Keysight N9020A Specification Guide

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N9020A MXA Signal Analyzer

MXA Specification Guide

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Contents

1. MXA Signal Analyzer

Definitions and Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Conditions Required to Meet Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Frequency and Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Frequency Range. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Band. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Standard Frequency Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Precision Frequency Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Frequency Readout Accuracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Frequency Counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Frequency Span. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Sweep Time and Trigger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Triggers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Gated Sweep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Number of Frequency Sweep Points (buckets). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Nominal Measurement Time vs. Span [Plot]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Resolution Bandwidth (RBW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Analysis Bandwidth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

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

Video Bandwidth (VBW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Amplitude Accuracy and Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Measurement Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Maximum Safe Input Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Display Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Marker Readout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Frequency Response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Nominal Frequency Response Band 0 [Plot]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

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

IF Phase Linearity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Absolute Amplitude Accuracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Input Attenuation Switching Uncertainty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

RF Input VSWR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Nominal VSWR [Plot]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Resolution Bandwidth Switching Uncertainty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

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

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

Nominal Display Scale Fidelity [Plot] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

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

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

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

1 dB Gain Compression Point (Two-tone). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Displayed Average Noise Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Displayed Average Noise Level (DANL). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Spurious Responses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Residual Responses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Second Harmonic Distortion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Contents

Third Order Intermodulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Nominal TOI vs. Mixer Level and Tone Separation [Plot] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Nominal Dynamic Range at 1 GHz [Plot] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Nominal Dynamic Range Bands 1-4 [Plot]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Nominal Dynamic Range vs. Offset Frequency vs. RBW(SN prefix ≥ MY/SG/US5233,

ship standard with N9020A-EP2) [Plot] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52

Nominal Dynamic Range vs. Offset Frequency vs. RBW (SN prefix <MY/SG/US5233) [Plot] . . . . 52

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

Nominal Phase Noise of Different LO Optimizations

(SN prefix ≥ MY/SG/US5233, Ship standard with N9020A-EP2) [Plot]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Nominal Phase Noise of Different LO Optimizations (SN prefix <MY/SG/US5233) [Plot]. . . . . . . . 55

Nominal Phase Noise at Different Center Frequencies

(SN prefix ≥MY/SG/US5233, Ship standard with N9020A-EP2) [Plot] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Nominal Phase Noise at Different Center Frequencies (SN prefix <MY/SG/US5233) [Plot]. . . . . . 56

Power Suite Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Channel Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Occupied Bandwidth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Adjacent Channel Power (ACP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Multi-Carrier Adjacent Channel Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61

Power Statistics CCDF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Burst Power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

TOI (Third Order Intermodulation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Harmonic Distortion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

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

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

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

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

Inputs/Outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Rear Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Regulatory Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

2. I/Q Analyzer

Specifications Affected by I/Q Analyzer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Frequency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Clipping-to-Noise Dynamic Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Data Acquisition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Time Record Length (IQ pairs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

ADC Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83

3. VXA Vector Signal Analysis Application

Vector Signal Analysis Performance (N9064A-1FP/1TP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Frequency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Center Frequency Tuning Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86

Frequency Span, Maximum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

FFT Spectrum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Frequency Points per Span. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Contents

FFT Window Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Input. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Range. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

ADC overload. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Amplitude Accuracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Absolute Amplitude Accuracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Amplitude Linearity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

IF Flatness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Sensitivity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Dynamic Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Third Order Intermodulation Distortion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Noise Density at 1 GHz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Residual Responses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Image Responses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

LO Related Spurious . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Other Spurious. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Analog Modulation Analysis (N9064A-1FP/1TP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

AM Demodulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

PM Demodulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

FM Demodulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Flexible Digital Modulation Analysis (N9064A-2FP/2TP). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Accuracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Residual EVM for MSK Modulation Formats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Residual EVM for Video Modulation Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

WLAN Modulation Analysis (N9064A-3FP/3TP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

IEEE 802.11a/g OFDM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

IEEE 802.11b/g DSSS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

4. Option B25 - 25 MHz Analysis Bandwidth

Specifications Affected by Analysis Bandwidth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Other Analysis Bandwidth Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

IF Spurious Response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

IF Frequency Response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

IF Phase Linearity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Data Acquisition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Time Record Length (IQ pairs). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

ADC Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

5. Option B40 - 40 MHz Analysis Bandwidth

Specifications Affected by Analysis Bandwidth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Other Analysis Bandwidth Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

SFDR (Spurious-Free Dynamic Range). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

IF Frequency Response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

IF Phase Linearity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Nominal Phase Linearity [Plot] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

EVM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Data Acquisition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Time Record Length . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Contents

ADC Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Capture Time [Plot] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

6. Option B85/B1A/B1X - 85/125/160 MHz Analysis Bandwidth

Specifications Affected by Analysis Bandwidth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Other Analysis Bandwidth Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

SFDR (Spurious-Free Dynamic Range) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

IF Residual Responses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

IF Frequency Response. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

IF Phase Linearity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

EVM measurement floor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Data Acquisition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Time Record Length . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

ADC Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Capture Time [Plot] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

7. Option BBA - Analog Baseband IQ (BBIQ) Inputs

Frequency and Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Amplitude Accuracy and Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Nominal Channel Match, 50Ω Input, Single-Ended input mode, 0.25V Range [Plot]. . . . . . . . . . 127

Nominal Phase Match, 50Ω Input, Single-Ended input mode, 0.25V Range [Plot] . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Dynamic Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Application Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Capture Length vs. Span, 2-channel with 89600 VSA, I+jQ Mode [Plot] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140

Inputs/Outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

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

Specifications Affected by Connector Rear, 2nd IF Output. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Other Connector Rear, 2nd IF Output Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Aux IF Out Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Second IF Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

9. Option CRP - Connector Rear, Arbitrary IF Output

Specifications Affected by Connector Rear, Arbitrary IF Output. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Other Connector Rear, Arbitrary IF Output Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Aux IF Out Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Arbitrary IF Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

10. Option EA3 - Electronic Attenuator, 3.6 GHz

Specifications Affected by Electronic Attenuator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Other Electronic Attenuator Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153

Range (Frequency and Attenuation). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Distortions and Noise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Frequency Response. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Absolute Amplitude Accuracy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Electronic Attenuator Switching Uncertainty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

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11. Option EMC - Precompliance EMI Features

Frequency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Frequency Range. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

EMI Resolution Bandwidths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Amplitude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

EMI Average Detector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Quasi-Peak Detector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

RMS Average Detector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

12. Option ESC - External Source Control

General Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Frequency Range. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Dynamic Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Power Sweep Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Measurement Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

Supported External Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

13. Option EXM - External Mixing

Specifications Affected by External mixing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Other External Mixing Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Connection Port EXT MIXER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Mixer Bias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

IF Input. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

LO Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

14. Option MPB - Microwave Preselector Bypass

Specifications Affected by Microwave Preselector Bypass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Other Microwave Preselector Bypass Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Additional Spurious Responses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

15. Option NFE - Noise Floor Extension

Specifications Affected by Noise Floor Extension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Displayed Average Noise Level. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Displayed Average Noise Level with Noise Floor Extension Improvement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Displayed Average Noise Level with Noise Floor Extension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

16. Options P03, P08, P13, P26 - Preamplifiers

Specifications Affected by Preamp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

Other Preamp Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

Gain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

Noise figure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

1 dB Gain Compression Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

Displayed Average Noise Level (DANL) — Preamp On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

Frequency Response — Preamp On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

RF Input VSWR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Nominal VSWR — Preamp On (Plot) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

Second Harmonic Distortion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

Third Order Intermodulation Distortion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

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Nominal Dynamic Range at 1 GHz, Preamp On (Plot). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

17. Option PFR - Precision Frequency Reference

Specifications Affected by Precision Frequency Reference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

18. Options RT1, RT2 - Real-time Spectrum Analyzer (RTSA)

Real-time Spectrum Analyzer Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196

General Frequency Domain Characteristics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196

Density View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

Spectrogram View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

Power vs. Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

Frequency Mask Trigger (FMT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

19. Option TDS - Time Domain Scan

Specifications Affected by Time Domain Scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

Other Time Domain Scan Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

20. Option YAS - Y-Axis Screen Video Output

Specifications Affected by Y-Axis Screen Video Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206

Other Y-Axis Screen Video Output Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

General Port Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Screen Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

Continuity and Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209

21. Analog Demodulation Measurement Application

RF Carrier Frequency and Bandwidth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

Carrier Frequency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

Maximum Information Bandwidth (Info BW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

Capture Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213

Post-Demodulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214

Maximum Audio Frequency Span . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214

Filters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214

Frequency Modulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216

Conditions required to meet specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216

FM Measurement Range. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216

FM Deviation Accuracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

FM Rate Accuracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

Carrier Frequency Error. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

Frequency Modulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218

Post-Demod Distortion Residual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218

Amplitude Modulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219

Conditions required to meet specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219

AM Measurement Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219

AM Depth Accuracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220

AM Rate Accuracy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220

Amplitude Modulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

Post-Demod Distortion Residual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

