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Agilent Technologies N9038A MXE Specifications Manual

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  • Page 1 Agilent X-Series MXE EMI Receiver N9038A MXE Specifications Guide (Comprehensive Reference Data)

  • Page 2: Safety Notices

    Do not proceed Should Agilent and the user have a beyond a CAUTION notice until separate written agreement with the indicated conditions are fully warranty terms covering the mate- understood and met.
  • Page 3 This Agilent technologies instrument product is warranted against defects in material and workmanship for a period of three years from the date of shipment. During the warranty period, Agilent Technologies will, at its option, either repair or replace products that prove to be defective.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Contents 1. Agilent MXE EMI Receiver Definitions and Requirements ............10 Definitions.
  • Page 6 Contents Spurious Responses ..............55 Second Harmonic Distortion .
  • Page 7 Contents Other Connector Rear, 2nd IF Output Specifications ......... . 99 Aux IF Out Port.
  • Page 8 Contents Measurement Range ..............117 Phase Modulation - Level and Carrier Metrics .

  • Page 9: Agilent Mxe Emi Receiver

    Agilent MXE EMI Receiver This chapter contains the specifications for the EMI receiver. The specifications and characteristics for the measurement applications and options are covered in the chapters that follow.

  • Page 10: Definitions And Requirements

    Certification Agilent Technologies certifies that this product met its published specifications at the time of shipment from the factory. Agilent Technologies further certifies that its calibration measurements are traceable to the United States National Institute of Standards and Technology, to the extent allowed by the Institute’s...

  • Page 11: Frequency And Time

    Agilent MXE EMI Receiver Frequency and Time Frequency and Time Description Specifications Supplemental Information Frequency Range Maximum Frequency RF Input 1 Option 508 8.4 GHz Option 526 26.5 GHz Option 544 44 GHz RF Input 2 1.0 GHz Minimum Frequency...
  • Page 12 Agilent MXE EMI Receiver Frequency and Time c. In the band overlap regions, for example, 3.5 to 3.6 GHz, the receiver may use either band for measure- ments, in this example Band 0 or Band 1. The receiver gives preference to the band with the better overall specifications (which is the lower numbered band for all frequencies below 26 GHz), but will choose the other band if doing so is necessary to achieve a sweep having minimum band crossings.

  • Page 13: Precision Frequency Reference

    Agilent MXE EMI Receiver Frequency and Time Description Specifications Supplemental Information Precision Frequency Reference ±[(time since last adjustment Accuracy × aging rate) + temperature stability + calibration accuracy Temperature Stability −8 ±1.5 × 10 20 to 30°C −8 ±5 × 10 Full temperature range −10...

  • Page 14: Frequency Readout Accuracy

    In most cases, the frequency readout accuracy of the receiver can be exceptionally good. As an exam- ple, Agilent has characterized the accuracy of a span commonly used for Electro-Magnetic Compatibil- ity (EMC) testing using a source frequency locked to the receiver. Ideally, this sweep would include EMC bands C and D and thus sweep from 30 to 1000 MHz.

  • Page 15: Frequency Counter

    Agilent MXE EMI Receiver Frequency and Time Description Specifications Supplemental Information Frequency Counter See note ±(marker freq × freq ref accy. + 0.100 Hz) Count Accuracy ±(delta freq. × freq ref accy. + 0.141 Hz) Delta Count Accuracy Resolution 0.001 Hz a.

  • Page 16: Sweep Time

    Agilent MXE EMI Receiver Frequency and Time Description Specifications Supplemental Information Sweep Time Range 1 μs to 6000 s Span = 0 Hz Span ≥ 10 Hz 1 ms to 4000 s Accuracy Span ≥ 10 Hz, swept ±0.01% (nominal) Span ≥...

  • Page 17: Triggers

    Agilent MXE EMI Receiver Frequency and Time Description Specifications Supplemental Information Triggers Additional information on some of the triggers and gate sources Video Independent of Display Scaling and Reference Level −170 dBm Minimum settable level Useful range limited by noise...

  • Page 18: Gated Sweep

    Agilent MXE EMI Receiver Frequency and Time Description Specifications Supplemental Information Gated Sweep Gate Methods Gated LO Gated Video Gated FFT Span Range Any span Gate Delay Range 0 to 100.0 s 4 digits, ≥100 ns Gate Delay Settability Gate Delay Jitter 33.3 ns p-p (nominal)

  • Page 19: Resolution Bandwidth (Rbw)

    Agilent MXE EMI Receiver Frequency and Time Description Specifications Supplemental Information Resolution Bandwidth (RBW) Range (−3.01 dB bandwidth) 1 Hz to 8 MHz Bandwidths above 3 MHz are 4, 5, 6, and 8 MHz. Bandwidths 1 Hz to 3 MHz are spaced at 10% spacing using the E24 series 24 per decade: 1.0, 1.1,...

  • Page 20: Rf Preselector Filters

    Agilent MXE EMI Receiver Frequency and Time b. Resolution Bandwidth Accuracy can be observed at slower sweep times than auto-coupled conditions. Normal sweep rates cause the shape of the RBW filter displayed on the receiver screen to widen by nominally 6%. This widening declines to 0.6% nominal when the Swp Time Rules key is set to Accu- racy instead of Normal.

