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Speciﬁcations and Performance Veriﬁcation

Technical Reference

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077-0520-05

RSA5100A Series Real-Time Signal Analyzer

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Speciﬁcations and Performance Veriﬁcation

Technical Reference

This document applies to instruments running software version

3.2.x or later.

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Table of Contents

General safety summary .............. ................................ ................................ ............. v

Preface ............................................................................................................. vii

Related Manuals .......... .................................. ................................ ................. vii

Speciﬁcati

Performance Veriﬁcation ......................... ................................ ................................ 59

ons ....................................................................................................... 1

Performance Conditions ...................................................................................... 2

Electrical Speciﬁcations........................................ ................................ ............... 2

Electrical Functional Speciﬁcations .. ................................ ................................ ...... 35

Physical Characteristics ...................................................................................... 50

Safety........................................................................................................... 51

Certiﬁc

Environmental Characteristics .............................................................................. 51

Digital IQ Output Connector Pin Assignment (Option 55 Only)............ ............................ 52

Digital IQ Output Timing .................................................................................... 56

Prerequisites........................... ................................ .................................. ...... 59

Requ

Preliminary Checks....... .................................. ................................ .................. 61

Warranted Characteristics Tests ............................................................................. 63

Frequency Accuracy.......................................................................................... 63

Phase Noise (Instruments with Option 11)................................................................. 66

Phase Noise (Instruments without Option 11)............................................................. 68

Noise and Distortion........................................................................................ 100

IF Flatness (Channel Response). ................................ .................................. ........ 108

Spurious Response.................................. ................................ ........................ 111

Test Record .............. .................................. ................................ .................. 120

ations and Compliances ............................................................................. 51

ired Equipment.......................................................................................... 59

plitude ..................................................................................................... 73

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List of Figure

Figure 1: Digital IQ output connector pin assignment ........................................................ 52

Figure 2: IQ

Figure 3: Connections for Reference Frequency Output Accuracy check .................................. 63

Figure 4: Power meter setup ................. .................................. ................................ .. 64

Figure 5: Power meter calibration......... .................................. ................................ .... 64

Figure 6: Equipment connections for Ref Out power level check ........................................... 65

Figure 7: Equipment connections for Ref In power level check ..... .................................. ...... 65

Figure 8:

Figure 9: Equipment connections for phase noise checks .................................................... 69

Figure 10: Equipment connections for RF ﬂatness check......................................... ............ 73

Figure 11: Equipment connections for Low Frequency (LF) input path accuracy check ................. 83

Figure 12: Equipment connections for RF Flatness (Frequency Response) 10 MHz to 26.5 GHz check 86

Figure 13: Equipment connections for Third Order Intermodulation Distortion check . ... ... ... . .. . .. . 100

e 14: Equipment connections for IF ﬂatness check.................................................... 108

Figur

Figure 15: Equipment connections for Image Suppression check ............. ............................ 113

Figure 16: Equipment connections for Signal Spurious check ............................................. 116

Timing............................................................................................... 57

Equipment connections for phase noise checks .................................................... 67

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List of Tables

Table 1: Speciﬁcation categories ................................................................................. 1

Table 2: Frequency ................................................................................................. 2

Table 3: Phase noise................................................................................................ 3

Table 4: Integrated jitter .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. ... . .. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .. . ... .. . ... .. . .. 4

Table 5: RF input .......... .................................. ................................ ....................... 5

Table 6: Maximum input level............... ................................ .................................. ... 6

Table 7: Input attenuator........................................................................................... 6

Table 8: Analog sweep........................ ................................ .................................. ... 6

Table 9: Amplitude and RF ﬂatness (excluding mismatch error) Table 10: Noise and distortion

Table 11: Channel Response – Amplitude & Phase Flatness (Standard/Option 40) ...................... 12

Table 12: Channel Response – Amplitude & Phase Flatness (Option 85) .. ... . .. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .. 13

Table 13: Channel response Table 14: Channel response (center frequency ≤3.0 GHz) Table 15: Channel response (3.0 GHz < center frequency ≤ 6.2 GHz) Table 16: Channel response (>6.2 GHz < center frequency ≤ 15/26 GHz) (RSA5115A/5126A) Table 17: Channel response (LF band, 11 MHz < center frequency ≤ 22 MHz)

Table 18: Pulse measurements, typical.......................................................................... 15

Table 19: Impulse response ...................................................................................... 20

Table 20: Spurious response............................................ .................................. ........ 20

Table 21: Spurious response with signal at center frequency (offset ≥ 400 kHz) .......................... 22

Table 22: Spurious response with signal at center frequency (10 kHz ≤ offset ≤ 400 kHz).............. 22

Table 23: Spurious response with signal at other than CF.................................................... 23

Table 24: Acquisition . . .. . .. ... ... ... ... .. . ... .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. ... . .. ... ... ... ... .. . ... .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. ... . 23

Table 25: Amplitude vs. time .. ... ... .. . .. . .. . .. . .. ... ... ... ... .. . .. . .. . .. . .. ... ... ... ... .. . .. . .. . .. . .. ... ... ... . 25

Table 26: Trigger .................................................................................................. 25

Table 27: Trigger (

Table 28: Resolution bandwidth ﬁlter (SA mode) ... .................................. ........................ 32

Table 29: Range and settable RBW (SA mode)........................ ................................ ........ 32

Table 30: Resolution bandwidth ﬁlter (time-domain mode) .................................................. 33

Table 31: Range and settable RBW (time-domain mode) .................................................... 33

Table 32: Video bandwidth ﬁlters ............................................................................... 34

Table 33: Preamp (Option 50/51)...................... ................................ .......................... 34

Table 34: Digital IQ output....................................................................................... 35

Table 35: 28 Volt noise source drive output .................................................................... 35

Table 36: Measurement function ................................................................................ 35

Table 37: Views by domain ...................................................................................... 38

Table 38: Analog demodulation accuracy ...................... ................................ ................ 38

Table of Contents

............................................ 7

........................ ................................ ........................... 9

..................................................................................... 13

........................ .......................... 14

........................ ............ 14

...... 14

......................... 15

with Option 200) ............................................................................ 28

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Table 39: Gener

al Purpose Analog modulation accuracy... ................................ .................. 39

Table 40: General purpose digital modulation analysis (Option 21)......................................... 39

Table 41: Digital demodulation accuracy (Option 21) ........................ ................................ 40

Table 42: OFDM measurement (Option 22)...................................... .............................. 41

Table 43: WLAN 802.11a/b/g/j/p Tx measurement (Option 23)............................................. 41

Table 44: WLAN 802.11n Tx measurement (Option 24) ..................................................... 42

Table 45: WLAN 802.11ac Tx measurement (Option 25) .................................................... 42

Table 46: ACLR measurement................................................................................... 42

Table 47: Digital phosphor spectrum processing (DPx) ........ ................................ .............. 42

Table 48: Frequency Settling Time measurement (Option 12)

Table 49: AM/FM/PM and Direct audio measurements (Option 10)

............................................. 45

........................ .............. 46

Table 50: Adaptive equalizer..................................................................................... 48

Table 51: OBW measurement.................. ................................ .................................. 48

Table 52: xdB Bandwidth measurement ................ ................................ ........................ 48

Table 53: Settled Phase uncertainty (Option 12)

............................................................. 49

Table 54: File Saving Speeds .................................................................................... 49

Table 55: Data Transfer/Measurement Speeds ..................... .................................. .......... 49

Table 56: Physical characteristics ..................... ................................ .......................... 50

Table 57: Display/computer .............................. ................................ ........................ 50

Table 58: Environmental characteristics ........................................................................ 51

Table 59: Power requirements ............. ................................ .................................. .... 52

Table 60: I OUTPUT connector pin assignment ............................. ................................ .. 52

Table 61: Q OUTPUT connector pin assignment.............................................................. 54

Table 62: Mating connections........................ .................................. .......................... 55

Table 63: EXT_IQ_DAV Duty cycle versus Span ............................... .............................. 56

Table 64: IQ Timing............................................................................................... 57

Table 65: Equipment required for Performance Veriﬁcation ....... .................................. ........ 59

Table 66: Phase noise offsets (Low range; without Option 11) .......... ................................ .... 70

Table 67: RF Flatness (Preamp OFF) ........................................................................... 74

Table 68: Low Frequency input path ﬂatness .................. ................................ ................ 85

Table 69: RF ﬂatness (Option 50/51 Preamp ON) ............................. ................................ 87

Table 70: Frequencies of interest for DANL (LF path) ..................................................... 103

Table 71: Frequencies of interest for DANL (RF path) ..................................................... 104

Table 72: Frequencies of interest for DANL LF path check (Option 50/51) ............................. 106

Table 73: Frequencies of interest for DANL check (Option 50) ... ................................ ........ 107

Table 74: IF ﬂatness............................................................................................. 109

Table 75:

Residual response center frequencies............ ................................ .................. 112

Table 76: Image suppression settings .. ... .. . ... .. . ... .. . ... .. . ... .. . ... .. . ... .. . ... .. . ... .. . ... .. . .. . .. . .. . .. 114

Table 77: Center frequencies and signal generator frequencies for Half-IF ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 118

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General safety summary

General safet

To avoid ﬁre or personal

injury

y summary

Review the fo this product or any products connected to it.

To avoid pot

Only qualiﬁed personnel should perform service procedures.

While using this product, you may need to access other parts of a larger system. Read the safety sections of the other component manuals for warnings and cautions r

Use proper power cord. Use only the power cord speciﬁed for this product and certiﬁed for the country of use.

Ground the product. This product is grounded through the grounding conductor of the power cord. To avoid electric shock, the grounding conductor must be connected to earth ground. Before making connections to the input or output terminals o f the product, ensure that the product is properly grounded.

Observe all terminal ratings. To avoid ﬁre or shock hazard, observe all ratings and markings on the product. Consult the product manual for further ratings information before making connections to the product.

llowing safety precautions to avoid injury and prevent damage to

ential hazards, u se this product only as speciﬁed.

elated to operating the system.

The inputs are not rated for connection to mains or Category II, III, or IV circuits.

Power disconnect. The power cord disconnects the product from the power source. Do not block the power cord; it must remain accessible to the user at all times.

Do not operate without covers. Do not operate this product with covers or panels removed.

Do not operate with suspected failures. If you suspect that there is damage to this product, have it inspected by qualiﬁed service personnel.

Avoid exposed circuitry. Do not touch exposed connections and components when power is present.

Replace batteries properly. Replace batteries only with the speciﬁed type and rating.

Use proper fuse. Use only the fuse type and rating speciﬁed for this product.

Wear eye protection. Wear eye protection if exposure to high-intensity rays or

laser radiation exists.

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General safety summary

Termsinthismanual

Symbols and terms on the

product

Do not operate i

Do not operate in an explosive atmosphere.

Keep product surfaces clean and dry.

Provide prop

on installing the product so it h as proper ventilation.

These terms may appear in this manual:

WARNING.

in injury or loss of life.

CAUTION

damage to this product or other property.

These t

erms may appear on the product:

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n wet/damp conditions.

er ventilation. Refer to the manual's installation instructions for details

Warning statements identify conditions or practices that could result

. Caution statements identify conditions or practices that could result in

rking.

WARNING indicates an injury haza rd not immediately accessible as you

the marking.

read

CAUTION indicates a hazard to property including the product.

The following symbol(s) may appear on the product:

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Preface

Related Manuals

This document contains the Speciﬁcations and the Performance Veriﬁcation for the RSA5100A Series Real Time Spe ctrum Analyzers. It contains procedur es suitable for meets the performance characteristics as warranted.

The following documents relate to the operation or service of the analyzer:

determining that the analyzer functions, is adjusted properly, and

The RSA61 Real-Time Signal Analyzers Quick Start User Manual describes how to use your analyzer.

The RSA6100A Series Real-Time Spectrum Analyzers, RSA5100A Series Real-Time Signal Analyzers Application Examples Manual, provides tutorial examples of how to take measurements in different application areas.

The RSA6100A Series Real-Time Spectrum Analyzers, RSA5100A Series Real-Time Signal Analyzers Programmers Manual describes how to use a computer to control the analyzer through the GPIB interface.

The RSA5100A Series Service Manual provides information for maintaining and servicing your analyzer to the module level.

00A Series Real-Time Spectrum Analyzers, RSA5100A Series

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Preface

viii RSA5100A Series Technical Reference

Speciﬁcations

This section contains s peciﬁcations for the RSA5100A Series Real Time Signal Analyzers. All speciﬁcations are warranted unless noted as a typical speciﬁcation.

Table 1: Spe

Catagory Description

Speciﬁed Characteristics These are the warranted characteristics of the device,

Typical

Typical-95

Typical-mean

ciﬁcation categories

and are tested either on each unit in manufacturing or by typemeasurement tolerance and temperature limits.

This is performance that will be met by 80% of instruments with 80% conﬁdence, for ambient temperat immediately after performing an alignment. Values include the effects of the uncertainties of external calibra the published calibration interval. These values are determined from qualiﬁcation testing and are not warrant

This is instruments with 95% conﬁdence, for ambient temperatures in the range of 18 °C to 28 °C, immed include the effects of the uncertainties of external calibration references and aging over the course of the re are determined from qualiﬁcation testing and are not warranted or tested in the performance veriﬁcation.

This represents the mean of performance measured onas laboratory temperature, immediately after performing an alignment. Values do not include the effects of u and aging over the course of the recommended calibration interval. These values are determined from qua the performance veriﬁcation.

testing. Speciﬁed characteristics include

ures in the range of 18 °C to 28 °C,

tion references and aging over the c ourse of

ed or tested in the performance veriﬁcation.

performance that will be met by 95% of

iately after performing an alignment. Values

commended calibration interval. These values

ample of units. Sample data is collected at

ncertainties of external calibration references

liﬁcation testing and are not warranted or tested in

Speciﬁcations that are marked with the symbol are checked in the Performance Ver iﬁcation section.

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Speciﬁcations

Performance C

onditions

The performance limits in these speciﬁcations are valid with these conditions:

The signal analyzer must have been calibrated and adjuste d at an ambient temperature between +20 °C and +30 °C.

The signal analyzer must be in an environment with temperature, altitude, humidity, and vibration within the operating limits described in these speciﬁcations.

The signal analyzer must have had a warm-upperiodofatleast20minutes after starting the RSA5100A application.

Electrical Speciﬁcations

Table 2: Frequency

Characteristic Description

Measurement frequency

Frequency range, nominal

Frequency Marker

Residual FM, typical

Span Accuracy ±0.3% of span (Auto mode)

RSA5103A (RF band) 9 kHz to 3 GHz

RSA5106A (RF band) 9 kHz to 6.2 GHz

RSA5115A (RF band) 1 MHz to 15 GHz

RSA5126A (RF band) 1 MHz to 26.5 GHz

LF band 1 Hz to 32 MHz

Readout Accuracy

Readout Resolution

±(RE × M F + 0.001 × Span + 2 ) Hz

RE: Reference Frequency Error

MF: Marker Frequency [Hz]

Reference level dependent

As small as 0.0001 µV

<2 Hz mode, Autoscale (95% conﬁdence)

in 1 second at 200 MHz CF, 100 Hz span, Freq vs Time

p-p

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Table 2: Frequency (cont.)

