User`s guide

-iv Agilent Technologies E5500 Phase Noise Measurement System
BeginningtheMeasurement .............................. 7-80
CheckingtheBeatnote .................................. 7-91
MakingtheMeasurement ................................ 7-93
MicrowaveSource......................................... 7-97
RequiredEquipment .................................... 7-97
DefiningtheMeasurement ............................... 7-98
SelectingaReferenceSource ............................ 7-100
SelectingLoopSuppressionVerification ................... 7-101
Setup Considerations for the Microwave Source Measurement . . 7-101
BeginningtheMeasurement ............................. 7-103
CheckingtheBeatnote ................................. 7-110
MakingtheMeasurement ............................... 7-112
8. Residual Measurement Fundamentals
WhatYou’llFindinThisChapter.............................. 8-1
WhatisResidualNoise? ..................................... 8-2
TheNoiseMechanisms................................... 8-2
Basic Assumptions Regarding Residual Phase Noise Measurements . . . 8-4
FrequencyTranslationDevices............................. 8-4
CalibratingtheMeasurement.................................. 8-6
CalibrationandMeasurementGuidelines..................... 8-6
TheCalibrationOptions ..................................... 8-9
UserEntryofPhaseDetectorConstant....................... 8-9
Measured+/-DCPeakVoltage............................ 8-13
MeasuredBeatnote ..................................... 8-16
Procedure ............................................ 8-17
SynthesizedResidualMeasurementusingBeatnoteCal ........ 8-19
Procedure ............................................ 8-19
Double-SidedSpur ..................................... 8-21
Single-SidedSpur ...................................... 8-24
MeasurementDifficulties ................................... 8-28
System Connections . . .................................. 8-28
9. Residual Measurement Examples
WhatYou’llFindinThisChapter.............................. 9-1
AmplifierMeasurementExample .............................. 9-2
RequiredEquipment ..................................... 9-2
DefiningtheMeasurement ................................ 9-3
SetupConsiderations..................................... 9-7
BeginningtheMeasurement ............................... 9-7
MakingtheMeasurement ................................ 9-10
WhentheMeasurementisComplete ....................... 9-13
10. FM Discriminator Fundamentals
WhatYou’llFindinThisChapter............................. 10-1
TheFrequencyDiscriminatorMethod ......................... 10-2
BasicTheory .......................................... 10-2
TheDiscriminatorTransferResponse ...................... 10-3