2500B Series Microwave Signal Generator
The 2500B Series Microwave Signal Generator delivers industry-best offset phase noise performance, narrow pulse and fast frequency switching speeds in a single unit. With frequency ranges to 50 GHz, the 2500B series Microwave Signal Generators are fast, easy-to-use, super clean and loaded with features including high-stability time base, fine resolution, multiple sweep modes and a full suite of analog modulation capabilities.
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The 2500B Series Microwave Signal Generator delivers industry-best offset phase noise performance, narrow pulse and fast frequency switching speeds in a single unit. With frequency ranges to 50 GHz, the 2500B series Microwave Signal Generators are fast, easy-to-use, super clean and loaded with features including high-stability time base, fine resolution, multiple sweep modes and a full suite of analog modulation capabilities.
Applications
- Aerospace and Defense
- EW / radar
- Commercial communications including satellite and microwave link
- Microwave component test that require signal generators with analog modulation
Selector Guide
Model |
2502B
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2508B
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2520B
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2526B
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2540B
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2550B
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Frequency Range |
100 kHz to 2.5 GHz
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100 kHz to 8 GHz
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100 kHz to 20 GHz
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100 kHz to 26.5 GHz
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100 kHz to 40 GHz
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100 kHz to 50 GHz
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Narrow Pulse |
10 ns
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Standard Switching Speed |
0.5 ms
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Standard Output Power |
13 dBm
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13 dBm
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14 dBm
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10 dBm
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10 dBm
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5 dBm
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Standard Phase Noise |
-109 dBc/Hz (at 10 GHz and 10 kHz offset)
-98 dBz/Hz (at 20 GHz and 10 kHz offset) -92 dBc/Hz (at 40 GHz and 10 kHz offset) |
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Harmonics |
-50 dBc
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Spurious (20 GHz) |
-60 dBc
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Modulation |
AM, FM, ØM, PM
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Size, Weight |
3U, 16 Kg
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Click Here To Download:
- Datasheet — 2500B Microwave Signal Generator
- White Paper - Introduction to Phase Noise in Signal Generators (NEW!)
- Application Note: 10 Things You Don't Know about 2500B Microwave Signal Generators (NEW!)
- Application Note - Phase Noise and it Changing Role in Radar Design and Test (NEW!)
- White Paper — Comparing Spectral Purity In Microwave Signal Generators
- App Note — ESM Calibration And Testing Using The Giga-tronics 2500B Series Microwave Signal Generators
- Tech Brief — Caution With Narrow Pulses
- Product Note — Replace Obsolete Signal Generators With Minimal Changes to Your Test Program Sets
- Configuration Guide — 2500B Series Microwave Signal Generator
- Brochure — 2500B Microwave Signal Generator
- Catalog — Giga-tronics Instrumentation Short-form Catalog