Characteristic Description

Reference Frequency

–8

Stability, nominal

Adjustment Range ±5.5 x 10

Initial Accuracy at Cal

Aging

Per day

Long term

Cumulative Error, typical

ature + Aging)

(Temper

ature drift

Temper

nce

Refere Output Level

Internal or External

Internal or External, typical +4 dBm

External Reference Input, nominal BNC Connector, 50 Ω

External Reference Input Frequency, nominal 10 MHz ±30 Hz (3 ppm)

External Reference Input Range

External Reference Input Level

2x10

–7

Within 1 x 10

–9

±1 x 10

±3 x 10

4x10

1x10

(after 30 days of operation)

–7

(10 years)

–7

(10 years)

–7

(10°Cto40°C)

>0 dBm

Spurious level on input signal must be <–80 dBc within 100 kHz offset to avoid on-screen spurious

–7

±3 x 10

–10 dBm to +6 dBm

–7

(after a 10 min warm-up)

Speciﬁcations

Table 3: Phase noise

Characteristic Description

Speciﬁed

Frequency = 1000 MHz

Typical

Frequency = 1000 MHz

Noise sideband

–103 dBc/Hz

09 dBc/Hz

–1

–112 dBc/Hz

–130 dBc/Hz

137 dBc/Hz

–

–137 dBc/Hz

–107 dBc/Hz

–113 dBc/Hz

–116 dBc/Hz

–139 dBc/Hz

–144 dBc/Hz

Offset

1kHz

10 kHz

0kHz

1MHz

6MHz

0MHz

1kHz

10 kHz

100 kHz

1MHz

6MHz

10 MHz

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Speciﬁcations

Table 3: Phase noise (cont.)

Characteristic Description

Frequency = 2000 MHz

Frequency = 6000 MHz (RSA5106A, RSA5115A, and RS A5126A)

Frequency = 10,000 MHz, typical (RSA5115A and RSA5126A)

Frequency = 20,000 MHz, typical (RSA5126A)

Frequency = 10 MHz (LF band) –128 dBc/Hz

–107 dBc/Hz

–112 dBc/Hz

–115 dBc/Hz

–137 dBc/Hz

–142 dBc/Hz

–104 dBc/Hz

–114 dBc/Hz

–135 dBc/Hz

–141 dBc/Hz

–99 dBc/Hz

–108 dBc/Hz

–132 dBc/Hz

–145 dBc/Hz

–146 dBc/Hz

–95 dBc/Hz

–106 dBc/Hz

–108 dBc/Hz

–126 dBc/Hz

–140 dBc/Hz

–142 dBc/Hz

–134 dBc/Hz

–135 dBc/Hz

–138 dBc/Hz

1kHz

10 kHz

100 kHz

1MHz

6MHz

10 MHz

1kHz

10 kHz

100 kHz

1MHz

6MHz

10 MHz

1kHz

10 kHz

100 kHz

1MHz

6MHz

10 MHz

1kHz

10 kHz

100 kHz

1MHz

6MHz

10 MHz

1kHz

10 kHz

100 kHz

1MHz

6MHz

Table 4: Integrated jitter

Characteristic Description

e-3

radians at 100 MHz

Integrated Phase (100 Hz to 100 MHz), typical

2.51

e-3

radians at 1 GHz

3.14

e-3

radians at 2 GHz

3.77

e-3

radians at 5 GHz

6.28

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Speciﬁcations

Table 5: RF inpu

Characteristic Description

RF Input Connector, nominal N type (RSA5103A/5106A)

RF Input Impedance, nominal

RF VSWR, typical Center Frequency set to within 200 MHz of any VSWR test

Preamp OFF

RSA5115A/5126A

RSA51

95% conﬁdence

Preamp ON (Option 50)

RSA5115A/5126A

RSA5103A/5106A

95% conﬁdence

03A/5106A

Planar Crown (RSA5115A/5126A)

50 Ω

frequency a

RF ATT = 10 dB

10 kHz to 1

>10 MHz to

>3 GHz to

>6.2 GH

>15 GHz

>22 GH

10 kHz to 10 MHz <1.6

>10MHzto2GHz

>2 GHz to 5 GHz

>5 GHz to 6.2 GHz

10 kHz to 10 MHz <1.6

>10MHzto3GHz

>3 GHz to 6.2 GHz

>6.2 GHz to 15 GHz

>15 GHz to 22 GHz

>22 GHz to 26.5 GHz

10 kHz to 10 MHz <1.6

>10MHzto3GHz

>3 GHz to 6.2 GHz

0MHz

3GHz

6.2 GHz

zto15GHz

to 22 GHz

zto26.5GHz

<1.6

<1.3

<1.4

<1.8

<2.0

<1.12

<1.3

<1.45

1.5

1.8

<1.8

<2.0

<1.3

<1.45

ttimeoftest.

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Speciﬁcations

Table 6: Maximu

Characteristic Description

Maximum DC voltage ±5 V (RF Input)

Maximum safe input power +30 dBm (RF Input, RF ATT ≥10 dB, Preamp Off)

Maximum Mea

m input level

surable input power

+20 dBm (RF Input, RF ATT ≥10 dB, Preamp On)

+50 Watts pe repetitive Pulses)

+ 30 dBm (RF Input, RF ATT Auto)

+ 10 Watts peak (RF Input, RF ATT Auto), (<10 μs Pulse Width, 1% Duty Cycle repetitiv

ak (RF Input, RF ATT ≥30 dB (<10 µs Pulse Width, 1% Duty Cycle

e pulses)

Table 7: Input attenuator

Characteristic Description

RF Attenuator (DC to 26.5 GHz) 0 dB to 55 dB (5 dB step), nominal

Table 8: Analog sweep

Characteristic Description

Sweep Time, typical

03A/5106A

RSA51

Sweep Time, typical

115A/5126A

RSA5

ep Time for RBW=100KHz, typical

Swe

RSA5115A/5126A

eep Time for RBW=10KHz, typical

RSA5115A/5126A

weep Time for RBW=1KHz, typical

RSA5115A/5126A

1500 MHz/second tuning rate (standard unit)

Hz/second tuning rate (Option 40)

2500 M

6000 MHz/second tuning rate (Option 85)

RBW: Auto

2000 MHz/sec tuning rate (standard unit)

MHz/sec tuning rate (Option 40)

4000

6000 MHz/sec tuning rate (Option 85)

7400 MHz/sec tuning rate (Option 110)

: Auto

RBW

0 MHz/sec tuning rate (standard unit)

150

2500 MHz/sec tuning rate (Option 40)

4000 MHz/sec tuning rate (Option 85)

00 MHz/sec tuning rate (Option 110)

0 MHz/sec tuning rate (standard unit)

500 MHz/sec tuning rate (Option 40)

800 MHz/sec tuning rate (Option 85)

000 MHz/sec tuning rate (Option 110)

00 MHz/sec tuning rate (standard unit)

300 MHz/sec tuning rate (Option 40)

350 MHz/sec tuning rate (Option 85)

450 MHz/sec tuning rate (Option 110)

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Speciﬁcations

Table 9: Amplit

Characteristic Description

Reference level setting range, nominal –170 dBm to +40 dBm, 0.1 dB step, (Standard RF input)

Frequency response (18 °C to 28 °C)

At 10 dB RF

attenuator setting

At 10 dB RF attenuator setting, With Preamp ON

All RF attenuator

tings

set

ude and RF ﬂatness (excluding mismatch error)

10 MHz to 32 M

10 MHz to 3 GH

3GHzto6.2 (RSA5106A/5115A/5126A)

6.2 GHz to 15 GHz (RSA5115A/5126A)

15 GHz to 26.5 GHz (RSA512

10 MHz to 32 MHz, LF Band (RSA510

10 MHz t

3GHzto (RSA5106A/5115A/5126A)

6.2 GHz to 15 GHz (RSA5115A/5126A)

15 GHz to 26.6 GHz

5126A)

(RSA

1 Hz to 100 Hz, LF Band ±0.7 dB

Hz, LF Band

GHz

6A)

3A/5106A)

o3GHz

6.2 GHz

±0.2 dB

±0.35 dB

±0.5 dB

±1.0 dB

±1.2 dB

±0.5 dB

±0.7 dB

±1.0 d

±1.2 dB

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Speciﬁcations

Table 9: Amplitude and RF ﬂatness (excluding mismatch error)1(cont.)

Characteristic Description

Frequency response (5 °C to 40 °C), typical

All RF attenuator settings, Preamp OFF

100 Hz to 32 MHz (LF Band)

9kHzto3GHz (RSA5103A/5106A)

1MHzto3GHz (RSA5115A/5126A)

3GHzto6.2GHz (RSA5106A/5115A/5126A)

6.2 GHz to 15 GHz (RSA5115A/5126A)

15 GHz to 26.5 GHz (RSA5126A)

Attenuator = 10 dB, Preamp ON, typical

1 MHz to 32 MHz, LF Band (RSA5103A/5106A)

1MHzto3GHz

3GHzto6.2GHz (RSA5106A/5115A/5126A)

6.2 GHz to 15 GHz (RSA5115A/5126A)

15 GHz to 26.5 GHz (RSA5126A)

Input attenuator switching uncertainty

Absolute amplitude accuracy at calibration point (RF)

Absolute amplitude accuracy at calibration point, preamp ON

bsolute amplitude accuracy at calibration point (LF Band)

Absolute amplitude accuracy at calibration point (LF Band)

preamp ON (Only for RSA5103A/5106A)

Absolute amplitude accuracy at all center frequencies (18 °C to 28 °C)2, typical, 95% conﬁdence

10MHzto3GHz

3 GHz to 6.2 GHz (RSA5106A/5115A/5126A)

6.2 GHz to 15 GHz (RSA5115A/5126A)

15 GHz to 26.5 GHz (RSA5126A)

Level Linearity

All amplitude and frequency response measurements made with Preamp OFF, except where noted, and Flattop window ﬁlter used to maximize CW amplitude measurement accuracy.

Reference Level ≤ –15 dBm, –15 dBm to –50 dBm. 10 Hz ≤ RBW ≤ 1 MHz, after alignment performed.

±0.8 dB

±0.5 dB

±1.0 dB

±1.5 dB

±0.8 dB

±1.3 dB

±1.5 dB

±2.0 dB

±0.3 dB (RSA5103A/5106A)

±0.15 dB (RSA5115A/5126A)

±0.31 dB

±0.5 dB

±0.31 dB

±0.5 dB

±0.3 dB

±0.5 dB

±0.75 dB

±0.9 dB

±0.1 dB (0 dB to –70 dB Below Reference Level)

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Table 10 : Noise

and distortion

Characteristic Description

1 dB Compression Input2,

RF Attenuation = 0 dB

1 dB Compression Input,

2,3

typical

RF Attenuat

ion=0dB

(RSA5103A/5106A) 2 GHz

(RSA5115A/5126A) 2 GHz

(RSA5103A/5106A) 300 MHz to 6.2 GHz

(RSA5115A/5126A) 300 MHz to 6.2 GHz

(RSA5115A/5126A) 6.2 GHz to 13 GHz

(RSA5115A/5126A) 13 GHz to 15 GHz

(RSA5126A) 15 GHz to 26.5 GHz

1 dB Compression Input, Preamp ON, typical

RF Atten

uation=0dB

2,3

(RSA5103A/5106A) 300 MHz to 6.2 GHz

(RSA5115A/5126A) 300 MHz to 13 GHz

(RSA5115A/5126A) 13 GHz to 15 GHz

(RSA5126A) 15 GHz to 26.5 GHz

3rd Order IM Intercept At 2.130 GHz

3rd Order IM Intercept (TOI), typical

At 2.130 GHz

zto32MHz,

10 kH LF Band

Hz to 300 MHz

80 M

MHz to 3 GHz

300

SA5103A/5106A)

SA5115A/5126A)

RSA5106A/5115A/5126A)

(

RSA5115A/5126A)

(

9 kHz to 80 MHz +11 dBm

1 MHz to 80 MHz +11 dBm

GHz to 6.2 GHz

.2 GHz to 13 GHz

(RSA5115A/5126A) 13 GHz to 23 GHz

(RSA5126A) 23 GHz to 26.5 GHz

3rd Order IM Intercept (TOI), preamp ON, typical

At 2.130 GHz

10 kHz to 32 MHz, LF Band (RSA5103A/5106A)

(RSA5103A/5106A)

(RSA5115A/5126A)

9 kHz to 80 MHz –10 dBm

1 MHz to 80 MHz –10 dBm

80 MHz to 300 MHz –10 dBm

300 MHz to 3 GHz

(RSA5106A/5115A/5126A) 3 GHz to 6.2 GHz

(RSA5115A/5126A) 6.2 GHz to 15 GHz

(RSA5126A) 15 GHz to 26.5 GHz

3rd Order Intermodulation Distortion

At 2.130 GHz

+7 dBm

+2 dBm

+7 dBm

+2 dBm

+3 dBm

-4 dBm

+1 dBm

-10 dBm

-20 dBm

-23 dBm

-18 dBm

+16 dB

+17 d

5dBm

+12.

dBm

+13

+17 dBm

+15 dBm

+11 dBm

+8 dBm

–5 dBm

–10 dBm

–5 dBm

–10 dBm

–15 dBm

–82 dBc

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Table 10: Noise and distortion1(cont.)

Characteristic Description

3rd Order Intermodulatio n Distortion, typical

(RSA5103A/5106A)

(RSA5115A/5126A)

(RSA5106A/5115A/5126A) 3 GHz to 6.2 GHz

(RSA5115A/5126A) 6.2 GHz to 13 GHz

(RSA5115A/5126A) 13 GHz to 23 GHz

(RSA5126A) 23 GHz to 26.5 GHz

3rd Order Intermodulation Distortion, Preamp ON, typical

(RSA5106A/5115A/5126A) 3 GHz to 6.2 GHz

(RSA5115A/5126A) 6.2 GHz to 15 GHz

(RSA5126A) 15 GHz to 26.5 GHz

2ndHarmonic Distortion, typical. Preamp OFF

RSA5103A/5106A)

RSA5115A/5126A

2ndHarmonic Distortion Preamp ON, typical

2ndHarmonic Distortion Intercept (SHI), typical

10 kHz to 32 MHz, LF Band

80 MHz to 300 MHz < –76 dBc

300 MHz to 3 GHz

9 kHz to 80 MHz < –72 dBc

1 MHz to 80 MHz < –72 dBc

1 MHz to 80 MHz < –70 dBc

80 MHz to 300 MHz < –70 dBc

300 MHz to 3 GHz

10 MHz to 500 MHz < –80 dBc

500 MHz to 1 GHz

1GHzto3.1GHz

10 MHz to 500 MHz < –80 dBc

500 MHz to 1 GHz

1GHzto3.1GHz

3.1 GHz to 7.5 GHz

7.5 GHz to

13.25 GHz

10 MHz to

13.25 GHz

10 MHz to 500 MHz +45 dBm

500 MHz to 1 GHz

1GHzto3.1GHz

3.1 GHz to 7.5 GHz

7.5 GHz to

13.25 GHz

< –75 dBc

< –84 dBc

< –80 dBc

< –72 dBc

< –66 dBc

< –80 dBc

< –70 dBc

< –60 dBc

< –80 dBc

< –83 dBc

< –74 dBc

< –85 dBc

< –55 dBc

+34 dBm

+45 dBm

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Table 10: Noise and distortion1(cont.)

