Phase Noise Measurement Application

General Specifications

Description

Specifications

Supplemental Information

 

 

 

Amplitude Repeatability

 

 

 

 

Standard Deviationa b

No Smoothing

 

 

Offset

 

 

100 Hz

 

3.2 dB

1 kHz

 

2.0 dB

10 kHz

 

1.7 dB

100 kHz

 

1.6 dB

1 MHz

 

1.2 dB

4% Smoothingc

 

 

Offset

 

 

100 Hz

 

1.2 dB

1 kHz

 

0.56 dB

10 kHz

 

0.42 dB

100 kHz

 

0.42 dB

1 MHz

 

0.42 dB

 

 

 

a.Amplitude repeatability is the nominal standard deviation of the measured phase noise. This table comes from an observation of 30 log plot measurements using a 1 GHz, 0 dBm signal with the smooth- ing settings shown. All other analyzer and measurement settings are set to their factory defaults.

b.The standard deviation can be further reduced by applying averaging. The standard deviation will improve by a factor of the square root of the number of averages. For example, 10 averages will improve the standard deviation by a factor of 3.2.

c.Smoothing can cause additional amplitude errors near rapid transitions of the data, such as with discrete spurious signals and impulsive noise. The effect is more pronounced as the number of points smoothed increases.

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Agilent Technologies N9010A specifications Standard Deviationa b

N9010A specifications

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