Contents

FM Rejection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

Phase Modulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222

Conditions required to meet specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222

FM Measurement Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222

PM Deviation Accuracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223

PM Rate Accuracy Carrier Frequency Error

Phase Modulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224

Post-Demod Distortion Residual. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224

Post-Demod Distortion Accuracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224

Analog Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

FM Stereo/Radio Data System (RDS) Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227

FM Stereo Modulation Analysis Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227

22. Noise Figure Measurement Application

General Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

Noise Figure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

Gain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

Noise Figure Uncertainty Calculator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

Uncertainty versus Calibration Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

Nominal Instrument Noise Figure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

Nominal Instrument Input VSWR, DC Coupled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223

23. Phase Noise Measurement Application

General Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236

Maximum Carrier Frequency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236

Measurement Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236

Measurement Accuracy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237

Offset Frequency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238

Amplitude Repeatability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238

Nominal Phase Noise at Different Center Frequencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238

24. Pulse Measurement Software

General Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240

Maximum Carrier Frequency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240

Hardware Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240

Software Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241

25. 1xEV-DO Measurement Application

Measurements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244

Channel Pow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244

Power Statistics CCDF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244

Occupied Bandwidth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244

Power vs. Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245

Spectrum Emission Mask and Adjacent Channel Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246

Spurious Emissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247

QPSK EVM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247

Code Domain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248

Contents

Modulation Accuracy (Composite Rho) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248

In-Band Frequency Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250

In-Band Frequency Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250

Alternative Frequency Ranges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250

26. 802.16 OFDMA Measurement Application

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

Channel Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252

Power Statistics CCDF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252

Occupied Bandwidth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252

Adjacent Channel Power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253

Spectrum Emission Mask . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254

Spurious Emissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254

Modulation Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255

In-Band Frequency Range for Warranted Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256

27. Bluetooth Measurement Application

Basic Rate Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258

Output Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258

Modulation Characteristics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259

Initial Carrier Frequency Tolerance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260

Carrier Frequency Drift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261

Adjacent Channel Power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261

Low Energy Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262

Output Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262

Modulation Characteristics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263

Initial Carrier Frequency Tolerance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264

Carrier Frequency Drift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265

LE In-band Emission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265

Enhanced Data Rate (EDR) Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266

EDR Relative Transmit Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266

EDR Modulation Accuracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267

EDR Carrier Frequency Stability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268

EDR In-band Spurious Emissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269

In-Band Frequency Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270

Bluetooth Basic Rate and Enhanced Data Rate (EDR) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270

Bluetooth Low Energy System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270

28. cdma2000 Measurement Application

Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272

Channel Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272

Adjacent Channel Power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273

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

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

Spectrum Emission Mask . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275

Spurious Emissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276

Code Domain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276

QPSK EVM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277

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Modulation Accuracy (Composite Rho) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278

In-Band Frequency Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280

29. CMMB Measurement Application

Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282

Channel Power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282

Channel Power with Shoulder Attenuation View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282

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

Adjacent Channel Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283

Spectrum Emission Mask . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284

Modulation Analysis Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285

Modulation Analysis Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286

CMMB Modulation Analysis Specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288

30. Digital Cable TV Measurement Application

Measurements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290

Channel Power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290

Power Statistics CCDF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290

Adjacent Channel Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291

Spectrum Emission Mask . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292

DVB-C 64QAM EVM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293

31. DTMB Measurement Application

Measurements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296

Channel Power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296

Channel Power with Shoulder Attenuation View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296

Power Statistics CCDF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296

Adjacent Channel Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297

Spectrum Emission Mask . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298

16QAM EVM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299

32. DVB-T/H with T2 Measurement Application

Measurements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302

Channel Power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302

Channel Power with Shoulder Attenuation View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302

Power Statistics CCDF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302

Adjacent Channel Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303

Spectrum Emission Mask . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304

Spurious Emission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305

DVB-T 64QAM EVM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306

DVB-T2 256QAM EVM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308

33. GSM/EDGE Measurement Application

Measurements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310

EDGE Error Vector Magnitude (EVM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310

Power vs. Time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311

EDGE Power vs. Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311

Power Ramp Relative Accuracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311

Contents

Phase and Frequency Error. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312

Output RF Spectrum (ORFS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313

Frequency Ranges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318

In-Band Frequency Ranges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318

34. iDEN/WiDEN/MotoTalk Measurement Application

Frequency and Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320

Amplitude Accuracy and Range. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321

Dynamic Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321

Application Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322

Measurements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322

Parameter Setups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322

iDEN Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322

iDEN Signal Demod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323

MotoTalk Signal Demod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323

35. ISDB-T Measurement Application

Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326

Channel Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326

Channel Power with Shoulder Attenuation View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326

Power Statistics CCDF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326

Adjacent Channel Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327

Spectrum Emission Mask . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328

Modulation Analysis Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329

Modulation Analysis Measurements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330

ISDB-T Modulation Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332

ISDB-Tmm Modulation Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334

36. LTE Measurement Application

Supported Air Interface Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336

Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337

Channel Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337

Transmit On/Off Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337

Adjacent Channel Power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338

Occupied Bandwidth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339

Spectrum Emission Mask . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339

Spurious Emissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340

Modulation Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341

In-Band Frequency Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343

Operating Band, FDD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343

Operating Band, TDD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343

37. LTE-A Measurement Application

Supported Air Interface Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346

Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347

Channel Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347

Power Statistics CCDF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348

Transmit On/Off Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349

Contents

Adjacent Channel Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350

Occupied Bandwidth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353

Spectrum Emission Mask . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353

Spurious Emissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355

Modulation Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356

NB-IoT Modulation Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358

C-V2X Modulation Analysis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359

In-Band Frequency Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361

C-V2X Operating Band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361

NB-IoT Operating Band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361

LTE FDD Operating Band. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361

LTE TDD Operating Band. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361

38. TD-SCDMA Measurement Application

Measurements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364

Power vs. Time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364

Transmit Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364

Adjacent Channel Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365

Single Carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365

Power Statistics CCDF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366

Occupied Bandwidth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366

Spectrum Emission Mask . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367

Spurious Emissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368

Code Domain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369

Modulation Accuracy (Composite EVM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370

In-Band Frequency Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372

39. W-CDMA Measurement Application

Conformance with 3GPP TS 25.141 Base Station Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374

Measurements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376

Channel Power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376

Adjacent Channel Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377

Power Statistics CCDF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379

Occupied Bandwidth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379

Spectrum Emission Mask . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380

Spurious Emissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381

Code Domain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382

QPSK EVM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383

Modulation Accuracy (Composite EVM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384

Power Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385

In-Band Frequency Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386

40. Single Acquisition Combined Fixed WiMAX Measurement Application

Measurements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388

Transmit Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388

Tx Output Spectrum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388

64QAM EVM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389

In-Band Frequency Range for Warranted Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390

Contents

41. Multi-Standard Radio Measurement Application

Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392

Channel Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392

Power Statistics CCDF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392

Occupied Bandwidth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392

Spurious Emissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392

Conformance EVM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393

In-Band Frequency Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395

42. WLAN Measurement Application

Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398

Channel Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398

Power Statistics CCDF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403

Occupied Bandwidth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404

Power vs. Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405

Spectrum Emission Mask . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405

Spurious Emission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418

CCK 11Mbps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425

List Sequence Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426

Transmit Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426

Transmit Output Spectrum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428

CCK 11Mbps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434

In-Band Frequency Range for Warranted Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435

Keysight X-Series Signal Analyzer N9020A

Specification Guide

1 MXA 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.

MXA Signal Analyzer Definitions and Requirements

Definitions and Requirements

This book contains signal analyzer specifications and supplemental information. The distinction among specifications, typical performance, and nominal values are described as follows.

Definitions

— Specifications describe the performance of parameters covered by the

product warranty (temperature = 5 to 55°C temperature range" or "Full range", unless otherwise noted).

— 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.

also referred to as "Full

— 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.

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.

1. For earlier instruments ( S/N prefix <MY/SG/US5051), the operating temperature ranges from 5 to 50°C

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— 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. If Auto Align is set to Light, performance is not warranted, and nominal performance will degrade to become a factor of 1.4 wider for any specification subject to alignment, such as amplitude tolerances.

Certification

Keysight Technologies certifies that this product met its published specifications at the time of shipment from the factory. Keysight Technologies further certifies that its calibration measurements are traceable to the International System of Units (SI) via national metrology institutes (www.keysight.com/find/NMI) that are signatories to the CIPM Mutual Recognition Arrangement.

