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The Agilent 4294A employs a state-
of-the-art auto-balancing-bridge
technique in a four-terminal-pair
(4TP) measurement configuration.
Meticu lous circuit design against
distortion and instability resulted
in a highly accurate and stable
measurement system for a wide
impedance range.
4294A Q accuracy (typical)
OSC level = 250 mV
For evaluating devices with wide
impedance range
A wide impedance range is required
to accurately measure both resonant
impedance and anti-resonant imped-
ance of crystal/ceramic resonators.
Crystal resonator impedance measurement
For evaluation of low-loss devices
With the trend toward lower power
consumption and compact equipment,
inductors and capacitors are becoming
smaller with lower loss. The efficiency
Low-loss capacitor ESR
(equivalent series resistance)
measurement (100 µF ceramic C)
The 4294A covering several decades
(m to hundreds of M) of impedance
can measure resonator characteristics
accurately.
SMD capacitor impedance measurement
(using the 42942A)
improvement in power conversion for
switching power supply applications is
an example. These applications require
low-loss induc-tors and capacitors.
High Q inductor measurement (low-loss)
The dynamic range of the 4294A in
terms of impedance is more than
200 dB. When compared to that of
a general network analyzer with a
direc-tional bridge, at 80 dB, it is
clear, the 4294A has an extremely
broad impedance-measurement range.
Impedance measurement range (typical)
State-of-the-art technology for improved measurement performance
1Ω
1 mΩ
Q ≥ 200
1G
100M
10M
1M
100K
10K
1K
100
10
1
100m
10m
1m
Impedance Ω
100 1k 10k 100k 1M 10M 110M
30%
10%
10%
30%
Frequency (Hz)
100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
100 1k 10k 100k 1M 10M 110M
Q=500
Q=300
Q=100
Q accuracy [%]
Frequency (Hz)
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