User`s guide

Agilent Technologies E5500 Phase Noise Measurement System -iii
AddingIsolation........................................6-16
IncreasingthePLLBandwidth.............................6-16
InsertingaDevice ..........................................6-18
AnAttenuator..........................................6-18
AnAmplifier ..........................................6-18
EvaluatingNoiseAbovetheSmallAngleLine ...................6-20
DeterminingthePhaseLockLoopBandwidth ................6-20
7. Absolute Measurement Examples
WhatYou’llFindinThisChapter ..............................7-1
StableRFOscillator .........................................7-2
RequiredEquipment......................................7-2
DefiningtheMeasurement.................................7-3
SelectingaReferenceSource...............................7-5
SelectingLoopSuppressionVerification ......................7-6
SetupConsiderationsfortheStableRFOscillatorMeasurement ...7-6
BeginningtheMeasurement................................7-8
CheckingtheBeatnote ...................................7-19
MakingtheMeasurement.................................7-20
Free-RunningRFOscillator ..................................7-24
RequiredEquipment.....................................7-24
DefiningtheMeasurement................................7-25
SelectingaReferenceSource..............................7-27
SelectingLoopSuppressionVerification .....................7-28
Setup Considerations for the Free-Running RF
OscillatorMeasurement...............................7-28
BeginningtheMeasurement...............................7-31
CheckingtheBeatnote ...................................7-42
MakingtheMeasurement.................................7-44
RFSynthesizerusingDCFM .................................7-48
RequiredEquipment.....................................7-48
DefiningtheMeasurement................................7-49
SelectingaReferenceSource..............................7-51
SelectingLoopSuppressionVerification .....................7-52
Setup Considerations for the RF Synthesizer using
DCFMMeasurement .................................7-52
BeginningtheMeasurement...............................7-55
CheckingtheBeatnote ...................................7-66
MakingtheMeasurement.................................7-68
RFSynthesizerusingEFC ...................................7-72
RequiredEquipment.....................................7-72
DefiningtheMeasurement................................7-73
SelectingaReferenceSource..............................7-75
SelectingLoopSuppressionVerification .....................7-76
SelectingaReferenceSource..............................7-77
Setup Considerations for the RF Synthesizer using
EFCMeasurement ...................................7-77