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Frequency and Time

Description Specifications Supplemental Information

Frequency Range

Maximum Frequency

Option 503 3.6 GHz

Option 508 8.4 GHz

Option 513 13.6 GHz

Option 526 26.5 GHz

Preamp Option P03 3.6 GHz

Preamp Option P08 8.4 GHz

Preamp Option P13 13.6 GHz

Preamp Option P26 26.5 GHz

Minimum Frequency

Preamp

Off 10 MHz 10 Hz

On 10 MHz 100 kHz

Band Harmonic

0 (20 Hz to 3.6 GHz) 1− 1 Options 503, 508, 513, 526

1 (3.5 GHz to 8.4 GHz) 1− 1 Options 508, 513, 526

2 (8.3 GHz to 13.6 GHz) 1− 2 Options 513, 526

3 (13.5 to 17.1 GHz) 2− 2 Options 526

4 (17.0 to 26.5 GHz) 2− 4 Options 526

a. AC Coupled only applicable to Freq Options 503, 508, 513, and 526. b. N is the LO multiplication factor. For negative mixing modes (as indicated by the “−” in the “Harmonic 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).

AC Coupled

Mixing Mode

DC Coupled

LO Multiple (N

)

Band Overlaps

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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 measurements, 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 8.4 GHz” represent nominal performance from 3.5 to 3.6 GHz, and warranted performance from 3.6 to 8.4 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

Full temperature range

Aging Rate

Achievable Initial Calibration Accuracy

Settability

Residual FM

(Center Frequency = 1 GHz

±2 × 10

±1 × 10

±1.4 × 10

±2 × 10

−6

−8

/year

−6

≤10 Hz × N

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 adjust-

ment 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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Description Specifications Supplemental Information

Precision Frequency Reference

(Option PFR)

Accuracy ±[(time since last adjustment ×

aging rate) + temperature stability + calibration accuracy

a]b

Temperature Stability

20 to 30°C

Full temperature range

Aging Rate

±1.5 × 10

±5 × 10

−8

Nominally linear

−10

±5 × 10

Total Aging

−7

1 Year

2 Years

Settability

Warm-up and Retrace

300 s after turn on

900 s after turn on

Achievable Initial Calibration Accuracy

±1 × 10

±1.5 × 10

±2 × 10

±4 × 10

−9

−8

−7

Nominal

±1 × 10

−7

of final frequency

−8

of final frequency

Standby power to reference oscillator Not supplied

Residual FM

(Center Frequency = 1 GHz

≤0.25 Hz × N (nominal)

10 Hz RBW, 10 Hz VBW)

/day (nominal)

p-p in 20 ms

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

ment 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

−8

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 Calibration Accuracy” term of

the Accuracy equation.

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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 envi-

ronment

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.

Description Specifications Supplemental Information

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

+ 2 Hz + 0.5 × horizontal

)

Example for EMC

span + 5% × RBW resolution

Single detector only

±0.0032% (nominal)

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 set 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 example, Key-

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

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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 508 0 Hz, 10 Hz to 8.4 GHz

Option 513 0 Hz, 10 Hz to 13.6 GHz

Option 526 0 Hz, 10 Hz to 26.5 GHz

Resolution 2 Hz

Span Accuracy

Swept

FFT

±(0.25% × span + horizontal resolution

±(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

1 μs to 6000 s 1 ms to 4000 s

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

±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 −150 ms to 500 ms

Span = 0 Hz

−10 s to +500 ms

Resolution 0.1 μs

a. Delayed trigger is available with line, video, RF burst and external triggers. b. Prior to A.19.28 software, zero span trigger delay was limited to -150 ms to 500 ms.

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Description Specifications Supplemental Information

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 = Average 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

−40 to −10 dBm plus attenuation (nominal)

Level Accuracy ±2 dB + Absolute Amplitude Accuracy (nominal)

Bandwidth (−10 dB)

Most cases 16 MHz (nominal)

Sweep Type = FFT;

30 MHz (nominal)

FFT Width = 25 MHz; Span ≥ 8 MHz

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.

External Triggers See “Trigger Inputs” on page 74

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

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Description Specifications Supplemental Information

Compatible Standards NTSC-M, NTSC-Japan,

NTSC-4.43, PAL-M, PAL-N, PAL-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

Gate Sources External 1

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

Pos or neg edge triggered External 2 Line RF Burst Periodic

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Description Specifications Supplemental Information

Number of Frequency Sweep Points (buckets)

Factory preset 1001

Range 1 to 100,001 Zero and non-zero spans

Nominal Measurement Time vs. Span [Plot]

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Description Specifications Supplemental Information

Resolution Bandwidth (RBW)

Range (−3.01 dB bandwidth) Standard

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.

With Option B85 or B1A, and Option RBE

10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 40, 50, 60, and 70 MHz, in Spectrum Analyzer mode and zero span.

With Option B1X and Option RBE

10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 100, and 133 MHz, in Spectrum Analyzer mode and zero span.

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 to −0.2 dB (nominal)

4 to 8 MHz <3.6 GHz 0 to −0.4 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

±7% (nominal) ±8% (nominal)

4 MHz to 8 MHz RBW

CF ≤ 3.6 GHz CF > 3.6 GHz

±15% (nominal) ±20% (nominal)

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

a. Option RBE enables wider bandwidth filters in zero span in the Signal Analyzer mode. Available detectors are

Peak+ and Average. VBW filtering is disabled. Minimum sweep time is the greater of 200 μS or 200ns/pt. The filter shape is approximately square. Support for Average detector was first added in SW Version A.23.05.

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

width 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.

c. 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.

d. 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

With Option B85 85 MHz

With Option B1A 125 MHz

With Option B1X 160 MHz

a. Analysis bandwidth is the instantaneous bandwidth available about a center frequency over which the input sig-

nal 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.

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Description Specifications Supplemental Information

Preselector Bandwidth

Center Frequency

Mean BW at −4 dB

Standard Deviation (nominal)

(nominal)

5 GHz 58 MHz 9%

10 GHz 57 MHz 8%

15 GHz 59 MHz 9%

20 GHz 64 MHz 9%

25 GHz 74 MHz 9%

−3 dB Bandwidth −7.5% relative to −4 dB bandwidth, nominal

a. The preselector can have a passband ripple up to 3 dB. To avoid ambiguous results, the –4 dB bandwidth is

characterized.

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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Amplitude Accuracy and Range

Description Specifications Supplemental Information

Measurement Range

Preamp Off Displayed Average Noise Level to +30 dBm

Preamp On Displayed Average Noise Level to +30 dBm Options P03, P08, P13, P26

Input Attenuation Range 0 to 70 dB, in 2 dB steps

Description Specifications Supplemental Information

Maximum Safe Input Level Applies with or without preamp

(Options P03, P08, P13, P26)

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

Description Specifications Supplemental Information

Display Range

Log Scale Ten divisions displayed;

Linear Scale Ten divisions

Description Specifications Supplemental Information

Marker Readout

+50 dBm (100 W)

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

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)

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

20 Hz to 10 MHz ±0.6 dB ±0.8 dB ±0.28 dB

Band Overlaps on page 20.

Modes above 18 GHz

10 MHz

3.5 to 8.4 GHz

8.3 to 13.6 GHz

13.5 to 17.1 GHz

17.0 to 22.0 GHz

22.0 to 26.5 GHz

to 3.6 GHz

±0.45 dB ±0.57 dB ±0.17 dB

±1.5 dB ±2.5 dB ±0.48 dB

±2.0 dB ±2.7 dB ±0.47 dB

±2.0 dB ±2.7 dB ±0.52 dB

±2.0 dB ±3.5 dB ±0.52 dB

±2.5 dB ±3.7 dB ±0.71 dB

a. Signal frequencies above 18 GHz are prone to response errors due to modes in the Type-N connector used.

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

tional 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 frequencies of

50 MHz and higher. Statistical observations at 10 MHz and lower show that most instruments meet the specifi-

cations, but a few percent of instruments can be expected to have errors that, while within the specified limits,

are closer to those limits than the measurement uncertainty guardband, and thus are not warranted. 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. f. Preselector centering applied.

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Nominal Frequency Response Band 0 [Plot]

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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 Errord

(Exception

)

Midwidth (95th Percentile)

Error

Slope (dB/MHz) (95th Percentile)

RMSf (nominal)

<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, ≤26.5 ≤10

Off

±0.45 dB ±0.12 dB ±0.10 0.04 dB

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

quency, in addition to the IF passband effects.

b. Signal frequencies above 18 GHz are prone to additional response errors due to modes in the Type-N connector

used. 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

± [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 frequency, inte-

grated 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

Modes above 18 GHz

Center Freq (GHz) Span

(MHz)

Preselector Peak-to-peak

(nominal)

RMS (nominal)

≥0.02, <3.6 ≤10 n/a 0.4° 0.1°

≥3.6, ≤26.5 ≤10

Off

0.4° 0.1°

≥3.6, ≤26.5 ≤10 On 1.0° 0.2°

a. Signal frequencies above 18 GHz are prone to additional response errors due to modes in the Type-N connector

used. 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 deviation 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

±0.33 dB

±0.15 dB

(95th percentile)

±0.36 dB

At all frequencies

20 to 30°C Full temperature range

95th Percentile Absolute Amplitude Accuracy

±(0.33 dB + frequency response) ±(0.36 dB + frequency response)

±0.23 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)

(Options P03, P08, P13, P26)

