3030A Datasheet, PDF (4/8 Pages) Aeroflex Circuit Technology – Wideband RF Digitizer

SPECIFICATION
All 3030A specifications are defined when used in conjunction with
3010/11 RF Synthesizer PXI module.
FREQUENCY
Range
RF input: 330 MHz to 3.0 GHz
IF input: Centered on 77.76 MHz
Resolution
1 Hz
Accuracy
As per frequency reference
Settling Time
Time taken to be within 1 kHz of final frequency
3010 in Normal Loop Bandwidth:
As standard:
Typically 1.1 ms
With 3010 option 01 fitted:
List Mode: (requires PXI local bus left connection to 3010/3011)
hardware triggered; Typically 250 µs
3010 in Narrow Loop Bandwidth:
Typically 10 ms
LEVEL
Input Coupling
AC Coupled
Input Power
Max RF input +16 dBm continuous, (+22 dBm with 8 dB of RF input
attenuation)
Max IF input +10 dBm with 0 dB of IF attenuation
RF Input Attenuator
0 to 28 dB in 4 dB steps
IF Input Attenuator
0 to 35 dB in 1 dB steps
RF Input Return Loss
16 dB with 8 dB or more RF attenuation
Level Accuracy (RF input, 23°C ±5°C, Auto Flatness Mode enabled)
Better than ±0.45 dB, typically 0.3 dB
Valid for signals with <5 MHz occupied bandwidth at the tuned fre-
quency and S/N ratio >40 dB
Level Settling Time
Typically 250 µs settled with 0.3 dB of final value
Level Temperature Stability
±/-0.01 dB/⁰C
Level Repeatability
Better than ±0.05 dB after warm up following a return from a change
in frequency or level. Valid for at least 2 hours and excluding tempera-
ture influence.
LIST MODE
List Mode Channel Parameters
RF Frequency, RF/IF Level (defined as input level or as 3030A RF and
IF attenuator settings
List Addresses
128 numbered 0 to 127
Settling Time
See frequency and level data
Address Sources
Manual (software commanded)
External (hardware triggered)
Internal (counter timer)
Extrernal Mode Trigger Sources
PXI Trigger Bus, Star Trigger, PXI Local Bus, LVDS Aux 1 to 5, TTL+ve,
TTL-ve
Counter Mode (internal)
Dwell time 250 µs to 10 seconds with resolution 10 µs
SPECTRAL PURITY
SSB Phase Noise
Typical at 2 GHz and at ambient room temperature
Loop Bandwidth
Offset
100 Hz
1 kHz
10 kHz
20 kHz
100 kHz
1 MHz
10 MHz
Narrow
dBc/Hz
-55
-85
-114
-116
-133
-136
-138
Wide (normal)
dBc/Hz
-85
-103
-103
-110
-130
-136
-138
Phase noise below 100 Hz is dependent upon reference phase noise.
LINEARITY AND NOISE
(Specifications apply to RF input)
Intermodulation
Typically 75 dB intermodulation free dynamic range (2 tone input with
maximum 0 dBm input power for each tone) Manual mode
Adjacent Channel Leakage Ratio (ACLR)
Better than 63 dB ACLR on 3GPP (downlink test model 1)
Typically 68 dB ACLR on 3GPP uplink
Spurious
Typically -75 dBc excluding IF image frequencies and harmonic
responses
Residual Responses (no signal input)
-100 dBm with RF input terminated into 50 ohms and minimum RF
and IF attenuation
Noise Spectral Density (no signal input)
RF input terminated in 50 ohms and minimum RF and IF attenuation
Below 1 GHz, <-145 dBm/Hz
1 GHz and above, <-140 dBm/Hz