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Cord Power
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The N1912A is a dual-channel P-Series power meter designed for average, peak, and peak-to-average ratio power measurements. It also provides time parameter measurements including pulse rise time, fall time, pulse width, time-to-positive occurrence, and time-to-negative occurrence, making it a versatile tool for pulsed and modulated signal characterization.
The N1912A is compatible with P-Series wideband power sensors (N1921A for 50 MHz to 18 GHz and N1922A for 50 MHz to 40 GHz), as well as E-Series, 8480 Series, and N8480 Series sensors. Compatibility with 8480 and E-Series sensors is available in firmware Ax.03.01 and above, while N8480 support requires firmware A.05.00 or later.
When paired with P-Series sensors, the N1912A system covers a dynamic range of -35 dBm to +20 dBm at frequencies of 500 MHz and above, or -30 dBm to +20 dBm from 50 to 500 MHz. The maximum continuous sampling rate is 100 Msamples/sec, with a video bandwidth of 30 MHz or greater and a single-shot bandwidth of 30 MHz or greater.
The N1912A system achieves a rise time and fall time of 13 ns or less for signal frequencies at or above 500 MHz, with overshoot of 5% or less when using the Off video bandwidth setting. The minimum recommended pulse width for meaningful measurements is 50 ns, and the maximum pulse repetition rate is 10 MHz based on 10 samples per period.
The N1912A offers four video bandwidth settings: Low (5 MHz), Medium (15 MHz), High (30 MHz), and Off. These filters are corrected for optimal flatness rather than being simple 3 dB bandwidth filters. The Off setting provides the warranted rise time and fall time specification and is recommended for minimizing overshoot on pulse signals.
Yes, the N1912A includes a built-in 1 mW (0.0 dBm) power reference at a nominal frequency of 50 MHz. It is factory set to plus or minus 0.4% accuracy traceable to the National Physical Laboratory, with a two-year accuracy of plus or minus 0.4% at 25 plus or minus 10 degrees C, or plus or minus 1.2% over the full 0 to 55 degrees C operating range.
The N1912A is an LXI Class-C compliant instrument featuring GPIB, USB, and LAN interfaces. It includes an integrated web browser interface for convenient instrument configuration without additional software. The instrument is also supported by Keysight BenchVue software with the BV0007B Power Meter/Sensor Control and Analysis app for data logging and visualization.
The basic accuracy for average power measurements depends on the sensor used. With the N1921A sensor, it is plus or minus 0.2 dB or 4.5%, and with the N1922A sensor it is plus or minus 0.3 dB or 6.7%. This accuracy is valid over -15 to +20 dBm and frequencies from 0.5 to 10 GHz (N1921A) or 0.5 to 40 GHz (N1922A), with averaging set to 32 in free run mode.