  • Page 21: Microwave

    Agilent MXE EMI Receiver Frequency and Time Description Specifications Supplemental Information Microwave Relevant to many options, such as B25 Wide IF Preselector Bandwidth Bandwidth, in Bands 1 and higher. Nominal. Freq option ≤ 526 Freq option >526 Mean Bandwidth at CF...

  • Page 22: Amplitude Accuracy And Range

    Agilent MXE EMI Receiver Amplitude Accuracy and Range Amplitude Accuracy and Range Description Specifications Supplemental Information Measurement Range Preamp Off Displayed Average Noise Level to +30 dBm Preamp On Displayed Average Noise Level to +30 dBm Input Attenuation Range 0 to 70 dB, in 2 dB steps...

  • Page 23: Marker Readout

    Agilent MXE EMI Receiver Amplitude Accuracy and Range Description Specifications Supplemental Information Marker Readout Resolution Log (decibel) units Trace Averaging Off, on-screen 0.01 dB Trace Averaging On or remote 0.001 dB ≤1% of signal level (nominal) Linear units resolution Chapter 1...

  • Page 24: Frequency Response

    Agilent MXE EMI Receiver Amplitude Accuracy and Range Frequency Response Description Specifications Supplemental Information Frequency Response RF Input 1: to 44 GHz Refer to the footnote for RF Input 2: to 1 GHz Band Overlaps on page Modes above 18 GHz...
  • Page 25 Agilent MXE EMI Receiver Amplitude Accuracy and Range b. For FFT based measurements, Frequency Response errors are more complicated. One case is where the input signal is at the center frequency of the FFT measurement. In this case, the Frequency Response errors are given by this table.
  • Page 26 Agilent MXE EMI Receiver Amplitude Accuracy and Range Description Specifications Supplemental Information Frequency Response RF Input 1: to 44 GHz Refer to the footnote for RF Input 2: to 1 GHz Band Overlaps on page Modes above 18 GHz (Maximum error relative to...
  • Page 27 Agilent MXE EMI Receiver Amplitude Accuracy and Range b. For FFT based measurements, Frequency Response errors are more complicated. One case is where the input signal is at the center frequency of the FFT measurement. In this case, the Frequency Response errors are given by this table.
  • Page 28 Agilent MXE EMI Receiver Amplitude Accuracy and Range Description Specifications Supplemental Information Frequency Response RF Input 1: to 44 GHz Refer to the footnote for RF Input 2: to 1 GHz Band Overlaps on page Modes above 18 GHz (Maximum error relative to...
  • Page 29 Agilent MXE EMI Receiver Amplitude Accuracy and Range c. Specifications apply with DC coupling at all frequencies. With AC coupling, specifications apply at fre- quencies of 50 MHz and higher. Statistical observations at 10 MHz show that most instruments meet the specifications, but a few percent of instruments can be expected to have errors exceeding 0.5 dB at 10...
  • Page 30 Agilent MXE EMI Receiver Amplitude Accuracy and Range Description Specifications Supplemental Information Frequency Response RF Input 1: to 44 GHz Refer to the footnote for RF Input 2: to 1 GHz Band Overlaps on page Modes above 18 GHz (Maximum error relative to...
  • Page 31 Agilent MXE EMI Receiver Amplitude Accuracy and Range b. For FFT based measurements, Frequency Response errors are more complicated. One case is where the input signal is at the center frequency of the FFT measurement. In this case, the Frequency Response errors are given by this table.

  • Page 32: If Frequency Response

    Agilent MXE EMI Receiver Amplitude Accuracy and Range Description Specifications Supplemental Information IF Frequency Response Modes above 18 GHz (Demodulation and FFT response relative to the center frequency) Analysis Max Error Midwidth Error Slope (dB/MHz) Freq (GHz) Width (MHz) (Exception...

  • Page 33: If Phase Linearity

    Agilent MXE EMI Receiver Amplitude Accuracy and Range Description Specifications Supplemental Information IF Phase Linearity Deviation from mean phase linearity Modes above 18 GHz Preselector off only Center Freq Span (GHz) (MHz) Nominal RMS (nominal) ≥0.02, <3.6 ≤10 ±0.5° 0.2°...

  • Page 34: Absolute Amplitude Accuracy

    Agilent MXE EMI Receiver Amplitude Accuracy and Range Description Specifications Supplemental Information Absolute Amplitude Accuracy RF Input 1: to 44 GHz RF Input 2: to 1 GHz Preselector off and on Preamp off and on 95th percentile RF Input 1 At 50 MHz ±0.33 dB...

  • Page 35: Input Attenuation Switching Uncertainty

    Agilent MXE EMI Receiver Amplitude Accuracy and Range Description Specifications Supplemental Information Input Attenuation Switching Uncertainty Refer to the footnote for Band Overlaps on page 11 Atten > 2 dB, preamp off (Relative to 10 dB (reference setting)) 50 MHz (reference setting) ±0.20 dB...

  • Page 36: Rf Input Vswr

    Agilent MXE EMI Receiver Amplitude Accuracy and Range Description Specifications Supplemental Information RF Input VSWR RF Input 1: to 44 GHz at tuned frequency RF Input 2: to 1 GHz 10 dB Atten, 50 MHz, Presel off 1.07:1 (nominal) Preselector off...