Characteristic Description

2ndHarmonic Distortion Intercept (SHI) Preamp ON, typical

10 MHz to

13.25 GHz

Displayed Average Noise Level (DANL) Normalized to 1 Hz RBW with log-average detector

Preamp OFF (Minimum noise mode) 1 GHz to 3.1 GHz

1Hzto 100 Hz, LF Band

100 Hz to 2kHz,LF Band

2kHzto 10 kHz, LF Band

10 kHz to 32 MHz, LF Band

9kHzto 1MHz

1MHzto 10 MHz

10 MHz to 2GHz

2GHzto 3GHz

3GHzto 4GHz

4GHzto

6.2 GHz

6.2 GHz to 13 GHz

13 GHz to 23 GHz

23 GHz to

26.5 GHz

3.1 GHz to 7.5 GHz

7.5 GHz to

13.25 GHz

–141 dBm/Hz –152 dBm/Hz

–150 dBm/Hz –153 dBm/Hz

–108 dBm/Hz (RSA5103A/5106A)

–136 dBm/Hz –139 dBm/Hz

–154 dBm/Hz (RSA5103A/5106A)

–152 dBm/Hz (RSA5115A/5126A)

–152 dBm/Hz –155 dBm/Hz

–152 dBm/Hz (RSA5106A/5115A/5126A)

–149 dBm/Hz (RSA5106A/5115A/5126A)

–146 dBm/Hz (RSA5115A/5126A)

–144 dBm/Hz (RSA5115A/5126A)

–140 dBm/Hz (RSA5126A)

Speciﬁcations

+10 dBm

+34 dBm

+45 dBm

–111 dBm/Hz (RSA5103A/5106A)

–155 dBm/Hz

–155 dBm/Hz (RSA5106A/5115A/5126A)

–152 dBm/Hz (RSA5106A/5115A/5126A)

–149 dBm/Hz (RSA5115A/5126A)

–147 dBm/Hz (RSA5115A/5126A)

–143 dBm/Hz (RSA5126A)

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Table 10: Noise and distortion1(cont.)

Characteristic Description

Preamp ON, typical

1MHzto 32 MHz, LF

Speciﬁcatio

–158 dBm/Hz (RSA5103A/5106A)

Band

1MHzto

–158 dBm/Hz –160 dBm/Hz

10 MHz

10 MHz to

–164 dBm/Hz –167 dBm/Hz

2GHz

2GHzto

–163 dBm/Hz –165 dBm/Hz

3GHz

3GHzto

6.2 GHz

3GHzto

–162 dBm/Hz (RSA510

–160 dB

6A)

m/Hz

4GHz

4GHzto

–159 dBm/Hz –162 dBm/Hz

6.2 GHz

6.2 GHz to

–159 dBm/Hz –162 dBm/Hz

13 GHz

zto

13 GH 23 GHz

23 GHz to

26.5 GHz

All noise and distortion measurements are made with Preamp OFF except where noted.

Maximize Dynamic Range, “RF & IF Optimization” Mode, Span: 5 MHz.

The 1 dB compression point for the RF conversion system cannot be measured from outside the instrument, nor can signals get near it in operation. This is because the A/D converter will clip before the 1 dB compression is reached.

Each signal level –25 dBm at the RF input. 1 MHz tone separation. Attenuator = 0, Ref Level = –20 dBm.

Each signal level –45 dBm at the RF input. 1 MHz tone separation. Attenuator = 0, Ref Level = –40 dBm.

dBm/Hz

–157 (RSA5115A/5126A)

–153 dBm/Hz (RSA5126A)

Typical

–160 dBm/Hz (RSA5103A/5106A)

–164 dBm/Hz (RSA5106A)

–163 dB

m/Hz

(RSA5115A/5126A)

115A/5126A)

(RSA5

dBm/Hz

–160 (RSA5115A/5126A)

–156 dBm/Hz (RSA5126A)

Table 11: Channel Response – Amplitude & Phase Flatness (Standard/Option 40)

for RSA5103A/5106A:

Frequency range Span Amplitude ﬂatness Phase ﬂatness

Typical, RMS Typical, RMS

±0.1°

±0.5°

±1.5°

±0.5°

0.01 GHz to 6.2 GHz

0.03 GHz to 6.2 GHz

0.07 GHz to 3.0 GHz

>3.0 GHz to 6.2 GHz

0.07 GHz to 6.2 GHz

0.001 GHz to 0.032 GHz

Speciﬁcation

≤300 kHz

±0.10 dB ±0.05 dB

≤25 MHz ±0.30 dB ±0.20 dB

≤40 MHz

≤85 MHz

≤110 MHz

±0.30 dB ±0.20 dB

±0.50 dB ±0.30 dB

±0.50 dB ±0.40 dB

≤20 MHz ±0.40 dB ±0.30 dB

(LF band)

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Table 11: Channel Response – Amplitude & Phase Flatness (Standard/Option 40) (cont.)

for RSA5103A/5106A:

Frequency range Span Amplitude ﬂatness Phase ﬂatness

Use Flattop Window for maximum CW amplitude veriﬁcation accuracy.

for RSA51115A/5126A:

Frequency range Span Amplitude ﬂatness Phase ﬂatness

Typical, RMS Typical, RMS

±0.2 °

±1.0 °

±1.5 °

>6.2 GHz t

>6.2 GHz

>6.2 GH

o 15/26 GHz

to 15/26 GHz

z to 15/26 GHz

Hi Dyn Range mode.

Option 40/Option 85/Option 100

Option 85 only

n 110 only

Optio

tion

≤300 kHz

≤25/40 k

Speciﬁca

±0.10 dB ±0.05 dB

±0.50 dB ±0.40 dB

≤80 MHz ±0.75 dB ±0.70 dB

≤110 MHz

±1.0 dB ±0.70 dB

Table 12: Channel Response – Amplitude & Phase Flatness (Option 85)

Frequency range Span Amplitude ﬂatness Phase ﬂatness

Typical, RMS Typical, RMS

±1.5°

0.07 GHz to 3 GHz

3GHzto6.2GHz

Table 13: Channel response

Speciﬁcation

≤85 MHz ±0.50 dB ±0.30 dB

≤85 MHz ±0.50 dB ±0.40 dB

Characteristic Description

Amplitude Flatness

BW ≤ 300 kHz

300 kHz < BW ≤ 10 MHz

10 MHz < BW ≤ 25/40 MHz

40 MHz < BW ≤ 85 MHz

85 MHz < BW ≤ 110 MHz

Phase Linearity, typical

BW ≤300 kHz

300 kHz < BW ≤ 10 MHz

10 MHz < BW ≤ 20 MHz

20 MHz < BW ≤ 25/40 MHz

40 MHz < BW ≤ 85 MHz

The BW value used in this table is the bandwidth of the channel. RF Attenuator = 10 dB. Use Flattop Window for maximum CW amplitude veriﬁcation accuracy.

After calibration and normalization, CF=200 MHz.

±0.1 dB

±0.2 dB

±0.4 dB

±0.5 dB

±0.1°

±0.2°

±0.75°

±2.0°

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Table 14: Chann

el response (center frequency ≤3.0 GHz)

Characteristic Description

Amplitude Fla

BW ≤ 300 kH z, CF > 0.01 GHz

BW ≤ 25 MHz, CF > 0.03 GHz

BW ≤ 40 MHz, CF > 0.03 GHz

BW ≤ 85 MHz, CF > 0.07 GHz

Phase Line

BW ≤300 kH

BW ≤ 25/4

BW ≤ 80 MH

BW ≤ 85 M

The BW value used in this table is the bandwidth of the channel. Atten = 10 dB. Use Flattop Window for maximum CW amplitude veriﬁcation accuracy.

High Dynamic Range mode.

After calibration and alignment.

tness

arity, typical

z, CF > 0.01 GHz

0 MHz, CF > 0.03 GHz

z, CF > 0.07 GHz

Hz, CF > 0.07 GHz

Speciﬁcation

RMS

±0.10 dB

±0.30 dB

±0.50 dB

0.1 °

0.5 °

1.0 °

1.5 °

Table 15: Channel response (3.0 GHz < center frequency ≤ 6.2 GHz)

Typ ical

0.05 dB

0.20 dB

0.30 dB

RMS

Characteristic Description

Amplitude Flatness

BW ≤ 300 kHz

BW ≤ 25/40 MHz

BW ≤ 80 MHz ±0.5 dB

Speciﬁcation

±0.1 dB

±.0.3 dB

BW ≤ 85 MHz ±0.5 dB 0.4 dB

Typical

0.05 dB

0.20 dB

0.3 dB

RMS

Phase Linearity, typical

BW ≤300 kHz

±0.1 °

BW ≤ 25/40 MHz 0.5 °

BW ≤ 80 MHz

BW ≤ 85 MHz

The BW value used in this table is the bandwidth of the channel. Atten = 10 dB. Use Flattop Window for maximum CW amplitude veriﬁcation accuracy.

High Dynamic Range mode.

After calibration and alignment.

1.0 °

RMS

Table 16: Channel response (>6.2 GHz < center frequency ≤ 15/26 GHz) (RSA5115A/5126A)

Characteristic Description

Amplitude Flatness

BW ≤ 300 kHz

BW ≤ 25/40 MHz

BW ≤ 80 MHz ±0.75 dB

Speciﬁcation

±0.10 dB

±.0.50 dB

BW ≤ 110 MHz ±1.0 dB 0.70 dB

Typical

0.05 dB

0.40 dB

0.70 dB

RMS

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Table 16: Channel response (>6.2 GHz < center frequency ≤ 15/26 GHz) (RSA5115A/5126A)1(cont.)

Characteristic Description

Phase Linearity, typical

BW ≤300 kHz

±0.2 °

BW ≤ 25/40 MHz 1.0 °

BW ≤ 80 MHz

BW ≤ 110 M Hz

The BW value used in this table is the bandwidth of the channel. Atten = 10 dB. Use Flattop Window for maximum CW amplitude veriﬁcation accuracy.

High Dynamic Range mode.

After calibration and alignment.

1.5 °

RMS

Speciﬁcations

Table 17: Channel response (LF band, 11 MHz < center frequency ≤ 22 MHz)

Characteristic Description

Amplitude Flatness

BW ≤ 20 MHz ±0.4 dB

Speciﬁcation

Typical

0.3 dB

RMS

Phase Linearity, typical

BW ≤ 20 MHz

The BW value used in this table is the bandwidth of the channel. Atten = 10 dB. Use Flattop Window for maximum CW amplitude veriﬁcation accuracy.

High Dynamic Range mode.

After calibration and alignment.

0.5 °

RMS

Table 18: Pulse measurements, typical

Characteristic Description

85 and 110 MHz BW 25 and 40 MHz B W

Minimum Pulse Width for detection, typical

Average ON Power (18°Cto28°C),typical

Duty Factor, typical

50 ns 150 ns

±0.3 dB + absolute A mplitude Accuracy

For pulse widths ≥100 ns, duty cycles of 0.5 to 0.001, and S/N ratio = 30 dB

For pulse widths ≥300 ns, and signal levels >70 dB below Ref Level

±3% of reading

For pulse widths ≥150 ns, duty cycles of 0.5 to 0.001, and S/N ratio ≥ 30 dB

For pulse widths ≥450 ns, duty cycles of 0.5 to 0.001, and S/N ratio ≥ 30 dB

±0.4 dB + absolute A mplitude AccuracyAverage Transmitted Power, typical

For pulse widths ≥100 ns, duty cycles of 0.5 to 0.001, and S/N ratio ≥ 30 dB

For pulse widths ≥300 ns, duty cycles of 0.5 to 0.001, and S/N ratio ≥ 30 dB

±0.4 dB + absolute A mplitude AccuracyPeak Pulse Power, typical

For pulse widths ≥100 ns, duty cycles of 0.5 to 0.001, and S/N ratio ≥ 30 dB

For pulse widths ≥300 ns, duty cycles of 0.5 to 0.001, and S/N ratio ≥ 30 dB

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Table 18: Pulse measurements, typical (cont.)

Characteristic Description

Pulse Width, typical

Pulse-to-Pulse carrier phase, NON-Chirped Pulse, typical

2 GHz ±0.5° ±0.3°

10 GHz ±1.2° ±0.75°

20 GHz ±2.6° ±1.8°

2 GHz ±0.5° ±0.3°

10 GHz ±1.4° ±0.9°

20 GHz ±3.6° ±2.25°

Pulse-to-Pulse carrier phase, Linear-Chirped Pulse, typical

2 GHz ±0.7° ±0.3°

10 GHz ±1.3° ±0.95°

20 GHz ±3.5° ±2.25°

2 GHz ±0.72° ±0.35°

10 GHz ±1.8° ±1.1°

20 GHz ±5.5° ±3°

Pulse-to-Pulse carrier Frequency, NON-Chirped Pulse, typical

2GHz

10 GHz

20 GHz

2GHz

10 GHz

20 GHz

Pulse-to-Pulse carrier Frequency, Linear-Chirped Pulse, typical

±3% of reading

For pulse widths ≥150 ns, duty cycles of 0.5 to 0.001, and signal levels >50 dB below Ref Level

<12 ns (85 MHz BW ) <40 ns (25 MHz BW )System Rise time, typical

<10 ns (110 MHz BW) <25 ns (40 MHz BW)

60 MHz BW

85 and 110 MHz BW 25 and 40 MHz BW

60 MHz BW

85 and 110 MHz BW 25 and 40 MHz BW

60 MHz BW

±80 kHz ±12 kHz

±190 kHz ±40 kHz

±560 kHz ±110 kHz

85 and 110 MHz BW 25 and 40 MHz BW

±225 kHz ±30 kHz

±530 kHz ±50 kHz

±1.7 MHz ±225 kHz

60 MHz BW

For pulse widths ≥450 ns, duty cycles of 0.5 to 0.001, and S/N ratio ≥ 30 dB

20 MHz BW

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Table 18: Pulse measurements, typical (cont.)

Characteristic Description

2GHz

10 GHz

20 GHz

2GHz

10 GHz

20 GHz

Pulse Frequency Linearity (Absolute Frequency Error RMS )

2GHz

10 GHz

20 GHz

2GHz

10 GHz

20 GHz

Chirp Frequency Linearity (Absolute Frequency Error RMS)

2GHz

10 GHz

20 GHz

2GHz

10 GHz

20 GHz

For conditions of: CW (non-chirped) pulses Frequency Estimation = Manual Pulse ON power ≥ –20 dBm Signal peak at Ref Lvl. Atten=0dB Pulse width ≥ 200 ns. PRI ≤300 us. Duty cycle ≥ 0.0007 t

meas–treference

Measurement time position excludes the beginning and ending of the pulse extending for a time = (10/measurement Bandwidth) as measured from the 50% point of the Tr or Tf.

For conditions of: CW (non-chirped) pulses Frequency Estimation = Manual Pulse ON power ≥ –20 dBm Signal peak at Ref Lvl.

≤ 10 ms

±130 kHz ±16 kHz

±370 kHz ±40 kHz

±630 kHz ±110 kHz

85 MHz BW 110 MHz BW

±200 kHz ±200 kHz

±510 kHz ±510 kHz

±1.5 MHz ±1.5 kHz

60 MHz BW

20 MHz BW

±26 kHz ±7 kHz

±55 kHz ±16 kHz

±200 kHz ±40 kHz

85 and 110 MHz BW 25 and 40 MHz

±65 kHz ±10 kHz

±125 kHz ±30 kHz

±400 kHz ±100 kHz

60 MHz BW

20 MHz BW

±30 kHz ±6 kHz

±95 kHz ±20 kHz

±250 kHz ±50 kHz

85 and 110 MHz BW 25 and 40 MHz BW

±50 kHz ±6 kHz

±145 kHz ±25 kHz

±350 kHz ±70 kHz

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Atten=0dB Pulse width ≥ 300 ns. PRI ≤300 us. Duty cycle ≥ 0.001 t

meas–treference

Measurement time position excludes the beginning and ending of the pulse extending for a time = (10/measurement Bandwidth) as measured from the 50% point of the Tr or Tf.

For conditions of: Linear Chirped pulses For signal type: Linear Chirp, Peak-to-peak Chirp Deviation: ≤0.8 Measurement BW. Frequency Estimation = Manual Pulse ON power ≥ –20 dBm Signal peak at Ref Lvl. Atten=0dB Pulse width ≥ 100 ns. PRI ≤300 us. Duty cycle ≥ 0.0003 t

meas–treference

Measurement time position excludes the beginning and ending of the pulse extending for a time = (10/measurement Bandwidth) as measured from the 50% point of the Tr or Tf.

meas–treference

Measurement time position excludes the beginning and ending of the pulse extending for a time = (10/measurement Bandwidth) as measured from the 50% point of the Tr or Tf.

