HP/Agilent 4396A Network/Spectrum Analyzer, 100 kHz to 1.8 GHz

The Agilent 4396A provides excellent vector network, spectrum, and optional impedance measurements for lab and production applications. Gain, phase, group delay, distortion, spurious, CN, and noise measurements often required for evaluating components and circuits can be measured using one instrument.

When combined with a test set, the Agilent 4396A provides reflection measurements, such as return loss, SWR, and S parameters. As a vector network analyzer, the Agilent 4396A operates from 100 kHz to 1.8 GHz with 1 mHz resolution; and its integrated synthesized source provides -60 to + 20 dBm of output power with 0.1 dB resolution. The dynamic magnitude and phase accuracy are +/-0.05dB and +/-0.3deg. so that it can accurately measure gain and group delay flatness, which are becoming more important in modern electronics systems.

As a spectrum analyzer, the Agilent 4396A operates from 2 Hz to 1.8 GHz with resolution bandwidths (RBWs) spanning 1 Hz to 3 MHz in a 1-3-10 sequence. A fully-synthesized local oscillator allows stable and accurate frequency analysis. Direct A/D conversion (no LOG amplifier is used) results in +/-1.0 dB level accuracy. Noise sidebands fall below -105 dBc/Hz @ 10 kHz offset from carriers, while sensitivity is -150 dBm/Hz at 10 MHz and -147 dBm at 1 GHz.