Phase Noise Source & Analyzer
So I Bought a Phase Noise Analyzer for Very Serious Professional Reasons... There comes a point in every RF engineer’s life when normal test equipment stops being enough. I have far crossed that line and more... My latest bench additions are a PN2060D cross-correlation phase noise analyzer , covering 1 MHz to 7 GHz , and a Signal Hound PNCS-1 1 GHz phase noise standard to give me a known low-phase-noise source to measure against. PN2060D phase noise analyzer and Signal Hound PNCS-1 on the bench. I could pretend this acquisition was driven entirely by a carefully considered technical requirement. That would make for a respectable engineering blog post. The actual motivation was much simpler: Resume building and clout. Seriously. I wanted practical experience with phase-noise measurements beyond looking at plots in datasheets, papers, and application notes. Phase noise is ...
