Anritsu MA24104A Inline High Power Sensor

Description

Anritsu MA24104A Power Sensor
The Anritsu MA24104A Inline High Power Sensor is designed to take accurate average power measurements from 600 MHz to 4 GHz and power levels from 2 mW to 150 W. The sensor employs a “dual path” architecture that enables True-RMS measurements over the entire frequency and dynamic range allowing users to measure CW, multi-tone and digitally modulated signals such as GSM/EDGE, CDMA/EV-DO,WCDMA/ HSDPA, WiMAX, and TD-SCDMA. The presence of a micro-controller along with signal conditioning circuitry, ADC, and power supply in the sensor makes it a complete miniature power meter.
Operation with PC
The power sensor can be used with a PC running Microsoft® Windows via USB. It comes with PowerXpert™ application (version 2.0 or greater) for data display, analysis, and sensor control. The software provides a front panel display making the PC appear like a traditional power meter. The application has abundant features like data logging, power versus time graph, and offset table that enable quick and accurate measurements.
Operation with Anritsu Handheld Instruments
Handheld instruments having the high accuracy power meter software Option 19 can operate the MA24104A Inline High Power Sensor. The MA24104A is currently compatible with Site Master™ (S3xxE), Spectrum Master™ (MS271xE and MS272xB), Cell Master™ (MT8212E), BTS Master™ (MT822xB), VNA Master™ (MS202xA/B and MS203xA) and Economy Benchtop Spectrum Analyzers (MS271xB). The power sensor easily connects to these instruments via a USB A/mini-B cable. An additional benefit of using the USB connection is that a separate DC supply (or battery) is not needed since the necessary power is supplied by the instrument.
In contrast, instruments with an RS-232 serial interface require an external DC supply or three AA batteries in addition to the RS-232 serial cable. These RS-232 instruments include the Site Master™ (S3xxD), Cell Master™ (MT8212B and MS2711D) and LMR Master™ (S412D) products. Measurements outside of the laboratory, such as during cellular base station installation, maintnence, and repair are easy when battery power is used.