Agilent Technologies N9010A User Manual

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EXA Signal Analyzer N9010A

N9010A EXA Specifications Guide

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Manual Part Number

N9010-90025

Supersedes: February 2013

Print Date

June 2013

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1400 Fountaingrove Parkway Santa Rosa, CA 95403

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Contents

1. Agilent EXA Signal Analyzer

Definitions and Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Conditions Required to Meet Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Certification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Frequency and Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Frequency Range. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Standard Frequency Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Precision Frequency Reference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Frequency Readout Accuracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Frequency Counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Frequency Span. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Sweep Time and Trigger. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Triggers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Gated Sweep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Number of Frequency Sweep Points (buckets) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Nominal Measurement Time vs. Span [Plot] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Resolution Bandwidth (RBW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Analysis Bandwidth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Preselector Bandwidth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Video Bandwidth (VBW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Amplitude Accuracy and Range. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Measurement Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Maximum Safe Input Level. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Display Range. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Marker Readout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Frequency Response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

IF Frequency Response. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

IF Phase Linearity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Absolute Amplitude Accuracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

RF Input VSWR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Resolution Bandwidth Switching Uncertainty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Input Attenuation Switching Uncertainty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Reference Level. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Display Scale Fidelity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Available Detectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Dynamic Range. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Gain Compression. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Displayed Average Noise Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Displayed Average Noise Level (DANL). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Spurious Responses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Second Harmonic Distortion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Third Order Intermodulation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Nominal Dynamic Range vs. Offset Frequency vs. RBW for Freq Option ≤ 526 [Plot] . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Nominal Dynamic Range at 1 GHz for Freq Option ≤ 526 [Plot] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Nominal Dynamic Range Bands 1-4 for Freq Option ≤ 526 [Plot] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Phase Noise. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Nominal Phase Noise of Different LO Optimizations for Freq Option ≤ 526 [Plot] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Contents

Nominal Phase Noise of Different LO Optimizations for Freq Option > 526 [Plot] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Nominal Phase Noise of Different Center Frequencies for Freq Option ≤ 526 [Plot] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Nominal Phase Noise of Different Center Frequencies for Freq Option >526 [Plot] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Power Suite Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Channel Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Occupied Bandwidth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Adjacent Channel Power (ACP). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Fast ACPR Test [Plot]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Power Statistics CCDF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Burst Power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

TOI (Third Order Intermodulation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Harmonic Distortion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Spurious Emissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Spectrum Emission Mask . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Inputs/Outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Rear Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Regulatory Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Declaration of Conformity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

2. I/Q Analyzer

Specifications Affected by I/Q Analyzer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Frequency. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Clipping-to-Noise Dynamic Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Data Acquisition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Time Record Length (IQ pairs). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

ADC Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

3. VXA Vector Signal and WLAN Modulation Analysis Application

Vector Signal Analysis Performance (N9064A-1FP/1TP). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Frequency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Center Frequency Tuning Resolution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Frequency Span, Maximum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

FFT Spectrum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Frequency Points per Span . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

FFT Window Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

ADC overload. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Amplitude Accuracy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Absolute Amplitude Accuracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Amplitude Linearity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

IF Flatness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Sensitivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Dynamic Range. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Contents

Third Order Intermodulation distortion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Noise Density at 1 GHz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Residual Responses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Image Responses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

LO Related Spurious. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Other Spurious. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Analog Modulation Analysis (N9064A-1FP/1TP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

AM Demodulation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

PM Demodulation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

FM Demodulation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Flexible Digital Modulation Analysis (N9064A-2FP/2TP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Accuracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Residual EVM for Video Modulation Formats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

WLAN Modulation Analysis (N9064A-3FP/3TP). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

IEEE 802.11a/g OFDM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

IEEE 802.11b/g DSSS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

4. Option B25 - 25 MHz Analysis Bandwidth

Specifications Affected by Analysis Bandwidth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Other Analysis Bandwidth Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

IF Spurious Response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

IF Frequency Response. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

IF Phase Linearity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Data Acquisition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Time Record Length (IQ pairs). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

ADC Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

5. Option B40 - 40 MHz Analysis Bandwidth

Specifications Affected by Analysis Bandwidth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Other Analysis Bandwidth Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

IF Frequency Response. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

IF Phase Linearity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

EVM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Data Acquisition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Time Record Length . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

ADC Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Capture Time [Plot]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

6. Option CR3 - Connector Rear, 2nd IF Output

Specifications Affected by Connector Rear, 2nd IF Output. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Other Connector Rear, 2nd IF Output Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Aux IF Out Port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Second IF Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

7. Option CRP - Connector Rear, Arbitrary IF Output

Specifications Affected by Connector Rear, Arbitrary IF Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Other Connector Rear, Arbitrary IF Output Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Aux IF Out Port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Contents

Arbitrary IF Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

8. Option EA3 - Electronic Attenuat or, 3.6 GHz

Specifications Affected by Electronic Attenuator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Other Electronic Attenuator Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Range (Frequency and Attenuation). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Distortions and Noise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Frequency Response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Absolute Amplitude Accuracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Electronic Attenuator Switching Uncertainty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

9. Option EMC - Precompliance EMI Features

Frequency. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Frequency Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

EMI Resolution Bandwidths. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Amplitude. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

EMI Average Detector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Quasi-Peak Detector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

RMS Average Detector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

10. Option ESC - External Source Control

General Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Frequency Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Dynamic Range. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Power Sweep Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Measurement Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Supported External Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

11. Option EXM - External Mixing

Specifications Affected by External mixing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Other External Mixing Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Connection Port EXT MIXER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Mixer Bias. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

IF Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

LO Output. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

12. Option MPB - Microwave Preselector Bypass

Specifications Affected by Microwave Preselector Bypass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Other Microwave Preselector Bypass Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Additional Spurious Responses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

13. Option P03, P07, P13, P26, P32 and P44 - Preamplifier

Specifications Affected by Preamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Other Preamp Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Gain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Noise figure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

1 dB Gain Compression Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Contents

Displayed Average Noise Level (DANL)Preamp On. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Frequency Response − Preamp On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

RF Input VSWR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Nominal VSWR − Preamp On, Freq Option ≤ 526 [Plot] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Third Order Intermodulation Distortion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Nominal Dynamic Range at 1 GHz, Preamp On, Freq Option ≤ 526 [Plot]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

14. Option PFR - Precision Frequency Reference

Specifications Affected by Precision Frequency Reference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

15. Option YAS - Y-Axis Screen Video Output

Specifications Affected by Y-Axis Screen Video Output. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Other Y-Axis Screen Video Output Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

General Port Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Screen Video. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Continuity and Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

16. Analog Demodulation Measurement Application

Pre-Demodulation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Carrier Frequency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Demodulation Bandwidth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Capture Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Post-Demodulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Maximum Audio Frequency Span . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Filters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Frequency Modulation - Level and Carrier Metrics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

FM Deviation Accuracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

FM Rate Accuracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Carrier Frequency Error . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Carrier Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Frequency Modulation - Distortion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Residual. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Absolute Accuracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

AM Rejection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Residual FM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Measurement Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Amplitude Modulation - Level and Carrier Metrics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

AM Depth Accuracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

AM Rate Accuracy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Carrier Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Amplitude Modulation - Distortion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Absolute Accuracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

FM Rejection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Residual AM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Measurement Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Phase Modulation - Level and Carrier Metrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

PM Deviation Accuracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Contents

PM Rate Accuracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Carrier Frequency Error . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Carrier Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Phase Modulation - Distortion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Residual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Absolute Accuracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

AM Rejection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Measurement Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

FM Stereo/Radio Data System (RDS) Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

FM Stereo Modulation Analysis Measurements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

17. Noise Figure Measurement Application

General Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Noise Figure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Gain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Noise Figure Uncertainty Calculator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Nominal Instrument Noise Figure, Freq Option ≤ 526. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Nominal Instrument Input VSWR, DC Coupled, Freq Op tion ≤ 526 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

18. Phase Noise Measurement Application

General Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Maximum Carrier Frequency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Measurement Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Measurement Accuracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Offset Frequency. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Amplitude Repeatability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Nominal Phase Noise at Different Center Frequencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

19. 1xEV- DO M easurement Application

Measurements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Channel Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Power Statistics CCDF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Occupied Bandwidth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Power vs. Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Spectrum Emission Mask and Adjacent Channel Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Spurious Emissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

QPSK EVM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Code Domain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Modulation Accuracy (Composite Rho). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

In-Band Frequency Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

In-Band Frequency Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

Alternative Frequency Ranges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

20. 802.16 OFDMA Measurement Application

Measurements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

Channel Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

Power Statistics CCDF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

Occupied Bandwidth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

Contents

Adjacent Channel Power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

Spectrum Emission Mask . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

Spurious Emissions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

Modulation Analysis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

In-Band Frequency Range for Warranted Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

21. Bluetooth Measurement Application

Basic Rate Measurements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

Output Power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

Modulation Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

Initial Carrier Frequency Tolerance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

Carrier Frequency Drift. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

Adjacent Channel Power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

Low Energy Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196

Output Power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196

Modulation Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

Initial Carrier Frequency Tolerance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

Carrier Frequency Drift. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

LE In-band Emission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

Enhanced Data Rate (EDR) Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

EDR Relative Transmit Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

EDR Modulation Accuracy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

EDR Carrier Frequency Stability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

EDR In-band Spurious Emissions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

In-Band Frequency Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

Bluetooth Basic Rate and Enhanced Data Rate (EDR) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

Bluetooth Low Energy System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

22. cdma2000 Measurement Application

Measurements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206

Channel Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206

Adjacent Channel Power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Power Statistics CCDF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Occupied Bandwidth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

Spectrum Emission Mask . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

Spurious Emissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209

Code Domain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209

QPSK EVM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210

Modulation Accuracy (Composite Rho). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211

In-Band Frequency Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

23. CMMB Measurement Application

Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216

Channel Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216

Channel Power with Shoulder Attenuation View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216

Power Statistics CCDF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216

Adjacent Channel Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

Spectrum Emission Mask . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218

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Modulation Analysis Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219

Modulation Analysis Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220

CMMB Modulation Analysis Specification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222

24. Digital Cable TV Measurement Application

Measurements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224

Channel Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224

Power Statistics CCDF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224

Adjacent Channel Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

Spectrum Emission Mask . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

DVB-C 64QAM EVM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

25. DTMB Measurement Application

Measurements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228

Channel Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228

Channel Power with Shoulder Attenuation View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228

Power Statistics CCDF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

Adjacent Channel Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

Spectrum Emission Mask . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

16QAM EVM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

26. DVB-T/H with T2 Measurement Application

Measurements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234

Channel Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234

Channel Power with Shoulder Attenuation View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234

Power Statistics CCDF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235

Adjacent Channel Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235

Spectrum Emission Mask . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236

Spurious Emission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237

DVB-T 64QAM EVM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238

DVB-T2 256QAM EVM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

27. GSM/EDGE Measurement Application

Measurements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242

EDGE Error Vector Magnitude

(EVM). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242

Power vs. Time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243

EDGE Power vs. Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243

Power Ramp Relative Accuracy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243

Phase and Frequency Error. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244

Output RF Spectrum (ORFS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245

Frequency Ranges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248

In-Band Frequency Ranges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248

28. iDEN/WiDEN/MotoTalk Measurement Application

Frequency and Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250

Amplitude Accuracy and Range. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251

Dynamic Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251

Contents

Application Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252

Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252

Parameter Setups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252

iDEN Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252

iDEN Signal Demod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253

MotoTalk Signal Demod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253

29. ISDB-T Measurement Application

Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256

Channel Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256

Channel Power with Shoulder Attenuation View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256

Power Statistics CCDF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256

Adjacent Channel Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257

Spectrum Emission Mask . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257

Modulation Analysis Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259

Modulation Analysis Measurements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260

ISDB-T Modulation Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262

ISDB-Tmm Modulation Analysis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263

30. LTE Measurement Application

Supported Air Interface Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266

Measurements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267

Channel Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267

Transmit On/Off Power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267

Adjacent Channel Power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268

Occupied Bandwidth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269

Spectrum Emission Mask . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269

Spurious Emissions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269

Modulation Analysis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270

In-Band Frequency Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272

Operating Band, FDD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272

Operating Band, TDD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272

31. Multi-Standard Radio Measurement Application

Measurements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274

Channel Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274

Power Statistics CCDF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274

Occupied Bandwidth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274

Spurious Emissions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275

Conformance EVM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276

In-Band Frequency Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277

32. TD-SCDMA Measurement Application

Measurements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280

Power vs. Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280

Transmit Power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280

Adjacent Channel Power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281

Single Carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281

Contents

Power Statistics CCDF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282

Occupied Bandwidth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282

Spectrum Emission Mask . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282

Spurious Emissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283

Code Domain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283

Modulation Accuracy (Composite EVM). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284

In-Band Frequency Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286

33. W-CDMA Measurement Application

Measurements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288

Channel Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288

Adjacent Channel Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289

Power Statistics CCDF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291

Occupied Bandwidth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291

Spectrum Emission Mask . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291

Spurious Emissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292

Code Domain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293

QPSK EVM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294

Modulation Accuracy (Composite EVM). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295

Power Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296

In-Band Frequency Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297

34. Single Acquisition Combined Fixed WiMAX Measurement Application

Measurements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300

Transmit Power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300

Tx Output Spectrum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300

64QAM EVM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301

In-Band Frequency Range for Warranted Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302

35. WLAN Measurement Application

Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304

Channel Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304

Power Statistics CCDF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306

Occupied Bandwidth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306

Power vs. Time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307

Spectrum Emission Mask . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307

64QAM EVM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313

CCK 11Mbps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315

List Sequence Measurements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316

Transmit Output Spectrum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318

64QAM EVM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323

CCK 11Mbps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326

In-Band Frequency Range for Warranted Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327

Contents

1 Agilent EXA Signal Analyzer

This chapter contains the specifications for the core signal analyzer. The specifications and characteristics for the measurement applications and options are covered in the chapters that follow.

Agilent EXA Signal Analyzer

Definitions and Requirements

This book contains signal analyzer specifications and supplemental information. The distinctio n amon g specifications, typical performance, and nominal values are described as follows.

Definitions

• Specifications describe the performance of parameters covered by the product warranty (temperature

= 0 to 55°C

• 95th percentile values indicate the breadth of the population (≈2σ) of performance tolerances expected to be met in 95% of the cases with a 95% confidence, for any ambient temperature in the range of 20 to 30°C. In addition to the statistical observations of a sample of instruments, these values include the effects of the uncertainties of external calibration references. These values are not warranted. These values are updated occasionally if a significant change in the statistically observed behavior of production instruments is observed.

• Typical describes additional product performance information that is not covered by the product warranty. It is performance beyond specification that 80% of the units exhibit with a 95% confidence level over the temperature range 20 to 30°C. Typical performance does not include measurement uncertainty.

• Nominal values indicate expected performance, or describe product performance that is useful in the application of the product, but is not covered by the product warranty.

also referred to as "Full temperature range" or "Full range", unless otherwise noted).

Conditions Required to Meet Specifications

The following conditions must be met for the analyzer to meet its specifications.

• The analyzer is within its calibration cycle. See the General section of this chapter.

• Under auto couple control, except that Auto Sweep Time Rules = Accy.

• For signal frequencies < 10 MHz, DC coupling applied.

• Any analyzer that has been stored at a temperature range inside the allowed storage range but outside the allowed operating range must be stored at an ambient temperature within the allowed operating range for at least two hours before being turned on.

• The analyzer has been turned on at least 30 minutes with Auto Align set to Normal, or if Auto Align is set to Off or Partial, alignments must have been run recently enough to prevent an Alert message. If the Alert condition is changed from “Time and Temperature” to one of the disabled duration choices, the analyzer may fail to meet specifications without informing the user.

