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Keysight U8480 Series
USB Thermocouple Power Sensors
The World's Fastest USB Thermocouple Power Sensor

Data Sheet
Improve your power measurement throughput
Improve your power measurement Built-in trigger in function Legacy excellence in a
throughput with the world's fastest compact and portable form
USB thermocouple power sensors. Synchronize your measurement
The Keysight Technologies, Inc. capture with the built-in trigger in factor
U8480 Series USB thermocouple function, without the need of an
The U8480 Series is based on
power sensors come with a external module. The trigger-in func-
the same front end design as the
measurement speed of 900 readings/ tion allows you to connect an external
Keysight 8480 and N8480 Series
second and power linearity of less trigger signal from a signal source or
power sensors, now equipped
than 0.8%, providing high accuracy the device-under-test directly to the
with USB capabilities and
and stability to help you make average USB sensor through a standard BNC
improved specifications such as
power measurements quickly and to SMB cable.
a measurement speed ten times
confidently. With the U8480 Series faster than the legacy series.
USB sensors, one of the most cost-
effective solutions in Keysight's power
meter and sensor portfolio, you get
top performance features at costs so
affordable that every engineer can
carry one in their bags.

Frequency range down to DC
Cover a broad range of test
applications with Keysight's first
power sensor with the capability to
The external trigger input port on the U8481A.
measure down to DC. The U8481A
(10 MHz to 18 GHz) and U8485A The U8480 Series fits easily in your bag, making
(10 MHz to 33 GHz) come with Internal calibration the sensors ideal solutions for field applications
such as base station testing.
Option 200 versions, which expands Save time and reduce measurement
the frequency range of the sensor uncertainty with the internal calibra- The U8480 Series plugs directly into
from 10 MHz down to DC. tion function. These sensors come your PC or USB-enabled Keysight
with technology that integrates a instrument and gives you the
DC reference source and switching capability to measure power without
circuits into the body of the sensor so needing an external power meter
you can calibrate the sensor while it or power supply. The sensors draw
is connected to a device-under-test. power directly from a USB port and
This feature removes the need for do not need additional triggering
connection and disconnection from modules to operate. Begin measuring
an external calibration source, speed- immediately when you connect the
ing up testing and reducing connector new USB power sensors to your PC
wear and tear. To perform zeroing, or laptop; the U8480 Series sensors
simply turn off the device-under-test. come bundled with the N1918A
Power Panel software at no additional
cost. The N1918A-100 Power Analyzer,
with advanced features such as limit
test and long term data logging, is
available for purchase separately.

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Fast measurement speed of the signal voltage being reflected, Compatibility with other
and this reflection is quantified by the Keysight instruments
The U8480 Series USB thermocouple reflection coefficient, gamma.
power sensors offer a measurement The U8480 Series, like all other
speed of 900 readings/second (in fast Keysight USB power sensors, can
mode), making them the world's fast- Using the gamma correction function, be used as an accessory for other
est USB thermocouple power sensors. users can simply input the DUT's Keysight instruments, allowing these
This feature is especially important in gamma into the USB power sensor instruments to perform specific power
high volume manufacturing, where fast using SCPI commands or the Keysight measurement applications without
measurement speed is essential to N1918A power analysis manager. This needing to connect to a PC or laptop.
maximize production throughput and will remove the mismatch error, yield-
increase productivity. By increasing the ing more accurate measurements. The U8480 Series power sensors
speed of measurements, test engi- are compatible with the Keysight
neers can shorten the design cycle and S-parameter correction FieldFox RF analyzers and MXG signal
accelerate the product time-to-market generator, giving them power meter
Additional errors are often caused functionalities, and with the MXG
as they would require less time to
by components that are inserted be- signal generator, user flatness correc-
carry out the same number of tests.
tween the DUT and the power sensor, tion (UFC) with external leveling as
such as in base station testing where well. The U8480 Series also performs
Real time measurement a high power attenuator is connected source power calibration with the
uncertainty between the sensor and base station Keysight PNA, PNA-L and PNA-X
to reduce the output power to the network analyzers. Please refer to
Measurement uncertainty is normally measureable power range of the the application note, Compatibility of
calculated manually by the user. The sensor. USB Power Sensors with Keysight
U8480 Series USB thermocouple pow- Instruments (5989-8743EN) for the
er sensors now compute this value latest compatibility information.
in real time and at any given point, The S-parameters of these compo-
removing the need for manual MU nents can be obtained with a vector
calculations, shortening test time and network analyzer in the touchstone Firmware upgrade
providing highly accurate measure- format, and inputted into the sensor The latest firmware for the U8480
ments. Users can also display power using SCPI commands or through Series includes executable file and
measurements and their measure- the Keysight N1918A power analysis help file for installing the Firmware
ment uncertainty simultaneously. manager. This error can now be cor- Upgrade Utility application in order to
rected using the U8480 Series USB upgrade the USB thermocouple power
power sensor's S-parameter correc- sensors. To download the latest
Gamma correction tion function. The sensor will behave firmware version for the U8480 Series,
as though it is connected directly to visit:
In an ideal measurement scenario, the DUT, giving users highly accurate
the reference impedance of the power power measurements.
www.keysight.com/find/pm_firmware
sensor and device-under-test (DUT)
impedance should equal the reference
impedance (Z0); however, this is rarely
the case in practice. The mismatch in
impedance values results in a portion

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Performance specifications

Specification definitions One group of characteristic types Conditions
describes `attributes' common to all
There are two types of product products of a given model or option. The power sensor will meet its
specifications: Examples of characteristics that specifications when: