HP 3048A Operating Manual page 52

When you need to know how to measure: Refer to:
Phase Lock Loop Measurements
• A very stable 10 MHz oscillator (drift <0.1 Hz) such
as a frequency standard 10 MHz Frequency
Standard (pg. 3-3)
• A stable RF oscillator (drift < 20 ppm) such as a VHF
crystal, RF crystal, SAW, or DRO Stable
RF Osclllator(pg. 3-15)
• A free-running RF oscillator (drift > 20 ppm) such as
an LC or cavity tuned oscillator or a SAW delay line
oscillator Free-Running
RF Osclllator(pg. 3-28)
• An RF synthesizer using the HP 8662A or HP 8663A. . RF
Synthesizer (pg. 3-42)
• A microwave source (2.5 to 18 GHz) such as a
synthesizer, multiplier chain, or phase-locked cavity
tuned oscillator Microwave
Source (pg. 3-60)
• An RF source using a different reference source than is
specified in the examples Designing a
Measurement
(pg. 3-72)
Discriminator Measurement
• An RF source using the Discriminator measurement
technique Discriminator
Measurement
(pg. 3-95)
AM Noise Measurements
• The AM noise of an RF source using an HP 11792C
(Option 130) Carrier Noise Test Set AM Noise Using an
HP 11729C (pg. 3-104)
• The AM noise of an RF source using an HP 33330C
Detector AM Noise Using an
HP 33330C (pg. 3-111)
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Signal Source Applications 3-2.1