Another example of application is instrumentation equipment. The equipment must be better than the DUT it is testing. Therefore the components used in these systems, including the RF Synthesizer / PLL has to offer the best possible performance (phase noise and spurs) while still limiting the cost and the power dissipation. The RF Synthesizer also has to be wideband in order for the equipment to measure or generate a large choice of programmable frequencies. In order to make sure that the frequency can be programed very accurately, a high resolution is preferred. The 8V9705x family of RF Synthesizers / PLLs offers 16 bits of fractional resolution. This allows 16 times higher resolution than similar devices from other manufacturers.