User`s guide

Agilent E6432A Microwave Synthesizer User’s Guide 6-9
Specifications and Characteristics
Specifications and Characteristics
Absolute SSB Phase Noise (All Values are in dBc/Hz)
Specified for external 10 MHz reference mode using an
HP/Agilent 10811E 10 MHz reference source or equivalent.
(> +7 dBm, < 130 dBc @ 10 Hz, and < 150 dBc @ 100 Hz)
The following graph is an example of typical phase noise performance
with a 8.101 GHz carrier frequency.
Carrier
(GHz)
Offset
10 Hz
Offset
100 Hz
Offset
1 kHz
Offset
10 kHz
Offset
100
kHz
Offset
1 MHz
Offset
>/=
10 MHz
.01 < 2 –67 –75 –90 –90 –90 –102 –120
2 < 5 –58 –66 –87 –90 –90 –104 –128
5 < 10 –55 –61 –83 –90 –90 –104 –125
10 < 15 –48 –58 –80 –90 –90 –104 –125
15 </= 20 –46 –54 –77 –90 –90 –104 –125