Agilent Technologies L4445A manual

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    Agilent L4445A Microwave Switch/Attenuator Driver Data Sheet • LXI compliance includes built-in Ether net connectivity • Fully-featured graphical W eb inter face • Control of most popular micro wave switches and attenuators • Expandable with 34945EXT • Distribution boards allo w for easy wiring • Switch read-back capabilities • Extern[...]

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    Microwave switch driver for easy routing of high frequency signals in your system The L4445A allo ws you to control switches, attenuators and other devices close to your device under test. The L4445A combined with t he 34945EXT pro vides t he pow er and control signals to drive up to 64 switch coils—that’s 32 st andard SPDT switches. The L4445A[...]

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    The optional GPIB inter face has many y ears of pro ven reliability and can be used for easy integration into existing applications. The L4445A ships with t he Agilent E2094 I/O Libraries Suite making it easy for y ou to configure and int egrat e instru- ments into your system — ev en if your system includes instru- ments from multiple v endors. [...]

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    4 High-performance switching wherever your application needs it Power button Status LEDs 9-pin cable Y1150A - Y1155A distribution boards ordered separately User supplied switches and cables 34945EXT extender holds 4 distribution boards[...]

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    5 Specifications and Characteristics 34945EXT switch drive 64 channels, low side drive mode Driver off voltage (max) 30 V Driver off leakage current 500 uA Driver on current (max) 600 mA Driver on voltage (max) 0.5 V @ 600 mA 64 channels, TTL drive mode Hi output voltage 3 V @ Iout = 2 mA Lo output voltage 0.4 V @ Iin = 20 mA Lo input current 20 mA[...]

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    Memory States 5 instrument states with user label in non-volatile memory General specifications Power supply Universal 100 V to 240 V ±10% Power line frequency 50 Hz to 60 Hz ±10% automatically sensed Power consumption 15 V A Operating Environment Full accuracy for 0°C to 55°C Full accuracy to 80% R.H. at 40 °C Storage environment -40°C to 70[...]

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    Software Agilent connectivity Agilent I/O Libraries Suite 14 or greater (E2094N) software included Minimum system requirements PC hardware Intel Pentium 100 MHz, 64 Mbyte RAM, 210 Mbyte disk space Display 800x600, 256 colors, CD-ROM drive Operating system 1 Windows ® 98 SE/NT/2000/XP Computer interfaces Standard LAN 10BaseT/100BaseT x Optional IEE[...]

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    Ordering information Example configuration: A test system is being built that requires t he follo wing Micro wave Switching: • (qty 2) Agilent 87206B SP6T Switches • (qty 8) Agilent N1810UL SPDT Switches Select the quantity of distribu- tion boards f or the required switches using t he ordering info belo w: • Qty 2 Y1152A Distribution boards [...]

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    Ordering information (Continued) L4445A Microwave Switch/ Attenuator driver Includes User’s guide on CD, test repor t, pow er cord, and Quick Star t package Option -GPIB Adds GPIB interface Option 0B0 Deletes printed manual set, full documentation included on CD ROM Option ABA English print ed manual set L4445A Accessories Distribution boards are[...]

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