  • Page 37: Resolution Bandwidth Switching Uncertainty

    Agilent MXE EMI Receiver Amplitude Accuracy and Range Description Specifications Supplemental Information Resolution Bandwidth Switching Uncertainty Relative to reference BW of 30 kHz ±0.05 dB 1.0 Hz to 1.5 MHz RBW ±0.10 dB 1.6 MHz to 3 MHz RBW ±1.0 dB...

  • Page 38: Total Measurement Uncertainty

    Agilent MXE EMI Receiver Amplitude Accuracy and Range Description Specifications Supplemental Information 95th Percentile (≈ 2σ) Total Measurement Uncertainty Signal level 0 to 90 dB below reference point, RF attenuation 0 to 40 dB, RBW ≤ 1 MHz, 20º to 30º C: AC coupled 10 MHz to 26.5 GHz...

  • Page 39: Display Scale Fidelity

    Agilent MXE EMI Receiver Amplitude Accuracy and Range Description Specifications Supplemental Information Presel on Preamp on ± 0.5 dB 9 kHz to 2 GHz ± 0.7 dB 2 to 3.6 GHz ± 1.1 dB 3.6 to 8 GHz ± 1.8 dB 3.6 to 8 GHz...

  • Page 40: Display Units

    Agilent MXE EMI Receiver Amplitude Accuracy and Range d. The relative fidelity is the error in the measured difference between two signal levels. It is so small in many cases that it cannot be verified without being dominated by measurement uncertainty of the veri- fication.

  • Page 41: Preamp Gain

    Agilent MXE EMI Receiver Amplitude Accuracy and Range Description Specifications Supplemental Information Preamp Gain Preselector off Maximum 100 kHz to 3.6 GHz +20 dB (nominal) 3.6 to 26.5 GHz +35 dB (nominal) 26.5 to 44 GHz +40 dB (nominal) Preselector on 1 kHz to 3.6 GHz...

  • Page 42: Dynamic Range

    Agilent MXE EMI Receiver Dynamic Range Dynamic Range Gain Compression Description Specifications Supplemental Information abcd 1 dB Gain Compression Point (Two-tone) Maximum power at mixer (RF Input 1 Option 544 (mmW) Option 508 or 526 (RF/μW) Preselector on or off, Preamp off...

  • Page 43: If Prefilter Bandwidth

    Agilent MXE EMI Receiver Dynamic Range b. Specified at 1 kHz RBW with 100 kHz tone spacing. Time Domain scan nominal values verified using a 1 kHz RBW with 50 MHz tone spacing. The compression point will nominally equal the specification for tone spacing greater than 5 times the prefilter bandwidth.

  • Page 44: Displayed Average Noise Level

    Agilent MXE EMI Receiver Dynamic Range Displayed Average Noise Level Description Specifications Supplemental Information Displayed Average Noise Input terminated Refer to the footnote for Level (DANL) Sample or Average detector Band Overlaps on page Averaging type = Log (RF Input 1...
  • Page 45 Agilent MXE EMI Receiver Dynamic Range Description Specifications Supplemental Information Displayed Average Noise Input terminated Refer to the footnote for Level (DANL) Sample or Average detector Band Overlaps on page Averaging type = Log (RF Input 1 0 dB input attenuation...
  • Page 46 Agilent MXE EMI Receiver Dynamic Range Description Specifications Supplemental Information Displayed Average Noise Input terminated Refer to the footnote for Level (DANL) Sample or Average detector Band Overlaps on page Averaging type = Log (RF Input 1 0 dB input attenuation...
  • Page 47 Agilent MXE EMI Receiver Dynamic Range d. DANL below 10 MHz is affected by phase noise around the LO feedthrough signal. Specifications apply with the best setting of the Phase Noise Optimization control, which is to choose the “Best Close-in φ Noise" for frequencies below 25 kHz, and “Best Wide Offset φ Noise" for frequencies above 25 kHz.
  • Page 48 Agilent MXE EMI Receiver Dynamic Range Description Specifications Supplemental Information Displayed Average Noise Level Input terminated Refer to the footnote for (DANL) Sample or Average detector Band Overlaps on page Averaging type = Log (RF Input 1 0 dB input attenuation...

  • Page 49: Indicated Noise (Receiver)

    Agilent MXE EMI Receiver Dynamic Range e. Specified for instruments with prefixes MY/SG5213 or greater. Nominal for instruments with earlier prefixes. f. NFE is not part of the difference between warranted and typical specifications at this frequency. Description Specifications Supplemental Information...
  • Page 50 Agilent MXE EMI Receiver Dynamic Range c. Typical Indicated Noise including NFE = Typical DANL + RBW correction + Log Detector correction – DANL Improvement with NFE. d. Specified for instruments with prefixes MY/SG5213 or greater. Nominal for instruments with earlier prefixes.
  • Page 51 Agilent MXE EMI Receiver Dynamic Range Description Specifications Supplemental Information Indicated Noise (Receiver) Input terminated (RF Input 1 EMI Average detector 0 dB input attenuation IF Gain = High All indicated RBW are CISPR BW, except as noted. Calculated : Derived from DANL data Option 544 (mmW) Option 508 or 526 (RF/μW)

