ML2487B: Wideband Peak Power Meter

The ML2487B Wideband Peak Power Meter provides accurate peak power measurement for communications, wireless, and aerospace applications. For the design and implementation of wireless networks, they address the important issues of power control, peak power, and timing. The performance of the signal channel and the range of product features make accurate and precise testing of the power envelope of communication and radar systems easy and straightforward. The ML2487B supports single sensor input, and the ML2488B supports dual sensors inputs.

With their high sampling rate of 64 Ms/s, these meters offer accurate peak power detection for wide bandwidth systems such as those compatible with 802.11a/b/g, eliminating the need for manual correction factors found on the current generation of power meters. The ML2488B dual channel sensor input and display allow simultaneous monitoring of WLAN and Bluetooth® wireless technology enabled devices, providing crucial testing for the co-existence of the multi-standards.

PowerMax™ is a free graphical user-interface software, for the ML248xB (with firmware version 2.30 or later) and ML249xA Power Meter series (with firmware 2.20.001 or greater). It provides an enhanced visualization of instrument display and simplified remote control of the instrument. It runs on a standard PC running Windows XP or 2000, and communicates with the power meter via Ethernet interface (10/100BaseT) allowing remote control direct from a PC or Local/Wide-area network using Dynamic (Auto) or Static IP assignment.

Features

• Frequency Range 50 MHz to 18 GHz
• Dynamic Range -60 dBm to 20 dBm
• Rise Time <18 ns
• Accurate power measurements related to all Bluetooth and
• IEEE 802.11 WLAN, WiMAX, and TD-SCDMA
• High Speed GPIB and Ethernet remote control
• Peak, Average, and Crest Measurements
• Built in Statistics, CCDF, CDF and PDF
• Free! PC application