Certification

Agilent Technologies certifies that this product met its published specifications at the time of shipment from the factory. Agilent Technologi es further certifies that its calibration measurements are traceable to the United States National Institute of Standards and Technology, to the extent allowed by the Institute’s calibration facility, and to the calibration facilities of other International Standards Organization members.

1. For earlier instruments (S/N prefix <MY/SG/US5052), the operating temperture ranges from 5 to 50°C

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Frequency Range

Maximum Frequency

Option 503 3.6 GHz Option 507 7 GHz Option 513 13.6 GHz Option 526 26.5 GHz Option 532 32 GHz Option 544 44 GHz

Preamp Option P03 3.6 GHz Preamp Option P07 7 GHz Preamp Option P13 13.6 GHz Preamp Option P26 26.5 GHz Preamp Option P32 32 GHz Preamp Option P44 44 GHz

Minimum Frequency

Preamp AC Coupled

DC Coupled

Off 10 MHz 10 Hz On 10 MHz 100 kHz

Band

Harmonic Mixing Mode LO Multiple (Nb)

Band Overlaps

0 (10 Hz to 3.6 GHz) 1− 1 Options 503, 507, 513, 526, 532,

544

1 (3.5 GHz to 7 GHz) 1− 1 Option 507 1 (3.5 GHz to 8.4 GHz) 1− 1 Options 513, 526, 532, 544 2 (8.3 GHz to 13.6 GHz) 1− 2 Options 513, 526, 532, 544 3 (13.5 to 17.1 GHz) 2− 2 Options 526, 532, 544 4 (17.0 to 26.5 GHz) 2− 4 Options 526, 532, 544 5 (26.4 GHz to 32 GHz) 2− 4 Option 532 5 (26.4 GHz to 34.5 GHz) 2− 4 Option 544 6 (34.4 GHz to 44 GHz) 4− 8 Option 544

a. AC Coupled only applicable to Freq Options 503, 507, 513, and 526. b. N is the LO multiplication factor. For negative mixing modes (as indicated by the “−” in the “Har-

monic Mixing Mode” column), the desired 1st LO harmonic is higher than the tuned frequency by the 1st IF (5.1225 GHz for band 0, 322.5 MHz for all other bands).

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c. In the band overlap regions, for example, 3.5 to 3.6 GHz, the analyzer may use either band for mea-

surements, in this example Band 0 or Band 1. The analyzer gives preference to the band with the better overall specifications (which is the lower numbered band for all frequencies below 26 GHz), but will choose the other band if doing so is necessary to achieve a sweep having minimum band crossings. For example, with CF = 3.58 GHz, with a span of 40 MHz or less, the analyzer uses Band 0, because the stop frequency is 3.6 GHz or less, allowing a span without band crossings in the preferred band. If the span is between 40 and 160 MHz, the analyzer uses Band 1, because the start frequency is above

3.5 GHz, allowing the sweep to be done without a band crossing in Band 1, though the stop frequency is above 3.6 GHz, preventing a Band 0 sweep without band crossing. With a span greater than 160 MHz, a band crossing will be required: the analyzer sweeps up to 3.6 GHz in Band 0; then executes a band crossing and continues the sweep in Band 1.

Specifications are given separately for each band in the band overlap regions. One of these specifications is for the preferred band, and one for the alternate band. Continuing with the example from the previous paragraph (3.58 GHz), the preferred band is band 0 (indicated as frequencies under 3.6 GHz) and the alternate band is band 1 (3.5 to 8.4 GHz). The specifications for the preferred band are warranted. The specifications for the alternate band are not warranted in the band overlap region, but performance is nominally the same as those warranted specifications in the rest of the band. Again, in this example, consider a signal at 3.58 GHz. If the sweep has been configured so that the signal at

3.58 GHz is measured in Band 1, the analysis behavior is nominally as stated in the Band 1 specification line (3.5 to 8.4 GHz) but is not warranted. If warranted performance is necessary for this signal, the sweep should be reconfigured so that analysis occurs in Band 0. Another way to express this situation in this example Band 0/Band 1 crossing is this: The specifications given in the “Specifications” column which are described as “3.5 to 7.0 GHz” represent nominal performance from 3.5 to 3.6 GHz, and warranted performance from 3.6 to 7.0 GHz.

Description Specifications Supplemental

Information

Standard Frequency Reference

Accuracy ±[(time since last adjustment ×

aging rate) + temperature stability + calibration accuracy

]

Temperature Stability

20 to 30°C ±2 × 10

Full temperature range ±2 × 10 Aging Rate ±1 × 10−6/year Achievable Initial Calibration Accuracy ±1.4 × 10 Settability ±2 × 10 Residual FM

(Center Frequency = 1 GHz

−6

−8

≤10 Hz × Nc p-p in 20 ms (nominal)

10 Hz RBW, 10 Hz VBW)

a. Calibration accuracy depends on how accurately the frequency standard was adjusted to 10 MHz. If the

adjustment procedure is followed, the calibration accuracy is given by the specification “Achievable

Initial Calibration Accuracy.” b. For periods of one year or more. c. N is the LO multiplication factor.

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Precision Frequency Reference

(Option PFR)

Accuracy ±[(time since last adjustment

× aging rate) + temperature

stability + calibration accuracy

a]b

Temperature Stability

−8

Nominally linear

−10

/day (nominal)

20 to 30°C ±1.5 × 10

Full temperature range ±5 × 10 Aging Rate ±5 × 10 Total Aging

1 Year ±1 × 10

2 Years ±1.5 × 10 Settability ±2 × 10 Warm-up and Retrace

300 s after turn on ±1 × 10

900 s after turn on ±1 × 10

−7

−9

−7

Nominal

−7

of final frequency

−8

of final frequency

Achievable Initial Calibration Accuracy

±4 × 10

−8

Standby power to reference oscillator Not supplied Residual FM

(Center Frequency = 1 GHz

≤0.25 Hz × N (nominal)

p-p in 20 ms

10 Hz RBW, 10 Hz VBW)

a. Calibration accuracy depends on how accurately the frequency standard was adjusted to 10 MHz. If the

adjustment procedure is followed, the calibration accuracy is given by the specification “Achievable

Initial Calibration Accuracy.” b. The specification applies after the analyzer has been powered on for four hours. c. Narrow temperature range performance is nominally linear with temperature. For example, for

25±3º C, the stability would be only three-fifths as large as the warranted 25±5º C, thus ±0.9 × 10 d. Standby mode does not apply power to the oscillator. Therefore warm-up applies every time the power

is turned on. The warm-up reference is one hour after turning the power on. Retracing also occurs

every time warm-up occurs. The effect of retracing is included within the “Achievable Initial Calibra-

tion Accuracy” term of the Accuracy equation. e. The achievable calibration accuracy at the beginning of the calibration cycle includes these effects:

1) Temperature difference between the calibration environment and the use environment

2) Orientation relative to the gravitation field changing between the calibration environment and the

use environment

3) Retrace effects in both the calibration environment and the use environment due to turning the

instrument power off.

4) Settability

f. N is the LO multiplication factor.

−8

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Frequency Readout Accuracy ±(mar ker freq × freq ref accy. + 0.25%

× span + 5% × RBW

horizontal resolution

Example for EMC

a. The warranted performance is only the sum of all errors under autocoupled conditions. Under

non-autocoupled conditions, the frequency readout accuracy will nominally meet the specification equation, except for conditions in which the RBW term dominates, as explained in examples below. The nominal RBW contribution to frequency readout accuracy is 2% of RBW for RBWs from 1 Hz to 390 kHz, 4% of RBW from 430 kHz through 3 MHz (the widest autocoupled RBW), and 30% of RBW for the (manually selected) 4, 5, 6 and 8 MHz RBWs. First example: a 120 MHz span, with autocoupled RBW. The autocoupled ratio of span to RBW is 106:1, so the RBW selected is 1.1 MHz. The 5% × RBW term contributes only 55 kHz to the total frequency readout accuracy, compared to 300 kHz for the 0.0.25% × span term, for a total of 355 kHz. In this example, if an instrument had an unusually high RBW centering error of 7% of RBW (77 kHz) and a span error of 0.20% of span (240 kHz), the total actual error (317 kHz) would still meet the computed specification (355 kHz). Second example: a 20 MHz span, with a 4 MHz RBW. The specification equation does not apply because the Span: RBW ratio is not autocoupled. If the equation did apply, it would allow 50 kHz of error (0.25%) due to the span and 200 kHz error (5%) due to the RBW. For this non-autocoupled RBW, the RBW error is nominally 30%, or 1200 kHz.

b. Horizontal resolution is due to the marker reading out one of the sweep points. The points are spaced

by span/(Npts –1), where Npts is the number of sweep points. For example, with the factory preset value of 1001 sweep points, the horizontal resolution is span/1000. However, there is an exception: When both the detector mode is “normal” and the span > 0.25 × (Npts –1) × RBW, peaks can occur only in even-numbered points, so the effective horizontal resolution becomes doubled, or span/500 for the factory preset case. When the RBW is autocoupled and there are 1001 sweep points, that exception occurs only for spans > 750 MHz.

c. Specifications apply to traces in most cases, but there are exceptions. Specifications always apply to the

peak detector. Specifications apply when only one detector is in use and all active traces are s et to Clear Write. Specifications also apply when only one detector is in use in all active traces and the "Restart" key has been pressed since any change from the use of multiple detectors to a single detector. In other cases, such as when multiple simultaneous detectors are in use, additional errors of 0.5, 1.0 or 1.5 sweep points will occur in some detectors, depending on the combination of detectors in use.

d. In most cases, the frequency readout accuracy of the analyzer can be exceptionally good. As an exam-

ple, Agilent has characterized the accuracy of a span commonly used for Electro-Magnetic Compatibility (EMC) testing using a source frequency locked to the analyzer. Ideally, this sweep would include EMC bands C and D and thus sweep from 30 to 1000 MHz. Ideally, the analysis bandwidth would be 120 kHz at −6 dB, and the spacing of the points would be half of this (60 kHz). With a start frequency of 30 MHz and a stop frequency of 1000.2 MHz and a total of 16168 points, the spacing of points is ideal. The detector used was the Peak detector. The accuracy of frequency readout of all the points tested in this span was with have an accuracy of ±0.0031% of span. Thus, even with this large number of display points, the errors in excess of the bucket quantization limitation were negligible.

±0.0032% of the span. A perfect analyzer with this many points would

+ 2 Hz + 0.5 ×

)

Single detector only

±0.0032% (nominal)

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Description Specifications Supplemental

Information

Frequency Counter

See note

Count Accuracy ±(marker freq × freq ref accy. + 0.100 Hz) Delta Count Accuracy ±(delta freq. × freq ref accy. + 0.141 Hz) Resolution 0.001 Hz

a. Instrument conditions: RBW = 1 kHz, gate time = auto (100 ms), S/N ≥ 50 dB, frequency = 1 GHz b. If the signal being measured is locked to the same frequency reference as the analyzer, the specified

count accuracy is ±0.100 Hz under the test conditions of footnote a. This error is a noisiness of the

result. It will increase with noisy sources, wider RBWs, lower S/N ratios, and source frequencies >

1 GHz.

Description Specifications Supplemental

Information

Frequency Span

Range

Option 503 0 Hz, 10 Hz to 3.6 GHz Option 507 0 Hz, 10 Hz to 7 GHz Option 513 0 Hz, 10 Hz to 13.6 GHz Option 526 0 Hz, 10 Hz to 26.5 GHz Option 532 0 Hz, 10 Hz to 32 GHz Option 544 0 Hz, 10 Hz to 44 GHz

Resolution 2 Hz Span Accuracy

Swept ±(0.25% × span + horizontal resolution FFT ±(0.1% × span + horizontal resolution

a. Horizontal resolution is due to the marker reading out one of the sweep points. The points are spaced

by span/(Npts − 1), where Npts is the number of sweep points. For example, with the factory preset

value of 1001 sweep points, the horizontal resolution is span/1000. However, there is an exception:

When both the detector mode is “normal” and the span > 0.25 × (Npts − 1) × RBW, peaks can occur

only in even-numbered points, so the effective horizontal resolution becomes doubled, or span/500 for

the factory preset case. When the RBW is auto coupled and there are 1001 sweep points, that exception

occurs only for spans > 750 MHz.

)

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Description Specifications Supplemental Information

Sweep Time and Trigger

Sweep Time Range Span = 0 Hz Span ≥ 10 Hz

Sweep Time Accuracy Span ≥ 10 Hz, swept Span ≥ 10 Hz, FFT Span = 0 Hz

1 μs to 6000 s 1 ms to 4000 s

±0.01% (nominal) ±40% (nominal) ±0.01% (nominal)

Sweep Trigger Free Run, Line, Video,

External 1, External 2, RF Burst, Periodic Timer

Delayed Trigger

Range

Span ≥ 10 Hz, swept 0 to 500 ms Span = 0 Hz or FFT −150 ms to +500 ms

Resolution 0.1 μs

a. Delayed trigger is available wi th lin e, video, RF burst and external triggers.

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Triggers Additional information on some of the

triggers and gate sources

Video

Independent of Display Scaling and

Reference Level Minimum settable level −170 dBm Useful range limited by noise Maximum usable level Highest allowed mixer level

+ 2 dB

(nominal) Detector and Sweep Type

relationships

Sweep Type = Swept

Detector = Normal, Peak, Sample or Negative Peak

Triggers on the signal before detection,

which is similar to the displayed signal

Detector = A verage Triggers on the signal before detection, but

with a single-pole filter added to give

similar smoothing to that of the average

detector

Sweep Type = FFT Triggers on the signal envelope in a

bandwidth wider than the FFT width RF Burst Level Range −50 to −10 dBm plus attenuation

(nominal)

Level Accuracy ±2 dB + Absolute Amplitude Accuracy

(nominal) Bandwidth (−10 dB) 16 MHz (nominal) Frequency Limitations If the start or center frequency is too close

to zero, LO feedthrough can degrade or

prevent triggering. How close is too close

depends on the bandwidth listed above.

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Description Specifications Supplemental Information

External Triggers See “Trigger Inputs” on page 72 TV Triggers

Triggers on the leading edge of the selected sync pulse of standardized TV signals.

Amplitude Requirements –65 dBm minimum video carrier power at

the input mixer, nominal

Compatible Standards NTSC-M,

NTSC-Japan, NTSC-4.43, PAL-M, PAL-N, P AL-N Combination, PAL-B/-D/-G/-H/-I. PAL-60, SECAM-L

Field Selection Entire Frame, Field

One, Field Two

Line Selection 1 to 525, or 1 to 625,

standard dependent

a. The highest allowed mixer level depends on the IF Gain. It is nominally –10 dBm for Preamp Off and

IF Gain = Low.

b. Noise will limit trigger level range at high frequencies, such as above 15 GHz.

