TSP #46 - Teardown, Analysis and Part-Salvage from an HP 70001A Series Optical Microwave Analyzer

In this episode Shahriar performs a teardown and analysis of several HP 70000A modules. The modules include a 20GHz optoelectronic converter, 2.9GHz tracking generator, 10MHz/100MHz precision reference and a 22GHz spectrum analyzer. Along with the teardown of these modules several microwave components are recovered for future use including amplifiers, VGAs, mixers, photo detector and OCXOs. The 22GHz spectrum analyzer module is preserved since it is simply too beautiful to destroy. The Signal Path http://www.TheSignalPath.com