Model 8642A/B General Information
Table 1-1. Specifications (1 of 6)
Electrical Characteristics
FREQUENCY
Range
8642A
8642B
Carrier Frequency
Band
1
10 (8642B only)
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
HET
Resolution
Stability
INTERNAL REFERENCE
OSCILLATOR
Standard
Option 001 Aging Rate
SPECTRAL PURITY
SSB Phase Noise
Band
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
HET
Performance Limits
100 kHz to 1057.5 MHz
100 kHz to 2115 MHz
1057.500001-2115.000000 MHz
528.750001-1057.500000 MHz*
264.375001-
528.750000 MHz
132.187501-
264.375000 MHz
66.093751-
132.187500 MHz
33.046876- 66.093750 MHz
16.523438- 33.046875 MHz
8.261719- 16.523437 MHz
4.130860- 8.261718 MHz
0.100000- 4.130859 MHz
0.100000- 132.187500 MHz
1 Hz (0.1 Hz with Special Function
240 or 241)
Same as reference oscillator
See Supplemental Characteristics
<10
9
/day
SSB Phase SSB Phase
Noise,
20 kHz Noise Floor,
offset from 200 kHz offset
carrier from carrier
-125 dBc/Hz -134 dBc/Hz
-134 dBc/Hz -143 dBc/Hz
-137 dBc/Hz -144 dBc/Hz
-141 dBc/Hz -144 dBc/Hz
-144 dBc/Hz -145 dBc/Hz
-145 dBc/Hz -145 dBc/Hz
-146 dBc/Hz -147 dBc/Hz
-147 dBc/Hz -148 dBc/Hz
-148 dBc/Hz -149 dBc/Hz
-137 dBc/Hz -138 dBc/Hz
-125 dBc/Hz -137 dBc/Hz
Conditions
After 8-day warm-up
CW, AM, or Angle Modulation
<1/60 Maximum Peak Deviation
1
Both generators cover their ranges in one continuous span. However, many other specifications are dependent on carrier frequency. To simplify
such specifications, the 8642A and 8642B carrier frequency ranges are divided into bands.
2
Band 9, 8642B carrier frequency range is 528.7500005 MHz to 1057.500000 MHz.
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