Specifications
2500A Series Operation Manual, 34172 Revision C, March 2008
4.2.4 List Mode
List Points: 4000
Frequency Settling Time
1
: <550 usec. for < 500
2
MHz frequency switch
Amplitude Settling Time:
3
<500 usec.
Step Time: .150 msec. to 1000 msec. per point
2 msec to 1000 msec per point (Option 31)
Sync Out Delay: 0.05 msec. to 10 msec
Trigger Modes: External, Bus, GET
Sweep Modes: Continuous, Signel Step, & Single Sweep
Table 4-10: AM Noise
1
Frequency Offsets > 5 MHz
100 kHz to 2 GHz - 130 dBc/Hz
>2 to 20.2 GHz - 145 dBc/Hz
>20 to 40 GHz - 140 dBc/Hz
1. Typical. Offset >5 MHz
Table 4-11: SSB Phase Noise
Frequency Offset from Carrier (dBc/Hz)
(GHz) 10 Hz 100 Hz 1 kHz 10 kHz 100 kHz 1 MHz
1.0 -70 -96 -116 -128 -126 -149
4.0 -58 -84 -103 -115 -114 -144
10 -50 -78 -99 -109 -108 -141
15 -46 -73 -94 -105 -105 -139
20 -44 -70 -93 -101 -101 -132
30 -40 -67 -88 -99 -99 -133
1. See Time for freqeuncy to settle within 50 kHz of final value after a frequency switch.
2. ∆F
0
= | (F
stop
*N
stop
) - (F
start
*N
start
) | - See Frequency Bands Table 4-2 for N values.
3. Time for amplitude to settle within 0.1 dB of final value after an amplitude switch.