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Maury MW - Calibrated Noise Sources - NC346 Series
- Broadband coverage
- Extremely good temperature stability
- Superior voltage stability
- Noise figure meter-compatible
The NC346 Series is designed for precision noise figure measurement applications. Each module’s low VSWR reduces multiple reflections and significantly increases the measurement accuracy for most noise figure test configurations.
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Calibration |
Temperature Coefficient |
Operating Temperature |
Input Power |
VSWR |
Regulator |
Voltage Coefficient |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 GHz steps |
Less than 0.009 dB/°C |
0°C to +55°C |
+28 VDC ±2 VDC at 15 mA typical for NC346 A, B & D | Less than 1.15:1 from 10 MHz – 5 GHz for units with 5 – 7 dB or 14 –16 dB ENR | Built-in | < 0.002 dB/%∆V |
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- 5 MHz or 10 MHz Outputs Available
- Reference Frequency Input Option
- Auto Changeover with Ref. Input Option
- Low Phase Noise Outputs
- Twenty four Outputs
- Front Panel Status Indicators
- Fault Discrete Inputs
- Compact 1U, 19” rack mount
- 1-18GHz Frequency Range
- Compensation long cable loss for EMI Measurement
- Improve system noise floor flatness
- High EMI performance
- High linearity LNA for EMI measurement
- High dynamic range
- Unconditionally Stable
- State-of-the-Art Technology
Flexibility
- DC, AC and RF/microwave device characterization, 1/f, WLR, FA and design debug
- Full thermal range of -60°C to +300°C
- Compatible with TopHat or IceShield
- Usage of manual and motorized positioners, probe cards within EMI-shielded environment
- Upgrade path to meet your future needs
- Stable and repeatable measurements over a wide thermal range
High accuracy and repeatability
- Reliable and repeatable contact
- Moisture-free, light-tight and EMI-shielded test environment with MicroChamber® technology
- Advanced EMI-shielding with PureLine and AttoGuard technologies available
- Superior low-leakage and low-noise measurements
- Safe and accurate hands-off testing
- Minimizes settling times for efficient measurements over full thermal range
See "Specifications & Details" tab for more key features
- Complete bias circuits
- Requires no external components
- Extremely flat output power versus frequency characteristics
The NC500 (through-hole) and NC500SM (surface mount) Series noise modules are an economical solution for built-in test requirements. They contain complete bias circuits and require no external components. Some models contain additional gain stages for high power ENR output (51 dB). The surface mount package is suitable for mounting on micro strip. The modules have extremely flat output power versus frequency characteristics that are insensitive to temperature and voltage variations.
- 4 kHz to 6 GHz and 10 MHz to 6, 18, and 40 GHz power sensors
- -60 dBm to +20 dBm dynamic range
- Pulse, Average, CW and Modulation modes
- True average measurements with essentially no modulation bandwidth limitations
- Real-Time Power Processing™ technology for virtually no gaps in signal acquisition and zero measurement latency
- 100,000 measurements per second
- Synchronized multi-channel measurements
- Suite of advanced measurement and analysis software
- Calibration-grade metrology standards
- Used for VNA calibration and/or calibration validation
A precision fixed termination (or load) consists of an immovable, (fixed) termination which, when mated to the end of a trans-mission line or cable, absorbs nearly all of the signal energy traveling toward it. An ideal “matched” condition exists when a termination with an impedance value of Z0, is connected to the end of a transmission line or cable that also has a characteristic impedance of Z0. Such an ideal “matched” condition (one with no mismatch between the termination and its mated line or cable) is critical if a voltage standing wave ratio (VSWR) of 1.0:1 is to be achieved in a system with a 50 or 75 ohm impedance value. Simply put, the more closely the 1.0:1 ratio is approached, the more accurate the measurements that can be made from a system.
- Calibration-grade metrology standards
- Used for VNA calibration and/or calibration validation
Fixed flush and fixed offset short circuit terminations (shorts) are used to establish reference planes in transmission systems and as key elements in the calibration of vector network analyzers (VNAs). Offset shorts can be used for banded calibrations of VNA. Those with the longest offset are often used to evaluate the calibration effectiveness of a VNA by measuring the effective source match after calibration.
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- SOSA Aligned
- 3U VPX Form-Factor
- Reduced SWaP applications
- Ruggedization Level 200
- 11 Radial Clock Outputs
- OpenVPX Backplane support for 1000BASE-KX or 10GBASE-KR
- Optional Chip Scale Atomic Clock (CSAC) Holdover
- Optional Low Phase Noise (LPN) Analog output
- Optional secure GPS (M-code)
- Optional Timecode I/O
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