Measurement Difficulties; System Connections - Agilent Technologies E5500A User Manual

Phase noise measurement system

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Residual Measurement Fundamentals

Measurement Difficulties

Chapter 6, Evaluating Results, contains troubleshooting information to be

used after the measurement has been made, and a plot has been obtained.

When making phase noise measurements it is important to keep your

equipment connected until the measurements have been made, all problems

corrected, and the results have been evaluated to make sure that the

measurement is valid. If the equipment is disconnected before the results

have been fully evaluated, it may be difficult to troubleshoot the

measurement.

The first thing to check if problems occur is the instrument connections and

settings as this is the most common error. It is also important to make sure

the levels are correct into the Agilent/HP 70420A Phase Detector Inputs.

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