Amplitude specifications, agilent 8560 ec series, Range, Maximum safe input level – Atec Agilent-8560EC-65EC Series User Manual
Page 4: Displayed average noise level, 1 db gain compression
Amplitude Specifications, Agilent 8560 EC Series
Range
Displayed average noise level (DANL) to +30 dBm
Maximum safe input level
Average continuous power
+30 dBm (1 W, input attn ≥ 10 dB)
Peak pulse power
+50 dBm (100 W, input attn ≥ 30 dB)
(≤ 10 ms pulse width, < 1% duty cycle)
Maximum DC input voltage
DC coupled
±0.2 Vdc
AC coupled
±50 Vdc
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Displayed average noise level
(DANL) (see Figure 2)
(0 dB attenuation, 1 Hz resolution bandwidth
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)
8560EC
8561EC
8562EC
8563EC
8564EC, 8565EC
30 Hz
3
≤ –90 dBm
≤ –90 dBm
≤ –90 dBm
≤ –90 dBm
≤ –90 dBm
1 kHz
3
≤ –105 dBm
≤ –105 dBm
≤ –105 dBm
≤ –105 dBm
≤ –105 dBm
10 kHz
≤ –120 dBm
≤ –120 dBm
≤ –120 dBm
≤ –120 dBm
≤ –120 dBm
100 kHz
≤ –120 dBm
≤ –120 dBm
≤ –120 dBm
≤ –120 dBm
≤ –120 dBm
1 MHz to 10 MHz
≤ –140 dBm
≤ –140 dBm
≤ –140 dBm
≤ –140 dBm
≤ –140 dBm
10 MHz to 2.9 GHz
≤ –151 dBm
≤ –145 dBm
≤ –151 dBm
≤ –149 dBm
≤ –145 dBm
2.9 GHz to 6.46 GHz
≤ –145 dBm
≤ –148 dBm
≤ –148 dBm
≤ –147dBm
6.46 GHz to 13.2 GHz
≤ –145 dBm
≤ –145 dBm
≤ –143 dBm
13.2 GHz to 22.0 GHz
≤ –140 dBm
≤ –140 dBm
22.0 GHz to 26.8 GHz
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≤ –139 dBm
≤ –136 dBm
26.8 GHz to 31.15 GHz
≤ –139 dBm
31.15 GHz to 40 GHz
≤ –130 dBm
40 GHz to 50 GHz
≤ –127 dBm
1 dB gain compression
Maximum power at mixer = input power (dBm) – input attenuation (dB)
10 MHz to 2.9 GHz
–5 dBm
2.9 GHz to 6.46 GHz
+0 dBm
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6.46 GHz to 26.8 GHz
–3 dBm
26.8 GHz to 50 GHz
+0 dBm (nominal)
–40
–60
–80
–100
–120
1 Hz
10
100
1 k
10 k
100 k
dBc/Hz
Offset
1 MHz
CF=40 GHz
CF=200 MHz
CF=5 GHz
CF=1 GHz
Typical performance
Spec @ CF = 1 GHz
RBW selectivity
RBW =
10 kHz
RBW =
1 kHz
RBW =
100Hz
RBW =
100 kHz
CF=25 GHz
0
–10
–20
–30
–40
–50
–60
–70
–80
–90
–100
1 Hz
10 Hz
100
1 kHz
10 k 100 k
1 M 10 MHz
Offset
1 MHz
2 MHz
100 kHz
10 kHz
1 kHz
100 Hz
10 Hz
1 Hz
Figure 1. Noise sidebands normalized to 1 Hz BW versus offset from
carrier.
Figure 2. Typical on-screen dynamic range versus offset from 1
GHz center frequency for all RBWs (mixer level = –10 dBm).
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1. Not applicable to 8564EC and 8565EC.
2. For Option 856xEC-103, degrade DANL by 10 dB
3. Agilent 8563EC, 8564EC, 8565EC require Option 856xEC-006 for operation below 9 kHz
4. For Agilent 8563EC: 26.5 GHz
5. Agilent 8561EC: –3 dBm