For conditions of: CW (non-chirped) pulses Frequency Estimation = Manual Pulse ON power ≥ –20 dBm Signal peak at Ref Lvl. Atten=0dB Pulse width ≥ 200 ns. PRI ≤ 300 us. Duty cycle ≥ 0.0007 t

meas–treference

Measurement time position excludes the beginning and ending of the pulse extending for a time = (10/measurement Bandwidth) as measured from the 50% point of the Tr or Tf.

For conditions of: CW (non-chirped) pulses Frequency Estimation = Manual Pulse ON power ≥ –20 dBm Signal peak at Ref Lvl. Atten=0dB Pulse width ≥ 300 ns.

≤ 10 ms

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PRI ≤ 300 us. Duty cycle ≥ 0.001 t

meas–treference

Measurement time position excludes the beginning and ending of the pulse extending for a time = (10/measurement Bandwidth) as measured from the 50% point of the Tr or Tf.

For conditions of: Linear Chirped pulses For signal type: Linear Chirp, Peak-to-Peak Chirp Deviation: ≤0.8 Measurement BW. Frequency Estimation = Manual Pulse ON power ≥ –20 dBm Signal peak at Ref Lvl. Atten=0dB Pulse width ≥ 100 ns. PRI ≤ 300 us. Duty cycle ≥ 0.0003 t

meas–treference

Measurement time position excludes the beginning and ending of the pulse extending for a time = (10/measurement Bandwidth) as measured from the 50% point of the Tr or Tf.

meas–treference

Measurement time position excludes the beginning and ending of the pulse extending for a time = (10/measurement Bandwidth) as measured from the 50% point of the Tr or Tf.

For conditions of: CW (non-chirped) pulses Frequency Estimation = Manual Pulse ON power ≥ –20 dBm Signal peak at Ref Lvl. Atten=0dB Pulse width ≥ 200 ns. PRI ≤ 300 us. Duty cycle ≥ 0.0007 Absolute Frequency Error determined over center 50% of pulse.

For conditions of: CW (non-chirped) pulses Frequency Estimation = Manual Pulse ON power ≥ –20 dBm Signal peak at Ref Lvl. Atten=0dB Pulse width ≥ 300 ns. PRI ≤ 300 us. Duty cycle ≥ 0.001 Absolute Frequency Error determined over center 50% of pulse.

For conditions of: Linear Chirped pulses

≤ 10 ms

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For signal type Frequency Estimation = Manual Pulse ON power ≥ –20 dBm Signal peak at Ref Lvl. Atten=0dB Pulse width ≥ 100 ns. PRI ≤ 300 us. Duty cycle ≥ 0.0003 t

meas–treference

Absolute Frequency Error determined over center 50% of pulse.

meas–treference

Absolute Frequency Error determined over center 50% of pulse.

: Linear Chirp, Peak-to-Peak Chirp Deviation: ≤0.8 Measurement BW.

≤ 10 ms

Table 19: Impulse response

Characteristic Description

15 to 40 dBImpulse Response Measurement Range

(nominal)

Impulse Response Measurement Accuracy (typical)

Impulse Response Weighting Taylor W indow

Chirp width 100 MHz, pulse width 10 μs, minimum signal delay 1% of pulse width or 10/(chirp bandwidth), whichever is greater, and minimum 2000 sample points during pulse on-time.

Across the width of the chirp

±2 dB

For a signal 40 dB in amplitude and delayed 1% to 40% of the chirp width

Table 20: Spurious response

Characteristic Description

Residual Response (Atten = 0 dB, Ref = –30 dBm, RBW = 1 kHz)

200MHzto3GHz

3 GHz to 6.2 GHz (RSA5106A)

6.2 GHz to 15 G Hz (RSA5115A)

15 GHz to 26.5 GHz (RSA5126A)

<–95 dBm

500 kHz to 32 MHz, LF Band <–100 dBm, typical

500 kHz to 80 MHz, RF band

–75 dBm, typical

(RSA5103A/5106A)

1 MHz to 80 MHz, RF band

–75 dBm, typical

(RSA5115A/5126A)

80 MHz to 200 MHz, RF band –95 dBm, typical

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Table 20: Spurious response (cont.)

Characteristic Description

Residual DC Offset after Normalization (LF Path), typical

Spurious Response with Signal (Image

Suppressi

on)

Higher RF Order Spurious Response w/ Signal at other than Center Frequency (6.2 GHz to 26.5 GHz)

6.2 GHz –

14.5 GHz

14.5 GHz – 15 GHz (RSA5115A/ 5126A)

15 GHz –

26.5 GHz (RSA5126A )

14.8 GHz – 15 GHz

23.9 GHz –

24.2 GHz

26.3 GHz –

26.5 GHz

Spurious Response with Signal at Center Frequency

Spurious Response with Signal at Frequency other than Center Frequency

Spurious Response with Signal at

3.5125 GHz - Half-IF (RSA5103A)

<-40 dBm (Ref level ≤ 0 dBm)

<-40 dBm from Ref level (Ref level > 0 dBm)

<–75 dBc (10 kHz to < 30 MHz, Ref= –30 dBm, Atten = 10 dB, RF Input Level = –30 dBm, RBW = 10 Hz) LF path

<–75 dBc (30 MHz to < 3 GHz, Ref= –30 dBm, Atten = 10 dB, RF Input Level = –30 dBm, RBW = 10 Hz)

<–70 dBc (3 GHz to 6.2 GHz, Ref= –30 dBm, Atten = 10 dB, RF Input Level = –30 dBm, RBW = 10 Hz) (RSA5106A)

<–76 dBc (6.2 GHz to 15 GHz, Ref= –30 dBm, Atten = 10 dB, RF Input Level = –30 dBm, RBW = 10 Hz) (RSA5115A)

<–72 dBc (15 GHz to 26.5 GHz, Ref= –30 dBm, Atten = 10 dB, RF Input Level = –30 dBm, RBW = 10 Hz) (RSA5126A)

Equal or better performance is expected when Preamp is turned on and the power level at the output of RF attenuator is lower or equal than –55 dBm.

Span ≤ 25 MHz, swept spans >25 MHz, typical

For Options 40/85/110, 25 MHz < Span ≤ 110 MHz, typical

-78 dBc -78 dBc

-71 dBc -71 dBc

-65 dBc -65 dBc

CF = 1 MHz to 26.5 GHz,

(See Table 21.)

offset ≥ 400 kHz

CF = 1 MHz to 2.6.5 GHz,

(See Table 22.)

offset ≤ 400 kHz

300 MHz to 26.5 GHz (See Table 23.)

<–78 dBc (CF 30 MHz to 3 GHz, Ref = –30 dBm, Atten = 10 dB, RBW = 1 kHz)

Signal frequency range = 3.5125 GHz, RF input level = –30 dBm

This is an input signal at half the IF frequency.

Speciﬁcations

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Speciﬁcations

Table 20: Spurious response (cont.)

Characteristic Description

Spurious Res

ponse with Signal at

3.5125 GHz - Half IF (RSA5106A)

Spurious Responses with Signal at

Half Block

Converter Output Frequency

(RSA5115A/5126A)

Spurious Responses with Signal at Block Converter output frequency (RSA5115

A/5126A)

Local Oscillator Feed-through to Input Connector (Spurious Leakage), typical

A spur will be generated at the center frequency (CF) when there is a signal on the input at (11.84 GHz+CF)/2.

A spur will be generated at the center frequency (CF) when there is a signal on the input at (20.8 GHz+CF)/2.

<–78 dBc (CF 30 MHz to 6.2 GHz, Ref = –30 dBm, Atten = 10 dB, RBW = 1 kHz)

Signal frequency range = 3.5125 GHz, RF input level = –30 dBm

This is an input signal at half the IF frequency.

<–80 dBc. (CF 6.2 GHz to 15 GHz (RSA5115A) 26.5 GHz (RSA5126A), Ref=

-30 dBm, Atten = 10 dB, RBW=1 kHz)

Set the Signal Frequency following the ‘Half IF Table’, RF input Level = -30 dBm

<–70 dBc. (CF 6.2 GHz to 26.5 GHz, Ref= -30 dBm, Atten = 10 dB, RBW=1 kHz)

Set the Signal Frequency following the ‘IF Feed-Through Table’, RF input Level =

-30 dBm

<–60 dBm (A ttenuator = 10 dB) (RSA5103A/5106A)

<–90 dBm (A ttenuator = 10 dB) (RSA5115A/5126A)

Table 2

1: Spurious response with signal at center frequency (offset ≥ 400 kHz)

Span ≤ 25 MHz, Swept Spans > 25 MHz

For Option 40/85/110 25 MHz < Span ≤ 110 MHz

Frequency Speciﬁcation Typical Speciﬁcation Typical

1 MHz to 32 MHz (LF band)

30MHzto3GHz

3 GHz to 6.2 GHz (RSA5106A)

6.2 GHz to 15 GHz (RSA5115A)

15 GHz to 26 GHz (RSA5126A)

Center frequency ≥ 90 MHz for Options 40/85/110.

–80 dBc –85 dBc

–73 dBc –78 dBc –73 dB c –75 dBc

–70 dBc –73 dBc –70 dB c –73 dBc

–66 dBc –69 dBc –66 dB c –69 dBc

–– ––

Table 22: Spurious response with signal at center frequency (10 kHz ≤ offset ≤ 400 kHz)

Span ≤ 25 MHz,

wept Spans > 25 MHz

For Option 40/85

5MHz<Span≤ 85 MHz

Frequency Speciﬁcation Typical Speciﬁcation Typical

1 MHz to 32 MHz (LF band)

30MHzto3GHz

3 GHz to 6.2 GHz (RSA5106A)

––

–71 dBc

–73 dBc

–– ––

––

–73 dBc

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Table 22: Spurious response with signal at center frequency (10 kHz ≤ offset ≤ 400 kHz) (cont.)

Span ≤ 25 MHz, Swept Spans > 25 MHz

For Option 40/85 25 MHz < Span ≤ 85 MHz

Frequency Speciﬁcation Typical Speciﬁcation Typical

6.2 GHz to 15 GHz (RSA5106A)

15 GHz to 26.5 GHz (RSA5106A)

1 Center frequency ≥ 90 MHz for Options 40/85.

––

–70 dBc

–66 dBc

––

–70 dBc

–66 dBc

Table 23: Spurious response with signal at other than CF

Span ≤ 25 MHz, Swept Spans > 25 MHz

For Option 40/85 25 MHz < Span ≤ 85 MHz

Frequency Speciﬁcation Typical Speciﬁcation Typical

1 MHz to 32 MHz (LF band)

30MHzto3GHz

3 GHz to 6.2 GHz (RSA5106A)

6.2 GHz to 15 GHz (RSA 5115A)

15 GHz to 23.5 GHz (RSA5126A)

ter frequency ≥ 90 MHz for Options 40/85/110.

1Cen

––

–71 dBc

–73 dBc

–70 dBc

–66 dBc

–– ––

––

–73 dBc

–70 dBc

–66 dBc

Speciﬁcations

Table 24: Acquisition

Characteristic Description

Real-time Capture Bandwidth, nominal 25 MHz (RF, Standard Version)

40 MHz (RF, Option 40 Version)

85 MHz (RF, Option 85 Version)

110 MHz (RF, Option 110 Version)

Demodulation Bandwidth

A/D Converter, nominal 14 bits, 100 Ms/s (Standard Version)

25 MHz (RF, Standard Version)

40 MHz (RF, Option 40 Version)

85 MHz (RF, Option 85 Version)

110 MHz (RF, Option 110 Version)

14 bits, 100 Ms/s & 14 bits, 300 Ms/s (Option 40/85/110)

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Speciﬁcations

Table 24: Acquisition (cont.)

Characteristic Description

Sampling Rate and Available Memory time in RTSA/Time/Demod Mode, nominal

Minimum Acquisition Length in RTSA/Time/Demod M ode, nominal

Maximum Acquisition Length in RTSA/Time/Demod Mode (Acquisition BW Dependent), nominal

Acquisition Length Setting resolution in RTSA/Time/Demod M ode, nominal

Fast Frame Acquisition Mode

Acquisition BW

110 MHz (Option 110) 150 MS/s

85 MHz (Option 85) 150 MS/s

60 MHz (Option 85) 75 MS/s

40 MHz (Option 40/85) 75 MS/s

30 MHz (Option 40/85) 37.5 MS/s

25 MHz

20 MHz

10 MHz

5MHz

2MHz

1MHz

500 kHz

200 kHz

100 kHz

50 kHz

20 kHz

10 kHz

5kHz

2kHz

1kHz

500 Hz

200 Hz

100 Hz

64 samples

256,000,000 samples (Std.)

1,000,000,000 samples (Option 53)

1 sample

Up to 65,535 records can be stored in a single acquisition (for Pulse Measurements and Spectrogram Analysis)

Sample Rate (for IandQ)

50 MS/s

25 MS/s

12.5 MS/s

6.25 MS/s

3.125 MS/s

1.56 MS/s

781 kS/s

390 kS/s

195 kS/s

97.6 kS/s

48.8 kS/s

24.4 kS/s

12.2 kS/s

3.05 kS/s

1.52 kS/s

762 S/s

381 S/s

190 S/s

Record Length

1.79 s 7.15 s

3.58 s 14.31 s

7.16 s 28.63 s

4.77 s 19.08 s

9.54 s 38.17 s

19.08 s 76.35 s

38.17 s 152.7 s

42.9 s 171.8 s

85.8 s 343.5 s

171.7 s 687.1 s

343.5 s 1374 s

687.1 s 2748 s

1374 s 5497 s

2748 s 10955 s

5497 s 21990 s

10955 s 43980 s

43980 s 175921 s

87960 s 351843 s

175921 s 703687 s

351843 s 1407374 s

703686 s 2814749 s

Record Length (option 53)

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Table 24: Acquisition (cont.)

Characteristic Description

Acquisition Memory Size

Acq BW > 2.5 MHz (1 GB) (Std)

Acq BW ≤ 2.5 MHz (1 GB) (Std)

Acq BW > 2.5 MHz (4 Gbyte) (Option 53)

Acq BW ≤ 2.5 MHz (4 Gbyte) (Option 53)

256 MSamples

128 MSamples

1 GSamples

512 MSamples

Table 25: Amplitude vs. time

Characteristic Description

Time Scale (Zero Span), nominal 400 ns min to 2000 s max (Option 85) 1 μs min to 2000 s max (Standard)

Time Accuracy

Time Resolution

Time Linearity

±0.5% of total time

0.1% of total time

±0.5% of total time (measured at 11 equally-spaced points across the display, including the ends)

Speciﬁcations

Table 26: Trigger

Characteristic Description

Trigger Mode, Type, & Source, nominal

Trigger Event Types

Trigger Event Delay Range, nominal 20 ns to 60 s

Trigger Event Delay Resolution, nominal 20 ns

Trigger Event Delay U ncertainty, nominal ±20 ns

Pre/Post Trigger Setting, nominal Trigger Position is settable within 1% to 99% of Total Data Length

Modes:

Free Run (Triggered by the end of the preceding acq

Triggered (Triggered by Event)

Fast Frame (Triggered by Event, sequential storage of acquisitions)

Types:

Single (one acquisition from one trigger)

Continuous (repeated acquisitions from repeating triggers)

Sources:

RF Input

Trigger 1 (Front)

Trigger 2/ Gate (Rear)

Gated (Logical AND of the selected edge [rising or falling] of TRIG 1 and the selected level [LOW or HIG H] of TRIG 2)

Line

Power Level (IF Span BW after RBW and VBW ﬁlte

Frequency Mask (Option 52)

uisition)

rs)

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Speciﬁcations

Table 26: Trigger (cont.)

