The Agilent 8340 series might be useful here - little weak in the phase noise area but they offer frequency and power sweeps. And you did say economy was a key requirement
Content by Scott Typos by Siri > On Jan 17, 2015, at 9:59 PM, "Ivan.Cousins" <ijcous...@frontier.com> wrote: > > time-nuts members: > > What are some signal generators for ATE test? > > Requirements: > 100MHz to >=10GHz (higher would be better) > Settling time less than 1mS > Reasonable phase noise > Cost, less than mortgaging a house. :) > > Just a single tone that can be moved reasonably fast. > IQ modulation not required. > > Application: Testing ICs or small RF modules. > > I do not want suggestions of how one could be built. > I am aware of pieces that can be used to build one. > Generally, the units that are based upon YIGs or YIG tuned filters are not > fast enough. > I am not looking for general discussions on how one could be designed or > measured. > Although, this being "time-nuts", that will probably happen anyway. :) > > What I am looking for is one that can be purchased and be used in a test > system. > I am looking to build a list of possible instruments that can be used. > > Right now I am only looking at what is on the market for a survey. > I am not looking for salesmen to call or write to me. > I have done the standard google searches and looked on the usual instrument > company web sites. > > Links to other surveys that are available are welcome. > I may have missed some. > > > Some instruments that I am aware of at the moment are: > Keysight N5183B > Rhode-Schwarz SGS100A > Ni-PhaseMatrix USB 20GHz > Apria Technology ULNsyn-MD20 > > What are some others? > > Thank you. > > Ivan Cousins > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