Description Specifications Supplemental Information

Gated Sweep

Gate Methods Gated LO

Gated Video

Gated FFT Span Range Any span Gate Delay Range 0 to 100.0 s Gate Delay Settability 4 digits, ≥100 ns Gate Delay Jitter 33.3 ns p-p (nominal) Gate Length Range

(Except Method = FFT)

Gated Frequency and Amplitude Errors

100 ns to 5.0 s Gate length for the FFT method is fixed at

1.83/RBW, with nominally 2% tolerance. Nominally no additional error for gated

measurements when the Gate Delay is greater than the MIN FAST setting

Gate Sources External 1

Pos or neg edge triggered External 2 Line RF Burst Periodic

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Number of Frequency Sweep Points (buckets)

Factory preset 1001 Range 1 to 40,001 Zero and non-zero spans

Nominal Measurement Time vs. Span [Plot]

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Information

Resolution Bandwidth (RBW)

Range (−3.01 dB bandwidth) 1 Hz to 8 MHz

Bandwidths above 3 MHz are 4, 5, 6, and 8 MHz. Bandwidths 1 Hz to 3 MHz are spaced at 10% spacing using the E24 series (24 per decade): 1.0, 1.1,

1.2, 1.3, 1.5, 1.6, 1.8, 2.0, 2.2, 2.4,

2.7, 3.0, 3.3, 3.6, 3.9, 4.3, 4.7, 5.1,

5.6, 6.2, 6.8, 7.5, 8.2, 9.1 in each decade.

Power bandwidth accuracy

RBW Range CF Range

1 Hz to 750 kHz All ±1.0% (0.044 dB) 820 kHz to 1.2 MHz <3.6 GHz ±2.0% (0.088 dB)

1.3 to 2.0 MHz <3.6 GHz ±0.07 dB (nominal)

2.2 to 3 MHz <3.6 GHz ±0.15 dB (nominal) 4 to 8 MHz <3.6 GHz ±0.25 dB (nominal)

Noise BW to RBW ratio

Accuracy (−3.01 dB bandwidth)

1.056 ±2% (nominal)

1 Hz to 1.3 MHz RBW ±2% (nominal)

1.5 MHz to 3 MHz RBW CF ≤ 3.6 GHz CF > 3.6 GHz

4 MHz to 8 MHz RBW

CF ≤ 3.6 GHz CF > 3.6 GHz

±7% (nominal) ±8% (nominal)

±15% (nominal) ±20% (nominal)

Selectivity (−60 dB/−3 dB) 4.1:1 (nominal)

a. The noise marker, band power marker, channel power and ACP all compute their results using the

power bandwidth of the RBW used for the measurement. Power bandwidth accuracy is the power uncertainty in the results of these measurements due only to bandwidth-related errors. (The analyzer knows this power bandwidth for each RBW with greater accuracy than the RBW width itself, and can therefore achieve lower errors.) The warranted specifications shown apply to the Gaussian RBW filters used in swept and zero span analysis. There are four different kinds of filters used in the spectrum analyzer: Swept Gaussian, Swept Flattop, FFT Gaussian and FFT Flattop. While the warranted performance only applies to the swept Gaussian filters, because only they are kept under statistical process control, the other filters nominally have the same performance.

b. The ratio of the noise bandwidth (also known as the power bandwidth) to the RBW has the nominal

value and tolerance shown. The RBW can also be annotated by its noise bandwidth instead of this 3 dB bandwidth. The accuracy of this annotated value is similar to that shown in the power bandwidth accuracy specification.

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c. Resolution Bandwidth Accuracy can be observed at slower sweep times than auto-coupled conditions.

Normal sweep rates cause the shape of the RBW filter displayed on the analyzer screen to widen by nominally 6%. This widening declines to 0.6% nominal when the Swp Time Rules key is set to Accuracy instead of Normal. The true bandwidth, which determines the response to impulsive signals and noise-like signals, is not affected by the sweep rate.

Description Specification Supplemental information

Analysis Bandwidth

Standard 10 MHz With Option B25

25 MHz

With Option B40 40 MHz

a. Analysis bandwidt h is the instant aneous bandwidth available about a center frequency over which the

input signal can be digitized for further analysis or processing in the time, frequency, or modulation domain.

b. Option B25 is standard for instruments ordered after May 1, 2011.

Description Specifications Supplemental Information

Preselector Bandwidth Relevant to many options, such as B25 Wide IF

Bandwidth, in Bands 1 and higher. Nominal.

Mean Bandwidth at CF

Freq option ≤ 526

Freq option > 526

5 GHz 58 MHz 46 MHz 10 GHz 57 MHz 52 MHz 15 GHz 59 MHz 53 MHz 20 GHz 64 MHz 55 MHz 25 GHz 74 MHz 56 MHz 35 GHz 62 MHz

44 GHz 70 MHz Standard Deviation 9% 7% –3 dB Bandwidth –7.5% relative to –4 dB bandwidth, nominal

a. The preselector can have a signi ficant passband ripple. To avoid ambiguous results, the –4 dB band-

width is characterized.

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Description Specifications Supplemental Information

Video Bandwidth (VBW)

Range Same as Resolution Bandwidth

range plus wide-open VBW (labeled 50 MHz)

Accuracy ±6% (nominal)

in swept mode and zero span

a. For FFT processing, the selected VBW is used to determine a number of averages for FFT results. That

number is chosen to give roughly equivalent display smoothing to VBW filtering in a swept measurement. For example, if VBW = 0.1 × RBW, four FFTs are averaged to generate one result.

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Information

Measurement Range

Preamp Off Displayed Average Noise Level to +23 dBm

Preamp On Displayed Average Noise Level to +23 dBm Option P03, P07, P13, P26,

P32, P44

Input Attenuation Range

Standard 0 to 60 dB, in 10 dB steps

With Option FSA 0 to 60 dB, in 2 dB steps

Description Specifications Supplemental Information

Maximum Safe Input Level Applies with or without preamp

(Option P03, P07, P13, P26, P32, P44)

Average Total Power +30 dBm (1 W) Peak Pulse Power

(≤10 μs pulse width,

≤1% duty cycle,

input attenuation ≥ 30 dB) DC voltage

DC Coupled ±0.2 Vdc

AC Coupled ±100 Vdc

+50 dBm (100 W)

Description Specifications Supplemental

Information

Display Range

Log Scale Ten divis ions displayed;

0.1 to 1.0 dB/division in 0.1 dB steps, and 1 to 20 dB/division in 1 dB steps

Linear Scale Ten divisions

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Description Specifications Supplemental Information

Marker Readout

Resolution

Log (decibel) units

Trace Averaging Off, on-screen 0.01 dB Trace Averaging On or remote 0.001 dB

Linear units resolution ≤1% of signal level (nominal)

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Frequency Response

Description Specifications Supplemental

Information

Frequency Response Refer to the footnote for

(Maximum error relative to reference condition (50 MHz)

Mechanical attenuator only Swept operation

Attenuation 10 dB)

Option 532 or 544 (mmW)

Option 503, 507, 513, or 526 (RF/μW)

20 to 30°C Full range 95th Percentile (≈2σ)

9 kHz to 10 MHz x ±0.8 dB ±1.0 dB ±0.40 dB

9 kHz to 10 MHz

10 MHz

to 3.6 GHz 10 to 50 MHz 50 MHz to 3.6 GHz

3.5 to 7 GHz

3.5 to 5.2 GHz

5.2 to 8.4 GHz

x ±0.6 dB ±0.8 dB ±0.28 dB

x ±0.6 dB ±0.65 dB ±0.21 dB

x ±0.4 5 dB ±0.57 dB ±0.21 dB x ±0.4 5 dB ±0.70 dB ±0.20 dB

x ±2.0 dB ±3.0 dB ±0.69 dB

x ±1.7 dB ±3.5 dB ±0.91 dB x ±1.5 dB ±2.7 dB ±0.61 dB

7 to 13.6 GHz x ±2.5 dB ±3.2 dB

8.3 to 13.6 GHz

13.5 to 22 GHz

13.5 to 17.1 GHz

17.0 to 22 GHz

22.0 to 26.5 GHz

26.4 to 34.5 GHz

34.4 to 44 GHz

ef ef

x ±3.2 dB ±4.2 dB

x ±2.0 dB ±2.7 dB ±0.61 dB

x ±3.0 dB ±3.7 dB

x ±2.0 dB ±2.7 dB ±0.67 dB x ±2.0 dB ±3.0 dB ±0.78 dB

x ±2.5 dB ±3.5 dB ±0.72 dB x ±2.5 dB ±3.5 dB ±1.11 dB x ±3.2 dB ±4.9 dB ±1.42 dB

Band Overlaps on page 21.

Freq Option 526 only: Modes above 18 GHz

a. Signal frequencies between 18 and 26.5 GHz are prone to additional response errors due to modes in the

T ype-N connector used with frequency Option 526. With the use of Type-N to APC 3.5 mm adapter part number 1250-1744, there are nominally six such modes. The effect of these modes with this connector are included within these specifications.

b. See the Electronic Attenuator (Option EA3) chapter for Frequency Response using the electronic atten-

uator.

c. For Sweep Type = FFT, add the RF flatness errors of this table to the IF Frequency Response errors. An

additional error source, the error in switching between swept and FFT sweep types, is nominally ±0.01 dB and is included within the “Absolute Amplitude Error” specifications.

d. Specifications apply with DC coupling at all frequencies. With AC coupling, specifications apply at fre-

quencies of 50 MHz and higher. Statistical observations at 10 MHz show that most instruments meet the specifications, but a few percent of instruments can be expected to have errors exceeding 0.5 dB at 10 MHz at the temperature extreme. The effect at 20 to 50 MHz is negligible, but not warranted.

e. Specifications for frequencies > 3.5 GHz apply for sweep rates ≤100 MHz/ms.

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f. Preselector centering applied.

Description Specifications Supplemental Information

IF Frequency Response

Modes above 18 GHz

(Demodulation and FFT response relative to the center frequency)

(dB/MHz)

Slope

(95th Percentile)

RMS

(nominal)

Center Freq (GHz)

Spanc

(MHz)

Preselector

Max Error

(Exception

d e

Midwidth

(95th Percentile)

)

Error

<3.6 ≤10 ±0.40 dB ±0.12 dB ±0.10 0.04 dB ≥3.6, ≤26.5 ≤10 On 0.25 dB ≥3.6 ≤10 Off

±0.45 dB ±0.12 dB ±0.10 0.04 dB

>26.5 ≤10 On 0.35 dB

a. The IF frequency response includes effects due to RF circuits such as input filters, that are a function of

RF frequency, in addition to the IF passband effects.

b. Signal frequencies between 18 and 26.5 GHz are prone to additional response errors due to modes in the

T ype-N con nector used with frequency Option 526. W ith the use of Type-N to APC 3.5 mm adapter part number 1250-1744, there are nominally six such modes. These modes cause nominally up to −0.35 dB amplitude change, with phase errors of nominally up to ±1.2

°.

c. This column applies to the instantaneous analysis bandwidth in use. In the Spectrum Analyzer Mode,

this would be the FFT width.

d. The maximum error at an offset (f) from the center of the FFT width is given by the expression

± [Midwidth Error + (f × Slope)], but never exceeds ±Max Error. Here the Midwidth Error is the error at the center frequency for a given FFT span. Usually, the span is no larger than the FFT width in which case the center of the FFT width is the center frequency of the analyzer. When using the Spectrum Analyzer mode with an analyzer span is wider than the FFT width, the span is made up of multiple concatenated FFT results, and thus has multiple centers of FFT widths; in this case the f in the equation is the offset from the nearest center. Performance is nominally three times better at most center frequencies.

e. The specification does not apply for frequencies greater than 3.6 MHz from the center in FFT widths of

7.2 to 8 MHz.

f. The “rms” nominal performance is the standard deviation of the response relative to the center fre-

quency , integrated across the span. This performance measure was observed at a center frequency in each harmonic mixing band, which is representative of all center frequencies; it is not the worst case frequency.

g. Option MPB is installed and enabled.

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Description Specifications Supplemental Information

IF Phase Linearity Deviation from mean phase linearity

RMS (nominal)

Center Freq (GHz)

Span (MHz) Preselector

Modes above 18 GHz

Peak-to-peak

(nominal

)

≥0.02, <3.6 ≤10 n/a 0.4° 0.1° ≥3.6, ≤10 Off

0.4° 0.1°

≥3.6 (Option ≤ 526) ≤10 On 1.0° 0.2°

a. Signal frequencies between 18 and 26.5 GHz are prone to additional response errors due to modes in the

T ype-N connector used with frequency Option 526. With the use Type-N to APC 3.5 mm adapter part number 1250-1744, there are nominally six such modes. These modes cause nominally up to −0.35 dB amplitude change, with phase errors of nominally up to ±1.2

b. The listed performance is the standard deviation of the phase deviation relative to the mean phase devi-

ation from a linear phase condition, where the rms is computed across the span shown and over the range of center frequencies shown.

c. Option MPB is installed and enabled.

°.

Description Specifications Supplemental Information

Absolute Amplitude Accuracy

At 50 MHz

20 to 30°C Full temperature range

At all frequencies

20 to 30°C Full temperature range

95th Percentile Absolute Amplitude Accuracy

±0.40 dB

±0.15 dB (95th percentile)

±0.43 dB

±(0.40 dB + frequency response) ±(0.43 dB + frequency response)

±0.27 dB

(Wide range of signal levels, RBWs, RLs, etc.,

0.01 to 3.6 GHz,

Atten = 10 dB) Amplitude Reference Accuracy ±0.05 dB (nominal) Preamp On

±(0.39 dB + frequency

response) (nominal)

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a. Absolute amplitude accuracy is the total of all amplitude measurement errors, and applies over the fol-

lowing subset of settings and conditions: 1 Hz ≤ RBW ≤ 1 MHz; Input signal −10 to −50 dBm (details below); Input attenuation 10 dB; span < 5 MHz (nominal additional error for span ≥ 5 MHz is

0.02 dB); all settings auto-coupled except Swp Time Rules = Accuracy; combinations of low signal level and wide RBW use VBW ≤ 30 kHz to reduce noise. When using FFT sweeps, the signal must be at the center frequency. This absolute amplitude accuracy specification includes the sum of the following individual specifications under the conditions listed above: Scale Fidelity, Reference Level Accuracy, Display Scale Switching Uncertainty, Resolution Bandwidth Switching Uncertainty, 50 MHz Amplitude Reference Accuracy, and the accuracy with which the instrument aligns its internal gains to the 50 MHz Amplitude Reference. The only difference between signals within the range ending at –50 dBm and those signals below that level is the scale fidelity. Our specifications show the pos sibility of increased errors below –80 dBm at the mixer, thus –70 dBm at the input. Therefore, one reasonably conservative approach to estimating the Absolute Amplitude Uncertainty below –70 dBm at the mixer would be to add an additional ±0.10 dB (the difference between the above –80 dBm at the mixer scale fidelity at the lower level scale fidelity) to the Absolute Amplitude Uncertainty.

b. Absolute Amplitude Accuracy for a wide range of signal and measurement settings, covers the 95th

percentile proportion with 95% confidence. Here are the details of what is covered and how the computation is made: The wide range of conditions of RBW, signal level, VBW, reference level and display scale are discussed in footnote a. There are 44 quasi-random combinations used, tested at a 50 MHz signal frequency. We compute the 95th percentile proportion with 95% confidence for this set observed over a statistically significant number of instru ments. Also, the frequency response relative to the 50 MHz response is characterized by varying the signal across a large number of quasi-random verification frequencies that are chosen to not correspond with the frequency response adjustment frequencies. We again compute the 95th percentile proportion with 95% confidence for this set observed over a statistically significant number of instruments. We also compute the 95th percentile accuracy of tracing the calibration of the 50 MHz absolute amplitude accuracy to a national standards organization. We also compute the 95th percentile accuracy of tracing the calibration of the relative frequency response to a national standards organization. We take the root-sum-square of these four independent Gaussian parameters. To that rss we add the environmental ef fects of temperature vari ations across the 20 to 30°C range. These computations and measurements are made with the mechanical attenuator only in circuit, set to the reference state of 10 dB. A similar process is used for computing the result when using the electronic attenuator under a wide range of settings: all even settings from 4 through 24 dB inclusive, with the mechanical attenuator set to 10 dB. Then the worst of the two computed 95th percentile results (they ere very close) is shown.

c. Same settings as footnote a, except that the signal level at the preamp input is −

power at preamp (dBm) = total power at input (dBm) minus input attenuation (dB). This specification applies for signal frequencies above 100 kHz.

