PicoSource® AS108 Agile Synthesizer

Specifications

General

Standard conditions are ambient temperature of between 15°C and 30°C, 20 minutes after power-up.

Carrier wave

Frequency range

300 kHz to 8.192 GHz

Frequency resolution

300 kHz to 125 MHz

1 Hz

> 125 MHz to 4 GHz

10 Hz

> 4 GHz

20 Hz

Frequency settling time

to ±10 ppm

55 μs maximum

50 μs typical

Frequency accuracy (internal reference)

±5 ppm

Output power range

−15 dBm to +15 dBm

Output power resolution

0.1 dBm

Output power setting accuracy

±1.5 dB

Output match (VSWR)

1.8:1 maximum

1.4:1 typical

Output amplitude settling time

to ±1 dB

25 μs maximum

to ±0.1 dB

200 μs maximum

Output protection

25 V DC peak and 20 dBm

Phase noise at 10 kHz offset

1 GHz

−98 dBc/Hz maximum −100 dBc/Hz typical

2 GHz

−94 dBc/Hz maximum −96 dBc/Hz typical

4 GHz

−88 dBc/Hz maximum −90 dBc/Hz typical

8 GHz

−83 dBc/Hz maximum −85 dBc/Hz typical

Measured phase noise at 1 GHz