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Spectrum Analysis of Noise on PXI-4110

In the online spec sheet, there is a section on Ripple and Noise.  Below there is a footnote that says "From 20 Hz to 20 MHz."  This is vague and I would like to know at what frequencies this noise is the most prominent; is there any spectrum analysis on this?
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I asked myself the very same question just yesterday, as I'm using a 4110 right now to test some oscillators. As you point out, the specification is not very, well, specific, so I measured it myself using a PXI-4461.

The attached figure shows the spectrum from 10 Hz to 100 kHz of the 6 V output channel set to 5.0 V. The oscillator being tested pulls about 34 mA of current according to the readback - not much, I know. The resolution bandwidth of the acquisition is near 1 Hz, so the noise density is correctly indicated in V/rt(Hz) and the individual spikes are almost correctly indicated (maybe about 10% low). The total amount of noise is shown to be about 120 uV rms in the 10 Hz to 100 kHz bandwidth, and it's clearly dominated by the 3 kHz switching frequency and its harmonics.

I haven't measured above 100 kHz. Nor have I measured the other two channels.

Hope this helps,
Ed L.

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