Agilent 8560EC 30 Hz to 2.9 GHz
Agilent 8561EC 30 Hz to 6.5 GHz
Agilent 8562EC 30 Hz to 13.2 GHz
Agilent 8563EC 30 Hz to 26.5 GHz
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1
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Agilent 8564EC 30 Hz to 40 GHz
Agilent 8565EC 30 Hz to 50 GHz
1. The 8560EC/61EC/62EC/63EC have been
discontinued. The recommended replacements
are the Agilent X-Series signal analyzers. Visit
www.agilent.com/find/856x_to_X-Series for
detailed information regarding the 856x migration
to the X-Series.
The Agilent 8560 EC Series spectrum analyzers have a color display,
offer standard digitized fast time domain sweeps (Option 856xE-007
on the 8560 E Series), and are Class 3 MIL-rugged. The 8560 EC
Series is identical to the 8560E Series in all other respects.
Frequency Specifications, Agilent 8560 EC Series
Unless noted, all specifications describe the instrument’s warranted performance under the following conditions: 5-minute warm-up from ambient conditions,
autocoupled controls, digital display, IF A DJ ON, REF LVL CAL adjusted, SECOND IF OUTPUT and 1ST LO OUT PUT terminated in 50 Ω. After a 30-minute warm-up,
and over a temperature range of 20 °C to 30 °C, the preselector does not have to be peaked at each signal of interest; under these conditions factory preselector
peak values are sufficient to meet all specifications. Typical performance is non-warranted. Supplemental characteristics are denoted by “nominal” and
“approximately”; these constitute non-warranted functional performance information derived during the design process and are not tested on a continuing basis.
Frequency range
8560EC 8561EC 8562EC 8563EC 8564EC 8565EC
Internal 30 Hz
mixing 2.9 GHz 6.5 GHz 13.2 GHz 26.5 GHz 40 GHz 50 GHz
External 18 GHz to 18 GHz to 18 GHz to 18 GHz to 18 GHz to 18 GHz to
mixing 325 GHz 325 GHz 325 GHz 325 GHz 325 GHz 325 GHz
Frequency band Harmonic mixing mode (N)
30 Hz to 2.9 GHz 1
2.75 GHz to 6.46 GHz 1
5.86 GHz to 13.2 GHz 2
12.4 GHz to 26.8 GHz 4
26.4 GHz to 31.15 GHz 4
31.0 GHz to 50 GHz 8
2
to 30 Hz
2
to 30 Hz
2
to 30 Hz
1
to 30 Hz
1
to 30 Hz
1
to
Frequency reference Option 856xEC-103
Temperature stability
3
±1 x 10–8 ±1x10
Aging (per year) ±1 x 10–7 ±2 x10
(per day nom.) ±5 x 10
–10 (4)
Initial achievable accuracy±2.2 x 10–8 ±1 x 10
–6
–6
–6
Short-term warmup accuracy factors (nominal)
5 minute ±1 x 10
15 minute ±1 x 10
–7
–8
Frequency readout accuracy
(Start, stop, center and marker frequency functions)
Span > 2 MHz x N
Span ≤ 2 MHz x N 5 ±(freq readout x freq ref accuracy
5
±(freq readout x freq ref accuracy
6
+5% x span +15% x RBW +10 Hz)
6
+1% x span +15% x RBW +10 Hz)
Frequency counter accuracy
Marker count accuracy ±(marker freq x freq ref accuracy
(S/N ≥ 25 dB) +1 LSD of counter)
Accuracy at 1 GHz ±225 Hz (5-minute warm-up)
(25 °C, 1 yr aging, marker resolution = 1 Hz) ±135 Hz (15-minute warm-up)
7
7
±3003 Hz (Option 856xEC-103)
Delta count accuracy ±(delta freq x freq ref accuracy
+ 4 Hz x N
5
(S/N ≥ 25 dB) +2 LSD)
Counter resolution Selectable from 1 Hz to 1 MHz
7
+2 Hz x N
6
5
Frequency span
Range0, 100 Hz to full span(100 Hz x N
Accuracy
Span > 2 MHz x N
Span ≤ 2 MHz x N