THS3491

THS3491 looks like an interesting op-amp for distribution amplifiers and in general for LF/HF work. However it turns out it is a bit finicky about the feedback resistors (high resistance values are stable but noisy, low values would give low noise but might be unstable). We're sticking with LMH6702 for now..

SMA-to-SFP frequency stability

Some old plots from 2017 of the residual phase-noise at 10MHz when the signal is fed through an SMA-to-SFP board, SFP to optical, 2m optical fibre, then SFP back to electrical, and another SFP-to-SMA board. One version of the board is on github: https://github.com/aewallin/SFP2SMA_2018.03 As a comparison the noise-floor of the 3120A and a frequency … Continue reading SMA-to-SFP frequency stability