  • Page 52: Danl And Indicated Noise Improvement With Noise Floor Extension

    Agilent MXE EMI Receiver Dynamic Range Description Specifications Supplemental Information DANL and Indicated Noise Improvement 95th Percentile (≈ 2 σ) with Noise Floor Extension Option 544 (mmW) Option 508 or 526 (RF/μW) Preamp off Preselector off Preamp on RF Input 1 20 ΜΗz tο...
  • Page 53 Agilent MXE EMI Receiver Dynamic Range Description Specifications Supplemental Information 2 to 3.6 GHz 10 dB 6 dB 3.5 to 8.4 GHz 8 dB 6 dB 3.5 to 8.4 GHz 6 dB 4 dB 8.3 to 13.6 GHz 8 dB...
  • Page 54 Agilent MXE EMI Receiver Dynamic Range Description Specifications Supplemental Information DANL and Indicated Noise 95th Percentile (≈ 2 σ) Improvement with Noise Floor Extension Preamp off Preselector on Preamp on RF Input 2 9 to 150 kHz 6 dB 6 dB...

  • Page 55: Spurious Responses

    Agilent MXE EMI Receiver Dynamic Range Spurious Responses Description Specifications Supplemental Information Spurious Responses Preamp Off RF Input 1: to 44 GHz Preselector on and off (see Band Overlaps on RF Input 2: to 1 GHz page Residual Responses −100 dBm 200 kHz to 8.4 GHz (swept)
  • Page 56 Agilent MXE EMI Receiver Dynamic Range a. The spurious response specifications only apply with the preamp turned off. When the preamp is turned on, performance is nominally the same as long as the mixer level is interpreted to be: Mixer Level = Input Level −...

  • Page 57: Second Harmonic Distortion

    Agilent MXE EMI Receiver Dynamic Range Second Harmonic Distortion Description Specifications Supplemental Information Second Harmonic Distortion (Input power = −9 dBm Input attenuation = 6 dB RF Input 1 Option 544 (mmW) Option 508 or 526 (RF/μW) Preselector off Preamp off...
  • Page 58 Agilent MXE EMI Receiver Dynamic Range Description Specifications Supplemental Information Second Harmonic Distortion (Input power = −9 dBm Input attenuation = 6 dB RF Input 1 Option 544 (mmW) Option 508 or 526 (RF/μW) Preselector on, Preamp on Source Frequency (Input power = –9 dBm...

  • Page 59: Third Order Intermodulation

    Agilent MXE EMI Receiver Dynamic Range Third Order Intermodulation Description Specifications Supplemental Information Third Order Intermodulation (Tone separation > 5 times IF Prefilter Bandwidth Verification conditions RF Input 1 Intercept 20 to 30°C 5 to 50°C Preselector off, Preamp off...
  • Page 60 Agilent MXE EMI Receiver Dynamic Range a. When using Time Domain scan, all indicated values shown here are nominal values. b. See the IF Prefilter Bandwidth table in the Gain Compression specifications on page 43. When the tone separation condition is met, the effect on TOI of the setting of IF Gain is negligible. TOI is verified with IF Gain set to its best case condition, which is IF Gain = Low.

  • Page 61: Phase Noise

    Agilent also measures the broadband noise of the receiver without the CW signal and subtracts its power from the measured phase noise power. The same technique of overdrive and noise subtraction can be used in measuring a DUT.

  • Page 62: Nominal Phase Noise At Different Center Frequencies [Plot]

    Agilent MXE EMI Receiver Dynamic Range Nominal Phase Noise at Different Center Frequencies [Plot] Chapter 1...

  • Page 63: Power Suite Measurements (Preselector Off Only)

    Agilent MXE EMI Receiver Power Suite Measurements (Preselector off only) Power Suite Measurements (Preselector off only) Description Specifications Supplemental Information Channel Power Amplitude Accuracy Absolute Amplitude Accuracy Power Bandwidth Accuracy Case: Radio Std = 3GPP W-CDMA, or IS-95 ±0.82 dB ±0.23 dB (95...

  • Page 64: Adjacent Channel Power (Acp)

    Agilent MXE EMI Receiver Power Suite Measurements (Preselector off only) Description Specifications Supplemental Information Adjacent Channel Power (ACP) RF Input 1, Preselector Off Case: Radio Std = None Accuracy of ACP Ratio (dBc) Display Scale Fidelity Accuracy of ACP Absolute Power...
  • Page 65 Agilent MXE EMI Receiver Power Suite Measurements (Preselector off only) b. See Amplitude Accuracy and Range section. c. See Frequency and Time section. d. Expressed in decibels. e. An ACP measurement measures the power in adjacent channels. The shape of the response versus fre- quency of those adjacent channels is occasionally critical.
  • Page 66 80% yield to this typical. The ACPR dynamic range is verified only at 2 GHz, where Agilent has the near-perfect signal avail- able. The dynamic range is specified for the optimum mixer drive level, which is different in different instruments and different conditions.

  • Page 67: Fast Acpr Test [Plot]

    PC with a 3 GHz Pentium 4 running Windows XP Professional Version 2002. The communica- tions medium was PCI GPIB IEEE 488.2. The Test Application Language was .NET C#. The Application Communication Layer was Agilent T&M Programmer’s Toolkit For Visual Studio (Ver- sion 1.1), Agilent I/O Libraries (Version M.01.01.41_beta).

