CALCulate:MEASure:PARameter Commands

Selects a measurement parameter.

CALCulate:MEASure

PARameter

 

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CALCulate<cnum>:MEASure<mnum>:PARameter <string>

Applicable Models: All

(Read-Write) Set/get a measurement parameter for the specified (cnum/mnum) measurement.

This command replaces the following commands:

CALC:CUST:MOD

CALC:PAR:MOD:EXT

CALC:FSIM:BAL:PAR:SBAL[:DEF]

CALC:FSIM:BAL:PAR:SSB[:DEF]

CALC:FSIM:BAL:PAR:BBAL[:DEF]

CALC:FSIM:BAL:PAR:BALS[:DEF]

CALC:FSIM:BAL:PAR:BAL[:DEF]

 

Note: For Application Measurements see CALCulate:MEASure:DEFine

Parameters

 

<cnum>

Channel number of the measurement (optinal).

<mnum>

Measurement number for each measurement.

<string>

(String ) Measurement Parameter to create. Case sensitive.

For S-parameters:

Any S-parameter available in the VNA

Single-digit port numbers CAN be separated by "_" (underscore). For example: "S21" or "S2_1"

Double-digit port numbers MUST be separated by underscore. For example: "S10_1"

For ratioed measurements:

Any two VNA physical receivers separated by forward slash '/' followed by comma and source port.

For example: "A/R1, 3"

Learn more about ratioed measurements

See a block diagram showing the receivers in YOUR VNA.

For non-ratioed measurements:

Any VNA physical receiver followed by comma and source port.

For example: "A, 4"

Learn more about unratioed measurements.

See the block diagram showing the receivers in YOUR VNA.

Ratioed and Unratioed measurements can also use logical receiver notation to refer to receivers. This notation makes it easy to refer to receivers with an external test set connected to the VNA. You do not need to know which physical receiver is used for each test port. Learn more.

For ADC measurements:

Any ADC receiver in the VNA followed by a comma, then the source port.

For example: "AI1,2" indicates the Analog Input1 with source port of 2.

Learn more about ADC receiver measurements.

For Balanced Measurements:

For 1 port balanced measurement, choose from:

Sdd11, Scd11, Sdc11, Scc11

 

For Balanced - Single-ended measurement, choose from:

Sdd11, Scd11, Sdc11, Scc11, Ssd21, Ssc21, Sds12, Scs12, Sss22, Imb, CMMR1, CMMR2

  • Imb = - S_1pos_2/S_1neg_2

  • CMMR1 = Ssd21/Ssc21

  • CMMR2 = Sds12/Scs12

For Balanced - Single-ended - Single-ended measurement, choose from:

Sdd11, Scd11, Sdc11, Scc11, Ssd21, Ssc21, Ssd31, Ssc31,Sds12, Sds13, Scs12, Scs13, Sss22, Sss32, Sss23, Sss33,  Imbal1, Imbal2, Sds12/Scs12, Sds13/Scs13

 

For Single-ended - Balanced measurement, choose from:

Sss11, Sds21, Scs21, Ssd12, Ssc12, Sdd22, Scd22, Sdc22, Scc22, Imb, CMMR1, CMMR2

  • Imb = - S_2pos_1/S_2neg_1

  • CMMR1 = Sds21/Scs21

  • CMMR2 = Ssd12/Ssc12

For Balanced - Balanced measurement, choose from:

Sdd11, Sdd21, Sdd12, Sdd22, Scd11, Scd21, Scd12, Scd22, Sdc11, Sdc21, Sdc12, Sdc22,

Scc11, Scc21, Scc12, Scc22, Imb1, Imb2, CMMR

  • Imb1 = - (S_1pos_2pos – S_1pos_2neg)/(S_1neg_2pos – S_1neg_2neg)

  • Imb2 = - (S_2pos_1pos – S_2pos_1neg)/(S_2neg_1pos – S_2neg_1neg)

  • CMMR = - Sdd21/Scc21

For Single-ended - Single-ended - Balanced measurement, choose form:

Sss11, Sss21, Sss12, Sss22, Sds31, Scs31, Sds32, Scs32, Ssd13, Ssd23, Ssc13, Ssc23,