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

subset of settings and conditions: 1 Hz ≤ RBW ≤ 1MHz; 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 possibility 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 ±0.05 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 instruments. 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 effects of temperature variations 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 −40 to −80 dBm. Total power at

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

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Description Specifications Supplemental Information

Input Attenuation Switching Uncertainty Refer to the footnote for

Band Overlaps on page 20

50 MHz (reference frequency) ±0.20 dB ±0.08 dB (typical)

Attenuation > 2 dB, preamp off

(Relative to 10 dB (reference setting))

20 Hz to 3.6 GHz ±0.3 dB (nominal)

3.5 to 8.4 GHz ±0.5 dB (nominal)

8.3 to 13.6 GHz ±0.7 dB (nominal)

13.5 to 26.5 GHz ±0.7 dB (nominal)

Description Specifications Supplemental Information

RF Input VSWR

(at tuned frequency, DC Coupled)

10 dB attenuation, 50 MHz (ref condition) 1.07:1 (nominal)

0 dB atten, 0.01 to 3.6 GHz <2.2:1 (nominal)

95th Percentile

Band 0 (0.01 to 3.6 GHz, 10 dB atten) 1.142

Band 1 (3.5 to 8.4 GHz, 10 dB atten) 1.33

Band 2 (8.3 to 13.6 GHz, 10 dB atten) 1.48

Band 3 (13.5 to 17.1 GHz, 10 dB atten) 1.46

Band 4 (17.0 to 26.5 GHz, 10 dB atten) 1.55

Nominal VSWR vs. Freq. 10 dB See plots following

Atten > 10 dB Similar to atten = 10 dB

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. X-Series analyzers have a reflection coefficient that is excellently modeled with a Rayleigh probability

distribution. Keysight recommends using the methods outlined in Application Note 1449-3 and companion

Average Power Sensor Measurement Uncertainty Calculator to compute mismatch uncertainty. Use this 95th

percentile VSWR information and the Rayleigh model (Case C or E in the application note) with that process.

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Nominal VSWR [Plot]

MXA Signal Analyzer Amplitude Accuracy and Range

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Description Specifications Supplemental Information

Resolution Bandwidth Switching Uncertainty Relative to reference BW of 30 kHz,

1.0 Hz to 1.5 MHz RBW ±0.05 dB

verified in low band

1.6 MHz to 3 MHz RBW ±0.10 dB

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

a. RBW switching uncertainty is verified at 50 MHz. It is consistent for all measurements made without the prese-

lector, thus in Band 0 and also in higher bands with the Preselector Bypass option. In preselected bands, the slope of the preselector passband can interact with the RBW shape to make an apparent additional RBW switching uncertainty of nominally ±0.05 dB/MHz times the RBW.

Description Specifications Supplemental Information

Reference Level

Range

Log Units −170 to +30 dBm, in 0.01 dB steps

Linear Units 707 pV to 7.07 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 measure-

ment results from trace data or markers.

Description Specifications Supplemental Information

Display Scale Switching Uncertainty

Switching between Linear and Log

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.

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320dB()110

SN⁄ 3dB+()20dB⁄()–

+log=

Amplitude Accuracy and Range

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 ±0.10 dB

ML < −80 dBm ±0.15 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

instability term

slope term

prefilter term

Up to ±0.045 dB

Up to ±0.018 dB

From equation

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

0.24 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 verification. Because of

this verification difficulty, this specification gives nominal performance, based on numbers that are as conserva-

tively determined as those used in warranted specifications. We will consider 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 −5dBm, using atten-

uation = 10 dB, RBW = 3 kHz, evaluated with swept analysis. The high level term is evaluated 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.

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e. Errors at high mixer levels will nominally 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 pow-

ers 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. 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.

Nominal Display Scale Fidelity [Plot]

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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Dynamic Range

Gain Compression

Description Specifications Supplemental Information

1 dB Gain Compression Point (Two-tone)

20 to 500 MHz 0 dBm +3 dBm (typical)

500 MHz to 3.6 GHz +1 dBm +5 dBm (typical)

3.6 to 26.5 GHz 0 dBm +4 dBm (typical)

Clipping (ADC Over-range)

Any signal offset −10 dBm

Signal offset > 5 times IF prefilter bandwidth and IF Gain set to Low

IF Prefilter Bandwidth

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

Swept

, RBW =

≤ 3.9 kHz < 4.01 kHz 8.9 kHz

4.3 to 27 kHz < 28.81 kHz 79 kHz

FFT Width = (nominal)

abc

Maximum power at mixer

Low frequency exceptions

+12 dBm (nominal)

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 measure

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 earlier analyz-

ers 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. Mixer power level (dBm) = input power (dBm) − input attenuation (dB). e. 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.

f. This table applies without Option FS1 or FS2, fast sweep, enabled. Option FS1 or FS2 is only enabled if the

license for FS1 or FS2 is present and one or more of the following options are also present:B40, MPB, or DP2. With Option FS1 or FS2, this table applies for sweep rates that are manually chosen to be the same as or slower than "traditional" sweep rates, instead of the much faster sweep rates, such as autocoupled sweep rates, available with FS1. Sweep rate is defined to be span divided by sweep time. If the sweep rate is ≤1.1 times RBW-squared, the table applies. Otherwise, compute an "effective RBW" = Span / (SweepTime × RBW). To determine the IF Prefilter Bandwidth, look up this effective RBW in the table instead of the actual RBW. For example, for RBW = 3 kHz, Span = 300 kHz, and Sweep time = 42 ms, we compute that Sweep Rate = 7.1 MHz/s, while RBW-squared is 9 MHz/s. So the Sweep Rate is < 1.1 times RBW-squared and the table applies; row 1 shows the IF Prefilter Bandwidth is nominally 8.9 kHz. If the sweep time is 1 ms, then the effective RBW computes to 100 kHz. This would result in an IF Prefilter Bandwidth from the third row, nominally 303 kHz.

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Displayed Average Noise Level

Description Specifications Supplemental Information

Displayed Average Noise Level (DANL)

Input terminated Sample or Average detector

Refer to the footnote for

Band Overlaps on page 20.

Averaging type = Log 0 dB input attenuation IF Gain = High

1 Hz Resolution Bandwidth

20 to 30°C Full range Typical

Option 503, 508,513, 526

10 Hz –95 dBm (nominal)

20 Hz –105 dBm (nominal)

100 Hz –110 dBm (nominal)

1 kHz –120 dBm (nominal)

9 kHz to 1 MHz –130 dBm

1 to 10 MHz

−150 dBm −148 dBm −153 dBm

10 MHz to 2.1 GHz −151 dBm −149 dBm −154 dBm

2.1 to 3.6 GHz −149 dBm −147 dBm −152 dBm

Option 508,513, 526

3.6 GHz to 8.4 GHz −149 dBm −147 dBm −153 dBm

Option 513, 526

8.3 GHz to 13.6 GHz −148 dBm −146 dBm −151 dBm

Option 526

13.5 to 17.1 GHz −144 dBm −141 dBm −147 dBm

17.0 to 20.0 GHz −143 dBm −140 dBm −146 dBm

20.0 to 26.5 GHz −136 dBm −132 dBm −142 dBm

Option 526 w/Option B40, DP2, or MPB

13.5 to 17.1 GHz −143 dBm −140 dBm −146 dBm

17.0 to 20.0 GHz −142 dBm −139 dBm −145 dBm

20.0 to 26.5 GHz −136 dBm −132 dBm −141 dBm

Additional DANL, IF Gain=Low

−160.5 dBm (nominal)

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

because the noise figure does 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 Wide Offset φ Noise" for frequencies above 25 kHz.

c. Setting the IF Gain to Low is often desirable in order to allow higher power into the mixer without overload, bet-

ter 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 20)

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 −80 dBc −103 dBc (typical)

10 MHz to 3.6 GHz f+10245 MHz −10 dBm −80 dBc −107 dBc (typical)

10 MHz to 3.6 GHz f+645 MHz −10 dBm −80 dBc −108 dBc (typical)

3.5 to 13.6 GHz f+645 MHz −10 dBm −78 dBc −87 dBc (typical)

13.5 to 17.1 GHz f+645 MHz −10 dBm −74 dBc −85 dBc (typical)

17.0 to 22 GHz f+645 MHz −10 dBm −70 dBc −81 dBc (typical)

22 to 26.5 GHz f+645 MHz −10 dBm −68 dBc −77 dBc (typical)

Other Spurious Responses

Carrier Frequency ≤26.5 GHz

First RF Order (f ≥ 10 MHz from carrier)

Higher RF Order (f ≥ 10 MHz from carrier)

LO-Related Spurious Responses

−10 dBm −80 dBc + 20

× log(N

)

−40 dBm −80 dBc + 20 × log(Ne)

Includes IF feedthrough, LO harmonic mixing responses

Includes higher order mixer responses

−10 dBm −60 dBc −90 dBc (typical)

(f > 600 MHz from carrier 10 MHz to 3.6 GHz)

Sidebands, offset from CW signal

≤200 Hz

200 Hz to 3 kHz

−70 dBc

−73 dBc

(nominal)

3 kHz to 30 kHz −73 dBc (nominal)

30 kHz to 10 MHz −80 dBc (nominal)

a. The spurious response specifications only apply with the preamp turned off. When the preamp is turned on, per-

formance 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.