Characteristic Description

Power Trigger Level Range, nominal

Power Trigger Level Resolution, nominal 0.1 dB

Power Trigger Level Accuracy

Power Trigger Position Timing Uncertainty, typical

Power Trigger Bandwidth setting, nominal Not a n independent setting. This is set by the "Time Domain Bandwidth" control.

Trigger Re-arm Time, Minimum (Fast Frame ON)

Frequency Mask Trigger Mask Point Horizontal Resolution (Option 52), nominal

Frequency Mask Trigger Level Range (Option 52), nominal

Frequency Mask Trigger Level Resolution (Option 52), nominal

Frequency Mask Trigger Level Accuracy (Option 52) (with respect to Reference Level)

Frequency Mask Trigger Max Real-time Event Detection Bandwidth (Option 52), nominal

0 dB to –100 dB from Reference Level

±0.5 dB (level ≥ –50 dB from Reference Level) for trigger levels >30 dB above the noise ﬂoor

±1.5 dB (from –50 dB to –70 dB from Reference Level) for trigger levels >30 dB above the noise ﬂoor

This applies when the Trigger Level is between 10% and 90% of the signal amplitude

±12 ns for 25 MHz Acq BW using no trigger RB W

±15 ns for 25 MHz Acq BW using 20 MHz trigger RBW

±4 ns for 85/110 MHz Acq BW using no trigger RBW

±5 ns for 85/110 MHz Acq BW using 60 MHz trigger RBW

≤25 us, 10 MHz Acquisition BW

≤10 us, 40 MHz A cquisition BW (Opt 40 )

≤5 us, 85/110 MHz Acquisition BW (Opt 85/110 )

Speciﬁed for AUTO RBW and Acquisition settings.

<0.2% of span

0 to –80 dB from reference level

for spans ≤25 MHz (Standard)

for spans ≤40 MHz (Option 40), 85 MHz (Option 85), 110 MHz (Op tion 110)

0.1 dB

±(Channel Response Flatness + 1 dB) (for mask levels ≥ –50 dB) for masks >30 dB above the noise ﬂoor

±(Channel Response Flatness + 2.5 dB) (for mask levels of –50 dB to –70 dB) for masks >30 dB above the noise ﬂoor

25 MHz (1024 point FFT, 50% overlapping, Standard)

40 MHz (1024 point FFT, 50% overlapping, Option 40)

85 MHz (1024 point FFT, 50% overlapping, Option 85)

110 MHz (1024 point FFT, 50% overlapping, Option 110)

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Table 26: Trigger (cont.)

Characteristic Description

Frequency Mask Trigger Real-time Event Minimum Duration for 100% probability of trigger (Option 52), nominal

Frequency Mask Trigger Timing Uncertainty (Option 52)

External Trigger 1 Threshold Voltage, nominal

External Trigger 2 Threshold Voltage, nominal

External Trigger 1 Threshold Voltage Setting Resolution, nominal

External Trigger 1 Input Impedance, nominal

External Trigger 2 Input Impedance, nominal

External Trigger 1 Minimum Pulse Width (applies to 50 Ω Impedance only), nominal

External Trigger 2 to External Trigger 1 Minimum Delay, nominal

External Trigger 1 Timing Uncertainty (50 Ω impedance only)

>85 MHz to 110 MHz acquisition BW ±10 ns

>75 MHz to 85 MHz acquisition BW ±12 ns

>25 MHz to 75 MHz acquisition BW ±15 ns

Standard:

35.9 μs at 25 MHz span (Standard)

27.3 μs at 40 MHz span (Option 40)

23.9 μs at 85/110 MHz span (Option 85/110)

Option 09:

25.6 μs at 25 MHz span (Standard)

15.4 μs at 40 MHz span n (Option 40)

10.3 μs at 85/110 MHz span (Option 85/110)

Instrument Center Frequency ≥ 50 MHz

Standard:

±18 µs at 25 MHz span for base unit (Standard) RBW=AUTO

±14 μs at 40 MHz span (Option 40), RBW=AUTO

±12 μs at 85/110 MHz span (Option 85/110), RBW=AUTO

Option 09:

±12.8 µs at 25 MHz span for base unit (Standard) RBW=AUTO

±7.8 μs at 40 MHz span (Option 40), RBW=AUTO

±5.2 μs at 85/110 MHz span (Option 85/110), RB W =A UTO

Instrument Center Frequency ≥ 50 MHz

Variable: –2.5 V to +2.5 V settable

Fixed: TTL

0.01 V

Selectable: 50 Ω or 5 kΩ

Fixed: 5 kΩ

>5ns

>20ns

This is the time from the rising edge of the external gate signal to the rising edge of the external trigger signal needed to guarantee a trigger will be accepted. This speciﬁcation also applies from the falling edge of the external trigger signal to the falling edge of the external gate signal.

±20 ns>20 MHz to 25 MHz acquisition BW

Instrument Center Frequency ≥ 50 MHz.

Speciﬁcations

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Speciﬁcations

Table 26: Trigger (cont.)

Characteristic Description

Trigger Output Voltage, nominal (Output Current < 1 mA)

Trigger Output Impedance, nominal 50 Ω

Power Trigger Output Position Timing Uncertainty

Trigger Re-arm Time, minimum 10 MHz Acquisition BW: ≤ 25 µs

27: Trigger (with Option 200)

Table

HIGH: > 2.0 V

LOW: < 0.4 V

±2 sample points (Decimated clock periods, refer to the following table)

This trigger has no speciﬁed timing relation to the signal at the RF input. For a given instrument setup, the delay from the RF input to this trigger output will be the same within the uncertainty given in this speciﬁcation. The time delay can be measured for aspeciﬁc instrument setup and it will be stable as long as the setup is not changed. If the setup changes, the delay should be measured again.

40 MHz Acquisition BW (O pt. 40): ≤ 10 µs

85 MHz Acquisition BW (Opt. 85): ≤ 5µs

110 MHz Acquisition BW (Opt. 110): ≤ 4µs

Characteristic Description

er Event Types

Trigg

Power Trigger Minimum Event

ation, nominal

Dur

Frequency Edge Trigger Range, nominal

Frequency Edge Trigger Timing Uncertainty, nominal

Frequency Mask Trigger Maximum Real-time Event Detection Bandwidth

Option 52)

(

Power Level (IF Span BW after RBW and VBW ﬁlters)

Frequency Mask (Option 52)

tatistics Trigger

DPX S

Runt Trigger (applies to Power Level Trigger)

Time-Qualiﬁed Trigger

doff Trigger

Hol

s (Acq BW = 85/100 MHz, no TDBW, Option 85/110)

12 n

25 ns (Acq BW = 40 MHz, no TDBW, Option 40)

40 ns (Acq BW = 25 MHz, no TDBW, Standard)

±(1/2 x (ACQ BW or TDBW if TDBW is active))

Same as power trigger position timing uncertainty.

25 MHz (1024 point FFT, 50% overlapping, Standard)

5 MHz (1024 point FFT, 50% overlapping, Option 85)

110 MHz (1024 point FFT, 50% overlapping, Option 110)

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Table 27: Trigger (with Option 200) (cont.)

Characteristic Description

Frequency Mask Trigger Real-time Event Minimum Duration for 100% probability of trigger (Option 52), typical

Frequency Mask Trigger Timing Uncertainty

Runt Trigger Level Range, nominal

Runt Trigger Level Resolution, nominal

Runt Trigger Polarity, nominal Too short

Runt Trigger Level Accuracy

Runt Trigger Position Timing Uncertainty

DPX Statistics Trigger Minimum Detectable Trigger Event Duration, typical

DPX Statistics Trigger Threshold Setting Range, nominal

Option 85/110, span = 85/110 MHz Standard Unit, span = 25 MHz

FMT RBW

10 MHz 17.3 3.7 5 MHz 17.7 4

1 MHz 19.5 5.8 1 MHz 19.4 5.8

100 kHz 37.6 37.6 100 kHz 37.7 27.5

Option 40, span = 40 MHz

FMT RBW

5 MHz 17.5 3.9

1 MHz 19.4 5.8

300 kHz 25 11.4

100 kHz 37.6 30.8

Standard:

±9.8 µs at 25 MHz span base unit (Standard), R BW=AUTO

±9.8 µs at 40 MHz span (Option 40), RBW=AUTO

±9.8 μs at 85/110 MHz span (Option 85/110) RBW=AUTO

Option 09:

±3 µs at 25 MHz span base unit (Standard), RBW=AUTO

±3 µs at 40 MHz span (Option 40), RBW=AUTO

±3 μs at 85/110 MHz span (Option 85/110) RBW=AUTO

Instrument Center Frequency ≥ 50 MHz

Same as Power Trigger Level Range

Same as Power Trigger Level Resolution

Not fully off

Same as Power Trigger Level Accuracy

This applies when the Runt Trigger Level is between 10% and 90% of the signal amplitude.

Same as Power Trigger Position Timing Uncertainty

Same as DPX Min Signal Duration for 100% probability of intercept

0% – 100%

Minimum event duration (µs)

Standard Option 09

Minimum event duration (µs)

Standard Option 09

Speciﬁcations

FMT RBW

10 kHz 267.8 267.8

Minimum event duration (µs)

Standard Option 09

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Speciﬁcations

Table 27: Trigger (with Option 200) (cont.)

Characteristic Description

DPX Statistics Trigger Area of Interest Range, nominal

DPX Statistics Trigger Area of Interest Resolution, nominal

DPX Statistics Trigger Area of Interest Accuracy, nominal

DPX Statistics Trigger Timing Uncertainty, nominal

Time Qualiﬁed Trigger Source

Time Qualiﬁed Trigger Type, nominal Shorter or

Time Qualiﬁed Trigger (minimum or maximum) Time Range, nominal

Time Qualiﬁed Trigger (Minimum or Maximum) Time Resolution

2 to 801 pixels (horizontal) x 2 to 201 pixels (vertical)

2 pixels, horizontal or vertical

Horizontal: ±0.25% of Span

Vertical: ±(2 X DPX amplitude accuracy)

For a signal events less than 40 ms, where DPX RBW = AUTO and Density = Higher:

Uncertainty = –(Signal Event Duration + DPX Minimum Event Duration) to +(DPX Minimum Event Duration)

For Span = 85/110 MHz:

Uncertainty = –(Signal Event Duration + 10.3 µs) to +10.3 us

For Span = 25 MHz:

Uncertainty = –(Signal Event Duration + 23.9 µs) to +23.9 µs

For signal events 40 ms or longer, the timing uncertainty is not speciﬁed.

For Density = Lower, the timing uncertainty is not speciﬁed.

Instrument Center Frequency ≥ 50 MHz

Power Trigger or

Frequency Mask Trigger or

DPX Statistics Trigger or

Runt Trigger or

External Trigger or

Gated

Longer or

Inside or

Outside

Reference information: INSIDE means the measured time of the source event is greater than or equal to the minimum time AND less than or equal to the maximum time.

OUTSIDE means the measured time of the source event is less than the minimum time OR greater than the maximum time

0nsto10s

Trigger Source is not EXTERNAL: 6.7 ns

Trigger Source is EXTERNAL:

SPAN ≤25 MHz: 20 ns

25 MHz < SPAN ≤ 110 MHz: 6. 7 ns

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Table 27: Trigger (with Option 200) (cont.)

Characteristic Description

Time Qualiﬁed Trigger (minimum or maximum) Time Accuracy, nominal

Holdoff Trigger ON or OFF

Holdoff Trigger Source Applied to any allowed combination of trigger source and time qualiﬁcation

Holdoff Trigger Time Range, nominal

Holdoff Trigger Time Resolution, nominal

For Power Trigger:

±[(2 X Power Trigger Position Timing Uncertainty) + 6.7 ns];

All conditions for Power Trigger Position timing uncertainty must be met

For FMT:

±[(2 X Frequency Mask Timing Uncertainty) + 6.7 ns];

All conditions for Frequency Mask Trigger timing uncertainty must be met

For DPX Statistics Trigger:

±42 ms;

For External Trigger SPAN ≤ 25 MHz:

±[(2 X External Trigger Timing Uncertainty) + 20 ns];

All conditions for External Trigger Timing uncertainty must be met

For External Trigger 25 MHz < SPAN ≤ 110 MHz :

±[(2 X External Trigger Timing Uncertainty) + 6.7 ns];

All conditions for External Trigger Timing uncertainty must be met

Instrument Center Frequency ≥ 50 MHz

Reference Information: Holdoff Trigger means triggers will be held off until a period of time equal to or greater than the Holdoff Trigger Time occurs with no trigger events; once the Holdoff timer has expired, a trigger will be generated on the next trigger event

20 ns to 10 s

Trigger Source is not EXTERNAL: 6.7 ns

Trigger Source is EXTERNAL:

SPAN ≤40 MHz: 20 ns

40 MHz < SPAN ≤ 11 0 MHz: 6.7 ns

Speciﬁcations

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Speciﬁcations

Table 27: Trigger (with Option 200) (cont.)

Characteristic Description

Holdoff Trigger Time Accuracy, nominal

For Power Trigger:

±(Power Trigger Position Timing Uncertainty + 6.7 ns);

All conditions for Power Trigger Position Timing Uncertainty must be met

For FMT:

±(Frequency Mask Trigger Timing Uncertainty + 6.7 ns);

All conditions for Frequency Mask Trigger Timing Uncertainty must be met

For DPX Statistics Trigger:

±42 ms;

For External Trigger SPAN ≤ 25 MHz:

±(External Trigger Timing Uncertainty + 20 ns);

All conditions for External Trigger Timing uncertainty must be met

For External Trigger 25 MHz < SPAN ≤ 85/110 MHz:

±(External Trigger Timing Uncertainty + 6.7 ns);

All conditions for External Trigger Timing Uncertainty must be met

If Time Qualiﬁed Trigger is used, the Accuracy value increases to 2X the number given above for the speciﬁed trigger source.

Table 28: Resolution bandwidth ﬁlter (SA mode)

cteristic

Chara

er Shape, nominal

Filt

Bandwidth Accuracy

Range, nominal

Resolution, nominal

Minimum Settable RBW, nominal See the following table

Shape Factor, typical 4.1:1 (60 dB:3 dB) (±10%)

iption

Descr

sian-like (Actual ﬁlter shape is Kaiser with β = 16.72)

Gaus

(Auto-coupled)

1.0%

the following table

See

, 3, 5 (for sequence selection)

1, 2

1% (for user-entry mode)

Table 29: Range and settable RBW (SA mode)

Frequency Domain Resolution Bandwidth Range

Acquisition BW Maximum RBW Minimum RBW

110 MHz (Option 85)

85 MHz (Option 85)

60 MHz (Option 85)

25 MHz 5 MHz 100 Hz

20 MHz 4 MHz 100 Hz

10 MHz 2 MHz 10 Hz

5 MHz 1 MHz 10 Hz

10 MHz 100 Hz

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Table 29: Range and settable RBW (SA mode) (cont.)

