application notes - giga-tronics pulsed power measurement using gt-8552 a usb power sensor
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Gigatronics - Application NotesRev A. Apr 10.
Pulsed Power Measurement using GT-8552A USB Power Sensor
High dynamic range and peak (pulse) measurement capability make the Giga-tronics GT-8552A USB Peak Power Sensor ideal for testing in wireless communications and defense EW applications. Covering 100 MHz to 8 GHz with 70 dB dynamic range of -50 dBm to +20 dBm, the GT-8552A offers high-performance RF and microwave power measurement.
The peak (pulse) measurement suite includes pulse profiling, providing a power versus time display of the pulse waveform, as well as accurate measurements of a large number of pulse parameters, all facilitated with marker, gate and trigger functions. These measurements include Peak Power, Average Power, Crest Factor (Peak-to-Average Ratio), Droop, Overshoot, Rise Time, Fall Time, Duty Cycle, Pulse Repetition Frequency (PRF), Pulse Repetition Interval (PRI) and Pulse Width.
Overall benefits of USB Power sensors are fast measurement speed and they are fully calibrated with no need to cal or zero the sensor. Since they plug directly into a PC, you save the cost and space of traditional power meters. Giga-tronics USB Power sensors include Measurement Xpress software, which provides a windows-based user interface with a suite of measurement capabilities including multi-channel power measurement with multiple sensors, math and statistical analysis functions and strip chart, data logging and recording functions.