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c. Mixer Level = Input Level − Input Attenuation. 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

Mixer Level

Distortion

SHI

SHI (typical)

Source Frequency

Serial Prefix ≥SG/MY/US5051

10 MHz to 1.0 GHz –15 dBm –60 dBc +45 dBm +54 dBm

1.0 to 1.8 GHz –15 dBm –56 dBc +41 dBm +50 dBm

1.75 to 6.5 GHz –15 dBm –80 dBc +65 dBm +68 dBm

6.5 to 11 GHz –15 dBm –70 dBc +55 dBm +64 dBm

11 to 13.25 GHz –15 dBm –65 dBc +50 dBm +60 dBm

Serial Prefix <SG/MY/US5051

10 MHz to 1.8 GHz −15 dBm −60 dBc +45 dBm

1.75 to 7 GHz −15 dBm −80 dBc +65 dBm

7 to 11 GHz −15 dBm −70 dBc +55 dBm

11to 13.25 GHz −15 dBm +50 dBm

a. Mixer level = Input Level − Input Attenuation b. SHI = second harmonic intercept. The SHI is given by the mixer power in dBm minus the second harmonic dis-

tortion level relative to the mixer tone in dBc.

c. To see the serial number, press the following keys: System, Show, System

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Third Order Intermodulation

Description Specifications Supplemental Information

Third Order Intermodulation

Refer to the footnote for

Band Overlaps on page 20.

(Tone separation > 5 times IF Prefilter Bandwidth

Verification conditionsb)

20 to 30°C

Intercept

Extrapolated Distortion

Intercept (typical)

10 to 100 MHz +12 dBm −84 dBc +17 dBm

100 to 400 MHz +15 dBm −90 dBc +20 dBm

400 MHz to 1.7 GHz +16 dBm −92 dBc +20 dBm

1.7 to 3.6 GHz +16 dBm −92 dBc +19 dBm

3.6 to 8.4 GHz +15 dBm −90 dBc +18 dBm

8.3 to 13.6 GHz +15 dBm −90 dBc +18 dBm

13.5 to 26.5 GHz +15 dBm −90 dBc +18 dBm

Full temperature range

10 to 100 MHz +10 dBm −80 dBc

100 to 400 MHz +13 dBm −86 dBc

400 MHz to 1.7 GHz +14 dBm −88 dBc

1.7 to 3.6 GHz +14 dBm −88 dBc

3.6 to 8.4 GHz +13 dBm −86 dBc

8.3 to 13.6 GHz +13 dBm −86 dBc

13.5 to 26.5 GHz +13 dBm −86 dBc

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

ration 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 −18 dBm at the mixer, spaced by 100 kHz. c. TOI = third order intercept. The TOI is given by the mixer tone level (in dBm) minus (distortion/2) where distor-

tion is the relative level of the distortion tones in dBc.

d. The distortion shown is computed from the warranted intercept specifications, based on two tones at −30 dBm

each, instead of being measured directly. The choice of −30 dBm is based on historic industry practice.

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Nominal TOI vs. Mixer Level and Tone Separation [Plot]

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Nominal Dynamic Range at 1 GHz [Plot]

Nominal Dynamic Range Bands 1-4 [Plot]

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Nominal Dynamic Range vs. Offset Frequency vs. RBW(SN prefix ≥ MY/SG/US5233, ship standard with N9020A-EP2) [Plot]

Nominal Dynamic Range vs. Offset Frequency vs. RBW (SN prefix <MY/SG/US5233) [Plot]

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Phase Noise

Description Specifications Supplemental Information

Phase Noise Noise Sidebands

(Center Frequency = 1 GHz Optimization Internal Reference

Best-case

)

SN prefix <MY/SG/US5233

SN prefix ≥MY/SG/US5233, Ship standard with N9020A-EP2

Offset Frequency 20 to 30°CFull range

10 Hz x −80 dBc/Hz (nominal)

100 Hz x −91 dBc/Hz −90 dBc/Hz −100 dBc/Hz (typical)

100 Hz

x −84 dBc/Hz −82 dBc/Hz −88 dBc/Hz (typical)

1 kHz x −112 dBc/Hz (nominal)

1 kHz

x −101 dBc/Hz (nominal)

10 kHz x −113 dBc/Hz −113 dBc/Hz −114 dBc/Hz (typical)

10 kHz

x −103 dBc/Hz −101 dBc/Hz −106 dBc/Hz (typical)

100 kHz x −116 dBc/Hz −115 dBc/Hz −117 dBc/Hz (typical)

100 kHz

x −115 dBc/Hz −114 dBc/Hz −117 dBc/Hz (typical)

1 MHz x −135 dBc/Hz −134 dBc/Hz −136 dBc/Hz (typical)

1 MHz

10 MHz

x −135 dBc/Hz −134 dBc/Hz −137 dBc/Hz (typical)

x x −148 dBc/Hz (nominal)

a. The nominal performance of the phase noise at center frequencies different than the one at which the specifica-

tions apply (1 GHz) depends on the center frequency, band and the offset. For low offset frequencies, 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 changes 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 20; 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 optimization

(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 Best Wide-offset φ Noise.

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.

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d. Analyzer-contributed phase noise at the low levels of this offset requires advanced verification techniques

because broadband noise would otherwise cause excessive measurement error. Keysight uses a high level low phase noise CW test signal and sets the input attenuator so that the mixer level will be well above the normal top-of-screen level (-10 dBm) but still well below the 1 dB compression level. This improves dynamic range (carrier to broadband noise ratio) at the expense of amplitude uncertainty due to compression of the phase noise sidebands of the analyzer. (If the mixer level were increased to the "1 dB Gain Compression Point," the compression of a single sideband is specified to be 1 dB or lower. At lower levels, the compression falls off rapidly. The compression of phase noise sidebands is substantially less than the compression of a single-sideband test signal, further reducing the uncertainty of this technique.) Keysight also measures the broadband noise of the analyzer without the CW signal and subtracts its power from the measured phase noise power. The same techniques of overdrive and noise subtraction can be used in measuring a DUT, of course.

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Nominal Phase Noise of Different LO Optimizations (SN prefix ≥ MY/SG/US5233, Ship standard with N9020A-EP2) [Plot]

Nominal Phase Noise of Different LO Optimizations (SN prefix <MY/SG/US5233) [Plot]

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Nominal Phase Noise at Different Center Frequencies (SN prefix ≥MY/SG/US5233, Ship standard with N9020A-EP2) [Plot]

Nominal Phase Noise at Different Center Frequencies (SN prefix <MY/SG/US5233) [Plot]

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Power Suite Measurements

The specifications for this section apply only to instruments with Frequency Option 503, 508, 513, or 526. For instruments with higher frequency options, the performance is nominal only and not subject to any warranted specifications.

The measurement performance is only slightly different between instruments with the lower and higher frequency options. Because the hardware performance of the analyzers is very similar but not identical, you can estimate the nominal performance of the measurements from the specification in this chapter.

Description Specifications Supplemental Information

Channel Power

Amplitude Accuracy

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

Absolute Power Accuracy

(20 to 30°C, Attenuation = 10 dB)

a. See “Absolute Amplitude Accuracy” on page 36. b. See “Frequency and Time” on page 20. c. Expressed in dB.

Description Specifications Supplemental Information

Occupied Bandwidth

Frequency Accuracy ±(Span/1000) (nominal)

±0.82 dB

Absolute Amplitude Accuracy Power Bandwidth Accuracy

±0.23 dB (95th percentile)

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Description Specifications Supplemental Information

Adjacent Channel Power (ACP)

Case: Radio Std = None

Accuracy of ACP Ratio (dBc)

Accuracy of ACP Absolute Power (dBm or dBm/Hz)

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

Passband Width

Case: Radio Std = 3GPP W-CDMA

Display Scale Fidelity

Absolute Amplitude Accuracy Power Bandwidth Accuracy

−3 dB

(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 ±0.14 dB At ACPR range of −30 to −36 dBc with optimum

mixer level

MS (UE) 10 MHz ±0.18 dB At ACPR range of −40 to −46 dBc with optimum

BTS 5 MHz

±0.49 dB

mixer level

At ACPR range of −42 to −48 dBc with optimum mixer level

BTS 10 MHz ±0.42 dB At ACPR range of −47 to −53 dBc with optimum

BTS 5 MHz ±0.22 dB

mixer level

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 −73 dB −8 dBm

Off 5 MHz Fast −72 dB −9 dBm

Off 10 MHz Filtered IBW −79 dB −2 dBm

On 5 MHz Filtered IBW −78 dB −8 dBm

On 10 MHz Filtered IBW −82 dB −2 dBm

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Description Specifications Supplemental Information

RRC Weighting Accuracy

White noise in Adjacent Channel TOI-induced spectrum rms CW error

0.00 dB nominal

0.001 dB nominal

0.012 dB nominal

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

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

tent 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 deter-

mined 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 distor-

tion 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 spec-

ifications 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 measuring 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 − (−19 dBm). For

example, if the average input power is −7 dBm, set the attenuation to 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.