40 to −80 dBm. Total

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Description Specifications Supplemental Information

Input Attenuation Switching Uncertainty Refer to the footnote for

Band Overlaps on page 21

50 MHz (reference frequency) ±0.20 dB ±0.08 dB (typical) Attenuation > 2 dB, preamp off

(Relative to 10 dB (reference setting)) 9 kHz to 3.6 GHz ±0.3 dB (nominal)

3.5 to 7.0 GHz ±0.5 dB (nominal)

7.0 to 13.6 GHz ±0.7 dB (nominal)

13.5 to 26.5 GHz ±0.7 dB (nominal)

26.5 to 44 GHz ±1.0 dB (nominal)

Description Specifications Supplemental Information

RF Input VSWR Nominal

at tuned frequency, DC Coupled 10 dB attenuation, 50 MHz 1.07:1

Input Attenuation

Frequency 0 dB ≥10 dB

Option ≤526 10 MHz to 3.6 GHz <2.2:1 <1.2:1

3.6 to 26.5 GHz <1.8:1

Option >526 10 MHz to 3.6 GHz <2.2:1 <1.2:1

3.6 to 26.5 GHz <1.5:1

26.5 to 44 GHz <1.8:1

RF calibrator (e.g. 50 MHz) is On Open input Alignments running Open input for some, unless "All but RF" is

selected

Preselector Centering Open input

a. The nominal SWR stated is at the worst case RF frequency in three representative instruments.

Description Specifications Supplemental Information

Resolution Bandwidth Switching Uncertainty Relative to reference BW of

1.0 Hz to 3 MHz RBW ±0.10 dB

30 kHz

Manually selected wide RBWs: 4, 5, 6, 8 MHz ±1.0 dB

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Description Specifications Supplemental

Information

Reference Level

Range Log Units −170 to +23 dBm, in 0.01 dB steps Linear Units 707 pV to3.16 V, with 0.01 dB resolution (0.11%) Accuracy 0 dB

a. Because reference level affects only the display, not the measurement, it causes no additional error in

measurement results from trace data or markers.

Description Specifications Supplemental Information

Display Scale Switching Uncertainty

Switching between Linear and Log 0 dB Log Scale Switching 0 dB

a. Because Log/Lin and Log Scale Switching affect only the display, not the measurement, they cause no

additional error in measurement results from trace data or markers.

a a

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+〈〉log=

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Description Specifications Supplemental Information

Display Scale Fidelity

Absolute Log-Linear Fidelity

(Relative to the reference condition:

−25 dBm input through 10 dB attenuation, thus −35 dBm at the input mixer)

Input mixer level

Linearity

−80 dBm ≤ ML ≤ −10 dBm ±0.15 dB ML < −80 dBm ±0.25 dB Relative Fidelity

Applies for mixer levelc range from

−10 to −80 dBm, mechanical attenuator only, preamp off, and dither on.

Sum of the following terms: Nominal high level term Up to ±0.045 dB

instability term Up to ±0.018 dB slope term From equation prefilter term Up to ±0.005 dB

a. Supplemental information: The amplitude detection linearity specification applies at all levels below

−10 dBm at the input mixer; however, noise will reduce the accuracy of low level measurements. The amplitude error due to noise is determined by the signal-to-noise ratio, S/N. If the S/N is large (20 dB or better), the amplitude error due to noise can be estimated from the equation below, given for the 3-sigma (three standard deviations) level.

The errors due to S/N ratio can be further reduced by averaging results. For large S/N (20 dB or better), the 3-sigma level can be reduced proportional to the square root of the number of averages taken.

b. The scale fidelity is warranted with ADC dither set to Medium. Dither increases the noise level by

nominally only 0.1 dB for the most sensitive case (preamp Off, best DANL frequencies). With dither

Off, scale fidelity for low level signals, around −60 dBm or lower, will nominally degrade by 0.2 dB. c. Mixer level = Input Level − Input Attenuation d. The relative fidelity is the error in the measured difference between two signal levels. It is so small in

many cases that it cannot be verified without being dominated by measurement uncertainty of the veri-

fication. Because of this verification difficulty, this specification gives nominal performance, based on

numbers that are as conservatively determined as those used in warranted specifications. We will con-

sider one example of the use of the error equation to compute the nominal performance.

Example: the accuracy of the relative level of a sideband around −60 dBm, with a carrier at −5 dBm,

using attenuation = 10 dB, RBW = 3 kHz, evaluated with swept analysis. The high level term is evalu-

ated with P1 = −15 dBm and P2 = −70 dBm at the mixer. This gives a maximum error within

±0.025 dB. The instability term is ±0.018 dB. The slope term evaluates to ±0.050 dB. The prefilter term

applies and evaluates to the limit of ±0.005 dB. The sum of all these terms is ±0.098 dB. e. Errors at high mixer level s will nom inally be well within the range of ±0.045 dB × {exp[(P1 −

Pref)/(8.69 dB)] − exp[(P2 − Pref)/(8.69 dB)]} (exp is the natural exponent function, e

). In this expression, P1 and P2 are the powers of the two signals, in decibel units, whose relative power is being measured. Pref is −10 dBm (−10 dBm is the highest power for which linearity is specified). All these levels are referred to the mixer level.

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f. Slope error will nominally be well within the range of ±0.0009 × (P1 − P2). P1 and P2 are defined in

footnote e.

g. A small additional error is possible. In FFT sweeps, this error is possible for spans under 4.01 kHz. For

non-FFT measurements, it is possible for RBWs of 3.9 kHz or less. The error is well within the range of ±0.0021 × (P1 - P2) subject to a maximum of ±0.005 dB. (The maximum dominates for all but very small differences.) P1 and P2 are defined in footnote e.

Description Specifications Supplemental Information

Available Detectors Normal, Peak, Sample, Negative Peak,

Average

Average detector works on RMS, Voltage and Logarithmic scales

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Gain Compression

Description Specifications Supplemental

Information

1 dB Gain Compression Point (Two-tone)

abc

20 MHz to 26.5 GHz (Option ≤

20 MHz to 26.5 GHz (Option >

26.5 to 44 GHz (Option >

526

) +9 dBm (nominal)

526

) +6 dBm (nominal)

) 0 dBm (nominal)

Maximum power at

mixer

(nominal)

Clipping (ADC Over-range)

Any signal offset −10 dBm Low frequency

Signal offset > 5 times IF prefilter bandwidth

exceptions +12 dBm (nominal)

and IF Gain set to Low

IF Prefilter Bandwidth

Zero Span or Sweep Type = FFT, –3 dB Bandwidth Swept, RBW = FFT Width =

(nominal

)

≤3.9 kHz <4.01 kHz 8.9 kHz

4.3 to 27 kHz <28.81 kHz 79 kHz 30 to 160 kHz <167.4 kHz 303 kHz 180 to 390 kHz <411.9 kHz 966 kHz 430 kHz to 8 MHz <7.99 MHz 10.9 MHz

a. Large signals, even at frequencies not shown on the screen, can cause the analyzer to incorrectly mea-

sure on-screen signals because of two-tone gain compression. This specification tells how large an interfering signal must be in order to cause a 1 dB change in an on-screen signal.

b. Specified at 1 kHz RBW with 100 kHz tone spacing. The compression point will nominally equal the

specification for tone spacing greater than 5 times the prefilter bandwidth. At smaller spacings, ADC clipping may occur at a level lower than the 1 dB compression point.

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c. Reference level and off-screen performance: The reference level (RL) behavior differs from some ear-

lier analyzers in a way that makes this analyzer more flexible. In other analyzers, the RL controlled how the measurement was performed as well as how it was displayed. Because the logarithmic amplifier in these analyzers had both range and resolution limitations, this behavior was necessary for optimum measurement accuracy. The logarithmic amplifier in this signal analyzer, however, is implemented digitally such that the range and resolution greatly exceed other instrument limitations. Because of this, the analyzer can make measurements largely independent of the setting of the RL without compromising accuracy . Because the RL becomes a display function, not a measurement function, a marker can read out results that are off-screen, either above or below, without any change in accuracy. The only exception to the independence of RL and the way in which the measurement is performed is in the input attenuation setting: When the input attenuation is set to auto, the rules for the determination of the input attenuation include dependence on the reference level. Because the input attenuation setting controls the tradeoff between large signal behaviors (third-order intermodulation, compression, and display scale fidelity) and small signal effects (noise), the measurement results can change with RL changes when the input attenuation is set to auto.

d. The ADC clipping level declines at low frequencies (below 50 MHz) when the LO feedthrough (the

signal that appears at 0 Hz) is within 5 times the prefilter bandwidth (see table) and must be handled by the ADC. For example, with a 300 kHz RBW and prefilter bandwidth at 966 kHz, the clipping level reduces for signal frequencies below 4.83 MHz. For signal frequencies below 2.5 times the prefilter bandwidth, there will be additional reduction due to the presence of the image signal (the signal that appears at the negative of the input signal frequency) at the ADC.

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Displayed Average Noise Level

Description Specifications Supplemental

Information

Displayed Average Noise Level (DANL)

Input terminated Sample or Average detector Averaging type = Log 0 dB input attenuation

Refer to the footnote for

Band Overlaps on page 21.

IF Gain = High 1 Hz Resolution Bandwidth

mmW without Option B40, DP2, or MPB

mmW with Option B40, DP2, or MPB

RF/μW(Option 503, 507, 513, or 526)

20 to 30°C Full range Typical

10 Hz x x x –90 dBm (nominal) 20 Hz x 100 Hz x 1 kHz x

x x –100 dBm (nominal) x x –110 dBm (nominal) x x –120 dBm (nominal)

9 kHz to 1 MHz x –125 dBm (nominal)

9 kHz to 1 MHz

1 to 10 MHz

1 MHz to 1.2 GHz

x x −130 dBm

x −147 dBm −145 dBm −149 dBm

x x −152 dBm −151 dBm −155 dBm

10 MHz to 2.1 GHz x −148 dBm −146 dBm −150 dBm

1.2 to 2.1 GHz

x x −151 dBm −150 dBm −154 dBm

2.1 to 3.6 GHz x −147 dBm −145 dBm −149 d B m

2.1 to 3.6 GHz

x x −149 dBm −148 dBm −152 dBm

3.6 to 7 GHz x −147 dBm −145 dBm −149 dBm

3.5 to 4.2 GHz

4.2 to 8.4 GHz

x −142 dBm −140 dBm −146 dBm

x −144 dBm −142 dBm −147 dBm

x −143 dBm −141 dBm −148 dBm

x −145 dBm −143 dBm −150 dBm

7 to 13.6 GHz x −143 dBm −141 dBm −147 dBm

8.3 to 13.6 GHz

x −145 dBm −143 dBm −148 dBm

x −147 dBm −145 dBm −150 dBm

13.5 to 22 GHz x −137 dBm −134 dBm −142 dBm

13.5 to 20 GHz

x −142 dBm −140 dBm −146 dBm

x −145 dBm −143 dBm −148 dBm

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Information

22 to 26.5 GHz x −134 dBm −130 dBm −140 dBm

20 to 26.5 GHz

26.4 to 34 GHz

33.9 to 44 GHz

Additional DANL, IF Gain=Low

x −139 dBm −137 dBm −143 dBm

x −142 dBm −140 dBm −145 dBm

x −137 dBm −133 dBm −142 dBm

x −140 dBm −136 dBm −144 dBm

x −131 dBm −127 dBm −137 dBm

x −135 dBm −131 dBm −140 dBm

x x x −160.5 dBm

(nominal)

a. DANL for zero span and swept is measured in a 1 kHz RBW and normalized to the narrowest available

RBW, because the noise fig ure do es not depend on RBW and 1 kHz measurements are faster.

b. DANL below 10 MHz is affected by phase noise around the LO feedthrough signal. Specifications

apply with the best setting of the Phase Noise Optimization control, which is to choose the “Best Close-in φ Noise" for frequencies below 25 kHz, and “Best W ide Offset φ Noise" for frequencies above 25 kHz.

c. Setting the IF Gain to Low is often desirable in order to allow high er power into the mi xer without

overload, better compression and better third-order intermodulation. When the Swept IF Gain is set to Low, either by auto coupling or manual coupling, there is noise added above that specified in this table for the IF Gain = High case. That excess noise appears as an additional noise at the input mixer. This level has sub-decibel dependence on center frequency. To find the total displayed average noise at the mixer for Swept IF Gain = Low, sum the powers of the DANL for IF Gain = High with this additional DANL. To do that summation, compute DANLtotal = 10 × log (10^(DANLhigh/10) + 10^(AdditionalDANL / 10)). In FFT sweeps, the same behavior occurs, except that FFT IF Gain can be set to autorange, where it varies with the input signal level, in addition to forced High and Low settings.

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Spurious Responses

Description Specifications Supplemental

Information

Spurious Responses

Preamp Off

(see Band Overlaps on page 21) Residual Responses

200 kHz to 8.4 GHz (swept) Zero span or FFT or other frequencies

−100 dBm

−100 dBm (nominal)

Image Responses

Tuned Freq (f) Excitation Freq Mixer Level

Response

10 MHz to 26.5 GHz f+45 MHz −10 dBm −75 dBc −99 dBc (typical) 10 MHz to 3.6 GHz f+10245 MHz −10 dBm −80 dBc −103 dBc (typical) 10 MHz to 3.6 GHz f+645 MHz −10 dBm −80 dBc −107 dBc (typical)

3.5 to 13.6 GHz f+645 MHz −10 dBm −75 dBc −87 dBc (typical)

13.5 to 17.1 GHz f+645 MHz −10 dBm −71 dBc −85 dBc (typical)

17.0 to 22 GHz f+645 MHz −10 dBm −68 dBc −82 dBc (typical) 22 to 26.5 GHz f+645 MHz −10 dBm −66 dBc −78 dBc (typical)

26.5 to 34.5 GHz f+645 MHz −30 dBm –70 dBc –94 dBc (typical)

34.4 to 44 GHz f+645 MHz −30 dBm –60 dBc –79 dBc (typical)

Other Spurious Responses

Carrier Frequency ≤26.5 GHz

First RF Order ( f ≥ 10 MHz from carrier)

−10 dBm

−68 dBc +

20 × log(N

Includes IF feedthrough,

)

LO harmonic mixing responses

Higher RF Order (f ≥ 10 MHz from carrier)

Carrier Frequency >26.5 GHz

First RF Order

−40 dBm −80 dBc + 20 × log(N

−30 dBm

Includes higher order

)

mixer responses

–90 dBc (nominal)

( f ≥ 10 MHz from carrier) Higher RF Order

−30 dBm –90 dBc (nominal)

(f ≥ 10 MHz from carrier)

LO-Related Spurious Responses

(f > 600 MHz from carrier

−10 dBm −60 dBc 20 × log(N

−90 dBc + 20 × log(N)

)

(typical)

10 MHz to 3.6 GHz)

Sidebands, offset from CW signal

≤200 Hz −70 dBc 200 Hz to 3 kHz −73 dBc 3 kHz to 30 kHz −73 dBc (nominal) 30 kHz to 10 MHz −80 dBc (nominal)

(nominal)

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a. The spurious response specifications only apply with the preamp turned off. When the preamp is turned

on, performance is nominally the same as long as the mixer level is interpreted to be: Mixer Level =

Input Level − Input Attenuation + Preamp Gain b. Input terminated, 0 dB input attenuation. c. Mixer Level = Input Level − Input Atte nuat ion. d. With first RF order spurious products, the indicated frequency will change at the same rate as the input,

with higher order, the indicated frequency will change at a rate faster than the input. e. N is the LO multiplication factor. f. RBW=100 Hz. With higher RF order spurious responses, the observed frequency will change at a rate

faster than the input frequency. g. Nominally −40 dBc under large magnetic (0.38 Gauss rms) or vibrational (0.21 g rms) environmental

stimuli.

