Frequency Speci￿cations

 

 

Stability

 

Noise Sidebands

(1 kHz IF BW, 30 Hz AVG BW and sample

 

detector)

>10 kHz o￿set from CW signal

￿090 dBc/Hz

>20 kHz o￿set from CW signal

￿0100 dBc/Hz

>30 kHz o￿set from CW signal

￿0105 dBc/Hz

Residual FM

 

1 kHz IF BW, 1 kHz Avg BW

￿250 Hz pk-pk in 100 ms

30 Hz IF BW, 30 Hz Avg BW

￿30 Hz pk-pk in 300 ms

System-Related Sidebands

 

>30 kHz o￿set from CW signal

￿065 dBc

 

 

 

 

Calibrator Output Frequency

300 MHz 6(freq. ref. error* 2 300 MHz)

*frequency reference error = (aging rate 2 period of time since adjustment + initial achievable accuracy + temperature stability). See \Frequency Characteristics ."

HP 8591EM Speci￿cations and Characteristics 4-5