  • Page 68: Multi-Carrier Adjacent Channel Power

    Agilent MXE EMI Receiver Power Suite Measurements (Preselector off only) Description Specifications Supplemental Information Multi-Carrier Adjacent Channel RF Input 1, Preselector Off Power Case: Radio Std = 3GPP W-CDMA RRC weighted, 3.84 MHz noise bandwidth −70 dB (nominal) ACPR Dynamic Range (5 MHz offset, Two carriers) ±0.42 dB (nominal)

  • Page 69: Burst Power

    Agilent MXE EMI Receiver Power Suite Measurements (Preselector off only) Description Specifications Supplemental Information Burst Power Methods Power above threshold Power within burst width Results Output power, average Output power, single burst Maximum power Minimum power within burst Burst width...

  • Page 70: Spectrum Emission Mask

    Agilent MXE EMI Receiver Power Suite Measurements (Preselector off only) Description Specifications Supplemental Information Spectrum Emission Mask Table-driven spurious signals; measurement near carriers Case: Radio Std = cdma2000 Dynamic Range, relative 78.9 dB 85.0 dB (typical) (750 kHz offset −100.7 dBm...

  • Page 71: Options

    Agilent MXE EMI Receiver Options Options The following options and applications affect instrument specifications. Option 508: Frequency range, 20 Hz to 8.4 GHz Option 526: Frequency range, 20 Hz to 26.5 GHz Option 544: Frequency range, 20 Hz to 44 GHz...

  • Page 72: General

    Specifications Supplemental Information Environmental Samples of this product have been type tested in accordance with the Agilent Environmental Test Manual and verified to be robust against the environmental stresses of Storage, Transportation and End-use; those stresses include but are not limited to temperature, humidity, shock, vibration, altitude and power line conditions.
  • Page 73 Agilent MXE EMI Receiver General Description Specifications Complies with European EMC Directive 2004/108/EC — IEC/EN 61326-2-1 — CISPR Pub 11 Group 1, class B — AS/NZS CISPR 11 — ICES/NMB-001 This ISM device complies with Canadian ICES-001. Cet appareil ISM est conforme a la norme NMB-001 du Canada.
  • Page 74 Phase Noise Optimization set to Fast Tuning, Display Off, 32 bit integer format, markers Off, single sweep, measured with IBM compatible PC with 2.99 GHz Pentium® 4 with 2 GB RAM running Win- dows® XP, Agilent I/O Libraries Suite Version 14.1, one meter GPIB cable, National Instruments PCI-GPIB Card and NI-488.2 DLL.
  • Page 75 Agilent MXE EMI Receiver General Description Specifications Supplemental Information Radio Disturbance Measuring CISPR 16-1-1:2010 The features in this instrument Apparatus comply with the performance requirements of this basic standard. a. The use of Noise Floor Extension (NFE) is required to meet the "isolated pulse" test case in Bands B, C, and D.

  • Page 76: Inputs/Outputs

    Agilent MXE EMI Receiver Inputs/Outputs Inputs/Outputs Front Panel Description Specifications Supplemental Information RF Input Connector RF Input 1 Type-N female (standard) 3.5 mm male (Option C35) Option C35 is only available with Option 526 2.4 mm male (Option 544) Impedance 50Ω...

  • Page 77: Rear Panel

    Agilent MXE EMI Receiver Inputs/Outputs Rear Panel Description Specifications Supplemental Information 10 MHz Out Connector BNC female Impedance 50Ω (nominal) ≥0 dBm (nominal) Output Amplitude Output Configuration AC coupled, sinusoidal 10 MHz × Frequency (1 + frequency reference accuracy) Description...
  • Page 78 Noise Source Drive +28 V (Pulsed) Connector BNC female Output voltage on 28.0 ± 0.1 V 60 mA maximum current Output voltage off < 1.0 V Description Specs Supplemental Information SNS Series Noise Source For use with Agilent Technologies SNS Series noise sources Chapter 1...
  • Page 79 Agilent MXE EMI Receiver Inputs/Outputs Description Specifications Supplemental Information USB 2.0 Ports See Front Panel for additional ports Master (4 ports) Connector USB Type “A” (female) Output Current 0.5 A (nominal) Slave (1 port) Connector USB Type “B” (female) Description...

  • Page 80: Regulatory Information

    EU law as of August 13, 2005. All electric and electronic equipment are required to be separated from normal waste for disposal (Reference WEEE Directive 2002/96/EC). To return unwanted products, contact your local Agilent office, or see http://www.agilent.com/environment/product/index.shtml for more information.

  • Page 81: Declaration Of Conformity

    Declaration of Conformity A copy of the Manufacturer’s European Declaration of Conformity for this instrument can be obtained by contacting your local Agilent Technologies sales representative, or copies can be downloaded from the Agilent Technologies, Inc. web site at: http://www.agilent-pra.com/doc/search.htm...
  • Page 82 Agilent MXE EMI Receiver Declaration of Conformity Chapter 1...

  • Page 83: I/Q Analyzer

    I/Q Analyzer This chapter contains specifications for the I/Q Analyzer measurement application (Basic Mode).

