Application Notes …

Many Application Notes (even old ones) are being posted by Keysight. From the search box on this Keysight page you can get results that include vintage app notes. For instance, searching on AN57 brings up the “AN57 Noise Figure Primer”.  Please check Keysight’s site before scanning and submitting any Application Notes.  Below, the first table contains several HP-published Application Note Indexes, which may form a good starting place for your initial search.


YearHP Application Notes Index
1962Covers Application Notes 1 through 57
1963Covers Application Notes 1 through 57
1967Covers Application Notes up to 917, with no coverage on many older notes
1989[100 pages] 50th Anniversary publication, well organized by Subject, Industry, Model ect.
HP NumberApplication Notes Title and Key Words
AB 5Current Source for Diode Testing
AB 6Application Bulletin 6, PIN Diode RF Resistance
AN 19A Technique For Calibrating Phase Shifters To High Accuracy
AN 57-1Fundamentals of RF and Microwave Noise Figure Measurements AN 57-1
AN 57-2Noise Figure Measurement Accuracy AN 57-2
AN 62Time Domain Reflectometry [20 pages, 1964, Keywords HP 1415A 215A]
AN 64-1Microwave Power Measurement
AN 71Advances in RF Measurements Using Modern Signal Generators 50kc – 480MC [71 pages, 1966]
AN 88LOGIC SYMBOLOGY (Logic Symbols) [28 pages, 1967]
AN 89Magnetic Tape Recording handbook [40 Pages, 1967, Keywords HP 3960 3968]
AN 90DC Power Supply Handbook (Harrison Division 1967)
AN 95-1S-Parameter Techniques for Faster, More Accurate Network Design
AN 123Floating Measurements and Guarding
AN-124True RMS Measurements
AN 235An Introduction to Balanced Circuits and Impedance Matching
AN 240-1Digital Signal Analysis Feedback Control System Measurements
AN 243-4Fundamentals of the z-Domain and Mixed Analog-Digital Measurements
AN 292-1Functional Analysis of the IEEE-488 Interface Bus
AN 326Coaxial Systems Principles of microwave connector care [11 Pages, 1986]
AN 339-1Impedance Characterization of Resonators Using the HP 4194A Impedance Gain-Phase Analyzer
AN 339-2Characteristic Impedance Measurement of PC Board Circuit Patterns
AN 339-3Crosstalk and Impedance Measurements of PC Board Patterns
AN 339-9Negative Impedance Measurements of Crystal Oscillators
AN 718Patient Safety
AN 936High Performance PIN Attenuator For Low Cost AGC Applications
DateNon-Numbered Application Style Notes
1975Condensed Description of the Hewlett-Packard Interface Bus
1995Designer’s Guide to Isolation Circuits
Op Note Part NumberOperating Notes Title and Key Words
5955-6270Hewlett-Packard miniature oscilloscope probes, models 10017A, 10018A, 10040A, 10041A, 10042A (Feb 1980)
Harrison Tech Letter #Harrison Laboratories Division Tech Letters Title and Key Words
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Tech Let 2Constant Voltage/Constant current Regulated Power Supplies
Tech Let 3MEASUREMENT OF LINE AND LOAD REGULATION OF DC POWER SUPPLIES
Tech Let 4MEASUREMENT OF OUTPUT IMPEDANCE OF A CONSTANT VOLTAGE POWER SUPPLY
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Tech Let 7Notes On DC Power Supply Isolation Measurement
Tech Let 86920A Meter Calibrator Application Notes