Second Harmonic Distortion

Description Specifications Supplemental

Information

Second Harmonic Distortion SHI

(nominal)

Option 532, or 544 (mmW)

Option 503, 507, 513, or 526 (RF/μW)

10 MHz to 1.8 GHz x x +45 dBm

1.8 to 7 GHz x +65 dBm

1.8 to 6.5 GHz

x +65 dBm

7 to 11 GHz x +55 dBm

6.5 to 10 GHz

x +60 dBm

11 to 13.25 GHz x +50 dBm

10 to 13.25 GHz

13.25 to 22 GHz

a. SHI = second harmonic intercept. The SHI is given by the mixer power in dBm minus the second har-

monic distortion level relative to the mixer tone in dBc.

x +55 dBm x +50 dBm

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Third Order Intermodulation

Description Specifications Supplemental Information

Third Order Intermodulation

Refer to the footnote for

Band Overlaps on page 21.

(Tone separation > 5 times IF Prefilter Bandwidth Verification conditions

)

Option 532, or 544 (mmW)

Option 503, 507, 513, or 526 (RF/μW)

Intercept (typical)

20 to 30°C

Intercept

10 to 100 MHz x +12 dBm +17 dBm 100 to 400 MHz x +10 dBm +14 dBm 400 MHz to 1.7 GHz x +11 dBm +15 dBm

1.7 to 3.6 GHz x +13 dBm +17 dBm

100 MHz to 3.95 GHz

x +15 dBm +19 dBm

3.6 to 5.1 GHz x +11 dBm +17 dBm

5.1 to 7 GHz x +13 dBm +17 dBm

3.95 to 8.4 GHz

x +15 dBm +18 dBm

7 to 13.6 GHz x +11 dBm +15 dBm

8.3 to 13.6 GHz

x +15 dBm +18 dBm

13.6 to 26.5 GHz x +9 dBm +14 dBm

13.5 to 17.1 GHz

x +11 dBm +17 dBm

17.0 to 26.5 GHz x +10 dBm +17 dBm (nominal)

26.5 to 44 GHz

x +13 dBm (nominal)

Full temperature range

10 to 100 MHz

x +10 dBm 100 to 400 MHz x +9 dBm 400 MHz to 1.7 GHz x +10 dBm

1.7 to 3.6 GHz x +12 dBm

100 MHz to 3.95 GHz

x +13 dBm

3.6 to 5.1 GHz x +10 dBm

5.1 to 7 GHz x +12 dBm

3.95 to 8.4 GHz

x +13 dBm 7 to 13.6 GHz x +10 dBm

8.3 to 13.6 GHz

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13.6 to 26.5 GHz x +7 dBm

13.5 to 17.1 GHz

x +9 dBm

17.0 to 26.5 GHz x +8 dBm

a. See the IF Prefilter Bandwidth table in the Gain Compression specifications on page 43. When the tone

separation condition is met, the effect on TOI of the setting of IF Gain is negligible. TOI is verified

with IF Gain set to its best case condition, which is IF Gain = Low. b. TOI is verified with two tones, each at −16 dBm at the mixer, spaced by 100 kHz. c. Intercept = TOI = third order intercept. The TOI is given by the mixer tone level (in dBm) minus (dis-

tortion/2) where distortion is the relative level of the distortion tones in dBc.

Nominal Dynamic Range vs. Offset Frequency vs. RBW for Freq Option ≤ 526 [Plot]

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Nominal Dynamic Range at 1 GHz for Freq Option ≤ 526 [Plot]

Nominal Dynamic Range Bands 1-4 for Freq Option ≤ 526 [Plot]

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Phase Noise

Description Specifications Supplemental

Information

Phase Noise Noise Sidebands

(Center Frequency = 1 GHz Best-case Optimization Internal Reference

)

Option 532, or 544 (mmW)

Option 503, 507, 513, or 526 (RF/μW)

20 to 30°C Full range Typical

100 Hz x x –84 dBc/Hz –82 dBc/Hz –88 dBc/Hz 1 kHz x –98 dBc/Hz (nominal)

1 kHz

10 kHz x –99 dBc/Hz –98 dBc/Hz –102 dBc/Hz

10 kHz

100 kHz x –112 dBc/Hz –111 dBc/Hz –114 dBc/Hz

100 kHz

1 MHz x –132 dBc/Hz –131 dBc/Hz –135 dBc/Hz

1 MHz

10 MHz x –143 dBc/Hz (nominal)

10 MHz

x −101 dBc/Hz (nominal)

x –103 dBc/Hz –101 dBc/Hz –106 dBc/Hz

x –115 dBc/Hz –114 dBc/Hz –116 dBc/Hz

x –135 dBc/Hz –134 dBc/Hz –137 dBc/Hz

x –149 dBc/Hz (nominal)

a. The nominal performan ce of the phase noise at center frequencies different than the one at which the

specifications apply (1 GHz) depends on the center frequency, band and the offset. For low offset fre-

quencies, offsets well under 100 Hz, the phase noise increases by 20 × log[(f + 0.3225)/1.3225]. For

mid-offset frequencies such as 10 kHz, band 0 phase noise increases as 20 × log[(f + 5.1225)/6.1225].

For mid-offset frequencies in other bands, phase noise changes as 20 × log[(f + 0.3225)/6.1225] except

f in this expression should never be lower than 5.8. For wide offset frequencies, offsets above about

100 kHz, phase noise increases as 20 × log(N). N is the LO Multiple as shown on page 21; f is in GHz

units in all these relationships; all increases are in units of decibels. b. Noise sidebands for lower offset frequencies, for example, 10 kHz, apply with the phase noise optimi-

zation (

PhNoise Opt) set to Best Close-in φ Noise. Noise sidebands for higher offset frequencies, for

example, 1 MHz, as shown apply with the phase noise optimization set to c. Specifications are given with the internal frequency reference. The phase noise at offsets below 100 Hz

is impacted or dominated by noise from the reference. Thus, performance with external references will

not follow the curves and specifications. The internal 10 MHz reference phase noise is about

–120 dBc/Hz at 10 Hz offset; external references with poorer phase noise than this will cause poorer

performance than shown.

Best Wide-offset φ Noise.

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with RBW Selectivity Curves, CF = 600 MHz and 10.2 GHz, Versus Offset Frequency

-170

-160

-150

-140

-130

-120

-110

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20

0.01 0.1 1 10 100 1000 10000

Freq (kHz)

SSB Phase Noise (dBc/Hz)

RBW=100 Hz

RBW=1 kHz

RBW=10 kHz

RBW=100 kHz

CF=600 MHz

<20k Opt.

CF=10.2 GHz

<20k Opt.

CF=10.2 GHz

>30k Opt.

CF=600 MHz

>30k Opt.

Dynamic Range

Nominal Phase Noise of Different LO Optimizations for Freq Option ≤ 526 [Plot]

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Nominal Phase Noise of Different LO Optimizations for Freq Option > 526 [Plot]

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with RBW Selectivity Curves, Optimized Phase Noise, Versus Offset Frequency

-170

-160

-150

-140

-130

-120

-110

-100

-90

-80

-70

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20

0.01 0.1 1 10 100 1000 10000

Freq (kHz)

SSB Phase Noise (dBc/Hz)

RBW=100 Hz

RBW=1 kHz

RBW=10 kHz

RBW=100 kHz

CF=600 MHz

CF=10.2 GHz

CF=25.2 GHz

Dynamic Range

Nominal Phase Noise of Different Center Frequencies for Freq Option ≤ 526 [Plot]

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Nominal Phase Noise of Different Center Frequencies for Freq Option >526 [Plot]

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The specifications for this section apply only to instruments with Frequency Option 503, 507, 513, or

526. For instruments with higher frequency options, the performance is nominal only and not subject to

any warranted specifications.

Description Specifications Supplemental Information

Channel Power

Amplitude Accuracy Absolute Amplitude Accuracy

Power Bandwidth Accuracy

Case: Radio Std = 3GPP W-CDMA, or IS-95

Absolute Power Accuracy

±0.94 dB

±0.27 dB (95th percentile)

(20 to 30°C, Attenuation = 10 dB)

a. See “Absolute Amplitude Accuracy” on page 37. b. See “Frequency and Time” on page 21. c. Expressed in dB.

Description Specifications Supplemental Information

Occupied Bandwidth

Frequency Accuracy ±(Span/1000) (nominal)

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Adjacent Channel Power (ACP) Case: Radio Std = None

Accuracy of ACP Ratio (dBc) Display Scale Fidelity Accuracy of ACP Absolute Power

(dBm or dBm/Hz) Accuracy of Carrier Power (dBm), or

Carrier Power PSD (dBm/Hz) Passband Width

−3 dB

Absolute Amplitude Accuracyb + Power Bandwidth Accuracy

Case: Radio Std = 3GPP W-CDMA (ACPR; ACLR)

Minimum power at RF Input −36 dBm (nominal) ACPR Accuracy

RRC weighted, 3.84 MHz noise bandwidth, method ≠ RBW

Radio

Offset Freq

MS (UE) 5 MHz ±0.22 dB At ACPR range of −30 to −36 dBc with

optimum mixer level

MS (UE) 10 MHz ±0.34 dB At ACPR range of −40 to −46 dBc with

optimum mixer level

BTS 5 MHz ±1.07 dB At ACPR range of −42 to −48 dBc with

optimum mixer level

BTS 10 MHz ±1.00 dB At ACPR range of −47 to −53 dBc with

optimum mixer level

BTS 5 MHz ±0.44 dB At −48 dBc non-coherent ACPR

Dynamic Range RRC weighted, 3.84 MHz noise

bandwidth

Noise Correction

Offset Freq Method ACLR (typical)

Optimum MLm

(Nominal)

Off 5 MHz Filtered IBW −68 dB −8 dBm Off 5 MHz Fast −67 dB −9 dBm Off 10 MHz Filtered IBW −74 dB −2 dBm On 5 MHz Filtered IBW −73 dB −8 dBm On 10 MHz Filtered IBW −76 dB −2 dBm

RRC Weighting Accuracy White noise in Adjacent Channel

TOI-induced spectrum rms CW error

a. The effect of scale fidelity on the ratio of two powers is called the relative scale fidelity. The scale

fidelity specified in the Amplitude section is an absolute scale fidelity with –35 dBm at the input mixer

as the reference point. The relative scale fidelity is nominally only 0.01 dB larger than the absolute

scale fidelity. b. See Amplitude Accuracy and Range section. c. See Frequency and Time section.

0.00 dB nominal

0.001 dB nominal

0.012 dB nominal

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d. Expressed in decibels. e. An ACP measurement measures the power in adjacent channels. The shape of the response versus fre-

quency of those adjacent channels is occasionally critical. One parameter of the shape is its 3 dB bandwidth. When the bandwidth (called the Ref BW) of the adjacent channel is set, it is the 3 dB bandwidth that is set. The passband response is given by the convolution of two functions: a rectangle of width equal to Ref BW and the power response versus frequency of the RBW filter used. Measurements and specifications of analog radio ACPs are often based on defined bandwidths of measuring receivers, and these are defined by their −6 dB widths, not their −3 dB widths. To achieve a passband whose −6 dB width is x, set the Ref BW to be x − 0.572 × RBW.

f. Most versions of adjacent channel power measurements use negative numbers, in units of dBc, to refer

to the power in an adjacent channel relative to the power in a main channel, in accordance with ITU standards. The standards for W-CDMA analysis include ACLR, a positive number represented in dB units. In order to be consistent with other kinds of ACP measurements, this measurement and its specifications will use negative dBc results, and refer to them as ACPR, instead of positive dB results referred to as ACLR. The ACLR can be determined from the ACPR reported by merely reversing the sign.

g. The accuracy of the Adjacent Channel Power Ratio will depend on the mixer drive level and whether

the distortion products from the analyzer are coherent with those in the UUT. These specifications apply even in the worst case condition of coherent analyzer and UUT distortion products. For ACPR levels other than those in this specifications table, the optimum mixer drive level for accuracy is approximately −37 dBm − (ACPR/3), where the ACPR is given in (negative) decibels.

h. To meet this specified accuracy when measuring mobile station (MS) or user equipment (UE) within

3 dB of the required −33 dBc ACPR, the mixer level (ML) must be optimized for accuracy. This optimum mixer level is −22 dBm, so the input attenuation must be set as close as possible to the average input power − (−22 dBm). For example, if the average input power is −6 dBm, set the attenuation to 16 dB. This specification applies for the normal 3.5 dB peak-to-average ratio of a single code. Note that, if the mixer level is set to optimize dynamic range instead of accuracy, accuracy errors are nominally doubled.

i. ACPR accuracy at 10 MHz offset is warranted when the input attenuator is set to give an average mixer

level of −14 dBm.

j. In order to meet this specified accuracy, the mixer level must be optimized for accuracy when measur-

ing node B Base Transmission Station (BTS) within 3 dB of the required −45 dBc ACPR. This optimum mixer level is −19 dBm, so the input attenuation must be set as close as possible to the average input power − 12 dB. This specification applies for the normal 10 dB peak-to-average ratio (at 0.01% probability) for Test Model 1. Note that, if the mixer level is set to optimize dynamic range instead of accuracy, accuracy errors are nominally doubled.

k. Accuracy can be excellent even at low ACPR levels assuming that the user sets the mixer level to opti-

mize the dynamic range, and assuming that the analyzer and UUT distortions are incoherent. When the errors from the UUT and the analyzer are incoherent, optimizing dynamic range is equivalent to minimizing the contribution of analyzer noise and distortion to accuracy, though the higher mixer level increases the display scale fidelity errors. This incoherent addition case is commonly used in the industry and can be useful for comparison of analysis equipment, but this incoherent addition model is rarely justified. This derived accuracy specification is based on a mixer level of −14 dBm.

(−19 dBm). For example, if the average input power is −7 dBm, set the attenuation to

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l. Agilent measures 100% of the signal analyzers for dynamic range in the factory production process.

This measurement requires a near-ideal signal, which is impractical for field and customer use.

Because field verification is impractical, Agilent only gives a typical result. More than 80% of proto-

type instruments met this “typical” specification; the factory test line limit is set commensurate with an

on-going 80% yield to this typical.

The ACPR dynamic range is verified only at 2 GHz, where Agilent has the near-perfect signal avail-

able. The dynamic range is specified for the optimum mixer drive level, which is different in different

instruments and different conditions. The test signal is a 1 DPCH signal.

