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Pulse Profiling USB Power Sensors

PowerSensor+™ - A High Performance USB, RF and Microwave Pulse Profiling, Pulse (peak), and CW Power Meter and Sensor in one

 
Get Started Easily and Quickly - With the Pulse Profiling Power Meter Panel
 
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LB480A application photo
LB480A Pulse Profiling PowerSensor+ Measuring a complex signal (click to enlarge)
 
Measurement
Family
Power Sensor Measurements
Time Gated

Pulse Power, Peak Power, Average Power, Droop, Rise Time, Fall Time, Overshoot, Pulse Width, Pulse Repetition Frequency, Duty Cycle, Crest Factor

Pulse (Peak)

Duty Cycle, Measured Pulse Power, Peak Power, Crest factor

Statistical

CDF, CCDF

CW and Average

Average Power, Duty Cycle-Corrected Pulse Power, Data
Logging


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Microwave Pulse Power Measurement Using the LB480A’s Wide Dynamic Range (click to enlarge)
 
Pulse Power Meter Panel
Pulse RF & Microwave Power Meter Panel (click to enlarge)
 
CW power meter panel
CW RF & Microwave Power Meter Panel (click to enlarge)
 
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Basic RF & Microwave Pulse Power Measurements (click to enlarge)
 
Coverage:
100 MHz to 10 GHz
-60 dBm to 20 dBm
3% Total RSS Error
1.09:1 VSWR
0°C to 50°C

 

 
Applications:
ATE & Imbedded Systems
Monitoring, Comms
Radar, Digital TV, Wireless, Satellite, Radio Links, Test, PCS, Cellular, etc.
CDMA, QAM, OFDM, GSM, TDMA, QPSK, FSK, AM, FM, etc.
R&D, Manufacturing
Maintenance, Repair, Installation, service



 
Fast:
2000 Meas/Sec
0.5 MHz Sample Rate
48 MHz Effective Rate
 
Flexibility:
No-Cal No-Zero Before Use
Multiple Sensors
1.6M (2km) Remote-ability
RF Connector Choice
Frequency Dependent Offsets

 

 
Synchronization:
Trigger on RF level
Trigger In/Out
Recorder Out
 
Easy ATE Integration:
No-Zero, No-Cal Reduces ATE complexity
ATE compactness
Programming Examples
  VB 6.0
  Visual Studio 2005, .Net 2.0, VB.Net (VB 8.0) & C# 
  *.lib and *.h for C++
     

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RF & Microwave Power Measurement Using the
-70 dBm to +20 dBm Pulse Profiling Dynamic Range of the LB480A Power Sensor.  Time Domain Gating Used to measure

PW
Pulse Width = 174 ns

Markers used to measure pulse on/off ratio:

DMK
Delta Marker = -74 dB
Microwave Pulse Power Measurement Using the LB480A’s Wide Dynamic Range
   
     
Pulse Power Meter Panel  

Microwave Power Measurement Measuring a
-66 dBm pulse directly:

DC - Duty Cycle
Pk - Peak Power
Avg - Averge Power
CrF - Crest Factor
Main Display - Pulse Power


Pulse Power Meter Panel
   
 

CW Power Meter Panel

  Easily Measure True Average Power in a 10 MHz bandwidth using Ladybug’s CW Power Meter Panel
 
CW Power Meter Panel
   
     

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LB480A Pulse Profiling Power Sensor Used to Make Basic RF & Microwave Pulse Power Measurements Using Time Domain Gating:

PW
Pulse Width = 994 ns

Rise
Rise Time = 34.8 ns

Fall
Fall Time = 34.0 ns
Pulse Profiling Panel Showing Basic RF & Microwave Pulse Power Measurements
   
     

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LB480A Pulse Profiling Power Sensor Measuring a complex Microwave signal.   Time domain gating is used to measure various parameters:

PW
Pulse Width = 996 ns

Ovrsh
Overshoot = 8.6 dB

Fall
Fall Time = 161.5 ns

Droop
Droop = 3.4 dB

Pulse Profiling Panel Showing Measurement of a complex signal    
 
    power sensor connections

 

Syncronize to your system with Trigger In and Trigger Out

Easily configure the PowerSensor+™ to trigger a system event on an RF level
LB4XXA USB Power Sensor Connections    
 

 remote applications

 

Get protection from lightning strikes

LB4XXA Power Sensors may be located up to 1.6 miles (2Km) from the computer, on a tower or elsewhere

LB4XXA USB Power Sensors in Remote Applications    
 


  Full data throughput is
achived with 8 LB4XXAs enabling a variety of scalar measurements:


Multiport network analysis
Mixer measurements
Simple ratio measurments, etc.


LB4XXA Multi-Sensor Application    
 
   measurement over temperature

  LadyBug Technology’s Patent Pending Temperature compensation results in less than 10 mdB of variation over a 0°C to 50°C
 
         
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