  • Page 84: Specifications Affected By I/Q Analyzer

    I/Q Analyzer Specifications Affected by I/Q Analyzer: Specifications Affected by I/Q Analyzer: The specifications in this chapter apply for RF Input 1 and Preselector off. Specification Name Information Number of Frequency Display Trace Does not apply. Points (buckets) Resolution Bandwidth “Frequency”...

  • Page 85: Frequency

    I/Q Analyzer Frequency Frequency Supplemental Description Specifications Information Frequency Span Standard instrument 10 Hz to10 MHz Option B25 10 Hz to 25 MHz Resolution Bandwidth (Spectrum Measurement) Range Overall 100 mHz to 3 MHz Span = 1 MHz 50 Hz to 1 MHz Span = 10 kHz 1 Hz to 10 kHz Span = 100 Hz...

  • Page 86: Clipping-To-Noise Dynamic Range

    I/Q Analyzer Clipping-to-Noise Dynamic Range Clipping-to-Noise Dynamic Range Description Specifications Supplemental Information Clipping-to-Noise Dynamic Range Excluding residuals and spurious responses Center frequency ≥ 20 MHz Clipping Level at Mixer −10 dBm −8 dBm (nominal) IF Gain = Low −20 dBm −17.5 dBm (nominal) IF Gain = High Noise Density at Mixer...

  • Page 87: Data Acquisition

    I/Q Analyzer Data Acquisition Data Acquisition Description Specifications Supplemental Information 4,000,000 IQ sample pairs ≈ 335 ms at 10 MHz span Time Record Length Sample Rate 90 MSa/s ADC Resolution 14 Bits Chapter 2...
  • Page 88 I/Q Analyzer Data Acquisition Chapter 2...

  • Page 89: Option Tds - Time Domain Scan

    Option TDS - Time Domain Scan This chapter contains specifications for the Time Domain Scan measurement application.

  • Page 90: Sweep Time

    Option TDS - Time Domain Scan Sweep Time Sweep Time Description Specifications Supplemental Information Sweep Time CISPR band B, 150 kHz to 30 MHz, 11.9 s (nominal) RBW = 9 kHz, measurement time = 100 ms, peak detector CISPR band B, 150 kHz to 30 MHz, 163.3 s (nominal) RBW = 9 kHz, measurement time = 1 s,...

  • Page 91: Option B25 - 25 Mhz Analysis Bandwidth

    Option B25 - 25 MHz Analysis Bandwidth This chapter contains specifications for the Option B25 25 MHz Analysis Bandwidth, and are unique to this IF Path.

  • Page 92: Specifications Affected By Analysis Bandwidth

    Option B25 - 25 MHz Analysis Bandwidth Specifications Affected by Analysis Bandwidth Specifications Affected by Analysis Bandwidth The specifications in this chapter apply when the 25 MHz path is in use. In IQ Analyzer, this will occur when the IF Path is set to 25 MHz, whether by Auto selection (depending on Span) or manually. The specifications in this chapter apply for RF Input 1 and Preselector off.

  • Page 93: Other Analysis Bandwidth Specifications

    Option B25 - 25 MHz Analysis Bandwidth Other Analysis Bandwidth Specifications Other Analysis Bandwidth Specifications Description Specifi- Supplemental cations Information IF Spurious Response Preamp Off IF Second Harmonic Apparent Freq Excitation Freq Mixer Level IF Gain + 22.5 MHz)/2 −15 dBm −54 dBc (nominal) Any on-screen f (f + f −25 dBm...

  • Page 94: If Frequency Response

    Option B25 - 25 MHz Analysis Bandwidth Other Analysis Bandwidth Specifications Description Specifications Supplemental Information IF Frequency Response Modes above 18 GHz (Demodulation and FFT response relative to the center frequency) Midwidth Slope Error (dB/MHz) Max Error (Exceptions Analysis Width (95th (95th Freq (GHz)
  • Page 95 Option B25 - 25 MHz Analysis Bandwidth Other Analysis Bandwidth Specifications Description Specification Supplemental Information Full Scale (ADC Clipping) Default settings, signal at CF (IF Gain = Low) −8 dBm mixer level Band 0 (nominal) −7 dBm mixer level Band 1 through 4 (nominal) High Gain setting, signal at CF (IF Gain = High)

  • Page 96: Data Acquisition

    Option B25 - 25 MHz Analysis Bandwidth Data Acquisition Data Acquisition Specifications Supplemental Description Information Time Record Length (IQ pairs) ≈88.9 ms at 25 MHz IQ Analyzer 4,000,000 IQ sample pairs span 89600 VSA software or 32-bit Data Packing 64-bit Data Packing Memory N9064A 62.5 MSa...

  • Page 97: Option Cr3 - Connector Rear, 2Nd If Output

    Option CR3 - Connector Rear, 2nd IF Output This chapter contains specifications for Option CR3, Connector Rear, 2nd IF Output.

  • Page 98: Specifications Affected By Connector Rear, 2Nd If Output

    Option CR3 - Connector Rear, 2nd IF Output Specifications Affected by Connector Rear, 2nd IF Output Specifications Affected by Connector Rear, 2nd IF Output No other analyzer specifications are affected by the presence or use of this option. New specifications are given in the following page.