The ACPR dynamic range is the observed range. This typical specification includes no measurement

uncertainty. m.ML is Mixer Level, which is defined to be the input signal level minus attenuation. n. 3GPP requires the use of a root-raised-cosine filter in evaluating the ACLR of a device. The accuracy

of the passband shape of the filter is not specified in standards, nor is any method of evaluating that

accuracy. This footnote discusses the performance of th e filter in this instrument. The ef fect of the RRC

filter and the effect of the RBW used in the measurement interact. The analyzer compens ates the shape

of the RRC filter to accommodate the RBW filter. The effectiveness of this compensation is summa-

rized in three ways:

− White noise in Adj Ch: The compensated RRC filter nominally has no errors if the adjacent channel

has a spectrum that is flat across its width.

− TOI−induced spectrum: If the spectrum is due to third−order intermodulation, it has a distinctive

shape. The computed errors of the compensated filter are −0.001 dB for the 100 kHz RBW used for UE

testing with the IBW method. It is 0.000 dB for the 27 kHz RBW filter used for BTS testing with the

Filtered IBW method. The worst error for RBWs between 27 and 390 kHz is 0.05 dB for a 330 kHz

RBW filter.

− rms CW error: This error is a measure of the error in measuring a CW−like spurious component. It is

evaluated by computing the root of the mean of the square of the power error across all frequencies

within the adjacent channel. The computed rms error of the compensated filter is 0.012 dB for the 100

kHz RBW used for UE testing with the IBW method. It is 0.000 dB for the 27 kHz RBW filter used for

BTS testing. The worst error for RBWs between 27 kHz and 470 kHz is 0.057 dB for a 430 kHz RBW

filter.

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Fast ACPR Test [Plota]

a. Observation conditions for ACP speed:

Display Off, signal is T est Model 1 w ith 64 DPCH, Meth od set to Fa st. Measured with an IBM compatible PC with a 3 GHz Pentium 4 running Windows XP Professional Version 2002. The communications medium was PCI GPIB IEEE 488.2. The Test Application Language was .NET C#. The Application Communication Layer was Agilent T&M Programmer’s Toolkit For Visual Studio (Version 1.1), Agilent I/O Libraries (Version M.01.01.41_beta).

Description Specifications Supplemental Information

Power Statistics CCDF

Histogram Resolution

a. The Complementary Cumulative Distribution Function (CCDF) is a reformatting of a histogram of the

power envelope. The width of the amplitude bins used by the histogram is the histogram resolution. The resolution of the CCDF will be the same as the width of those bins.

0.01 dB

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Description Specifications Supplemental Information

Burst Power

Methods Power above threshold

Power within burst width

Results Output power, average

Output power, single burst Maximum power Minimum power within burst Burst width

Description Specifications Supplemental Information

TOI (Third Order Intermodulation)

Measures TOI of a signal with two dominant tones

Results Relative IM tone powers (dBc)

Absolute tone powers (dBm) Intercept (dBm)

Description Specifications Supplemental Information

Harmonic Distortion

Maximum harmonic number 10th Results Fundamental Power (dBm)

Relative harmonics power (dBc) Total harmonic distortion (%, dBc)

Description Specifications Supplemental Information

Spurious Emissions Table-driven spurious signals;

search across regions

Case: Radio Std = 3GPP W-CDMA

Dynamic Range

93.1 dB 98.4 dB (typical)

(1 to 3.6 GHz) Sensitivity , absolute

−79.4 dBm −85.4 dBm (typical)

(1 to 3.6 GHz) Accuracy Attenuation = 10 dB

9 kHz to 3.6 GHz ±0.38 dB (95th percentile)

3.5 to 8.4 GHz ±1.22 dB (95th percentile)

8.3 to 13.6 GHz ±1.59 dB (95th percentile)

a. The dynamic range is specified with the mixer level at +3 dBm, where up to 1 dB of compression can

occur, degrading accuracy by 1 dB.

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Description Specifications Supplemental Information

Spectrum Emission Mask Table-driven spurious signals;

measurement near carriers

Case: Radio Std = cdma2000

Dynamic Range, relative

(750 kHz offset

)

Sensitivity , absolute

(750 kHz offset

)

74.0 dB 81.0 dB (typical)

−94.7 dBm −100.7 dBm (typical)

Accuracy

(750 kHz offset) Relative Absolute

±0.11 dB ±1.05 dB ±0.34 dB (95th percentile ≈ 2σ)

(20 to 30°C)

Case: Radio Std = 3GPP W−CDMA

Dynamic Range, relative

(2.515 MHz offset

)

Sensitivity , absolute

(2.515 MHz offset

)

76.6 dB 83.8 dB (typical)

−94.7 dBm −100.7 dBm (typical)

Accuracy

(2.515 MHz offset) Relative Absolute

±0.12 dB ±1.05 dB

±0.34 dB (95th percentile ≈ 2σ)

(20 to 30°C)

a. The dynamic range specifi cation is the ratio of the channel power to the power in the offset specified.

The dynamic range depends on the measurement settings, such as peak power or integrated power. Dynamic range specifications are based on default measurement settings, with detector set to average, and depend on the mixer level. Default measurement settings include 30 kHz RBW.

b. This dynamic range specification applies for the optimum mixer level, which is about −18 dBm. Mixer

level is defined to be the average input power minus the input attenuation.

c. The sensitivity is specified wit h 0 dB inp ut attenuation. It represents the noise limitations of the ana-

lyzer. It is tested without an input signal. The sensitivity at this offset is specified in the default 30 kHz RBW, at a center frequency of 2 GHz.

d. The relative accuracy is a measure of the ratio of the power at the offset to the main channel power. It

applies for spectrum emission levels in the offsets that are well above the dynamic range limitation.

e. The absolute accuracy of SEM measurement is the same as the absolute accuracy of the spectrum ana-

lyzer. See “Absolute Amplitude Accuracy” on page 37 for more information. The numbers shown are for 0 to 3.6 GHz, with attenuation set to 10 dB.

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Options

The following options and applications affect instrument specifications.

Option 503: Frequency range, 10 Hz to 3.6 GHz Option 507: Frequency range, 10 Hz to 7 GHz Option 513: Frequency range, 10 Hz to 13.6 GHz Option 526: Frequency range, 10 Hz to 26.5 GHz Option 532: Frequency range, 10 Hz to 32 GHz Option 544: Frequency range, 10 Hz to 44 GHz Option B25: Analysis bandwidth, 25 MHz Option B40: Analysis bandwidth, 40 MHz Option EA3: Electronic attenuator, 3.6 GHz Option EMC: Precompliance EMC Features Option ESC: External source control Option EXM: External mixing Option FSA: 2 dB fine step attenuator Option MPB: Preselector bypass Option P03: Preamplifier, 3.6 GHz Option P07: Preamplifier, 7 GHz Option P13: Preamplifier, 13.6 GHz Option P26: Preamplifier, 26.5 GHz Option P32: Preamplifier, 32 GHz Option P44: Preamplifier, 44 GHz Option PC4: Upgrade to dual core processor with removable solid state drive Option PFR: Precision frequency reference Option CRP: Connector Rear, arbitrary IF Out Option CR3: Connector Rear, second IF Out Option YAS: Y-Axis Screen Video output

N6149A: iDEN/WiDEN/MotoTalk measurement application N6152A: Ditigital Cable TV measurement application N6153A: DVB-T/H measurement application N6155A: ISDB-T with T2 measurement application N6156A: DTMB measurement application N6158A: CMMB measurement application N9051A: Pulse measurement software N9063A: Analog Demodulation measurement application N9064A: VXA Vector Signal and WLAN measurement application N9068A: Phase Noise measurement application

Options

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Options

N9069A: Noise Figure measurement application N9071A: GSM/EDGE/EDGE Evolution measurement application N9072A: cdma2000/cdmaOne measurement application N9073A: W-CDMA/HSPA/HSPA+ measurement application N9074A: Single Acquisition Combined Fixed WiMAX measurement application N9075A: 802.16 OFDMA measurement application N9076A: 1xEV-DO measurement application N9077A: WLAN measurement application N9079A: TD-SCDMA measurement application N9080A: LTE-FDD measurement application N9081A: Bluetooth measurement application N9082A: LTE-TDD measurement application N9083A: Multi-Standard Radio (MSR) measurement application

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General

Description Specifications Supplemental Information

Calibration Cycle 2 years

Description Specifications Supplemental Information

Temperature Range

Operating

Altitude ≤ 2,300 m0 to 55°C Altitude = 4,500 m 0 to 47°C Derating

Storage

Altitude Humidity

−40 to +70°C 4,500 m (approx 15,000 feet)

Relative humidity Type tested at 95%, +40°C

(non-condensing)

a. For earlier instruments (S/N prefix <MY/SG/US5052), the operating temperature ranges from 5 to

°C.

b. The maximum operating temperature derates linearly from altitude of 4,500 m to 2,300 m. c. For earlier instruments (S/N prefix <MY/SG/US5052), and installed with hard disk drives, the storage

temperature ranges from –40 to +65

d. For earlier instrument (S/N prefix <MY/SG/US5052), the altitude was specified as 3,000 m (approxi-

mately 10,000 feet).

°C.

Description Specifications Supplemental Information

Environmental and Military Specifications

Samples of this product have been type tested in accordance with the Agilent Environmental Test Manual and verified to be robust against the environmental stresses of Storage, Transportation and End-use; those stresses include but are not limited to temperature, humidity , shock, vibration, altitude and power line conditions. Test Methods are aligned with IEC 60068-2 and levels are similar to MIL-PRF-28800F Class 3.

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Description Specifications

EMC Complies with European EMC Directive 2004/108/EC

— IEC/EN 61326-1 or IEC/EN 61326-2-1 — CISPR Pub 11 Group 1, class A — AS/NZS CISPR 11

— ICES/NMB-001

This ISM device complies with Canadian ICES-001. Cet appareil ISM est conforme a la norme NMB-001 du Canada.

a. The N9010A is in full com pli ance with CISPR 11, Class A emission limits and is declared as such. In

addition, the N9010A has been type tested and shown to meet CISPR 11, Class B emission limits when no USB cable/device connections are made to the front or rear panel. Information regarding the Class B emission performance of the N9010A is provided as a convenience to the user and is not intended to be a regulatory declaration.

Acoustic statement (European Machinery Directive 2002/42/EC, 1.7.4.2u

Acoustic noise emission LpA <70 dB Operator position Normal operation mode

Description Specification Supplemental Information

Acoustic Noise--Further Information

Values given are per ISO 7779 standard in the "Operator Sitting" position

Ambient Temperature

< 40°C Nominally under 55 dBA Sound Pressure. 55 dBA is

generally considered suitable for use in quiet office environments.

≥ 40°C Nomina lly under 65 dBA Sound Pressure. 65 dBA is

generally considered suitable for use in noisy office environments. (The fan speed, and thus the noise level, increases with increasing ambient temperature.)

Description Specifications

Safety Complies with European Low Voltage Directive 2006/95/EC

— IEC/EN 61010-1 3rd Edition — Canada: CSA C22.2 No. 61010-1-12 — USA: UL 61010-1 3rd Edition

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Description Specification Supplemental Information

Power Requirements

Low Range Voltage 100 to 120 V Frequency Serial Prefix < MY4801,

50 or 60 Hz

SG4801, or US4801 Serial Prefix ≥ MY4801,

50, 60 or 400 Hz

SG4801, or US4801 High Range Voltage 220 to 240 V Frequency 50 or 60 Hz Power Consumption, On 350 W Maximum Power Consumption, Standby 20 W Standby power is not supplied to

frequency reference oscillator.

Typical instrument configuration

Power (nominal)

Base 3.6 GHz instrument (N9010A-503) 176 W Base 8.4 GHz instrument (N9010A-508) 179 W Base 13 GHz instrument (N9010A-513) 183 W Base 26.5 GHz instrument (N9010A-526) 194 W Base 32/44 GHz instrument (N9010A-532/544) 225 W Adding Option B40, MPB, or DP2 to base

+45 W

instrument

Description Supplemental Information

Measurement Speed

Nominal Standard w/ Option PC4

Local measurement and display update rate Remote measurement and LAN transfer rate

11 ms (90/s) 4 ms (250/s)

6 ms (167/s) 5 ms (200/s) Marker Peak Search 5 ms 1.5 ms Center Frequency Tune and Transfer (RF) 22 ms 20 ms Center Frequency Tune and Transfer (µW) 49 ms 47 ms Measurement/Mode Switching 75 ms 39 ms W-CDMA ACLR measurement time See page 62 Measurement Time vs. Span See page 29

a. Sweep Points = 101.

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b. Factory preset, fixed center frequency, RBW = 1 MHz, 10 MHz < span ≤ 600 MHz, stop frequency ≤

3.6 GHz, Auto Align Off.

c. Phase Noise Optimization set to Fast Tuning, Display Off, 32 bit integer format, markers Off, single

sweep, measured with IBM compatible PC with 2.99 GHz Pentium® 4 with 2 GB RAM running Windows® XP, Agilent I/O Libraries Suite Version 14.1, one meter GPIB cable, National Instruments PCI-GPIB Card and NI-488.2 DLL.

Description Specifications Supplemental Information

Display

Resolution 1024 × 768 XGA Size 213 mm (8.4 in) diagonal (nominal)

a. The LCD display is manufactured using high precision technology. However, there may be up to six

bright points (white, blue, red or green in color) that constantly appear on the LCD screen. These points are normal in the manufacturing process and do not affect the measurement integrity of the product in any way.

Description Specifications Supplemental Information

Data Storage

Standard Internal Total Removeable solid state drive (≥ 80 GB)

Internal User ≥ 9 GB available for user data With Option PC4 Internal Total Removeable solid state drive (≥ 80 GB)

Internal User ≥ 9 GB available on separate partition for

user data

a. For earlier instruments (<MY50210341/SG50210026/US502101 03), a removable hard disk drive

(>80 GB) was installed. For even older instruments, a fixed hard disk (40 GB) drive was installed.

b. For earlier instruments (<MY50210341/SG50210026/US50210103), a removable hard disk drive (>80

GB) was installed with Option PC2 unless Option SSD was ordered.

Description Specifications Supplemental Information

Weight Weight without options Net 16 kg (35 lbs) (nominal) Shipping 28 kg (62 lbs) (nominal)

Cabinet Dimensions Cabinet dimensions exclude front and Height 177 mm (7.0 in)

rear protrusions.

