E4438C 250 kHz - 6 GHz ESG Vector Signal Generator

Key Standard Features:

• Expandable architecture
• Broad frequency coverage
• High-stability time-base
• Choice of electronic or mechanical attenuator
• Superior level accuracy
• Wideband FM and FM
• Step and list sweep, both frequency and power
• Built-in function generator
• Lightweight, rack-mountable
• 1-year standard warranty
• 2-year calibration cycle
• Broadband analog I/Q inputs
• I/Q adjustment capabilities and internal calibration routine
• Excellent modulation accuracy and stability
• Coherent carrier output up to 4 GHz

Frequency

Frequency range- Option 506: 250 kHz to 6 GHz

Frequency minimum: 100 kHz 2

Frequency resolution: 0.01 Hz

Phase offset: Phase is adjustable remotely [LAN, GPIB, RS-232] or via front panel in nominal 0.1 D increments

Sweep modes

Operating modes: Frequency step, amplitude step and arbitrary list

Dwell time: 1 ms to 60 s

Number of points:

• 2 to 65,535 (step sweep)
• 2 to 161 (list sweep)

Output power

250 kHz to 250 MHz: +12 to - 136 dBm

> 250 MHz to 1 GHz: +14 to - 136 dBm

> 1 to 3 GHz: +13 to - 136 dBm

> 3 to 4 GHz: +10 to - 136 dBm

> 4 to 6 GHz: +10 to - 136 dBm

Level resolution: 0.02 dB

Frequency Bands

Band 1: 250 kHz to </= 250 MHz: N number: 1

Band 2: > 250 MHz to </= 500 MHz: N number: 0.5

Band 3: > 500 MHz to </= 1 GHz: N number: 1

Band 4: > 1 to </= 2 GHz: N number: 2

Band 5: > 2 to </= 4 GHz: N number: 4

Band 6: > 4 to </= 6 GHz: N number: 8