User`s guide

14 Chapter 1
General Information
Specifications and Characteristics
General Information
Specifications and Characteristics
Table 1-1 lists the specifications for the 11974 Series Preselected Millimeter Mixers.
Unless stated otherwise, all specifications describe the warranted performance of the
11974 under the following conditions:
• Five minute warm-up for ambient conditions.
• Ambient temperature 0
°C to 55°C.
• One year calibration cycle.
• Environmental requirements met.
• Connections to the host spectrum analyzer are made with one length of coax cable, part
number 5061-5458.
• The 11974 is used with the following spectrum analyzers:
❏ E4440A, E4446A, E4448A PSA Series with Option AYZ installed.
❏ E4407A with Option AYZ installed.
❏ 8560 Series.
❏ 71000C with 70907B External Mixer Interface Module.
❏ 8566B with 11975A Amplifier.
Characteristics provide useful, but nonwarranted, information in the form of typical,
nominal, or approximate values for band performance. Refer to Table 1-2 on page 19 for a
list of band characteristics.