Boonton 4532
RF Peak Power Meter, Dual Channel, 10 kHz - 40 GHz

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The Boonton 4532 RF Peak Power Meter combines the accuracy of a laboratory-grade instrument with the speed required for production test. This power meter employs proprietary measurement techniques that accurately measure digitally-modulated signals. Whether you’re measuring CW power or the peak power of W-CDMA or HDTV signals, Boonton’s dual-channel Model 4532 is the logical choice for high-volume production test.

Features and Specifications of the Boonton 4532 RF Peak Power Meter include:

• Dual-channel statistical measurements (CDF/PDF)
• GPIB - SCPI / RS232 commands
• Synchronous/Asynchronous Triggering
• RF Frequency Range (Determined by sensor): 10 Hz to 40 GHz
• Peak Power Measurement Range:  - 40 to +20 dBm
• CW Measurement Range:-70 to +20 dBm
• Relative Offset Range: ±99.99 dB
• Video Bandwidth: to 20 MHz
• Pulse Repetition Rate: 1.8 MHz max
• Trigger (Pulse mode only, signal inputs):
• Modes: Pre-trigger and post-trigger
• Internal Trigger Level Range: Equivalent to -30 to +20 dBm pulse amplitude range
• External Trigger Level Range: ±5 volts, ±50 volts with 10:1 divider probe
• External Trigger Input: 1 megohm in parallel with approximately 15pF, dc coupled
• Connector type: BNC
• Trigger time resolution: 20 ns
• Trigger Delay Range:
• ±900 microseconds for timespans 5µs and faster
• ±4 milliseconds for timespans 10µs to 50µs
• ±(80 * timespan) for timespans 50µs to 2ms
• ±(30 * timespan) for timespans 5ms and slower
• Trigger Holdoff Range: 10 microseconds to 1 second
• Trigger Holdoff Resolution: 1 microsecond
• Sampling Characteristics:
• Effective sampling rate: 50 Megasamples per second (each channel, pulse mode)
• Sustained sampling rate: 2.5 Megasamples per second (each channel, pulse mode)
• Measurement Technique: Continuous and triggered (burst) sampling
• Measurement Characteristics:
• Measurements:
• Average Power
• Maximum Average Power
• Minimum Average Power
• Maximum Instantaneous Peak Power
• Minimum Instantaneous Power
• Peak to Average Power Ratio
• Cumulative Distribution Functions: CDF, 1-CDF
• Probability Distribution (histogram)
• Power at a percent statistical probability
• Statistical probability at a power level
• CW Power
• RF Voltage
• Channel Math:  Displays the sum or difference between channels or between a channel and a reference measurement (Modulated and CW modes only)
• Trace Averaging: 1 to 4096 samples per data point
• Panel setup storage: 4 complete setups
• Measurement rate (via GPIB): Greater than 200 two-channel measurements per second, neglecting bus master overhead, or 500 single-channel measurements per second

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• Boonton 4542