Frequency Specifications

Frequency range

Frequency range

Option 503

9 kHz (5 MHz I/Q mode) to 3 GHz

Option 506

9 kHz (5 MHz I/Q mode) to 6 GHz

Resolution

0.001 Hz

Phase offset

Adjustable in nominal 0.1 ° increments

Band

Frequency range

N

1

9 kHz to < 5 MHz

1 (digital synthesis)

1

5 to < 250 MHz

1

2

250 to < 375 MHz

0.25

3

375 to < 750 MHz

0.5

4

750 to < 1500 MHz

1

5

1500 to < 3000.001 MHz

2

6

3000.001 to 6000 MHz

4

1. N is a factor used to help define certain specifications within the document.

Standard

Option UNZ, typical

CW mode

SCPI mode

≤ 5 ms, typical

≤ 1.15 ms

≤ 950 µs

List/step sweep mode

≤ 5 ms, typical

≤ 900 µs

≤ 800 µs

Digital modulation on (N5182B only)

SCPI mode

≤ 5 ms, typical

≤ 1.15 ms

≤ 1.05 ms

List/step sweep mode

≤ 5 ms, typical

≤ 900 µs

≤ 800 µs

1.

Time from receipt of SCPI command or trigger signal to within 0.1 ppm of final frequency or within 100 Hz, whichever is greater.

2.

With internal channel corrections on, the frequency switching speed is < 1.3 ms, measured for list mode and SCPI mode cached frequency points. For the

initial frequency point in SCPI mode the time is < 3.3 ms, measured. The instrument will automatically cache the most recently used 1024 frequencies.

There is no speed degradation for amplitude-only changes.

3.

Specifications apply when status register updates are off. For export control purposes CW switching speed to within 0.05% of final frequency is

190 μs (measured).

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