Width 426 mm (16.8 in) Length 368 mm (14.5 in)

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Inputs/Outputs

Front Panel

Description Specifications Supplemental Information

RF Input

Connector Standard Type-N female Frequency option 503, 507, 513, and 526

2.4 mm male Frequency option 532 and 544 Impedance 50Ω (nominal)

Description Specifications Supplemental Information

Probe Power

Voltage/Current +15 Vdc, ±7% at 0 to 150 mA (nominal)

−12.6 Vdc, ±10% at 0 to 150 mA (nominal)

GND

Description Specifications Supplemental Information

USB 2.0 Ports See Rear Panel for other ports Master (2 ports) Connector USB Type “A” (female) Output Current 0.5 A (nominal)

Description Specifications Supplemental Information

Headphone Jack

Connector miniature stereo audio jack 3.5 mm (also known as "1/8 inch") Output Power 90 mW per channel into 16Ω (nominal)

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Inputs/Outputs

Rear Panel

Description Specifications Supplemental Information

10 MHz Out

Connector BNC female Impedance 50Ω (nominal) Output Amplitude ≥0 dBm (nominal) Output Configuration AC coupled, sinusoidal Frequency 10 MHz ×

(1 + frequency reference accuracy)

Description Specifications Supplemental Information

Ext Ref In

Connector BNC female Note: Analyzer noise sidebands and

spurious response performance may be affected by the quality of the external reference used. See footnote Phase Noise specifications within the

Dynamic Range section on page 53. Impedance 50Ω (nominal) Input Amplitude Range

sine wave square wave

−5 to +10 dBm (nominal)

0.2 to 1.5 V peak-to-peak (nominal) Input Frequency 10 MHz (nominal) Lock range ±5 × 10

−6

of ideal external

reference input frequency

in the

Description Specifications Supplemental Information

Sync Reserved for future use Connector BNC female

Description Specifications Supplemental Information

Trigger Inputs

Either trigger source may be selected

(Trigger 1 In, Trigger 2 In) Connector BNC female Impedance 1 0 kΩ (nominal) Trigger Level Range −5 to +5 V 1.5 V (TTL) factory preset

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Inputs/Outputs

Description Specifications Supplemental Information

Trigger Outputs

(Trigger 1 Out, Trigger 2 Out) Connector BNC female Impedance 50Ω (nominal) Level 0 to 5 V (CMOS)

Description Specifications Supplemental Information

Monitor Output

Connector

Format

Resolution

VGA compatible, 15-pin mini D-SUB

1024 × 768

XGA (60 Hz vertical sync rates, non-interlaced) Analog RGB

Description Specifications Supplemental Information

Analog Out Refer to Chapter 15 , “Option YAS -

Y-Axis Screen Video Output,” on page

151 for more details.

Connector BNC female Impedance <140Ω (nominal)

Description Specifications Supplemental Information

Noise Source Drive +28 V (Pulsed)

Connector BNC female Output voltage on 28.0 ± 0.1 V 60 mA maximum current Output voltage off < 1.0 V

Description Specs Supplemental Information

SNS Series Noise Source For use with Agilent Technologies SNS Series noise sources

Description Specifications Supplemental Information

Digital Bus This port is intended for use with the Agilent N5105 and N5106 Connector MDR-80

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Inputs/Outputs

Description Specifications Supplemental Information

USB 2.0 Ports See Front Panel for additional ports Master (4 ports) Connector USB Type “A” (female) Output Current 0.5 A (nominal) Slave (1 port) Connector USB Type “B” (female)

Description Specifications Supplemental Information

GPIB Interface

Connector IEEE-488 bus connector GPIB Codes SH1, AH1, T6, SR1, RL1, PP0, DC1, C1, C2,

C3 and C28, DT1, L4, C0

Mode Controller or device

Description Specifications Supplemental Information

LAN TCP/IP Interface RJ45 Ethertwist 1000BaseT

a. 100BaseT for older instruments (S/N prefix <MY/SG/US5006) unless Option PC2 is installed.

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Regulatory Information

This product is designed for use in Installation Category II and Pollution Degree 2 per IEC 61010 3rd ed, and 664 respectively.

This product has been designed and tested in accordance with accepted industry standards, and has been supplied in a safe condition. The instruction documentation contains information and warnings which must be followed by the user to ensure safe operation and to maintain the product in a safe condition.

The CE mark is a registered trademark of the European Community (if accompanied by a year, it is the year when the design was proven). This product complies with all relevant directives.

ICES/NMB-001 “This ISM device complies with Canadian ICES-001.”

“Cet appareil ISM est conforme a la norme NMB du Canada.”

ISM 1-A (GRP.1 CLASS A)

This is a symbol of an Industrial Scientific and Medical Group 1 Class A product. (CISPR 11, Clause 4)

The CSA mark is a registered trademark of the CSA International.

The C-Tick mark is a registered trademark of the Australian/New Zealand Spectrum Management Agency. This product complies with the relevant EMC regulations.

This symbol indicates separate collection for electrical and electronic equipment mandated under EU law as of August 13, 2005. All electric and electronic equipment are required to be separated from normal waste for disposal (Reference WEEE Directive 2002/96/EC).

To return unwanted products, contact your local Agilent office, or see

http://www.agilent.com/environment/product/index.shtml for more information.

China RoHS regulations include requirements related to packaging, and require compliance to China standard GB18455-2001.

This symbol indicates compliance with the China RoHS regulations for paper/fiberboard packaging.

This equipment is Class A suitable for professional use and is for use in electromagnetic environments outside of the home.

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Declaration of Conformity

A copy of the Manufacturer’s European Declaration of Conformity for this instrument can be obtained by contacting your local Agilent Technologies sales representative.

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2 I/Q Analyzer

This chapter contains specifications for the I/Q Analyzer measurement application (Basic Mode).

I/Q Analyzer

Specifications Affected by I/Q Analyzer

Specification Name Information

Number of Frequency Display Trace Points (buckets)

Resolution Bandwidth See “Frequency” on page 79 in this chapter. V ideo Ban dwidth Not available. Clipping-to-Noise Dynamic Range See “Clipping-to-Noise Dynamic Range” on page 80 in this

Resolution Bandwidth Switching Uncertainty

Available Detectors Does not apply .

Spurious Responses The “Spurious Responses” on page 48 of core specifications

IF Amplitude Flatness See “IF Frequency Response” on page 36 of the core

IF Phase Linearity See “IF Phase Linearity” on page 37 of the core

Data Acquisition See “Data Acquisition” on page 81 in this chapter for the

Does not apply.

chapter. Not specified because it is negligible.

still apply. Additional bandwidth-option-dependent spurious responses are given in the Analysis Bandwidth chapter for any optional bandwidths in use.

specifications for the 10 MHz bandwidth. Specifications for wider bandwidths are given in the Analysis Bandwidth chapter for any optional bandwidths in use.

10 MHz bandwidth. Specifications for wider bandwidths are given in the Analysis Bandwidth chapter for any optional bandwidths in use.

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I/Q Analyzer

Frequency

Description Specifications

Frequency Span

Standard instrument 10 Hz to 10 MHz

Option B25 10 Hz to 25 MHz Option B40 10 Hz to 40 MHz

Resolution Bandwidth

(Spectrum Measurement) Range

Overall Span = 1 MHz Span = 10 kHz Span = 100 Hz

Window Shapes Flat Top, Uniform, Hanning, Hamming,

Analysis Bandwidth (Span) (Waveform Measurement)

Standard instrument 10 Hz to 10 MHz

Option B25 10 Hz to 25 MHz Option B40 10 Hz to 40 MHz

100 mHz to 3 MHz 50 Hz to 1 MHz 1 Hz to 10 kHz 100 mHz to 100 Hz

Gaussian, Blackman, Blackman-Harris, Kaiser Bessel (K-B 70 dB, K-B 90 dB & K-B 110 dB)

Supplemental Information

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Clipping-to-Noise Dynamic Range

Description Specifications Supplemental Information

Clipping-to-Noise Dynamic Range

Clipping Level at Mixer Center frequency ≥ 20 MHz IF Gain = Low −10 dBm −8 dBm (nominal) IF Gain = High −20 dBm −17.5 dBm (nominal)

Excluding residuals and spurious responses

Noise Density at Mixer at center frequency

a. This specification is defined to be the ratio of the clipping level (also known as “ADC Over Range”) to

the noise density. In decibel units, it can be defined as clipping_level [dBm]

− noise_density [dBm/Hz]; the result has units of dBFS/Hz (fs is “full scale”).

b. The noise density depends on the input frequency. It is lowest for a broad range of input frequencies

near the center frequency, and these specifications apply there. The noise de nsity can increase toward the edges of the span. The effect is nominally well under 1 dB.

c. The primary determining element in the noise density is the “Displayed Average Noise Level” on

page 46.

d. DANL is specified with the IF Gain set to High, which is the best case for DANL but not for Clip-

ping-to-noise dynamic range. The core specifications “Displayed Average Noise Level” on page 46, gives a line entry on the excess noise added by using IF Gain = Low, and a footnote explaining how to combine the IF Gain noise with the DANL.

e. DANL is specified for log averaging, not power averaging, and thus is 2.51 dB lower than the true

noise density. It is also specified in the narrowest RBW, 1 Hz, which has a noise bandwidth slightly wider than 1 Hz. These two effects together add up to 2.25 B.

f. As an example computation, consider this: For the case where DANL = −151 dBm in 1 Hz, IF Gain is

set to low, and the “Additional DANL” is −160 dBm, the total noise density computes to

−148.2 dBm/Hz and the Clipping-to-noise ratio for a −10 dBm clippi ng level is −138.2 dBFS/Hz.

(DANLc + IFGainEffectd) +

2.25 dB

Example

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Data Acquisition

Description Specifications Supplemental Information

Time Record Length (IQ pairs) IQ Analyzer 4,000,000 IQ sample pairs ≈335 ms at 10 MHz Span

Sample Rate

At ADC

Option DP2, B40, or MPB 100 MSa/s None of the above 90 MSa/s

IQ Pairs Integer submultiple of 15 Mpairs/s

ADC Resolution

Option DP2, B40, or MPB 16 bits None of the above 14 bits

depending on the span for spans of 8 MHz or narrower.

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Data Acquisition

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3 VXA Vector Signal and WLAN

Modulation Analysis Application

This chapter contains specifications for the N9064A1 VXA vector signal and WLAN modulation analysis measurement application.

Additional Definitions and Requirements

Because digital communications signals are noise-like, all measurements will have variations. The specifications apply only with adequate averaging to remove those variations.

The specifications apply in the frequency range documented in In-Band Frequency Range. The specifications for this chapter apply only to instruments with Frequency Option 503, 507, 513 or

526. For Instruments with higher frequency options, the performance is nominal only and not subject to any warranted specifications.

Specs & Nominals

These specifications summarize the performance for the X-Series Signal Analyzer and apply to the VXA measurement application inside the analyzer. Values shown in the column labeled "Specs & Nominals" are a mix of warranted specifications, guaranteed-by-design parameters, and conservative but not warranted observations of performance of sample instruments.

1. In software versions prior to A.06.00, the VXA measurement application product number was 89601X. Software versions A.06.00 and beyond have renamed 89601X to N9064A.

VXA Vector Signal and WLAN Modulation Analysis Application

Vector Signal Analysis Performance (N9064A-1FP/1TP)

Frequency

Description Specs & Nominals Supplemental Information

Range See “Frequency Range” on

page 21

Center Frequency Tuning Resolution

Frequency Span, Maximum

FFT Spectrum 25 MHz (Option B25)

Frequency Points per Span

FFT Window Type

Window

Flat Top 0.41 0.01 dB >95 dBc

Gaussian Top 0.25 0.68 dB >125 dBc

Hanning 0.11 1.5 dB >31 dBc Uniform 0.0014 4.0 dB >13 dBc

1 mHz 10 MHz (standard)

40 MHz (Option B40) Calibrated points: 51 to 409,601

Displayed points: 51 to 524,288

Selectivity

Passband Flatness

Rejection

The window choices allow the user to optimize as needed for best amplitude accuracy, best dynamic range, or best response to transient signal characteristics.

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Vector Signal Analysis Performance (N9064A-1FP/1TP)

Description Specs & Nominals

Supplemental Information

Range Full Scale, combines

attenuator setting and ADC gain

standard −20 dBm to 20 dBm, 10 dB steps

Option FSA or EA3 −20 dBm to 22 dBm, 2 dB steps Option P03, P07, P13, P26,

−40 dBm to 20 dBm, 10 dB steps, up to 3.6 GHz

P32, P44 with neither FSA or EA3

Options P03, P07, P13, P26,

−40 dBm to 22 dBm, 2 dB steps, up to 3.6 GHz

P32, P44 and either FSA or EA3

Option P07, P13, P26, P32,

−40 dBm to 20 dBm, 10 dB steps, above 3.6 GHz

or P44

ADC overload +2 dBFS

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Amplitude Accuracy

Description Specs & Nominals Supplemental Information

Absolute Amplitude Accuracy See “Absolute Amplitude Accuracy” on

page 37

Amplitude Linearity See “Display Scale Fidelity” on page 41 IF Flatness

Span ≤ 10 MHz See “IF Frequency Response” on page 36 Span ≤ 25 MHz (Option B25) See “IF Frequency Response” on page 96 Span ≤ 40 MHz (Option B40) See “IF Frequency Response” on page 102

Sensitivity

−20 dBm range Compute from DANL

A verage Noise Level (DANL)” on page 46

−40 dBm range Requires preamp option. Compute from Preamp DANL

; see “Displayed Average

Noise Level (DANL)Preamp On” on page 143

; see “Displayed

a. DANL is specified in the narrowest resolution bandwidth (1 Hz) with log averaging, in accordance with

industry and historic standards. The effect of log averaging is to reduce the noise level by 2.51 dB. The effect of using a 1 Hz RBW is to increase the measured noise because the noise bandwidth of the 1 Hz RBW filter is nominally 1.056 Hz, thus adding 0.23 dB to the level. The combination of these effects makes the sensitivity, in units of dBm/Hz, 2.27 dB higher than DANL in units of dBm in a 1 Hz RBW.

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Vector Signal Analysis Performance (N9064A-1FP/1TP)

Description Specs & Nominals

Third Order Intermodulation

Supplemental

Information

−84 dBc (nominal)

distortion

(Two −20 dBFS tones, 400 MHz to 13.6 GHz, tone separation > 5 × IF Prefilter BW)

Noise Density at 1 GHz

Input Range

≥−10 dBm −137 dBFS/Hz

−20 dBm to −12 dBm −127 dBFS/Hz

−30 dBm to −22 dBm −129 dBFS/Hz requires preamp option

−40 dBm to −32 dBm −119 dBFS/Hz requires preamp option

Residual Responses −90 dBFS (nominal)

(Range ≥ −10 dBm)

Image Responses −75 dBc

(10 MHz to 13.6 GHz, <8 MHz span)

LO Related Spurious −60 dBc

(10 MHz to 3.6 GHz, f > 600 MHz from carrier)

Other Spurious

(<8 MHz span)

100 Hz < f < 10 MHz from

−70 dBc (nominal)

carrier f ≥ 10 MHz from carrier −70 dBc −70 dBc (nominal)

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Analog Modulation Analysis (N9064A-1FP/1TP)

Description Specs & Nominals Supplemental Information

AM Demodulation

(Span ≤ 12 MHz,

Carrier ≤ −17 dBFS) Demodulator Bandwidth Same as selected measurement span Modulation Index Accuracy ±1% Harmonic Distortion −55 dBc Relative to 100% modulation

index

Spurious −60 dBc Relative to 100% modulation

index

Cross Demodulation 0.5% AM on an FM signal with

50 kHz modulation rate, 200 kHz deviation

PM Demodulation

(Deviation < 180°,

modulation rate ≤ 500 kHz,

span ≤ 12 MHz) Demodulator Bandwidth Same as selected measurement span,

except as noted Modulation Index Accuracy ±0.5° Harmonic Distortion 0.5% Spurious −60 dBc Cross Demodulation 1° PM on an 80% modulation index

AM signal, modulation rate ≤ 1

MHz

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Analog Modulation Analysis (N9064A-1FP/1TP)

Description Specs & Nominals Supplemental Information

FM Demodulation

Demodulator Bandwidth Same as selected measurement span Modulation Index Accuracy

±0.1% of span (deviation ≤ 2 MHz, modulation rate ≤ 500 kHz)

