Agilent Technologies E5500A User Manual page 196

Table 7-12 Parameter Data for the RF Synthesizer (DCFM) Measurement
Step Parameters
5 Test Set Tab
Input Attenuation
LNA Low Pass Filter
• LNA Gain
• DC Block
• PLL Integrator Attenuation
6 Downconverter Tab
7 Graph Tab
• Title
• Graph Type
• X Scale Minimum
• X Scale Maximum
• Y Scale Minimum
• Y Scale Maximum
• Normalize trace data to a:
• Scale trace data to a new
carrier frequency of:
• Shift trace data DOWN by:
• Trace Smoothing Amount
• Power present at input of DUT
Data
• 0 dB
• 20 MHz (Auto checked)
• Auto Gain (Minimum Auto Gain - 14 dB)
• Not checked
• 0 dBm
• The downconverter parameters do not apply to this
measurement example.
• RF Synthesizer vs Agilent/HP 8663A using DCFM
• Single-sideband Noise (dBc/Hz)
• 10 Hz
• 4 E + 6 Hz
• 0 dBc/Hz
• - 170 dBc/Hz
• 1 Hz bandwidth
• 1 times the current carrier frequency
• 0 dB
• 0
• 0 dB
Agilent Technologies E5500 Phase Noise Measurement System 7-71
Absolute Measurement Examples
RF Synthesizer using DCFM