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k. Accuracy can be excellent even at low ACPR levels assuming that the user sets the mixer level to optimize 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. l. Keysight measures 100% of the signal analyzers for dynamic range in the factory production process. This mea-

surement requires a near-ideal signal, which is impractical for field and customer use. Because field verification

is impractical, Keysight only gives a typical result. More than 80% of prototype 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 Keysight has the near-perfect signal available. The

dynamic range is specified for the optimum mixer drive level, which is different in different instruments and dif-

ferent 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 the filter in this instrument. The effect of the RRC filter and the effect of

the RBW used in the measurement interact. The analyzer compensates the shape of the RRC filter to accommo-

date the RBW filter. The effectiveness of this compensation is summarized 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 test-

ing 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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Description Specifications Supplemental Information

Multi-Carrier Adjacent Channel Power

Case: Radio Std = 3GPP W-CDMA RRC weighted, 3.84 MHz noise bandwidth

ACPR Dynamic Range

−70 dB (nominal)

(5 MHz offset, Two carriers)

ACPR Accuracy

±0.42 dB (nominal)

(Two carriers, 5 MHz offset, −48 dBc ACPR)

ACPR Accuracy

(4 carriers)

Radio Offset

Coher

NC UUT ACPR Range

MLOpt

BTS 5 MHz no Off ±0.43 dB −42 to −48 dB −12 dBm

BTS 5 MHz no On ±0.18 dB −42 to −48 dB −15 dBm

ACPR Dynamic Range

Nominal DR

Nominal MLOpt

(4 carriers, 5 MHz offset)

Noise Correction (NC) off Noise Correction (NC) on

−64 dB

−72 dB

−12 dBm

−15 dBm

a. Coher = no means that the specified accuracy only applies when the distortions of the device under test are not

coherent with the third-order distortions of the analyzer. Incoherence is often the case with advanced multi-carrier amplifiers built with compensations and predistortions that mostly eliminate coherent third-order effects in the amplifier.

b. Optimum mixer level (MLOpt). The mixer level is given by the average power of the sum of the four carriers

minus the input attenuation.

c. Optimum mixer level (MLOpt). The mixer level is given by the average power of the sum of the four carriers

minus the input attenuation.

Description Specifications Supplemental Information

Power Statistics CCDF

Histogram Resolution

0.01 dB

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.

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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)

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)

Measures TOI of a signal with two dominant tones

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Description Specifications Supplemental Information

Spurious Emissions Table-driven spurious signals;

search across regions

Case: Radio Std = 3GPP W-CDMA

Dynamic Range

, relative (RBW=1 MHz)

81.3 dB 82.2 dB (typical)

(1 to 3.6 GHz)

Sensitivity

, absolute (RBW=1 MHz)

−84.5 dBm −89.5 dBm (typical)

(1 to 3.6 GHz)

Accuracy Attenuation = 10 dB

20 Hz to 3.6 GHz ±0.29 dB (95th percentile)

3.5 to 8.4 GHz ±1.17 dB (95th percentile)

8.3 to 13.6 GHz ±1.54 dB (95th percentile)

a. The dynamic range is specified at 12.5 MHz offset from center frequency with mixer level of 1 dB compression

point, which will degrade accuracy 1 dB.

b. The sensitivity is specified at far offset from carrier, where phase noise does not contribute. You can derive the

dynamic range at far offset from 1 dB compression mixer level and sensitivity.

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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

)

Accuracy (750 kHz offset)

Relative

Absolute

(20 to 30°C)

Case: Radio Std = 3GPP W−CDMA

Dynamic Range, relative (2.515 MHz offset

)

Sensitivity, absolute (2.515 MHz offset

)

Accuracy (2.515 MHz offset)

Relative

78.6 dB 84.8 dB (typical)

−99.7 dBm −104.7 dBm (typical)

±0.12 dB

±0.88 dB ±0.27 dB (95th percentile ≈ 2σ)

81.9 dB 88.1 dB (typical)

−99.7 dBm −104.7 dBm (typical)

±0.15 dB

Absolute

±0.88 dB

±0.27 dB (95th percentile ≈ 2σ)

(20 to 30°C)

a. The dynamic range specification 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 with 0 dB input attenuation. It represents the noise limitations of the analyzer. 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 analyzer. See

“Absolute Amplitude Accuracy” on page 36 for more information. The numbers shown are for

0 to 3.6 GHz, with attenuation set to 10 dB.

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MXA Signal Analyzer Options

Options

The following options and applications affect instrument specifications.

Option 503: Frequency range, 20 Hz to 3.6 GHz

Option 508: Frequency range, 20 Hz to 8.4 GHz

Option 513: Frequency range, 20 Hz to 13.6 GHz

Option 526: Frequency range, 20 Hz to 26.5 GHz

Option B1A: Analysis bandwidth, 125 MHz

Option B1X: Analysis bandwidth, 160 MHz

Option B25: Analysis bandwidth, 25 MHz

Option B40: Analysis bandwidth, 40 MHz

Option B85: Analysis bandwidth, 85 MHz

Option BBA: BBIQ inputs, analog

Option CR3: Connector Rear, second IF Out

Option CRP: Connector Rear, arbitrary IF Out

Option EA3: Electronic attenuator, 3.6 GHz

Option EMC: Precompliance EMC Features

Option ESC: External source control

Option MPB: Preselector bypass

Option NFE: Noise floor extension, instrument alignment

Option P03: Preamplifier, 3.6 GHz

Option P08: Preamplifier, 8.4 GHz

Option P13: Preamplifier, 13.6 GHz

Option P26: Preamplifier, 26.5 GHz

Option PFR: Precision frequency reference

Option RT1: Real-time analysis up to 160 MHz, basic detection

Option RT2: Real-time analysis up to 160 MHz, optimum detection

Option TDS: Time domain scan

Option YAS: Y-Axis Screen Video output

N6149A: iDEN/WiDEN/MotoTalk measurement application

N6152A: Digital Cable TV measurement application

N6153A: DVB-T/H measurement application

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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

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

N9080B: LTE-Advanced FDD measurement application

N9081A: Bluetooth measurement application

N9082A: LTE-TDD measurement application

N9082B: LTE-Advanced TDD measurement application

N9083A: Multi-Standard Radio (MSR) measurement application

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MXA Signal Analyzer General

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

−40 to +70°C

4,500 m (approx 15,000 feet)

Humidity

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

(non-condensing)

a. For earlier instruments (S/N prefix <MY/SG/US5051), the operating temperature ranges from 5 to 50°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/US5051), and installed with hard disk drives, the storage tempera-

ture ranges from –40 to +65°C.

d. For earlier instrument (S/N prefix <MY/SG/US5051), the altitude was specified as 3,000 m (approximately

10,000 feet).

Description Specifications Supplemental Information

Environmental and Military Specifications

Samples of this product have been type tested in accordance with the Keysight 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 the essential requirements of the European EMC Directive as well as

current editions of the following standards (dates and editions are cited in the Declaration of Conformity):

— IEC/EN 61326-1 or IEC/EN 61326-2-1 — CISPR 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.

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

Ambient Temperature

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

≥ 40°C Nominally under 65 dBA Sound Pressure. 65 dBA is generally

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

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

considered suitable for use in quiet office environments.

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

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Description Specification Supplemental Information

Power Requirements

Low Range

Voltage 100 /120 V

Frequency

Serial Prefix < MY4801,

50/60 Hz

SG4801, or US4801

Serial Prefix ≥ MY4801,

50/60/400 Hz

SG4801, or US4801

High Range

Voltage 220/240 V

Frequency 50/60 Hz

Power Consumption, On 465 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 (N9020A-503) 180 W

Base 8.4 GHz instrument (N9020A-508) 183 W

Base 13 GHz instrument (N9020A-513) 187 W

Base 26.5 GHz instrument (N9020A-526) 198 W

Adding Option B40, B85, B1A, B1X, MPB, or DP2 to

+45 W

base instrument

Adding Option BBA to base instrument +46 W

a. Mains supply voltage fluctuations are not to exceed 10% of the nominal supply voltage.

