Product specs for Keysight Technologies Inc. N5172B-432

Performance characteristics

• Set start/stop (min 0 Hz/max 77 MHz) frequency offsets of pedestal phase noise region
• Set level of additive pedestal phase noise
• Real-time phase noise added independent of waveform playback

Applications

• Characterize receiver tolerance to phase noise impairment
• Vary phase noise level for LO substitution

Other features

• Graphical display to view phase noise settings
• Internal software application built-in to signal generator firmware

Define phase noise performance of EXG

Option 432 allows users to add real-time phase noise to any arbitrary waveform played back using the internal baseband generator. From the front panel, define the shape of the pedestal phase noise (1 kHz to 77 MHz), including the start frequency, stop frequency, and phase noise level, and simulate different local oscillator conditions during LO substitution.

Typical application

Phase noise impairments are recommended for receiver characterization and design. During receiver development, use N5172B-432 to determine the sensitivity of your design to the phase noise of the local oscillator. Option 432 also allows you to evaluate receiver demodulation accuracy for transmitted signals of varying spectral purity.

This option can be added as a product upgrade.

* Excludes N7621B Signal Studio for multitone distortion

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