E4408B Specifications and

Characteristics

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Agilent E4408B Specifications and Characteristics

Frequency

Frequency

 

 

 

 

 

Specifications

Supplemental Information

 

 

 

 

 

Frequency Range

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9 kHz to 26.5 GHz

 

Band

 

 

 

 

Harmonic Mixing Mode (Na)

0

(0 Hz to 3.0 GHz)

 

 

1–

1

(2.85

GHz to 6.7

GHz)

 

1–

2

(6.2 GHz to 13.2

GHz)

 

2–

3

(12.8

GHz to 19.2

GHz)

 

4–

4

(18.7

GHz to 26.5

GHz)

 

4–

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

a.N is the harmonic mixing mode. For negative mixing modes (as indicated by the “–”), the desired 1st LO harmonic is higher than the tuned frequency by the 1st IF (3.9214 for the 9 kHz to 3 GHz band, 321.4 MHz for all other bands).

 

 

Specifications

Supplemental Information

 

 

 

 

Frequency Reference

 

 

 

Aging Rate

± 2 ×

10–6/year

± 1.0 × 10–7/day, characteristic

Settability

± 5 ×

10–7

 

Temperature Stability

± 5 ×

10–6

 

 

 

Specifications

Supplemental Information

 

 

 

 

Frequency Readout

 

 

 

Accuracy

 

 

 

(Start, Stop, Center, Marker)

± ((frequency indication ×

 

 

frequency reference errora)

 

 

+

0.75% of span

 

 

+

15% of RBW

 

 

+

10 Hz + 1 Hz × Nb)

 

a. Frequency reference error = (aging rate × period of time since adjustment + settability + temperature stability).

b. N is the harmonic mixing mode.

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E4403B, E4411B, E4408B specifications

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