connection :

This section represents a sample session of the Analyzer. It describes the main techniques of
measurement of reflection coefficient parameters of the DUT. SWR and reflection coefficient
phase of the DUT will be analyzed.

For reflection coefficient measurement only one test port of the Analyzer is used. The
instrument sends the stimulus to the input of the DUT and then receives the reflected wave.
Generally in the process of this measurement the output of the DUT should be terminated
with a LOAD standard. The results of these measurements can be represented in various
formats.

Typical circuit of reflection coefficient measurement is shown in figure 3.1.

Figure 3.1 Reflection measurement circuit

To measure SWR and reflection coefficient phases of the DUT, in the given example you
should go through the following steps:
Prepare the Analyzer for reflection measurement;
Set stimulus parameters (frequency range, number of sweep points);
Set IF bandwidth;
Set the number of traces to 2, assign measured parameters and display format to traces
Set the scale of the traces;
Perform calibration of the Analyzer for reflection coefficient measurement;
Analyze SWR and reflection coefficient phase using markers.
Connect the Analyzer to your PC via USB interface.

This section describes how to determine the measurement values at three frequency points
using markers. The Analyzer screen view is shown in figure 3.3. In the current example, a
reflection standard of SWR = 1.2 is used as a DUT.

The screen layout is represented in figure 4.1. In this section you will find detailed
description of the softkey menu bar, menu bar, and instrument status bar. The channel
windows will be described in the following section.

Figure 3.3 SWR and reflection coefficient phase measurement


Figure 4.1 Analyzer screen layout

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