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Description Supplemental Information

Measurement Speed

Local measurement and display update rate

Remote measurement and LAN transfer rate

Nominal

Serial Prefix before MY4910/US4910/ SG4910

Serial Prefix ≥MY4910/US4910/

SG4910

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

Measurement Time vs. Span See page 28

a. Sweep Points = 101. b. Also applies to earlier instruments upgraded to Option PC2. c. Factory preset, fixed center frequency, RBW = 1 MHz, 10 MHz < span ≤ 600 MHz, stop frequency ≤ 3.6 GHz,

Auto Align Off.

d. Phase Noise Optimization set to Fast Tuning, Display Off, 32 bit integer format, markers Off, single sweep, mea-

sured with IBM compatible PC with 2.99 GHz Pentium® 4 with 2 GB RAM running Windows® XP, Keysight 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

Internal Total

Removeable solid state drive (≥ 80 GB)

Internal User ≥ 9 GB available for user data

a. For earlier instruments (S/N<MY50200419/SG502000010/US50200102) a hard disk drive (>80 GB) was

installed as a standard feature unless ordered with Option SSD.

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Description Specifications Supplemental Information

Weight Weight without options

Net 18 kg (40 lbs) (nominal)

Shipping 30 kg (66 lbs) (nominal)

Cabinet Dimensions Cabinet dimensions exclude front and rear

Height 177 mm (7.0 in)

Width 426 mm (16.8 in)

Length 368 mm (14.5 in)

protrusions.

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MXA Signal Analyzer Inputs/Outputs

Inputs/Outputs

Front Panel

Description Specifications Supplemental Information

RF Input

Connector

Standard Type-N female Frequency Option 503, 508, 513, and 526

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

Host (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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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 within the Dynamic Range section on page 53.

Impedance 50Ω (nominal)

Input Amplitude Range

sine wave square wave

Input Frequency 1 to 50 MHz (nominal)

−6

Lock range

Description Specifications Supplemental Information

Sync Reserved for future use

Connector BNC female

±2 × 10 reference input frequency

of ideal external

−5 to +10 dBm (nominal)

0.2 to 1.5 V peak-to-peak (nominal)

(selectable to 1 Hz resolution)

in the Phase Noise specifications

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Description Specifications Supplemental Information

Trigger Inputs

(Trigger 1 In, Trigger 2 In)

Connector BNC female

Impedance 10 kΩ (nominal)

Trigger Level Range −5 to +5 V 1.5 V (TTL) factory preset

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

Either trigger source may be selected

XGA (60 Hz vertical sync rates, non-interlaced) Analog RGB

Description Specifications Supplemental Information

Analog Out Refer to Chapter 20, “Option YAS - Y-Axis

Screen Video Output”, on page 205 for

more details.

Connector BNC female

Impedance

Without DP2, B40 (or wider BW), or MPB

With DP2, B40 (or wider BW), or MPB 50Ω (nominal)

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50Ω (nominal)

MXA Signal Analyzer Inputs/Outputs

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 Keysight/Agilent Technologies SNS Series noise sources

Description Specifications Supplemental Information

Digital Bus This port is intended for use with the Agilent/Keysight N5105 and N5106

Connector MDR-80

products only. It is not available for general purpose use.

Description Specifications Supplemental Information

USB 2.0 Ports See Front Panel for additional ports

Host (3 ports)

Connector USB Type “A” (female)

Output Current 0.5 A (nominal)

Device (1 port)

Connector USB Type “B” (female)

a. Earlier instruments with SN prefix <MY/SG/US55320000 shipped with 4 USB ports.

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. For Serial Prefix MY4910/US4910/SG4910 or later or with N9020A-PC2. For earlier instruments this is

100BaseT.

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MXA Signal Analyzer Regulatory Information

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.

This product is intended for indoor use.

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.

ccr.keysight@keysight.co

The Keysight email address is required by EU directives applicable to our product.

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 RCM mark is a registered trademark of the Australian Communications and Media Authority.

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).

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.

South Korean Certification (KC) mark; includes the marking’s identifier code which follows this format:

MSIP-REM-YYY-ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ.

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EMC: Complies with the essential requirements of the European EMC Directive as well as current editions of the following standards (dates and editions are cited in the Declaration of Conformity):

— IEC/EN 61326-1

— CISPR 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.

This is a sensitive measurement apparatus by design and may have some performance loss (up to 25 dBm above the Spurious Responses, Residual specification of -100 dBm) when exposed to ambient continuous electromagnetic phenomenon in the range of 80 MHz -2.7 GHz when tested per IEC 61000-4-3.

South Korean Class A EMC declaration:

This equipment has been conformity assessed for use in business environments. In a residential environment this equipment may cause radio interference. This EMC statement applies to the equipment only for use in business environment.

SAFETY: Complies with the essential requirements of the European Low Voltage Directive as well as current editions of the following standards (dates and editions are cited in the Declaration of Conformity):

— IEC/EN 61010-1 — Canada: CSA C22.2 No. 61010-1

— USA: UL std no. 61010-1

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MXA Signal Analyzer Regulatory Information

Acoustic statement: (European Machinery Directive)

Acoustic noise emission

LpA <70 dB

Operator position

Normal operation mode per ISO 7779

To find a current Declaration of Conformity for a specific Keysight product, go to:

http://www.keysight.com/go/conformity

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Specification Guide

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

Specifications Affected by I/Q Analyzer

Specification Name Information

Number of Frequency Display Trace Points (buckets)

Resolution Bandwidth See “Frequency” on page 81 in this chapter.

Video Bandwidth Not available.

Clipping-to-Noise Dynamic Range See “Clipping-to-Noise Dynamic Range” on page 82 in this

Resolution Bandwidth Switching Uncertainty Not specified because it is negligible.

Available Detectors Does not apply.

Spurious Responses The “Spurious Responses” on page 47 of core specifications still

IF Amplitude Flatness See “IF Frequency Response” on page 35 of the core

IF Phase Linearity See “IF Phase Linearity” on page 36 of the core specifications for

Does not apply.

chapter.

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.

the 10 MHz bandwidth. Specifications for wider bandwidths are given in the Analysis Bandwidth chapter for any optional bandwidths in use.

Data Acquisition See “Data Acquisition” on page 83 in this chapter for the 10 MHz

bandwidth. Specifications for wider bandwidths are given in the Analysis Bandwidth chapter for any optional bandwidths in use.

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Frequency

Description Specifications Supplemental Information

Frequency Span

Standard instrument 10 Hz to 10 MHz

Option B25 10 Hz to 25 MHz

Option B40 10 Hz to 40 MHz

Option B85 10 Hz to 85 MHz

Option B1A 10 Hz to 125 MHz

Option B1X 10 Hz to 160 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

Option B85 10 Hz to 85 MHz

Option B1A 10 Hz to 125 MHz

Option B1X 10 Hz to 160 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)

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I/Q Analyzer Clipping-to-Noise Dynamic Range

Clipping-to-Noise Dynamic Range

Description Specifications Supplemental Information

Clipping-to-Noise Dynamic Range

Excluding residuals and spurious responses

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)

Noise Density at Mixer at center frequency

(DANL

+ IFGainEffectd) + 2.25

Example

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 density 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 45.

d. DANL is specified with the IF Gain set to High, which is the best case for DANL but not for Clipping-to-noise

dynamic range. The core specifications “Displayed Average Noise Level” on page 45, 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 Clip-

ping-to-noise ratio for a −10 dBm clipping level is −138.2 dBFS/Hz.

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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, B85, B1A, B1X, or MPB

Option B40, B85, B1A or B1X,

Option B85, B1A or B1X, 400 MSa/s IF Path ≥ 85 MHz

None of the above 90 MSa/s

IQ Pairs Integer submultiple of 15 Mpairs/s

ADC Resolution

Option DP2, B40, B85, B1A, B1X, or MPB

Option B40, B85, B1A or B1X, 12 bits IF Path = 40 MHz

Option B85, B1A or B1X, 14 bits IF Path ≥ 85 MHz

None of the above 14 bits

100 MSa/s IF Path ≤ 25 MHz

200 MSa/s IF Path = 40 MHz

depending on the span for spans of 8 MHz or narrower.

16 bits IF Path ≤ 25 MHz

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3 VXA Vector Signal Analysis Application

This chapter contains specifications for the N9064A1 VXA vector signal modulation analysis measurement application.

Additional Definitions and Requirements

Specs & Nominals These specifications summarize the performance for the X-Series Signal

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.

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

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

Frequency

Description Specs & Nominals Supplemental Information

Range See “Frequency Range” on

page 20

Center Frequency Tuning Resolution 1 mHz

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

10 MHz (standard)

40 MHz (Option B40)

85 MHz (Option B85)

125 MHz (Option B1A)

160 MHz (Option B1X)

Calibrated points: 51 to 409,601 Displayed points: 51 to 524,288

Passband

Selectivity

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.

