Agilent Technologies E5503A specifications Phase Noise Measuring Systems, Specifications

•50 kHz to 26.5 GHz with expand carrier frequencies to 110 GHz

•Quick and easy integration into your ATE system

E5503A

E5500 Series Phase Noise Measurement Solutions

The new Agilent E5500 A-series phase noise measurement solutions have been designed to minimize production ATE test times for one- port VCOs, DROs, crystal oscillators, and synthesizers and to maxi- mize the capability for R&D benchtop applications. In addition, with a standard offset range capability from 0.01 Hz to 100 MHz, the E5500 B-series provides the capability, flexibility, and versatility to meet changing and demanding needs placed upon the R&D engineer. By building upon 30 years of Agilent low phase noise, RF design and measurement experience, the E5500 series solutions continue to provide excellent measurement integrity, repeatability, and accuracy.

The E5500 phase noise measurement solutions use the power of a flexible software program to automate phase noise carrier mea- surements. The E5500 A-series solutions include the 70420A phase noise test set, which contains phase detectors and phase-lock loop circuitry, a high speed VXI digitizer with mainframe and high speed VXI-to-PC interface for base-band signal analysis, selected low-noise frequency downconverters, and measurement software. When com- bined with a PC running Windows NT 4.0, this series provides fast phase noise measurements of carrier frequencies from 50 kHz to 1.6 GHz, 6.0 GHz, 18 GHz, or 26.5 GHz over offset-from-carrier frequen- cies of 0.01 Hz to 4 MHz.1 The E5500 B-series includes the 70420A phase noise test set, a Pentium PC running Windows NT 4.0, a PC dig- itizer, and an RF spectrum analyzer, selected low-noise frequency downconverters, and measurement software. This series of solutions provides phase noise measurements of carrier frequencies from 50 kHz to 1.6 GHz, 6.0 GHz, 18 GHz, or 26.5 GHz over offset-from-carrier frequencies from 0.01 Hz to 100 MHz. A variety of signal generators— such as the 8662A, 8663A, 8643A, 8644B, 8664A/B, 8665A—can also be added to provide a low-noise reference signal.

Phase Noise Measurement Software

A graphical user interface provides measurement menus allowing the operator to specify the measurement process, including the cali- bration of the system. Several output formats are available to the user, including plots of the single-sideband phase noise power of the signal, integrated noise power, or the calculated Allan variance. A real-time measure-ment mode is available to monitor the level of phase noise and discrete spurs as changes are made to the device- under-test. The E5500 series phase noise measurement software requires a Pentium PC with 32 MBytes of RAM, a 1 GByte hard drive, and Windows NT 4.0.

1It can be extended to cover offset ranges up to 100 MHZ.

Phase Noise Measuring Systems

Phase Noise Measurement Solutions

•Ability to test a wide range of devices

•Measure AM noise directly

E5503B

Specifications

E5500 A-Series	E5500 B-Series
E5501A: 50 kHz to 1.6 GHz	E5501B: 50 kHz to 1.6 GHz
E5503A: 50 kHz to 18.0 GHz	E5502B: 50 kHz to 6.0 GHz
E5504A: 50 kHz to 26.5 GHz	E5503B: 50 kHz to 18.0 GHz
	E5504B: 50 kHz to 26.5 GHz

Operating Characteristics

Offset Frequency Range

A Models: 0.01 Hz to 4 MHz

B Models: 0.01 Hz to 100 MHz

System Noise Response 2: –180 dBc/Hz typically (>10 kHz offsets)

System Spurious Response 2: –120 dBc typically

Phase Detector Input Power: (<1.6 GHz carrier frequency) R input = 0 to +23 dBm

L input = +15 to +23 dBm Downconverter Input Range: 1 GHz to 6 GHz; 1 GHz to 18 GHz; 1.5 GHz to 26.5 GHz External Noise Input Port: 0.1 Hz to 100 MHz Measurement Accuracy: ±2 dB (<1.0 MHz offsets); ±4 dB (<100 MHz offsets)

E5500 A-Series Optional Capabilities

Extend offset range to 8, 10, and 100 MHz Add RF reference source

Add high power input capability (includes µW phase and AM detectors)

Extend carrier frequency to 110 GHz

E5500 B-Series Optional Capabilities

Add RF reference source

Add high power input capability (includes µW phase and AM detectors)

Add remote SCPI programming client Extend carrier frequency to 110 GHz

2Without reference sources or downconverters

Key Literature

E5500 Series Phase Noise Measurement Solutions,

Product Overview, p/n 5965-7590E

E5500 Series Phase Noise Measurement Solutions

Configuration Guide, p/n 5965-7589E

Ordering Information

E5500A Series

E5500B Series

See configuration guide for detailed ordering information.

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