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N1996 CW source

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Latest reply on Jul 16, 2011 by Frank_BR

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Can the tacking generator in the N1996 CSA be used as a cw souce?
I am looking into using the N1996 in an ATE station design and may need a 6GHz source to drive a mixer LO. I need to know if the N1996 source would work.

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JianKang May 12, 2011 6:18 AM
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Tacking generator of N1996A cannot work as an ideal CW source. You can manually set the output amplitude, says -30 dBm to -10 dBm, but it will always sweep according to the start and stop frequency settings in two port insertion loss mode.
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Frank_BR Jul 16, 2011 5:53 AM
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Tacking generator of N1996A cannot work as an ideal CW source. You can manually set the output amplitude, says -30 dBm to -10 dBm, but it will always sweep according to the start and stop frequency settings in two port insertion loss mode.
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In fact, the tracking generator of the N1996A can be employed as a CW source. Just use the Single Sweep function! After a single sweep, the frequency will be that given by the Stop Freq setting. Of course, Start Freq must be set to a value below Stop Freq.
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