Harmonic Distortion

Modulation Rate Deviation

≤50 kHz ≤500 kHz

≤200 kHz ≤2 MHz

−50 dBc

−45 dBc

Spurious

Modulation Rate Deviation

≤50 kHz ≤500 kHz

≤200 kHz ≤2 MHz

−50 dBc

−45 dBc

Cross Demodulation 0.5% of span of FM on an 80%

modulation index AM signal,

modulation rate ≤ 1 MHz

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Flexible Digital Modulation Analysis (N9064A-2FP/2TP)

Description Specs & Nominals Supplemental Information

Accuracy Formats other than FSK, 8/16VSB, 16/32

APSK, and OQPSK. Conditions: Full scale signal, fully contained in the measurement span, frequency < 3.6 GHz, random data sequence, range ≥ –30 dBm, start frequency ≥ 15% of span, alpha/BT ≥ 0.3 (0.3 to 0.7 for OQPSK), and symbol rate ≥ 1 kHz. For symbol rates < 1 kHz, accuracy may be limited by phase noise. Averaging = 10

Residual Errors Result = 150 symbols

averages = 10

Residual EVM

Span

≤100 kHz ≤1 MHz ≤10 MHz ≤22 MHz ≤25 MHz

0.50% rms

1.00% rms

b b

1.20% rms

1.50% rms

Magnitude Error

Span

≤100 kHz ≤1 MHz ≤10 MHz ≤22 MHz ≤25 MHz

b b

0.30% rms

0.50% rms

1.00% rms

1.20% rms

Phase Error

Span

≤100 kHz ≤1 MHz ≤10 MHz ≤22 MHz ≤25 MHz

b b

0.3° rms

0.4° rms

0.6° rms

0.8° rms

1.0° rms

Frequency Error Symbol rate/500,000 Added to frequency accuracy if applicable IQ Origin Offset −60 dB

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Description Specs & Nominals Supplemental Information

Residual EVM for Video Modulation Formats

8 or 16 VSB 1.5% (SNR 36 dB) Symbol rate = 10.762 MHz,

α= 0.115, frequency < 3.6 GHz,

7 MHz span, full-scale signal, range ≥ −30 dBm, result length = 800, averages = 10

16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, or 1024 QAM

1.0% (SNR 40 dB) Symbol rate = 6.9 MHz, α= 0.15, frequency < 3.6 GHz, 8 MHz span, full-scale signal, range ≥ −30 dBm, result length = 800, averages = 10

a. 1.0% rms EVM and 0.8 deg RMS phase error fo r fr equency > 3.6 GHz b. Without Option B25, span is restricted to ≤10 MHz. Without Option B40, span is restricted to

≤25 MHz.

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VXA Vector Signal and WLAN Modulation Analysis Application

WLAN Modulation Analysis (N9064A-3FP/3TP)

Description Specs & Nominals Supplemental Information

IEEE 802.11a/g OFDM 20 averages Center Frequency/Level

combinations at which nominal performance has been characterized

Residual EVM

Equalizer training = chan est seq and data

Equalizer training = chan est seq

Frequency Error

Subcarrier spacing 312.5 kHz default

Lock range ±2 × sub-carrier spacing,

Frequency accuracy ±8 Hz + tfa

IEEE 802.11b/g DSSS

Center Frequency/Level combination at which nominal performance has been characterized

Residual EVM without equalizer with equalizer enabled

Frequency Error

Lock Range ±2.5 MHz Accuracy ±8 Hz + tfa

2.4 GHz, with input range ≥

−30 dBm, within 2 dB of full scale

5.8 GHz, with input range ≥

−20 dBm

−47 dB

−45 dB

user settable

±625 kHz default

2.4 GHz with total power within 2 dB of full scale

1.5%

0.5%

Maximum subcarrier spacing is approximately the analysis BW/57, thus 438 kHz for Option B25 (25 MHz BW), and 700 kHz for Option B40 (40 MHz BW).

Reference filter = Transmit filter = Gaussian with BT = 0.5

a. tfa = transmitter frequency × frequency reference accuracy.

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4 Option B25 - 25 MHz Analysis

Bandwidth

This chapter contains specifications for the Option B25 25 MHz Analysis Bandwidth, and are unique to this IF Path.

Option B25 - 25 MHz Analysis Bandwidth

Specifications Affected by Analysis Bandwidth

The specifications in this chapter apply when the 25 MHz path is in use. In IQ Analyzer, this will occur when the IF Path is set to 25 MHz, whether by Auto selection (depending on Span) or manually.

Specification Name Information

IF Frequency Response See specifications in this chapter. IF Phase Linearity See specifications in this chapter. Spurious and Residual Responses The “Spurious Responses” on page 48 still apply. Further,

bandwidth-option-dependent spurious responses are contained within this chapter.

Displayed Average Noise Level, Third-Order Intermodulation and Phase Noise

The performance of the analyzer will degrade by an unspecified extent when using this bandwidth option. This extent is not substantial enough to justify statistical process control.

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Option B25 - 25 MHz Analysis Bandwidth

Other Analysis Bandwidth Specifications

Description Specifi-

cations

IF Spurious Response

Supplemental Information

Preamp Off

IF Second Harmonic

Apparent Freq Excitation Freq Mixer Level

IF Gain

Any on-screen f (f + fc + 22.5 MHz)/2 −15 dBm Low −54 dBc (nominal)

−25 dBm High −54 dBc (nominal)

IF Conversion Image

Apparent Freq Excitation Freq Mixer LevelcIF Gain

Any on-screen f 2 × fc − f + 45 MHz −10 dBm Low −70 dBc (nominal)

−20 dBm High −70 dBc (nominal)

a. The level of these spurs is not warranted. The relationship between the spurious response and its excita-

tion is described in order to make it easier for the user to distinguish whether a questionable response is due to these mechanisms. f is the apparent frequency of the spurious signal, f

ter frequency.

b. The spurious response specifications only apply with the preamp turned off. When the preamp is turned

on, performance is nominally the same as long as the mixer level is interpreted to be Mixer Level = Input Level

c. Mixer Level = Input Level − Input Attenuation.

− Input Attenuation − Preamp Gain.

is the measurement cen-

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Option B25 - 25 MHz Analysis Bandwidth

Other Analysis Bandwidth Specifications

Description Specifications Supplemental Information

IF Frequency Response

Modes above 18 GHz

(Demodulation and FFT response relative to the center frequency)

Center Freq

(GHz)

Span (MHz) Preselector

Max Error

(Exceptionse)

20 to 30°C Full range

Midwidth Error

(95th Percentile)

Slope

(dB/MHz) (95th Percentile)

RMS

(nominal)

≤3.6 10 to ≤25 n/a ±0.45 dB ±0.45 dB ±0.12 dB ±0.10 0.051 dB

>3.6 10 to ≤25 >3.6 10 to ≤25

a. The IF frequency response includes effects due to RF circuits such as input filters, that are a function of

RF frequency, in addition to the IF passband effects.

b. Signal frequencies between 18 and 26.5 GHz are prone to additional response errors due to modes in the

T ype-N connector used with frequency Option 526. With the use of Type-N to APC 3.5 mm adapter part number 1250-1744, there are nominally six such modes. These modes cause nominally up to −0.35 dB amplitude change, with phase errors of nominally up to ±1.2

c. This column applies to the instantaneous analysis bandwidth in use. In the Spectrum analyzer Mode,

this would be the FFT width.

d. The maximum error at an offset (f) from the center of the FFT width is given by the expression ± [Mid-

width Error + (f × Slope)], but never exceeds ±Max Error. Here the Midwidth Error is the error at the center frequency for the given FFT span. Usually, the span is no lar ger than the FFT width in which case the center of the FFT width is the center frequency of the analyzer. In the Spectrum Analyzer mode, when the analyzer span is wider than the FFT width, the span is made up of multiple concatenated FFT results, and thus has multiple centers of FFT widths so the f in the equation is the offset from the nearest center. These specifications include the effect of RF frequency response as well as IF frequency response at the worst case center frequency. Performance is nominally three times better at most center frequencies.

e. The specification does not apply for frequencies greater than 3.6 MHz from the center in FFT widths of

7.2 to 8 MHz.

f. The “RMS” nominal performance is the standard deviation of the response relative to the center fre-

g. For information on the preselector which affects the passband for frequencies above 3.6 GHz when

Option MPB is not in use, see “Preselector Bandwidth” on page 31.

h. Option MPB is installed and enabled.

On 0.45 dB

Off

±0.45 dB ±0.80 dB ±0.12 dB ±0.10 0.071 dB

°.

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Option B25 - 25 MHz Analysis Bandwidth

Other Analysis Bandwidth Specifications

Description Specifications Supplemental Information

IF Phase Linearity Deviation from mean phase linearity

Center Freq

(GHz)

Span (MHz) Preselector

Modes above 18 GHz

Peak-to-peak (nominal) RMS (nominal)

≥0.02, <3.6 ≤25 n/a 0.6° 0.14° ≥3.6 ≤25 Off ≥3.6(Option ≤

≤25 On 4.5° 1.2°

1.9° 0.42°

526)

a. Signal frequencies between 18 and 26.5 GHz are prone to additional response errors due to modes in

the Type-N connector used with frequency Option 526. W ith the use of Type-N to APC 3.5 mm adapter part number 1250-1744, there are nominally six such modes. These modes cause nominally up to

−0.35 dB amplitude change, with phase errors of nominally up to ±1.2

b. The listed performance is the standard deviation of the phase deviation relative to the mean phase devi-

ation from a linear phase condition, where the RMS is computed across the span shown.

c. Option MPB is installed and enabled.

°.

Description Specification Supplemental Information

Full Scale (ADC Clipping)

Default settings, signal at CF

(IF Gain = Low) Band 0 −8 dBm mixer level Band 1 through 4 −7 dBm mixer level

(nominal)

High Gain setting, signal at CF

(IF Gain = High)

Band 0 −18 dBm mixer level

subject to gain limitations

(nominal),

Band 1 through 6 −17 dBm mixer levelb (nominal),

subject to gain limitations

Effect of signal frequency ≠ CF up to ±3 dB (nominal)

a. This table is meant to help predi c t the fu ll-scale level, defined as the signal level for which ADC over-

load (clipping) occurs. The prediction is imperfect, but can serve as a starting point for finding that

level experimentally. A SCPI command is also available for that purpose. b. Mixer level is signal level minus input attenuation. c. The available gain to reach the predicted mixer level will vary with center frequency. Combinations of

high gains and high frequencies will not achieve the gain required, increasing the full scale level.

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Option B25 - 25 MHz Analysis Bandwidth

Data Acquisition

Description

Specifications Supplemental

Information

Time Record Length (IQ pairs) IQ Analyzer 4,000,000 IQ sample pairs ≈88.9 ms at 25 MHz

span

89600 VSA software or N9064A

VXA

Option DP2, B40, or MPB 536 MSa (2

32-bit Data Packing 64-bit Data Packing Memory

Sa) 268 MSa (228 Sa) 2 GB

None of the above 4,000,000 Sa (independent of data packing)

Sample Rate

At ADC

Option DP2, B40, or MPB 100 MSa/s None of the above 90 MSa/s

IQ Pairs Span dependent

ADC Resolution

Option DP2, B40, or MPB 16 bits None of the above 14 bits

a. In software versions prior to A.06.00, the VXA measurement application product number was 89601X.

Software versions A.06.00 and beyond have renamed 89601X to N9064A.

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5 Option B40 - 40 MHz Analysis

Bandwidth

This chapter contains specifications for the Option B40 40 MHz Analysis Bandwidth, and are unique to this IF Path.

Option B40 - 40 MHz Analysis Bandwidth

Specifications Affected by Analysis Bandwidth

The specifications in this chapter apply when the 40 MHz path is in use. In IQ Analyzer, this will occur when the IF Path is set to 40 MHz, whether by Auto selection (depending on Span) or manually.

Specification Name Information

IF Frequency Response See specifications in this chapter. IF Phase Linearity See specifications in this chapter. Spurious Responses There are three effects of the use of Option B40 on spurious

responses. Most of the warranted elements of the “Spurious

Responses” on page 48 still apply without changes, but the

revised-version of the table on page 48, modified to reflect the effect of Option B40, is shown in its place in this chapter. The image responses part of that table have the same warranted limits, but apply at different frequencies as shown in the table. The "higher order RF spurs" line is slightly degraded. Also, spurious-free dynamic range specifications are given in this chapter, as well as IF Residuals.

Phase Noise The performance of the analyzer will degrade by an unspecified

extent when using wideband analysis. This extent is not substantial enough to justify statistical process control.

Absolute Amplitude Accuracy Nominally 0.5 dB degradation from base instrument absolute

amplitude accuracy . (Refer to Absolute Amplitude Accuracy on

page 37.)

Frequency Range Over Which Specifications Apply

Specifications on this bandwidth only apply with center frequencies of 30 MHz and higher.

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Agilent Technologies N9010A User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

1 Agilent EXA Signal Analyzer

Definitions and Requirements

Definitions

Conditions Required to Meet Specifications

Certification

Frequency and Time

Frequency Range

Band

Standard Frequency Reference

Precision Frequency Reference

Frequency Readout Accuracy ±(mar ker freq × freq ref accy. + 0.25%

Frequency Counter

Frequency Span

Sweep Time and Trigger

Triggers Additional information on some of the

Gated Sweep

Number of Frequency Sweep Points (buckets)

Nominal Measurement Time vs. Span [Plot]

Resolution Bandwidth (RBW)

Analysis Bandwidth

Preselector Bandwidth Relevant to many options, such as B25 Wide IF

Video Bandwidth (VBW)

Amplitude Accuracy and Range

Measurement Range

Maximum Safe Input Level Applies with or without preamp

Display Range

Marker Readout

Frequency Response

IF Frequency Response

IF Phase Linearity Deviation from mean phase linearity

Absolute Amplitude Accuracy

Input Attenuation Switching Uncertainty Refer to the footnote for

RF Input VSWR Nominal

Resolution Bandwidth Switching Uncertainty Relative to reference BW of

Reference Level

Display Scale Fidelity

Available Detectors Normal, Peak, Sample, Negative Peak,

Dynamic Range

Gain Compression

Displayed Average Noise Level

Displayed Average Noise Level (DANL)

Spurious Responses

Second Harmonic Distortion

Third Order Intermodulation

Nominal Dynamic Range vs. Offset Frequency vs. RBW for Freq Option ≤ 526 [Plot]

Nominal Dynamic Range at 1 GHz for Freq Option ≤ 526 [Plot]

Nominal Dynamic Range Bands 1-4 for Freq Option ≤ 526 [Plot]

Phase Noise

Nominal Phase Noise of Different LO Optimizations for Freq Option ≤ 526 [Plot]

Nominal Phase Noise of Different LO Optimizations for Freq Option > 526 [Plot]

Nominal Phase Noise of Different Center Frequencies for Freq Option ≤ 526 [Plot]

Nominal Phase Noise of Different Center Frequencies for Freq Option >526 [Plot]

Power Suite Measurements

Channel Power

Occupied Bandwidth

Power Statistics CCDF

Burst Power

TOI (Third Order Intermodulation)

Harmonic Distortion

Spurious Emissions Table-driven spurious signals;

Spectrum Emission Mask Table-driven spurious signals;

Options

General

Inputs/Outputs

Front Panel

Rear Panel

Regulatory Information

Declaration of Conformity

2 I/Q Analyzer

Specifications Affected by I/Q Analyzer

Frequency

Clipping-to-Noise Dynamic Range

Data Acquisition

ADC Resolution

Vector Signal Analysis Performance (N9064A-1FP/1TP)

Frequency