Sdd33, Scd33, Sdc33, Scc33, Imb1, Imb2, CMMR1, CMMR2

  • Imb1 = - (S_1pos_2pos – S_1pos_2neg)/(S_1neg_2pos – S_1neg_2neg)

  • Imb2 = - (S_2pos_1pos – S_2pos_1neg)/(S_2neg_1pos – S_2neg_1neg)

  • Imb3 = - S_3pos_1/S_3neg_1

  • Imb4 = - S_3pos_2/S_3neg_2

  • CMMR1 = Sds31/Scs31

  • CMMR2 = Sds32/Scs32

Note: The right definition for SSB imbalance is added as Imb3, 4. The definition for SSB Imb1, 2 seem a mistake, but keep it remained for backward compatibility.

 

Choose from the following (click or scroll down to view valid measurement parameters for each measurement class)

(variant) Measurement names to create:

Meas Class

Measurement Name

Description

"Standard"

"S11", "S21", and so forth

"A_1","A_2", and so forth

S-parameter name

Unratioed parameter names with notation: "receiver_source port"

See balanced parameter names

Active Hot Parameters

Port 1 is the Source Port (DUT input). Port 3 or Port 2 can be chosen as the output of the DUT.

"HotS11"

"HotS31"

"HotS13"

"HotS33"

"IPwr"

"OPwr"

"Gamma"

"Pmax"

"Xs(3,3)"

"Xt(3,3)"

"Xf(3,1)"

"DeltaOPwr"

Learn about Active Hot parameters

"Vector Mixer/Converter"

For output port Y (input port must be 1):

"S11"

"VCY1"

"SYY"

Learn about VMC parameters

Note: Input and output ports are set up using the Mixer Setup dialog. If the ports are not set up using the Mixer Setup dialog, then ports 1 and 2 are the default input and output ports and the only ports that can be used.

"Scalar Mixer/Converter"

For input port X and output port Y:

"SCXY"

"SCYX"

"SXX"

"SYY"

"Ipwr"

"RevIPwr"

"Opwr"

"RevOPwr"

Learn about SMC parameters

Note: Input and output ports are set up using the Mixer Setup dialog. If the ports are not set up using the Mixer Setup dialog, then ports 1 and 2 are the default input and output ports and the only ports that can be used.

"Gain Compression"

Learn more

"Gain Compression Converters"

Learn more

GCA and GCX:

"CompIn21"

Input power at the compression point.

"CompOut21"

Output power at the compression point.

"CompGain21"

Gain at the compression point.

"CompS11"

 Input Match at the compression point

"RefS21"

Linear Gain

"DeltaGain21"

CompGain21 -Linear Gain

"S11", "S21", "S12", "S22"

Standard S-parameters; measured at port 1 and port 2

GCX - All Gain Compression parameters (except S21 and S12) plus the following:

"S11"

"SC21"

"SC12"

"S22"

"Ipwr"

"RevIPwr"

"Opwr"

"RevOPwr"

Mixer parameters

"Modulation Distortion"

Learn more

Modulation Distortion:

"POut2"

Power Out

"PIn1"

Power In

"MSig2"

Modulation Signal Out

"MDist2"

Modulation Distortion Out

"MGain21"

Modulation Gain

"MComp21"

Modulation Compression

"PGain21"

Power Gain

"S11"

Linear Input Match

"S21"

Linear Gain

"LPIn1"

Linear Input Match

"LPOut1"

Linear Reflected Power In

"LPOut2"

Linear Power Out

"A", "b1"

Port 1 test port receiver

"B", "b2"

Port 2 test port receiver

"R1", "a1"

Port 1 reference receiver

"R2", "a2"

Port 2 reference receiver

"CarrIn1"

Input Band Power

"CarrOut2"

Output Band Power

"CarrGain21"

Band Power Gain

"ACPIn1"

ACP at input

"ACPOut2"

ACP at output

"ACPDist21"

ACP distortion, Added by DUT

"EVMDistEq21"

EVM Equalized Distortion, Added by DUT

"EVMDistUn21"

EVM Unequalized Distortion, Added by DUT

"Noise Figure Cold Source"

Learn more

"Noise Figure Converters"

Learn more

Noise Figure AND NFX:

"NF"

Noise figure

"ENR"

Validate noise source measurements.