Frequency Domain Resolution Bandwidth Range

Acquisition BW Maximum RBW Minimum RBW

2.5 MHz 500 kHz 10 Hz

1.25 MHz 250 kHz 1 Hz

625 kHz 125 kHz 1 Hz

312.5 kHz 62.5 kHz 1 Hz

156.25 kHz 31.2 kHz 0.1 Hz

78.125 kHz 15.6 kHz 0.1 Hz

39.0625 kHz 7.8 kHz 0.1 Hz

19.53125 kHz 3.9 kHz 0.1 Hz

9.765625 kHz 1.9 kHz 0.1 Hz

4.8828125 kHz 976 Hz 0.1 Hz

2.44140625 kHz 488 Hz 0.1 Hz

1.220703125 kHz 244 Hz 0.1 Hz

610.3515625 Hz 122 Hz 0.1 Hz

305.17578125 Hz 61 Hz 0.1 Hz

152.587890625 Hz 30 Hz 0.1 Hz

Speciﬁcations

Table 30: Resolution bandwidth ﬁlter (time-domain mode)

Characteristic Description

Filter Shape, nominal Gaussian-like (Actual ﬁlter shape is Kaiser with b = 16.72)

Shape Factor, typical 4.1:1 (60 dB:3 dB) (±10%) for ﬁltersupto10MHz

< approximately 2.5:1 (60 dB:3 dB) for ﬁlters >10 MHz to 60 MHz

Range, nominal

Bandwidth Accuracy

Resolution, nominal

Minimum Settable RBW, nominal See the following table

See the following table

1 Hz to 10 MHz = 1% (Auto-coupled)

20 MHz & 60 MHz = 10%

1, 2, 3, 5 (plus 60 MHz for Option 85) (for sequence selection) 1% (for user-entry mode)

Table 31: Range and settable RBW (time-domain mode)

Time Domain Trigger And

Acquisition BW Maximum TD BW Minimum TDBW

85/110 MHz (Opt 85110)

60 MHz (Opt 85)

25MHz 10MHz 4kHz

20 MHz 2.5 MHz 2 kHz

10MHz 1.25MHz 1kHz

60 MHz 11 kHz

7.5MHz 6kHz

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Speciﬁcations

Table 31: Range and settable RBW (time-domain mode) (cont.)

Time Domain Trigger And

Acquisition BW Maximum TDBW Minimum TDBW

5 MHz 625 kHz 500 Hz

2.5 MHz 312.5 kHz 250 Hz

1.25 MHz 156.25 kHz 125 Hz

625 kHz 78.125 kHz 62.5 Hz

312.5 kHz 39.0625 kHz 31.25 Hz

156.25 kHz 19.53125 kHz 15.625 Hz

78.125 kHz 9.765625 kHz 7.8125 Hz

39.0625 kHz 4.8828125 kHz 3.90625 Hz

19.53125 kHz 2.44140625 kHz 1.953125 Hz

9.765625 kHz 1.220703125 Hz 1 H z

4.8828125 kHz 610.3515625 Hz 1 Hz

2.44140625 kHz 305.17578125 Hz 1 Hz

1.220703125 kHz 152.587890625 Hz 1 Hz

610.3515625 Hz 76.2939453125 Hz 1 Hz

305.17578125 Hz 38.14697265625 Hz 1 H z

152.587890625 Hz 19.073486328125 Hz 1 Hz

Time Domain Trigger bandwidth can always be set to "Wide Open", equal to the a cquisition BW

Table 32: Video bandwidth ﬁlters

Characteristic Description

Range, typical

RBW/VBW Ratio, typical

Resolution, typical

Accuracy, ty pical

1 Hz to 5 MHz, or no VBW ﬁltering at all

10,000:1, maximum

5% of entered value

± 10%

Table 33: Preamp (Option 50/51)

Characteristic Description

Noise Figure

Bandwidth

Gain, nominal 18 dB at 2 GHz (Opt. 50)

<7 dB at 2 GHz (Opt. 50)

<10 dB at 15 GHz (O pt. 51)

<13 dB at 26.5 GHz (Opt. 51)

1 MHz to 6.2 GHz (Opt. 50)

1 MHz to 26.5 GHz (Opt. 51)

20 dB at 10 GHz (Opt. 51)

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Speciﬁcations

Table 34: Digit

Characteristic Min Max

Differential Output voltage magnitude (R = 100 Ω )

Steady state common mode output voltage

LVDS signaling - ANSI EIA/TIA-644 standard

al IQ output

LOAD

247 mV 454 mV

1.125 V 1.375 V

Table 35: 28 Volt noise source drive output

Characteristic Description

Output Level, nominal 28 VDC @ 140 mA

Electrical Functional Speciﬁcations

Table 36 :

Characteristic Description

Power an Functions, nominal

Time Domain and Statistical Measurement Functions, nominal

Analog Modulation Analysis, nominal

Audio Analysis (Option 10)

Measurement function

d Frequency Domain Measurement

Channel Power Adjacent Channel Power

carrier Adjacent Channel Power/Leakage Ratio

MultiOccupied Bandwidth xdB Down dBm/Hz dBc/Hz Marker

RF I/Q vs. Time Power vs. Time Freq Phase vs. Time CCDF Peak

%Am Frequency Modulation (±peak, +peak to –peak, rms, peak-peak/2, frequency error) Phase Modulation (±peak, rms, +peak to –peak)

Carrier Power Au Modulation Depth (+peak, -peak, pk-pk/2, RMS) SINAD M S/N Total Harmonic Distortion T Hum and Noise

Marker

uency vs. Time

-to-Average Ratio

plitude Modulation (+, –, rms, modulation depth)

dio Frequency

odulation Distortion

otal Non-Harmonic Distortion

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Speciﬁcations

Table 36: Measurement function (cont.)

Characteristic Description

Direct

Phase Noise and Jitter Measurements (Option 11)

Frequency and Phase Settling Measurements (Option 12)

Carrier Power Frequency Error Audio Frequency Deviation (+peak, -peak, pk-pk/2, RMS) SINAD Modulation Distortion S/N Total Harmonic Distortion Total Non-Harmonic Distortion Hum and Noise

Carrier Power Carrier Frequency Error Audio Frequency Deviation (+peak, -peak, pk-pk/2, RMS) SINAD Modulation Distortion S/N Total Harmonic Distortion Total Non-Harmonic Distortion Hum and Noise

Signal Power Audio Frequency (+peak, -peak, pk-pk/2, RMS) SINAD Modulation Distortion S/N Total Harmonic Distortion Total Non-Harmonic Distortion Hum and Noise

Phase Noise vs. Frequency Offset Carrier Power Frequency Error RMS Phase Noise Integrated Jitter Residual FM

Frequency Settling Time Phase Settling Time

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Table 36: Measurement function (cont.)

Characteristic Description

Advanced Measurements Suite (Option 20), nominal

General Purpose Digital Modulation Analysis (Option 21), nominal

Average On Power Peak Power Average Transmitted Power Pulse Width Rise Time Fall Time Repetition Interval (seconds) Repetition Interval (Hz) Duty Factor (%) Duty Factor (ratio) Ripple (dB) Ripple (%) Droop (dB) Droop (%) Overshoot (dB) Overshoot (%) Pulse-to-Pulse Frequency Difference, Pulse-to-Pulse Phase Difference RMS Frequency Error, Max Frequency Error RMS Phase Error Max Phase Error Frequency Deviation Phase Deviation Impulse Response (dB) Impulse Response (time) Time Stamp

Constellation Error Vector Magnitude (EVM) vs. Time (RMS Peak) Magnitude Error vs. Time (RMS/Peak) Phase Error vs. Time (RMS/Peak) Signal Quality (EVM RMS/Peak)

EVM (RMS/Peak), Location Magnitude Error (RMS/Peak), Location Phase Error (RMS/Peak), Location Waveform Quality (RHO) Modulation Error Rate (MER) RMS Frequency Offset IQ Origin Offset Gain Imbalance

Quadrature Error

Symbol Table

Speciﬁcations

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Speciﬁcations

minal

by domain

Spectrum (Amplitude vs. Frequency)

DPX™ Spectrum Display (Live RF color-graded spectrum)

Spectrogram

Channel Power and ACPR

MCPR

Occupied Ba

Spurious

Frequency v

Amplitude vs. Time

Phase vs. Time

RF I&Q vs. T

Time Overview

CCDF

Peak-Ave

Phase Noise

Frequen

Phase Settling

Pulse R

Pulse Trace (Selectable by pulse number)

Pulse Statistics (Trend of Pulse Results and FFT of Trend)

Constellation Diagram

I/Q vs

EVM vs. Time

Symbol Table (Binary or Hexadecimal)

Demo

Eye Diagram

Trellis Diagram

Fre

rage-Ratio

cy Settling

esults Table

.Time

dulated IQ vs. Time

quency Deviation vs. Time

Table 37: Views

Characteristic Description

Frequency, no

Time and Statistics, nominal

Phase Noise and Jitter Measurements

11)

(Option

Frequen Measurements (Option 12)

Advanced Measurements Suite (Option 20), nominal

General Purpose Digital Modulation Analysis (Opti

cy and Phase Settling

on 21), nominal

(Amplitude vs. Frequency over Time)

ndwidth

s. Time

ime

Table 38: Analog demodulation accuracy

Characteristic Description

Amplitude vs. Time Accuracy, typical

Phase vs. Time Accuracy, typical

Frequency vs. Time Accuracy, typical

±1%

(–10 dBfs Input at center, 5% to 95% Modulation Depth)

±0.1° for modulations <180°, and rates <500 kHz.

(–10 dBfs Input at center)

±0.1% of Span for deviations < 2 MHz, and modulation frequencies < 500 kHz.

(–10 dBfs Input at center)

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Speciﬁcations

Table 39: Gener

Characteristic Description

AM Demodulati

PM Demodula

FM Demodulation Accuracy, typical

al Purpose Analog modulation accuracy

on Accuracy, typical

tion Accuracy, typical

±2%

(0 dBm Input at center, Carrier Frequency 1 GHz, 10 to 60 % Modulation Depth; 1kHz/5kHzIn 10 dBm, Atten = Auto)

±3°

(0 dBm Input at center; C arrier Frequency 1 GHz, 400 Hz/1 kHz Input/Modulated Frequency;

±1% of Span

(0 dBm Input at center; Carrier Frequency 1 GHz, 1 kHz/5 kHz Input/Modulated Frequency, 0 dBm Input Power Level, Reference Level 10 dBm, Atten = Auto )

put/Modulated frequency; 0 dBm Input Power Level, Reference Level

0 dBm Input Power Level, Reference Level 10 dBm, Atten=Auto)

Table 40: General purpose digital modulation analysis (Option 21)

Characteristic Description

Carrier Type, nominal Continuous, Burst (5 μs minimum on-time)

Analysis Period, nominal Up to 80,000 samples

Modulation Format Presets, nominal

Measurement Filter, nominal

Reference Filter, nominal Gaussian, Raised Cosine, Rectangular, IS-95 baseband, SBPSK-MIL, SOQPSK-MIL,

Filter Rolloff Factor, nominal

Maximum Symbol Rate, nominal 100 Ms/s (Option 21)

Standard Setup Presets, nominal

Measurement Functions, nominal

Vector Diagram Display Format, nominal

Constellation Diagram Display Format, nominal

Eye Diagram Display Format, nominal None

Error Vector Diagram Display Format, nominal

Symbol Table Display Format, nominal

π/2 DBPSK, BPSK, SBPSK, QPSK, DQPSK, π/4 DQPSK, D8PSK, 8PSK, OQPSK, SOQPSK, CPM, 16QAM, 32QAM, 64QAM, 256QAM, MSK, GFSK, 2FSK, 4FSK, 8FSK, 16FSK, C4FM

Root Raised Cosine, Raised Cosine, Gaussian, Rectangular, IS-95, IS-95 B ase EQ, C4FM-P25, half sine, None, User deﬁned

SOQPSK-ARTM, None, User deﬁned

α : 0.001 to 1, 0.001 step

None

Constellation, EVM, Symbol Table

Symbol/Locus Display,

Frequency Error Measurement,

Origin Offset Measurement

Symbol Display,

Frequency Error Measurement,

Origin Offset Measurement

EVM, Magnitude Error, Phase Error,

Waveform Quality (r) Measurement

Frequency Error Measurement

Origin Offset Measurement

Binary, Hexadecimal

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Speciﬁcations

Table 41: Digit

Characteristic Description

QPSK Residual EVM, typical

256 QAM Residual EVM, typical

OQPSK Residual EVM,

cal

typi

S-OQPSK (MIL) Residual

VM, typical

S-OQPSK (MIL) Residual EVM, typical

S-OQPSK (ARTM) Residual EVM, typical

S-BPSK (MIL) Residual EVM, typical

al demodulation accuracy (Option 21)

CF 2 GHz

Symbol Rate

CF 2 GHz

Symbol Rate

CF 2 GHz

Symbol Rate

Reference Filter: Raised Cosine, Measurement Filter: Root Raised Cosine, Filter Parameter: Alpha = 0.3

Symbol Rate

Reference Filter: MIL STD, Measurement Filter: None

CF 2 GHz

Reference Filter: MIL STD, Measurement Filter: None

Symbol Rate

Reference Filter: ARTM STD, Measurement Filter: None

CF 2 GHz

Symbol Rate

Reference Filter: ARTM STD, Measurement Filter: None

Symbol Rate

Reference Filter: MIL STD, Measurement Filter: None

100 kHz

1MHz

10 MHz

30 MHz

60 MHz

80 MHz

10 MHz

30 MHz

60 MHz

80 MHz

100 k

1MH

10 M

kHz

20 kHz

100 kHz

1MHz

4kHz

20 kHz

100 kHz

1MHz

4kHz

0.35%

0.5%

1.0% (Option 85 only)

1.5% (Option 85 only)

1.5% (Option 110 only)

0.5%

1.0% (Option 40/85 only)

1.0% (Option 85/110 only)

1.0% (Option 110 only)

0.5%

1.1%

0MHz

0.6%

0.5%

250 MHz

0.6%

0.5%

250 MHz

0.4%

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Table 41: Digital demodulation accuracy (Option 21) (cont.)

Characteristic Description

S-BPSK (MIL) Residual E VM, typical

CPM (MIL) Residual E VM, typical

Residual RMS FSK Error, typical

CF 2 GHz

Symbol Rate

Reference Filter: MIL STD, M easurement Filter: None

Symbol Rate

Reference Filter: MIL STD, M easurement Filter: None

CF 2 GHz

Symbol Rate

Reference Filter: MIL STD, M easurement Filter: None

CF 2 GHz2/4/8/16 FSK

Symbol Rate

20 kHz

100 kHz

1MHz

4kHz

20 kHz

100 kHz

1MHz

10 kHz

0.5%

250 MHz

0.6%

0.5%

0.6%

Speciﬁcations

Table 42: OFDM measurement (Option 22)

Characteristic Description

OFDM Maximum Residual EVM (RMS)

(802.11a/g/j OFDM and 802.16-2004), typical

–45 dB at 2.4 GHz

–43 dB at 5.8 GHz

Table 43: WLAN 802.11a/b/g/j/p Tx measurement (Option 23)

Characteristic Description

OFDM Maximum Residual EVM (RMS)

(802.11a/g/j/p OFDM), typical

OFDM Maximum Residual EVM (RMS)

(802.11a/g/j/p OFDM), typical-mean

OFDM Maximum Residual EVM (RMS)

(802.11b OFDM), typical

OFDM Maximum Residual EVM (RMS)

(802.11b OFDM), typical-mean

–49 dB at 2.4 GHz

–48 dB at 5.8 GHz

–51 dB at 2.4 GHz

–49 dB at 5.8 GHz

–39.3 dB (1.1%)

–40.5 dB (0.95%)

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Speciﬁcations

Table 44: WLAN 8

Characteristic Description

OFDM Maximum Residual EVM (RMS)

(802.11n OFDM) 40 MHz BW, typical

OFDM Maximum Residual EVM (RMS)

(802.11n OF

DM) 40 MHz BW, typical-mean

02.11n Tx measurement (Option 24)

–49 dB at 2.4 GHz

–45 dB at 5.8 GHz

–50 dB at 2.4 GHz

–47 dB at 5.8

Table 45: WLAN 802.11ac Tx measurement (Option 25)

Characteristic Description

OFDM Maximum Residual EVM (RMS)

(802.11ac OFDM), typical

OFDM Maximum Residual EVM (RMS)

(802.11ac OFDM), typical-mean

Table 46

Characteristic Description

ACLR (3GPP Down Link, 1 DPCH) (2130 MHz), typical

: ACLR measurement

–45 dB at 20 MHz and 40 MHz BW

–42 dB at 80 MHz BW

–47.5 dB at 20 MHz and 40 MHz BW

–44.6 dB at 80 MHz BW

–69 dBc (Adjacent Channel)

–80 dBc w/Noise Correction ACPR (Adjacent Channel)

c (First Alternate Channel)

–70 dB

–82 dBc w/Noise Correction (First Alternate Channel)

GHz

Table 47: Digital phosphor spectrum processing (DPx)

Characteristic Description

Spectrum Processing Rate, nominal 48,833 per second (Span Independent)

292,000 per second (Span Independent) (Option 200)

Min Signal Duration for 100% Probability of Trigger, typical

Standard instrument

30.7 μs (Standard, Option 40)

10.3 μs (Option 85/110, instrument center frequency ≥ 50 MHz)

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Table 47: Digital phosphor spectrum processing (DPx) (cont.)

