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Table 1. Required Equipment Specifications for NI 5653 Calibration
Equipment Recommended Model Where Used Minimum Requirements
Signal source analyzer Rohde & Schwarz (R&S)
FSUP Signal Source Analyzer
Verifying 10 MHz Reference Frequency Accuracy
Verifying 100 MHz Reference Frequency Accuracy
Verifying LO1 Frequency Accuracy
Verifying LO1 Phase Noise
Verifying LO2 Phase Noise
Verifying LO3 Phase Noise
Adjusting Reference Accuracy
Adjusting YIG Frequency Accuracy
Frequency range: 9 MHz to 10 GHz
Frequency accuracy: 1 ppb over the
frequency range, 900 MHz to 9 GHz
recommended
Noise floor: <-152 dBm/Hz
Phase noise measurement using
cross-correlation
Frequency counter marker feature
Spectrum analysis capabilities
Frequency reference Symmetricon 8040C
Rubidium Frequency Standard
Verifying 10 MHz Reference Frequency Accuracy
Verifying 100 MHz Reference Frequency Accuracy
Verifying LO1 Frequency Accuracy
Adjusting Reference Accuracy
Adjusting YIG Frequency Accuracy
Frequency: 10 MHz
Frequency accuracy: 1 * 10
-9
(typically ±5E-11)