User`s guide

Agilent Technologies E5500 Phase Noise Measurement System
7-71
Absolute Measurement Examples
RF Synthesizer using DCFM
5 Test Set Tab
Input Attenuation
LNA Low Pass Filter
•LNAGain
•DCBlock
PLL Integrator Attenuation
•0dB
20 MHz (Auto checked)
Auto Gain (Minimum Auto Gain - 14 dB)
Not checked
•0dBm
6 Downconverter Tab The downconverter parameters do not apply to this
measurement example.
7GraphTab
•Title
Graph Type
X Scale Minimum
X Scale Maximum
Y Scale Minimum
Y Scale Maximum
Normalize trace data to a:
Scale trace data to a new
carrier frequency of:
Shift trace data DOWN by:
Trace Smoothing Amount
Power present at input of DUT
RF Synthesizer vs Agilent/HP 8663A using DCFM
Single-sideband Noise (dBc/Hz)
•10Hz
•4E+6Hz
•0dBc/Hz
- 170 dBc/Hz
1 Hz bandwidth
1 times the current carrier frequency
•0dB
•0
•0dB
Table 7-12 Parameter Data for the RF Synthesizer (DCFM) Measurement
Step Parameters Data