  • Page 99: Other Connector Rear, 2Nd If Output Specifications

    Option CR3 - Connector Rear, 2nd IF Output Other Connector Rear, 2nd IF Output Specifications Other Connector Rear, 2nd IF Output Specifications Aux IF Out Port Description Specifications Supplemental Information Connector SMA female Shared with other options Impedance 50Ω (nominal) Second IF Out Description Specifications...
  • Page 100 Option CR3 - Connector Rear, 2nd IF Output Other Connector Rear, 2nd IF Output Specifications Chapter 5...

  • Page 101: Option Esc - External Source Control

    Option ESC - External Source Control This chapter contains specifications for the Option ESC, External Source Control.

  • Page 102: General Specifications

    Option ESC - External Source Control General Specifications General Specifications Description Specification Supplemental Information Frequency Range SA Operating range 20 Hz to 8.4 GHz N9038A-508 20 Hz to 26.5 GHz N9038A-526 20 Hz to 44 GHz N9038A-544 Source Operating range 100 kHz to 3 GHz N5181A/N5182A-503 100 kHz to 6 GHz...

  • Page 103: Dynamic Range

    Option ESC - External Source Control General Specifications Description Specification Supplemental Information Dynamic Range = −10 dBm − Dynamic Range DANL − 10×log(RBW) (10 MHz to 3 GHz, Input terminated, sample detector, average type = log, 20 to 30°C) SA RBW SA span 1 MHz 2 kHz...

  • Page 104: Power Sweep Range

    Based on MXG firmware version A.01.80 and Option UNZ installed. Description Specification Supplemental Information Supported External Sources Agilent MXG N5181A (firmware A.01.80 or later) N5182A (firmware A.01.80 or later) N5183A (firmware A.01.80 or later) Agilent PSG IO interface connection between:...

  • Page 105: Option Yas - Y-Axis Screen Video Output

    Option YAS - Y-Axis Screen Video Output This chapter contains specifications for Option YAS, Y-Axis Screen Video Output.

  • Page 106: Specifications Affected By Y-Axis Screen Video Output

    Option YAS - Y-Axis Screen Video Output Specifications Affected by Y-Axis Screen Video Output Specifications Affected by Y-Axis Screen Video Output No other analyzer specifications are affected by the presence or use of this option. New specifications are given in the following pages. Chapter 7...

  • Page 107: Other Y-Axis Screen Video Output Specifications

    Option YAS - Y-Axis Screen Video Output Other Y-Axis Screen Video Output Specifications Other Y-Axis Screen Video Output Specifications General Port Specifications Description Specifications Supplemental Information Connector BNC female Shared with other options Impedance <140Ω (nominal) Screen Video Description Specifications Supplemental Information Operating Conditions Display Scale Types...

  • Page 108: Delay

    Option YAS - Y-Axis Screen Video Output Other Y-Axis Screen Video Output Specifications Description Specifications Supplemental Information Detector = Peak, Negative, The output signal represents Sample, or Normal the input envelope excluding display detection Average Detector The effect of average Nominal detection in smoothing the bandwidth:...

  • Page 109: Continuity And Compatibility

    Trigger without a trigger present can prevent these from occurring, but will prevent there being any on-screen updating. Video output is always active even if the analyzer is not sweeping. e. Compatibility with the HP/Agilent 8560 and 8590 families, and the ESA and PSA, is similar in most respects.
  • Page 110 Option YAS - Y-Axis Screen Video Output Other Y-Axis Screen Video Output Specifications Chapter 7...

  • Page 111: Analog Demodulation Measurement Application

    Analog Demodulation Measurement Application This chapter contains specifications for the N9063A Analog Demodulation Measurement Application.

  • Page 112: Pre-Demodulation

    Analog Demodulation Measurement Application Pre-Demodulation Pre-Demodulation Description Specifications Supplemental Information Carrier Frequency Maximum Frequency Option 508 8.4 GHz Option 526 26.5 GHz Option 544 44 GHz Minimum Frequency AC Coupled 10 MHz DC Coupled 20 Hz In practice, limited by the need to keep modulation sidebands from folding, and by the interference from LO feedthrough.

  • Page 113: Post-Demodulation

    Analog Demodulation Measurement Application Post-Demodulation Post-Demodulation Supplemental Description Specifications Information Maximum Audio Frequency Span 4 MHz Filters Low Pass 300 Hz, 3 kHz, 15 kHz, 30 kHz, 80 kHz, 300 kHz High Pass 20 Hz, 50 Hz, 300 Hz Band Pass CCITT 25 μs, 50 μs, 75 μs, 750 μs De-emphasis...

  • Page 114: Frequency Modulation - Level And Carrier Metrics

    Analog Demodulation Measurement Application Frequency Modulation - Level and Carrier Metrics Frequency Modulation - Level and Carrier Metrics Description Specifications Supplemental Information ±(1% of (rate + deviation) + 20 Hz) FM Deviation Accuracy (nominal) (Rate: 1 kHz - 1 MHz, Deviation: 1 - 100 kHz ±0.2 Hz (nominal) FM Rate Accuracy...