Characteristic Description

Frequency Mask Trigger

Real-time Event Min Signal Duration for 100% Probability of Trigger, typical

Option 52

Span Range, nominal 100 Hz to 25 MHz (Standard)

RBW Settings, nominal

Acquisition Bandwidth

110 MHz (Option 110)

85 MHz (Option 85)

60 MHz (Option 85)

40 MHz (Option 40/85)

25 MHz 200 kHz 5.57 MHz 3.80 kHz 3.8 MHz

20 MHz 99.6 kHz 2.79 MHz 3.04 kHz 3.0 MHz

10 MHz 49.8 kHz 1.39 MHz 1.52 kHz 1.52 MHz

5 MHz 24.9 kHz 697 kHz 760 Hz 760 kHz

2 MHz 12.5 kHz 348 kHz 304 Hz 304 kHz

1 MHz 6.22 kHz 174 kHz 152 Hz 152 kHz

500 kHz 3.11 kHz 87.1 kHz 76 Hz 76.0 kHz

200 kHz 1.56 kHz 43.5 kHz 30.4 Hz 30.4 kHz

100 kHz 778 Hz 21.8 kHz 15.2 Hz 15.2 kHz

50 kHz 389 Hz 10.9 kHz 7.6 Hz 7.6 kHz

20 kHz 195 Hz 5.44 kHz 3.04 Hz 3.04 kHz

10 kHz 97.2 Hz 2.72 kHz 1.52 Hz 1.52 kHz

5 kHz 48.6 Hz 1.36 kHz 0.760 Hz 760 Hz

Standard, Span = 25 MHz Option 40, Span = 40 MHz

FMT RBW Minimum event

duration (μs)

5MHz 4.0 5MHz 3.9

1MHz 5.8 1MHz 5.8

100 kHz 27.5 300 kHz 11.4

10 kHz 267.8 100 kHz 30.8

Option 85/110, Span = 85/110 MHz

FMT RBW Minimum event

duration (μs)

10 MHz 3.7

1MHz 5.8

100 kHz 37.6

100 Hz to 40 MHz (Option 40)

100 Hz to 85 MHz (Option 85)

100 Hz to 110 MHz (Option 110)

RBW (Min) RBW (Max) RBW (Min)

640 kHz 10 MHz 16.7 kHz 10 MHz

598 kHz 10 MHz 12.9 kHz 10 MHz

299 kHz 8.36 MHz 9.1 kHz 9.1 MHz

299 kHz 8.36 MHz 6.1 kHz 6.0 MHz

FMT RBW Minimum event

10 kHz 294.5

Option 200

Speciﬁcations

duration (μs)

RBW (Max)

Option 200

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Table 47: Digital phosphor spectrum processing (DPx) (cont.)

Characteristic Description

2 kHz 12.2 Hz 340 Hz 0.304 Hz 304 Hz

1 kHz 6.08 Hz 170 Hz 0.152 Hz 152 Hz

500 Hz 3.04 Hz 85 Hz 0.100 Hz 76 Hz

200 Hz 1.52 Hz 42 Hz 0.100 Hz 30 Hz

100 Hz 0.760 Hz 21 Hz 0.100 Hz 15 Hz

RBW Accuracy

Span Accuracy

(Option 200)

Amplitude Accuracy

(Option 200)

Zerospan, Frequency, or Phase Measurement BW Range, nominal

Zerospan, Frequency, or Phase Time Domain BW (TDBW) Range, nominal

Zerospan, Frequency, or Phase Time Domain BW (TDBW) Accuracy, nominal

Zerospan, Frequency, or Phase Sweep Time Range, nominal

Zerospan, Frequency, or Phase Sweep Time Accuracy, nominal

Zerospan Amplitude Range, nominal +130 dBm to -270 dBm

Zerospan Trigger Timing Uncertainty, nominal

DPX Frequency R ange ±100 MHz

±1%

±0.5 dB

Reference Information: This speciﬁcation is in addition to the overall amplitude accuracy uncertainty for spectrum analysis mode, and includes any channel ﬂatness degradation caused by the real-time ﬂatness correction in DPX mode. Measured using the DPX average trace.

Decimation of 2

0 ≤ N ≤ 20

Maximum – (See Table 31.)

Minimum ≤ 15 Hz for Sample Rate ≤ 150 MS/s

Minimum ≤ 5HzforSampleRate≤ 50 MS/s

Minimum = 1 Hz for Sample Rate ≤ 6.25 MS /s

±1%

100 ns minimum

1 s maximum, Measurement BW > 60 MHz

2000 s maximum, Measurement BW ≤ 60 MHz

±(0.5% + Reference Frequency Accuracy)

± (Zerospan Sweep Time/800)

Reference Information: Only valid if using Power Trigger and only valid at trigger point.

For example:

±100 ns/800 or ±125 ps for a 100 ns sweep time

±100 µs/800 or ±125 ps for a 100 µs sweep time

from Sample Rate (after DIFP decimation). Minimum B W = 100 Hz

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Table 47: Digital phosphor spectrum processing (DPx) (cont.)

Characteristic Description

DPX Frequency Timing Uncertainty, nominal

Phase Range ±200 degrees

DPX Spectrogram Performance (DPXogram)

Span range

DPXogram trace detection

DPXogram trace length 801 to 4001 points

DPXogram memory depth Trace Length = 801: 60,000 traces

Time resolution per line 110 µs to 6400 µs, user settable

Maximum recording time vs. line resolution

Instrument Center Frequency ≥ 50 MHz

± (Frequency Sweep Time/800)

Reference Information: Only valid if using Frequency Edge Trigger and only valid at the trigger point.

For example:

±100 ns/800 or ±125 ps for a 100 ns sweep time

±100 ns/800 or ±125 ps for a 100 µs sweep time

100 Hz to Maximum acquisition bandwidth

+Peak, -Peak, Avg (Vrms)

Trace Length = 2401: 20,000 traces Trace Length = 4001: 12,000 traces

6.6 seconds (801 points/trace, 110 µs/line) to

4444 days (801 points/trace, 6400 s/line)

Speciﬁcations

Table 48: Frequency Settling Time measurement (Option 12)

Measurement frequency, averages Settled Frequency Uncertainty at stated measurement bandwidth

110/85 MHz BW 10 MHz BW 1 MHz BW 100 kHz BW

1GHz

Single measurement

2 kHz 100 Hz 10 Hz 1 Hz

100 Averages 200 Hz 10 Hz 1 Hz 0.1 Hz

1000 Averages 50 Hz 2 Hz 1 Hz 0.05 Hz

10 GHz

Single measurement

5 kHz 100 Hz 10 Hz 5 Hz

100 Averages 300 Hz 10 Hz 1 Hz 0.5 Hz

1000 Averages 100 Hz 5 Hz 0.5 Hz 0.1 Hz

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Table 48: Frequency Settling Time measurement (Option 12)1(cont.)

Measurement frequency, averages Settled Frequency Uncertainty at stated measurement bandwidth

110/85 MHz BW 10 MHz BW 1 MHz BW 100 kHz BW

20 GHz

Single measurement

100 Averages 200 Hz 10 Hz 1 Hz 0.5 Hz

1000 Averages 100 Hz 5 Hz 0.5 Hz 0.2 Hz

Reference information: Measured input signal > –20 dBm, Attenuator: Auto

Settled Frequency Uncertainty, 95% conﬁdence.

2 kHz 100 Hz 10 Hz 5 Hz

Table 49: AM/FM/PM and Direct audio measurements (Option 10)

Characteristic Description Reference information

Analog dem od ulation

Carrier frequency range (for modulation and audio measurements)

Maximum audio frequency span

½ × (Audio Analysis Bandwidth) to maximum input frequency

10 MHz

Audio ﬁlters

Low Pass (kHz)

0.3, 3, 15, 30, 80, 300, and user-entered up to 0.9 × audio bandwidth

High Pass (Hz)

20, 50, 300, 400, and user-entered up to

0.9 × audio bandwidth

Standard CCITT, C-Message

De-emphasis (µs)

File

25, 50, 75, 750, and user-entered

User-supplied .txt or .csv ﬁle of amplitude/frequency pairs. Up to 1000 amplitude/frequency pairs supported.

FM modulation analysis

FM carrier power accuracy, typical ±0.85 dB

Carrier frequency: 10 MHz to 2 GHz

Input power: -20 to 0 dBm

FM carrier frequency accuracy, typical ±0.5 Hz + (transmitter frequency ×

Deviation: 1 to 10 kHz

reference frequency error)

FM deviation accuracy, typical

± (1% of (rate + deviation) + 50 Hz)

Rate: 1 kHz to 1 MHz

FM rate accuracy, typical ±0.2 Hz Deviation: 1 to 100 kHz

FM residual THD, typical

0.10%

Rate: 1 to 10 kHz

Deviation: 5 kHz

FM residual distortion, typical

0.13%

Rate: 1 to 10 kHz

Deviation: 5 kHz

FM residual SINAD, typical

58 dB Rate: 1 to 10 kHz

Deviation: 5 kHz

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Table 49: AM/FM/PM and Direct audio measurements (Option 10)1(cont.)

Characteristic Description Reference information

AM modulation analysis

AM carrier power accuracy, typical ±0.85 dB

AM depth accuracy, typical

AM rate accuracy, typical ±0.2 Hz Rate: 1 kHz to 1 MHz

AM residual THD, typical

AM residual distortion, typical

AM residual SINAD, typical

PM modulation analysis

PM carrier power accuracy, typical ±0.85 dB

PM carrier frequency accuracy, typical ±0.2 Hz + (transmitter frequency ×

PM deviation accuracy, typical

PM rate accuracy, typical ±0.2 Hz Rate: 1 kHz to 10 kHz

PM residual THD, typical

PM residual distortion, typical

PM residual SINAD, typical

Direct audio input

Direct input frequency range (for audio measurements only)

Audio frequency span

Audio frequency accuracy, typical

Signal power accuracy, typical

Direct audio input residual THD, typical

±0.2% + (0.01 × measured value)

0.16%

0.17%

56 dB Rate: 1 to 10 kHz

reference frequency error)

±100% × ( 0.01 + (measured rate / 1MHz))

0.1%

40 dB Rate: 1 kHz to 10 kHz

1 Hz to 156 kHz

156 kHz, maximum

±0.2 Hz

±1.5 dB

0.1%

Carrier frequency: 10 MHz to 2 GHz

Input power: -20 to 0 dBm

Rate: 1 kHz to 100 kHz

Depth: 10% to 90%

Depth: 50%

Rate: 1 to 10 kHz

Depth: 50%

Rate: 1 to 10 kHz

Depth: 50%

Carrier frequency: 10 MHz to 2 GHz

Input power: -20 to 0 dBm

Deviation: 0.628 radians

Rate: 10 kHz to 20 kHz

Deviation: 0.628 to 6 radians

Deviation: 0.628 radians

Rate:1kHzto10kHz

Deviation: 0.628 radians

Rate:1kHzto10kHz

Deviation: 0.628 radians

Frequency: 1 to 10 kHz

input level: 0.316 V

Speciﬁcations

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Table 49: AM/FM/PM and Direct audio measurements (Option 10)1(cont.)

Characteristic Description Reference information

Direct audio input residual distortion

0.1%

Frequency: 1 to 10 kHz

Input level: 0.316 V

Direct audio input residual SINAD

60 dB Frequency: 1 to 10 kHz

Input level: 0.316 V

Signal and instrument settings for characteristics listed in this table: Input frequency: <2 GHz RBW: Auto Averaging: Off Filters: Off FM Performance: Modulation Index > 0.1

Table 50: Adaptive equalizer

Characteristic Description

Type

Modulation types supported

Reference ﬁlters for all modulation types except for OQPSK

Reference ﬁlters for OQPSK Raised Cosine, Half Sine

Filter length 1 - 128 taps

Taps/symbol: Raised Cosine, Half Sine, or No Filter

Taps/symbol: Rectangular Filter

Equalizer controls

Linear, decision-directed, feed-forward (FIR) equalizer with coefﬁcient adaptation and adjustable convergence rate

BPSK, QPSK, OQPSK, π/2-DBPSK ,π /4-DQPSK, 8-PSK, 8-DSPK, 16-DPSK, 16/32/64/128/256-QAM

Raised Cosine, Rectangular, N one

1, 2, 4, or 8

Off, Train, Hold, Reset

Table 51: OBW measurement

Characteristic Description

OBW Accuracy

2 GHz OFDM Carrier, 20 MHz 99%

±0.35%

OBW

(Measured in a 40 MHz measurement BW)

10 GHz OFDM Carrier, 80 MHz 99%

±0.5%

OBW

(Measured in a 100 MHz measurement BW)

Table 52: xdB Bandwidth measurement

Characteristic Description

xdB Bandwidth, typical

±3%

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Speciﬁcations

Table 53: Settl

Measurement frequency, averages Phase uncertainty (degrees) at stated measurement bandwidth

1 GHz 110/85 MHz BW 10 MHz BW 1 MHz BW

Single measurement

100 Average

1000 Averages 0.05 0.01 0.01

10 GHz

Single measurement

100 Averages 0.20 0.10 0.05

1000 Aver

20 GHz

Single m

100 Averages 0.10 0.05 0.05

1000 Averages 0.05 0.02 0.02

Reference information: Measured input signal > –20 dBm, Attenuator: Auto

Table

Characteristic Description

Save to Hard Disk Drive Speed (Standard), typical

Save to Hard D isk Drive Speed (Option 56, Removable Hard Disk Drive), typical

easurement

Settled Phase Uncertainty, 95% conﬁdence.

54: File Saving Speeds

ed Phase uncertainty (Option 12)

ages

1.00 0.50 0.50

0.10 0.05 0.05

1.50 1.00 0.50

0.10 0.05 0.02

1.00 0.50 0.50

6s(20Msamples)

40 s (100 M samples)

350 s (954 M samples)

6s(20Msamples)

35 s (100 M samples)

275 s (954 M samples)

Table 55: Data Transfer/Measurement Speeds

Characteristic Description

Spectrum Traces Transfer Speed via Ethernet, typical

Marker Readout Transfer Speed via Ethernet, typical

Center Frequency Tuning Speed via Ethernet, typical

25 ms/trace

5ms

100 ms (Tune 1 GHz to 1.01 GHz)

125 ms (Tune 1 GHz to 10 GHz, RSA5115A/5126A only)

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Physical Char

acteristics

Table 56: Physical characteristics

Characteris

Dimensions

Weight (without accessories)

tic

Width (handles folded in)

Height (with feet, without accessory pouch)

Length 531 20.9

Net, nominal

Description mm

473 18.6

282 11.1

lb.

54.5 (RSA5103A/5106A)

62.5 (RSA5115A)

64.7 (RSA5126A)

in.