"T-Eff"

Effective noise temperature.

"DUTRNP"

"DUTRNPI"

DUT noise power ratio. (Noise power expressed in Kelvin divided by 290).

"SYSRNP"

"SYSRNPI"

System noise power ratio

"DUTNPD"

"DUTNPDI"

DUT noise power density. (Noise power expressed in dBm/Hz).

"SYSNPD"

"SYSNPDI"

System noise power density.  

"OvrRng"
(Opt 029 Only)

Indication that the noise receiver is being over powered.

"T-Rcvr"

(Opt 029 Only)

Temperature reading (in Kelvin) of the noise receiver board.

Noise Figure ONLY - NOT NFX:

"S11", "S21", "S12", "S22"

Standard S-parameters; measured with the port1 and port2 noise switches set for noise mode.

"A_1","A_2" ...and so forth.

Unratioed parameters; with notation:
"receiver, source port"

"GammaOpt"

Optimum Complex Reflection Coefficient

"Rn"

Noise Resistance

"NFMin"

Minimum noise figure that occurs at GammaOpt

NFX ONLY:

"S11"

"SC21"

"SC12"

"S22"

"Ipwr"

"RevIPwr"

"Opwr"

"RevOPwr"

Mixer parameters

"ALO1"," BLO1" ...and so forth.

Test port receiver at LO1 frequency

"R1_1", "B_2" ..and so forth.

Unratioed parameters with notation:

"receiver_source port"

Phase Noise

Learn more

 

 

PN

Phase Noise

AM

AM Noise

"Swept IMD"

"Swept IMD Converters"

Learn more

There are over 150 possible Swept IMD parameters, too many to list here.

Build the parameters with the Swept IMD Parameter dialog, then copy the parameter name to the remote command.

The following are a few example parameters:

"PwrMainLo"

Absolute power of the Low tone at the DUT output.

"IM3"

Power of the third product relative to the average power of the f1 and f2 tones measured at the DUT output.

"OIP3"

Theoretical power level at which the third product will be the same power level as the average of the main tones at the output of the DUT.

"IM Spectrum"

Learn more

"Output"

View signals OUT of the DUT and into VNA port 2 (B receiver).

"Input"

View signals IN to the DUT (R1 receiver).

"Reflection"

View signals reflected off the DUT input and back into VNA port 1 (A receiver)

"IMx Spectrum Converters"

Learn more

"Output"

View signals OUT of the DUT and into VNA port 2 (B receiver)

Impedance Measurement

(E5080B Only)

"Z"

"Y"

"Ls"

"Lp"

"Cs"

"Cp"

"Rs"

"Rp"

"Q"

"D"

Impedance

Admittance

Equivalent Series Inductance

Equivalent Parallel Inductance

Equivalent Series Capacitance

Equivalent Parallel Capacitance

Equivalent Series Resistance

Equivalent Parallel Resistance

Q Value (Quality Factor)

Dissipation Factor

"Differential I/Q"

Learn more

Create custom parameters using Sens:DIQ:Par:Def, then specify your custom parameter name here.

The following are default parameters:

"IPwrF1"

"OPwrF1"

"GainF1"

Input Power over F1 range

Output Power over F1 range

Gain over F1 range

"Spectrum Analyzer"

Learn more

"a<n>"

"b<n>"

where <n> is the port number to measure

"ImageReject<n>"

where <n> is the image reject trace

Reference receiver

Test port receiver

 

Examples

CALC:MEAS:PAR "Sdd11"

calculate2:measure2:parameter "Sdd11"

CALC:MEAS2:DEF 'PN:Phase Noise' 'Defines a Phase Noise measurement but doesn't display.
DISP:MEAS2:FEED 1 'Displays Phase Noise measurement in window number 1.
CALC:MEAS2:PAR 'AM' 'Changes the Phase Noise parameter to AM in window number 1.

Query Syntax

CALCulate<cnum>:MEASure<mnum>:PARameter?

Return Type

String

Default

"S11"