Uniform 0.0014 4.0 dB >13 dBc

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Input

Description Specs & Nominals Supplemental

Information

Range Full Scale, combines

attenuator setting and ADC gain

Standard −20 dBm to 30 dBm

Option P03, P08, P13, or P26 −40 dBm to 30 dBm, up to 3.6 GHz

Option P08 −50 dBm to 30 dBm, 3.6 to 8.4 GHz

Option P13 −50 dBm to 30 dBm, 3.6 to 13.6 GHz

Option P26 −50 dBm to 30 dBm, 3.6 to 26.5 GHz

ADC overload +2 dBFS

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VXA Vector Signal Analysis Application Vector Signal Analysis Performance (N9064A-1FP/1TP)

Amplitude Accuracy

Description Specs & Nominals Supplemental Information

Absolute Amplitude Accuracy See “Absolute Amplitude Accuracy” on

page 36

Amplitude Linearity See “Display Scale Fidelity” on page 41

IF Flatness

Span ≤ 10 MHz See “IF Frequency Response” on page 35

Span ≤ 25 MHz (Option B25) See “IF Frequency Response” on

page 100

Span ≤ 40 MHz (Option B40) See “IF Frequency Response” on

page 106

Span ≤ 85 MHz (Option B85) See “IF Frequency Response” on

page 115

Span ≤ 125 MHz (Option B1A) See “IF Frequency Response” on

page 115

Span ≤ 160 MHz (Option B1X) See “IF Frequency Response” on

page 115

Sensitivity

−20 dBm range

−40 dBm range Requires preamp option. Compute from Preamp

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.

Compute from DANL

Average Noise Level (DANL)” on page 45

DANL

; see “Displayed Average Noise

Level (DANL) — Preamp On” on page 187

; see “Displayed

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Dynamic Range

Description Specs & Nominals Supplemental Information

Third Order Intermodulation 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 −140 dBFS/Hz

−20 dBm to −12 dBm −131 dBFS/Hz

−30 dBm to −22 dBm −133 dBFS/Hz requires preamp option

−40 dBm to −32 dBm −123 dBFS/Hz requires preamp option

Residual Responses

(Range ≥ −10 dBm)

200 kHz to 8.4 GHz −90 dBFS

8.4 GHz to 26.5 GHz −90 dBFS (nominal)

Image Responses −78 dBc

−90 dBc (nominal)

(10 MHz to 13.6 GHz, <8 MHz span)

LO Related Spurious −70 dBc

(10 MHz to 3.6 GHz, f > 600 MHz from carrier)

Other Spurious

(<8 MHz span)

100 Hz < f < 10 MHz from carrier

f ≥ 10 MHz from carrier −80 dBc

−70 dBc

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VXA Vector Signal Analysis Application Analog Modulation Analysis (N9064A-1FP/1TP)

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 −60 dBc Relative to 100% modulation index

Spurious −60 dBc Relative to 100% modulation index

Cross Demodulation 0.3% 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 0.3%

Spurious −60 dBc

Cross Demodulation 1° PM on an 80% modulation index AM

signal, modulation rate ≤ 1 MHz

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Description Specs & Nominals Supplemental Information

FM Demodulation

Demodulator Bandwidth Same as selected measurement span

Modulation Index Accuracy (deviation ≤ 2 MHz, modulation rate ≤ 500 kHz)

Harmonic Distortion

Modulation Rate

≤50 kHz ≤500 kHz

Spurious

Modulation Rate

≤50 kHz ≤500 kHz

Cross Demodulation 0.5% of span of FM on an 80%

Deviation

≤200 kHz ≤2 MHz

Deviation

≤200 kHz ≤2 MHz

±0.1% of span

−60 dBc

−55 dBc

−50 dBc

−45 dBc

modulation index AM signal, modulation rate ≤ 1 MHz

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VXA Vector Signal Analysis Application Flexible Digital Modulation Analysis (N9064A-2FP/2TP)

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

Description Specs & Nominals Supplemental Information

Accuracy Modulation formats include BPSK, D8PSK, DQPSK, QPSK,

(16/32/128/256/512/1024) QAM, (16/32/128/256)DVBQAM, π/4-DQPSK, 8-PSK. EVM normalization reference set to Constellation Maximum. Transmit filter is Root Raised Cosine with alpha = 0.35. Center frequency 1 GHz. Signal amplitude of −16 dBm, analyzer range set to −10 dBm. Result length set to at least 150 symbols, or 3 × (Number of ideal state locations). RMS style averaging with a count of 10. Phase Noise Optimization is adjusted based on the symbol rate of the measurement. Available span is dependent on the analyzer hardware bandwidth options.

Residual Errors

Residual EVM

Symbol rate/Span

1 Msps/5 MHz

RF ≤0.7% rms

Baseband ≤0.5% rms Option BBA required

10 Msps/25 MHz

RF ≤0.7% rms

Baseband ≤0.5% rms Option BBA required

25 Msps/40 MHz

RF ≤1.1% rms

Baseband ≤0.6% rms Option BBA required

100 Msps/160 MHz

RF ≤1.3% rms

Magnitude Error

Symbol rate/Span

1 Msps/5 MHz

RF ≤0.5% rms

Baseband ≤0.5% rms Option BBA required

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Description Specs & Nominals Supplemental Information

10 Msps/25 MHz

RF ≤0.5% rms

Baseband ≤0.5% rms Option BBA required

25 Msps/40 MHz

RF ≤0.8% rms

Baseband ≤0.6% rms Option BBA required

100 Msps/160 MHz

RF ≤1.0% rms

Phase Error

Symbol rate/Span

1 Msps/5 MHz

RF ≤0.6% rms

Baseband ≤0.6% rms Option BBA required

10 Msps/25 MHz

RF ≤0.6% rms

Baseband ≤0.6% rms Option BBA required

25 Msps/40 MHz

RF ≤1.1% rms

Baseband ≤0.6% rms Option BBA required

100 Msps/160 MHz

RF ≤1.3% rms

Frequency Error ≤Symbol rate/500,000 Added to frequency accuracy if applicable

IQ Origin Offset

Residual EVM for MSK Modulation Formats

≤−60 dB

Modulation formats include MSK and MSK2. Transmit filter is Gaussian with BT = 0.3. Center Frequency is 1 GHz. Signal amplitude of −16 dBm. Analyzer range set to -10 dBm. Result length set to 150 symbols. RMS style averaging with a count of 10. Available span is dependent on the analyzer hardware bandwidth options.

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Description Specs & Nominals Supplemental Information

Residual Errors

Residual EVM

Symbol rate/Span

10 Msps/25 MHz

RF ≤0.9% rms

Baseband ≤0.8% rms Option BBA required

80 Msps/160 MHz

RF ≤1.8% rms

Phase Error

Symbol rate/Span

10 Msps/25 MHz

RF ≤0.5% rms

Baseband ≤0.5% rms Option BBA required

80 Msps/160 MHz

RF ≤1.3% rms

Residual EVM for Video Modulation Formats

8 or 16 VSB 1.5% (SNR 36 dB) Symbol rate = 10.762 MHz,

16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, or 1024 QAM

a. I+jQ measurements performed using signal amplitude and analyzer range near 0 dBm, with a 0 Hz center fre-

quency offset. I/Q origin offset metric does not include impact of analyzer DC offsets.

1.0% (SNR 40 dB) Symbol rate = 6.9 MHz,

Results apply for Option BBA Baseband IQ inputs, except as noted.

α= 0.115, frequency < 3.6 GHz, 7 MHz span, full-scale signal, range ≥ −30 dBm, result length = 800, averages = 10

α= 0.15, frequency < 3.6 GHz, 8 MHz span, full-scale signal, range ≥ −30 dBm, result length = 800, averages = 10

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VXA Vector Signal Analysis Application WLAN Modulation Analysis (N9064A-3FP/3TP)

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

2.4 GHz, with input range ≥ −30 dBm, within 2 dB of full scale

5.8 GHz, with input range ≥ −20 dBm

−47 dB –44 dB (Baseband IQ input)

−45 dB –41 dB (Baseband IQ input)

user settable

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).

Lock range ±2 × sub-carrier spacing,

±625 kHz default

Frequency accuracy

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

a. tfa = transmitter frequency × frequency reference accuracy.

±8 Hz + tfa

2.4 GHz with total power within 2 dB of full scale

1.5%

0.5% Reference filter = Transmit filter =

±8 Hz + tfa

Gaussian with BT = 0.5

1. These options were discontinued January 2014.

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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

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 47 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

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 Level

IF 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 excitation 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, fc is the measurement center frequency.

b. The spurious response specifications only apply with the preamp turned off. When the preamp is turned on, per-

formance is nominally the same as long as the mixer level is interpreted to be Mixer Level = Input Level − Input Attenuation − Preamp Gain.

c. Mixer Level = Input Level − Input Attenuation.

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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

20 to 30°C Full range

(Exceptionse)

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 to 26.5 10 to

≤25

3.6 to 26.5 10 to

≤25

On 0.45 dB

Off

±0.45 dB ±0.80 dB ±0.12 dB ±0.10 0.049 dB

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

quency, in addition to the IF passband effects.

b. Signal frequencies above 18 GHz are prone to additional response errors due to modes in the Type-N connector

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

be the FFT width. For Span < 10 MHz. see “IF Frequency Response” on page 35.

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 the 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. 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 frequency, inte-

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.

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