Agilent Technologies E5500A User manual

Agilent Technologies E5500A/B

Phase Noise Measurement System

User’s Guide

Part number: E5500-90004

PrintedinUSA

June 2000

Supersedes September 1999

Revision A.01.05

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Agilent Technologies E5500 Phase Noise Measurement System

What You’ll Find in This Manual…

•Chapter 1, “Getting Started with the Agilent Technologies E5500 Phase

Noise Measurement System”

•Chapter 2, “Welcome to the HP E5500 Phase Noise Measurement

System Series of Solutions”

•Chapter 3, “Your First Measurement”

•Chapter 4, “Phase Noise Basics”

•Chapter 5, “Expanding Your Measurement Experience”

•Chapter 6, “Absolute Measurement Fundamentals”

•Chapter 7, “Absolute Measurement Examples”

•Chapter 8, “Residual Measurement Fundamentals”

•Chapter 9, “Residual Measurement Examples”

•Chapter 10, “FM Discriminator Fundamentals”

•Chapter 11, “FM Discriminator Measurement Examples”

•Chapter 12, “AM Noise Measurement Fundamentals”

•Chapter 13, “AM Noise Measurement Examples”

•Chapter 14, “Baseband Noise Measurement Examples”

•Chapter 15, “Evaluating Your Measurement Results”

•Chapter 16, “Advanced Software Features”

•Chapter 17, “Error Messages and System Troubleshooting”

•Chapter 18, “Reference Graphs and Tables”

•Chapter 19, “Connect Diagrams”

•Chapter 20, “System Specifications”

•Chapter 21, “Phase Noise Customer Support”

•Appendix A, “Connector Care and Preventive Maintenance”

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Service and Support

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Notice ..................................................... ii

SoftwareLicenseTerms....................................iii

WhatYou’llFindinThisManual….............................. v

LimitedWarranty ............................................vi

Software ................................................vi

Media ..................................................vi

NoticeofWarrantyClaims..................................vi

LimitationofWarranty.....................................vi

ExclusiveRemedies .......................................vi

Assistance...............................................vi

Service and Support . ........................................ vii

1. Getting Started with the Agilent Technologies E5500 Phase Noise

Measurement System

WhatYou’llFindinThisChapter… ............................1-1

Introduction................................................1-2

TrainingGuidelines .........................................1-3

2. Welcome to the Agilent Technologies E5500 Phase Noise Measurement

System Series of Solutions

WhatYou’llFindinThisChapter… ............................2-1

IntroducingtheGraphicalUserInterface .........................2-2

SystemRequirements ........................................2-4

3. Your First Measurement

WhatYou’llFindinThisChapter… ............................3-1

DesignedtoMeetYourNeeds .................................3-2

AsYouBegin ...........................................3-2

AsYouProgress .........................................3-2

E5500Operation;AGuidedTour ..............................3-3

RequiredEquipment......................................3-3

HowtoBegin ...........................................3-3

StartingtheMeasurementSoftware .............................3-4

MakingaMeasurement ......................................3-5

BeginningtheMeasurement................................3-7

ConnectDiagramExample ................................3-8

MakingtheMeasurement..................................3-8

Sweep-Segments ........................................3-9

Congratulations .........................................3-9

ToLearnMore ..........................................3-9

4. Phase Noise Basics

WhatYou’llFindinThisChapter ..............................4-1

WhatisPhaseNoise? ........................................4-2

5. Expanding Your Measurement Experience

WhatYou’llFindinThisChapter ..............................5-1

StartingtheMeasurementSoftware .............................5-2

UsingtheAssetManagertoAddaSource........................5-3

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UsingtheServerHardwareConnectionstoSpecifytheSource ....... 5-8

Testing the Agilent/HP 8663A Internal/External 10 MHz . . . ....... 5-10

DefiningtheMeasurement ............................... 5-11

SelectingaReferenceSource ............................. 5-13

SelectingLoopSuppressionVerification .................... 5-14

Setup Considerations for the Agilent/HP 8663A

10MHzMeasurement ............................... 5-14

BeginningtheMeasurement .............................. 5-16

Sweep-Segments....................................... 5-28

CheckingtheBeatnote .................................. 5-28

MakingtheMeasurement ................................ 5-29

Testing the Agilent/HP 8644B Internal/External 10 MHz . . . ....... 5-33

DefiningtheMeasurement ............................... 5-34

SelectingaReferenceSource ............................. 5-36

SelectingLoopSuppressionVerification .................... 5-37

Setup Considerations for the Agilent/HP 8663A

10MHzMeasurement ............................... 5-37

BeginningtheMeasurement .............................. 5-39

Sweep-Segments....................................... 5-51

CheckingtheBeatnote .................................. 5-51

MakingtheMeasurement ................................ 5-52

ViewingMarkers.......................................... 5-56

OmittingSpurs............................................ 5-57

DisplayingtheParameterSummary ........................... 5-59

ExportingMeasurementResults .............................. 5-60

ExportingTraceData ................................... 5-61

ExportingSpurData .................................... 5-62

ExportingX-YData .................................... 5-63

6. Absolute Measurement Fundamentals

WhatYou’llFindinThisChapter.............................. 6-1

ThePhaseLockLoopTechnique .............................. 6-2

UnderstandingthePhase-LockLoopTechnique ............... 6-3

ThePhaseLockLoopCircuit .............................. 6-3

WhatSetstheMeasurementNoiseFloor? ....................... 6-6

TheSystemNoiseFloor .................................. 6-6

TheNoiseLeveloftheReferenceSource .................... 6-7

SelectingaReference ....................................... 6-8

UsingaSimilarDevice ................................... 6-8

UsingaSignalGenerator ................................. 6-9

TuningRequirements .................................... 6-9

EstimatingtheTuningConstant .............................. 6-11

TrackingFrequencyDrift ................................... 6-12

EvaluatingBeatnoteDrift ................................ 6-12

ChangingthePTR ......................................... 6-14

TheTuningQualifications ............................... 6-14

MinimizingInjectionLocking................................ 6-16

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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

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