This chapter explains the background, types, and methods of pulse measurement enabled by the MS464xB Series VNA.
• Option 35—IF Digitizer includes a fast IF digitizer to accomplish a variety of measurements with very high resolution.
• Option 42—PulseView™ includes software to control the four pulse generators as well as the user interface to perform pulse measurements.
• Combined, Options 35 and 42 provide the ability to generate singlet, doublet, triplet, quadruplet, and burst pulses and to perform pulse profile, point-in-pulse, and pulse-to-pulse measurements.
Optional Pulse Modulator Test Sets are also available to pulse the RF stimulus or to provide receive-side modulation; the latter being very helpful in certain antenna and related applications.
Option 36 is a memory upgrade for Option 35 that has 8 GB for data instead of the usual 2 GB, which allows for greater record lengths and longer acquisition times at the same sampling resolution. The impact of this addition will be discussed at relevant points in this chapter.