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Agilent Technologies E5500 Phase Noise Measurement System

Your First Measurement

Making a Measurement

Table 3-1 Parameter Data for the Agilent/HP 70420A Confidence Test Example

Step Parameters Data

1 Type and Range Tab

Measurement Type

• Start Frequency

• Stop Frequency

• Minimum Number of Averages

FFT Quality

Swept Quality

• Baseband Noise (using a test set)

•10Hz

•100E+6Hz

•4

•Fast

2CalTab

• Gain preceding noise input • 0 dB

3 Block Diagram Tab

• Noise Source • Test Set Noise Input

4 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

5GraphTab

•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

• Confidence Test, Agilent/HP 70420A

Internal Noise Source.

• Base band noise (dBv/Hz)

•10Hz

•100E+6Hz

•0dBv/Hz

• - 200 dBv/Hz

• 1 Hz bandwidth

• 1 times the current carrier frequency

•0dB

•0

•0dB

1. The Stop Frequency depends on the analyzers configured in your phase noise system.