  • Page 115: Frequency Modulation - Distortion

    Analog Demodulation Measurement Application Frequency Modulation - Distortion Frequency Modulation - Distortion Description Specifications Supplemental Information Residual (Rate: 1 - 10 kHz, Deviation: 5 kHz) 0.1% (nominal) Distortion 1.3% (nominal) SINAD 37.7 dB (nominal) Absolute Accuracy (Rate: 1 - 10 kHz, Deviation: 5 kHz) ±...

  • Page 116: Amplitude Modulation - Level And Carrier Metrics

    Analog Demodulation Measurement Application Amplitude Modulation - Level and Carrier Metrics Amplitude Modulation - Level and Carrier Metrics Description Specifications Supplemental Information ±0.2% + 0.002 × measured value (nominal) AM Depth Accuracy (Rate: 1 kHz to 1 MHz) ±0.05 Hz (nominal) AM Rate Accuracy (Rate: 1 kHz to 1 MHz) Carrier Power...

  • Page 117: Amplitude Modulation - Distortion

    Analog Demodulation Measurement Application Amplitude Modulation - Distortion Amplitude Modulation - Distortion Description Specifications Supplemental Information Residual (Depth: 50%, Rate: 1 to 10 kHz) 0.16% (nominal) Distortion 0.17% (nominal) SINAD 55.5 dB (nominal) Absolute Accuracy (Depth: 50%, Rate: 1 to 10 kHz) ±1% of measured value + residual (nominal) Measured 2nd and 3rd harmonics ±1% of measured value + residual (nominal)

  • Page 118: Phase Modulation - Level And Carrier Metrics

    Analog Demodulation Measurement Application Phase Modulation - Level and Carrier Metrics Phase Modulation - Level and Carrier Metrics Description Specifications Supplemental Information ±(1 rad × (0.005 + (rate/1 MHz))) PM Deviation Accuracy (nominal) (Rate: 1 to 20 kHz Deviation: 0.2 to 6 rad) ±0.2 Hz (nominal) PM Rate Accuracy (Rate: 1 to 10 kHz...

  • Page 119: Phase Modulation - Distortion

    Analog Demodulation Measurement Application Phase Modulation - Distortion Phase Modulation - Distortion Description Specifications Supplemental Information Residual (Rate: 1 to 10 kHz, Deviation: 628 mrad) 0.1% (nominal) Distortion 0.5% (nominal) SINAD 45 dB (nominal) Absolute Accuracy (Rate: 1 to 10 kHz, Deviation: 628 mrad) ±1% of measured value + residual (nominal) ±1% of measured value + residual (nominal)
  • Page 120 Analog Demodulation Measurement Application Phase Modulation - Distortion Chapter 8...

  • Page 121: Noise Figure Measurement Application

    Noise Figure Measurement Application This chapter contains specifications for the N9069A Noise Figure Measurement Application.

  • Page 122: General Specifications

    At the highest frequencies, especially above 40 GHz, the only Agilent Supra-26-GHz noise source, the 346CK01, often will not have enough ENR to allow for the calibration operation. Operation with "Internal Cal"...

  • Page 123: Gain

    See Agilent App Note 57-2, literature number 5952-3706E for details on the use of this specification. Jitter (amplitude variations) will also affect the accuracy of results. The standard deviation of the measured result decreases by a factor of the square root of the Resolution Bandwidth used and by the square root of the number of averages.

  • Page 124: Noise Figure Uncertainty Calculator

    Noise Figure Measurement Application General Specifications Description Specifications Supplemental Information Noise Figure Uncertainty Calculator With user calibration Instrument Noise Figure Uncertainty See the Noise Figure table earlier in this chapter Instrument Gain Uncertainty See the Gain table earlier in this chapter Instrument Noise Figure Noise Figure is: DANL + 176.24 dB (nominal)

  • Page 125: Phase Noise Measurement Application

    Phase Noise Measurement Application This chapter contains specifications for the N9068A Phase Noise measurement application. The specifications in this chapter apply for RF Input 1 and Preselector off.

  • Page 126: General Specifications

    Phase Noise Measurement Application General Specifications General Specifications Supplemental Description Specifications Information Maximum Carrier Frequency Option 508 8.4 GHz Option 526 26.5 GHz Option 544 44 GHz Supplemental Description Specifications Information Measurement Characteristics Measurements Log plot, RMS noise, RMS jitter, Residual FM, Spot frequency Chapter 10...

  • Page 127: Measurement Accuracy

    Phase Noise Measurement Application General Specifications Description Specifications Supplemental Information Measurement Accuracy Phase Noise Density Accuracy Offset < 1 MHz ±0.30 dB Offset ≥ 1 MHz Non-overdrive case ±0.30 dB With Overdrive ±0.48 dB (nominal) RMS Markers See equation a. This does not include the effect of system noise floor. This error is a function of the signal (phase noise of the DUT) to noise (analyzer noise floor due to phase noise and thermal noise) ratio, SN, in decibels.

  • Page 128: Amplitude Repeatability

    Phase Noise Measurement Application General Specifications Supplemental Description Specifications Information Amplitude Repeatability < 1 dB (nominal) (No Smoothing, all offsets, default settings, including averages = 10) a. Standard deviation. The repeatability can be improved with the use of smoothing and increasing the number of averages.

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