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Frequency
Range 100 kHz to 3 GHz (Option 503)
100 kHz to 6 GHz (Option 506)
Frequency reading accuracy
± (freq indication x frequency reference accuracy +
0.5 x horizontal resolution + 1 Hz)
Internal reference accuracy ≤ ± 5 ppm/year (within
Aging rate 2 years of adjustment)
Temperature stability ≤ ± 2 ppm/year
≤ ± 1 ppm
Resolution bandwidth (RBW)
10 Hz to 200 kHz in 1% steps, 250 kHz, 300 kHz, 1 MHz, 3 MHz, 5 MHz
Selectivity Digital, approximately
(60 dB/3 dB bandwidth ratio) Gaussian shape
Span > 0; RBW ≤ 200 kHz < 8.4:1 (nominal)
Span > 0; RBW ≥ 250 kHz < 4.5:1 (nominal)
Zero span; RBW ≤ 10 kHz < 6.5:1 (nominal)
Zero span; RBW ≤ 1 MHz < 3:1 (nominal)
Accuracy
(RBW ≤ 200 kHz) < 2% zero span; < 7% span > 0
(nominal)
(RBW = 250 kHz, 300 kHz, < 4% zero span; < 4% span > 0
1 MHz, 3 MHz) (nominal)
Displayed average noise level (typical)
Preamp on Preamp off Preamp on
(10 Hz RBW) (10 Hz RBW) (Norm to 1 Hz)
500 MHz –148 dBm –130 dBm –158 dBm/Hz
1 GHz –146 dBm –128 dBm –156 dBm/Hz
2 GHz –142 dBm –124 dBm –152 dBm/Hz
3 GHz –144 dBm –130 dBm –154 dBm/Hz
4 GHz –142 dBm –128 dBm –152 dBm/Hz
5 GHz –139 dBm –125 dBm –149 dBm/Hz
6 GHz –136 dBm –122 dBm –146 dBm/Hz
Phase noise –85 dBc at 10 kHz offset (typical)
–124 dBc at 1 MHz offset (nominal)
Sweep and trace update times
Sweep time setting range 2 µs to 10 s
(zero span)
Local trace update
Span ≤ 100 MHz 3 updates/sec max
Span = 1 GHz 1 update/sec max
Remote sweep and trace transfer
Span = 0 120 ms minimum
Span ≤ 100 MHz 180 ms
Span = 3 GHz 1 sec
Amplitude
Maximum average +33 dBm
continuous power
(Attenuator ≥ 19 dB)
Maximum DC 50 V dc
Input attenuator range 0 to 40 dB in 1 dB steps
1 dB gain compression +13 dBm (nominal)