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Technical Specifications
Noise Figure and Gain
Instrument’s own
Noise Figure
Figure 3-1
Characteristic
1
Noise Figure at 23
°
C ± 3
°
C (10 MHz to 3.0 GHz)
Frequency
Noise Figure
Noise Figure over a limited
temperature range of 23
o
C ± 3
o
C
10 MHz to < 500 MHz
< 4.9 dB
+ (0.0025 * freq in MHz)
< 4.4 dB + (0.0025 * freq in MHz)
500 MHz to < 2.3 GHz
< 7.4 dB
+(0.00135 * freq in MHz)
< 5.9 dB + (0.00135 * freq in MHz)
2.3 GHz to 3.0 GHz
4.9 dB
+ (0.0015 * freq in MHz)
< 2.9 dB + (0.0015 * freq in MHz)
> 3.0 GHz to 13.2 GHz
< 12.0 dB
< 10.5 dB
>13.2 GHz to 26.5 GHz
< 16.0 dB
< 12.5 dB
1. Characteristic values are met or improved on by 90% of instruments with 90% confidence.
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