Table 57: Display/computer

Characteristic Description

LCD Panel Size 264 mm (10.4 in)

Display Resolution

Internal LCD 1024 x 768 pixels (Nominally conﬁgured for 800 x 600 operation)

External VGA display

Colors

CPU Intel Celeron M 550 2.0 GHz (1M L2 Cache, 533 MHz F SB)

DRAM

OS Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit

System Bus PCIe

Hard Disk Drive

Standard 3.5 in. SATA II, 7200rpm, 160 GByte (minimum size)

Removable (Option 56) 2.5 in. SATA II, 5400rpm, 8M buffer, 160 GByte (minimum size)

CD/DVD (Option 57) SATA I, class 1 laser

I/O Ports

USB USB 2.0 x 4 (2 front panel, 2 rear panel)

GPIB IEEE 488.2 (rear panel )

LAN

VGA D-SUB 15 pin, rear panel - up to 2048 x1536

PS2 Keyboard only (rear panel)

Audio

Up to 2048 x 1536

32-bit

Intel GME965 GMCH/ICH8-Mz

4 Gbyte DDR2 667 DIMM (2 x (256M x 64) PC2-5300 200 pin SODIMM (Standard)

Read formats: CD-R, CD-RW, CD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-ROM, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-RAM

Recordable disc: CD-R, CD-RW

10/100/1000 Base-T (Intel 82566MM)

Realtek HD Audio (ALC888), Internal speaker, Rear panel Headphone out, M ic IN

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Safety

For detailed information on Safety, see t he RSA6100A Series Real-Time Spectrum Analyzers, RSA5100A Series Real-Time Signal A nalyzers Quick Start User Manual,Tekt

Certiﬁcations and Compliances

Speciﬁcations

ronix part number 071-2838-XX.

For detail

ed information on Certiﬁcations and Compliances, s ee the RSA6100A

Series Real-Time Spectrum Analyzers, RSA5100A Series Real-Time Signal Analyzers Quick Start User Manual, Tektronix part number 071-2838-XX.

Environmental Characteristics

Table 58: Environmental characteristics

Characteristic Description

Temperature range

Operating +5 °C to +40 °C

When ac

perating

Non-o

ive Humidity

Relat

Altitude

Operating Up to 3000 m ( approximately 10000 ft)

-operating

Non

bration

erating

Non-operating

Shock

Operating (15 G), half-sine, 11 ms duration.

Non-operating

cessing DVD

+5 °C to +40 °C

–20 °C to +60 °C

90% RH at 30 °C (No condensation) (80% RH max when accessing CD)

Maximum wet-bulb temperature 29 °C

Up to 12190 m (40000 ft)

22 Grms. Proﬁle = 0.00010 g

0. 350 Hz to 500 Hz, 0.00007 g accessing DVD/CD), Class 8. Electrical Speciﬁcations deﬁned in sections above are

ot warranted under the operating vibration conditions.

.28 Grms. Proﬁle = 0.0175 g

2 100 Hz to 200 Hz, 0.00875 g 350 Hz to 500 Hz, 0.00613 g

Three shocks per axis in each direction (18 s hocks total)

(1 G max when accessing DVD)

(DVD tray ejection may occur)

296 m/s

Three shocks per axis in each direction (18 shocks total) (DVD tray ejection may occur)

(30 G), half-sine, 11 ms duration.

/Hz at 5 Hz to 350 Hz, –3dB/Octave slope from

/Hz at 500 Hz, 3 Axes at 10 min/axis (Except when

/Hz at 5 Hz to 100 Hz, –3 dB/O ctave slope from

/Hz at 200 Hz to 350 Hz, –3dB/Octave slope from

/Hz at 500 Hz, 3 Axes at 10 min/axis. Class 5

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Table 58: Environmental characteristics (cont.)

Characteristic Description

Cooling Clearance

Both Sides 50 mm (1.97 in)

Measured one inch (2.5 cm) away from the ventilation air intake (located at the left side of the instrument when viewed from the front).

Table 59: Power requirements

Characteristic Description

Voltage range

Maximum Power dissipation (fully loaded)

Surge Current MAX 35 A peak (25 °C) for ≤5 line cycles, after product has been turned off for

50 Hz/60 H z

400 Hz 90 V - 132 V

Maximum power 400 W

Maximum line current 5.5 Amps at 50 Hz, 90 V line

100 V - 120 V

200 V - 240 V

at least 30 s.

Digital IQ Output Connector Pin Assignment (Option 55 Only)

Figure 1: Digital IQ output connector pin assignment

Table 60: I OUTPUT connector pin assignment

Pin number Signal name Description

IQ_ENABLE* IQ output enable signal input

Open: IQ output disable

GND: IQ output enable

GND Ground

EXT_IQ_MSW–

EXT_IQ_MSW+

Reserved for future use

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Table 60: I OUTPUT connector pin assignment (cont.)

Pin number Signal name Description

3 EXT_I0–

28 EXT_I0+

4 EXT_I1–

29 EXT_I1+

30 EXT_I2+

6 EXT_I3–

31 EXT_I3+

8 EXT_I4–

33 EXT_I4+

9 EXT_I5–

34 EXT_I5+

10 EXT_I6–

35 EXT_I6+

11 EXT_I7–

36 EXT_I7+

13 EXT_I8–

38 EXT_I8+

14 EXT_I9–

39 EXT_I9+

15 EXT_I10–

40 EXT_I10+

16 EXT_I11–

41 EXT_I11+

18 EXT_I12–

43 EXT_I12+

19 EXT_I13–

44 EXT_I13+

20 EXT_I14–

45 EXT_I14+

EXT_I2–

GND

I output data (bit 0), LVDS

I output data (bit 1), LVDS

I output data (bit 2), LVDS

I output data (bit 3), LVDS

Ground

I output data (bit 4), LVDS

I output data (bit 5), LVDS

I output data (bit 6), LVDS

I output data (bit 7), LVDS

Ground

I output data (bit 8), LVDS

I output data (bit 9), LVDS

I output data (bit 10), LVDS

I output data (bit 11), LVDS

Ground

I output data (bit 12), LVDS

I output data (bit 13), LVDS

I output data (bit 14), LVDS

Speciﬁcations

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Table 60: I OUTPUT connector pin assignment (cont.)

Pin number Signal name Description

21 EXT_I15–

46 EXT_I15+

GND

EXT_IQ_DAV–

EXT_IQ_DAV+

EXT_IQ_CLK–

EXT_IQ_CLK+

I output data (bit 15), LVDS

Ground

IQ Data Valid indicator, LVDS

IQ output clock, LVDS

Table 61: Q OUTPUT connector pin assignment

Pin number Signal name Description

IQ_ENABLE* IQ output enable signal input

Open: IQ output disable

GND: IQ output enable

GND

EXT_Q0–

EXT_Q0+

EXT_Q1–

EXT_Q1+

EXT_Q2–

EXT_Q2+

EXT_Q3–

EXT_Q3+

GND

EXT_Q4–

EXT_Q4+

EXT_Q5–

EXT_Q5+

EXT_Q6–

EXT_Q6+

EXT_Q7–

EXT_Q7+

Ground

Q output data (bit 0), LVDS

Q output data (bit 1), LVDS

Q output data (bit 2), LVDS

Q output data (bit 3), LVDS

Ground

Q output data (bit 4), LVDS

Q output data (bit 5), LVDS

Q output data (bit 6), LVDS

Q output data (bit 7), LVDS

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Table 61: Q OUTPUT connector pin assignment (cont.)

Pin number Signal name Description

GND

EXT_Q8–

EXT_Q8+

EXT_Q9–

EXT_Q9+

EXT_Q10–

EXT_Q10+

EXT_Q11–

EXT_Q11+

GND

EXT_Q12–

EXT_Q12+

EXT_Q13–

EXT_Q13+

EXT_Q14–

EXT_Q14+

EXT_Q15–

EXT_Q15+

GND

Ground

Q output data (bit 8), LVDS

Q output data (bit 9), LVDS

Q output data (bit 10), LVDS

Q output data (bit 11), LVDS

Ground

Q output data (bit 12), LVDS

Q output data (bit 13), LVDS

Q output data (bit 14), LVDS

Q output data (bit 15), LVDS

Ground

Speciﬁcations

Table 62: Mating connections

Recommendation Description

Mating cable Tektronix part number 174-5194-00

Mating connector

3M N10250-52E2PC

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Digital IQ Out

put Timing

All I/Q output signals are synchronous to clock EXT_IQ_CLK. The clock operates at either 50 MHz or 150 MHz, depending on the selected real-time span of the RSA510

0A. (See Table 64.)

Data is valid when the EXT_IQ_DAV signal is asserted high; data is invalid when EXT_IQ_DAV

is low. The EXT_IQ_DAV duty cycle varies with the real-time SPAN, as shown in the following table. At spans where the duty cycle is less than 100%, the EXT_IQ_DAV signal is high for one clock cycle, then low for one or more clock cycles.

Table 63: EXT_IQ_DAV Duty cycle versus Span

Span EXT_IQ_C

60 MHz 150 50.0

40 MHz 50 100.0

20 MHz 50 50.0

10 MHz 50 25.0

5 MHz 50 12.5

2 MHz 50 6.250

1 MHz 50 3.125

500 kHz 50 1.5625

200 k

100 kHz 50 0.39063

50 kHz 50 0.19531

20 k

10 kHz 50 0.048828

5 kHz 50 0.024414

1 kHz 50 0.003052

500 kHz 50 0.001526

00 kHz

100 kHz 50 0.000381

50 0.78

50 0.0

50 0.

LK frequency (M Hz)

EXT_IQ_D

125

97656

006104

.000763

AV duty cycle (%)

The rising edge of EXT_IQ_CLK is aligned to be in the center of the settled EXT_I[15:0], EXT_Q[15:0], and EXT_IQ_DAV signals.

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Figure 2: IQ Timing

Table 64: IQ Timing

Real Time Span T0 T1 T2

>40MHz 6.6ns 1.54ns 1.58ns

≤40 MHz 20 ns 8.2 ns 8.4 ns

ble Interruption

Possi

of Data from Digital I/Q

Outputs

There are three conditions during which the RSA5100A will interrupt the ﬂow of data to the digital I/Q outputs. Those conditions are:

Alignments

Control Changes

Stitched Spectrum Mode

en any of these conditions are active, the EXT_IQ_DAV signal will be held in

Wh its inactive state. The EXT_IQ_CLK signal will remain active and operate at the frequency consistent with the SPAN value selected for the RSA5100A.

The EXT_IQ_DAV signal will remain inactive for the duration of any alignment or control change. Once the alignment or control change has been completed, the EXT_IQ_DAV signal becomes active again. While the EXT_IQ_DAV signal is inactive, the data from the digital I/Q outputs are not valid and should be ignored.

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Digital IQ Output Scaling

The duty cycle o values to a very small percentage at the narrowest SPAN values. (See Table 63.) At a SPAN of 100 Hz, the duty cycle will be 0.00038%; here, the EXT_IQ_DAV signal is active (high) for 20 ns, and then inactive (low) for ≈5.28 ms.

The length of time that the EXT_IQ_DAV signal is inactive can be used to determine if the RSA5100A is performing an alignment or a control change. If the EXT_IQ_DAV signal is inactive for longer than 10 ms, then the RSA5100A digital I/Q output data stream has been interrupted.

External equipment used to detect the occurrence of a data interruption can monitor the state of the EXT_IQ_DAV signal. If the EXT_IQ_DAV signal is inactive duration of the data interruption can be determined by measuring the time between successive EXT_IQ_DAV pulses.

Output p

Where:

for 10 ms or more, an alignment or control change has occurred. The

ower in dBm for a sinusoidal input

f the EXT_IQ_DAV signal varies from 100% at the widest SPAN

I and Q are the digital values at the Digital IQ output port

Ref = Reference Level

Valid for center frequencies that exceed:

Center frequency ≥ 80MHzforSpans>40MHz

Center freq

Center frequency ≥ 2 MHz for Spans < 312.3 kHz

uency ≥ 30 MHz for Spans > 312.5 kHz and ≤ 40 MHz

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NOTE. The p erformance veriﬁcation procedure is not a calibration procedure.

The p erforma key speciﬁcations. For your instrument to be calibrated, it must be returned to a Tektronix service facility.

nce veriﬁcation procedure only veriﬁes that your instrument meets

Prerequis

ites

The tests in this section make up an extensive, valid conﬁrmation of performance and functionality when the following requirements are met:

The cabinet must be installed on the instrument.

The instrument must have passed the Power On Self Tests (POST).

The instrument must have been last adjusted at an ambient temperature between +18 °C (+64 °F) and +28 °C (+82 °F), must have been operating for a warm-up period of at least 20 minutes after starting the RSA5100A application, and must be operating at an ambient temperature. (See Table 58.)

Required Equipment

The procedures, use external, traceable signal sources to directly check w arranted

acteristics. (See page 63, Warranted Characteristics Tests.) The following

char table lists the equipment required for this procedure.

Table 65: Equipment required for Performance Veriﬁcation

Item number and Minimum requirements Example Purpose

1. Fre

2. RF Power Meter Agilent E4418B

3. RF Power Sensor19 kHz to 18 GHz RF Flatness: <3% Calibration

4. RF Power Sensor210 MHz to 26.5 GHz RF Flatness Agilent E4413A, Option

5. Signal Generator Frequency Accuracy: ±3 x 10–7Output

quency

Counter

quency Range: 10 MHz; Accuracy: 1 x 10

Fre

actor data uncertainty: <2% (RSS )

Frequency: 0 to 40 GHz

–9

lent 53132A

Agi Option 10

Agilent E9304A Option H18

H10

Anritsu MG3694B Options 2A, 3A, 4, 15A, 16, 22, SM5821

Checking reference output frequency

curacy

Adjusting signal

nerator output level,

ge checking reference output power level

Checking RF ﬂatness, intermodulation distortion, image suppression, and external reference lock check.

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Table 65: Equipment required for Performance Veriﬁcation (cont.)

Item number and Minimum requirements Example Purpose

6. RF Signal

Generator

7. Precision Attenuator

8. Power Splitter

9. Power Combiner

10. Low Pass Filters

(2)

11. Voltmeter

12. BNC Cable 50 Ω, 36 in. male to male BNC connectors Signal interconnection

13. 3.5 mm -3.5 mm

Cable

14. N-SMA Cable 50 Ω, 36 in. male N to male SMA connectors Signal interconnection

15. Termination,

Precision 50 Ω

16. N-Female to BNC male Adapter

17. 3.5 mm (F) to 3.5 mm (F ) coaxial adapter

18. N-3.5mm cable

19. N-Male to 3.5 mm

male adapter

20. 3.5 mm attenuator

Output Frequency 10 MHz to 26.5 GHz

Phase Noise at Center Frequency = 1 GHz

Offset

10 Hz

100 Hz

1kHz

10 kHz

100 kHz

1MHz

30 dB

< 3 dB loss DC –3 GHz

>50 dB rejection 4 GHz to 14 GHz

Capable of measuring 30 VDC Standard Equipment Checking Noise Source

50 Ω, 36 in. male to male 3.5 mm connectors Signal interconnection

Impedance: 50 Ω 3.5 mm male Signal interconnection

50 Ω, 36 in. male N to male 3.5 mm connectors

3 dB (two required)

SSB Phase Noise (F) dBc/Hz

–71

–93

–118

–121

–119

–138

Anritsu MG3694B Options 2A, 3A, 4, 15A, 16, 22, SM5821

Agilent 11667B Adjusting signal

Anritsu 2089-6208-00

Tektronix part number 103-0058-00

Tektronix part number 131-8508-00

Midwest Microwave ATT-0550-03-35M-02

Checking phase noise and third order intermodulation distortion

generator output level

Checking intermodulation distortion

Checking third order intermodulation distortion

N cable to RSA5100A connections

Checking third order intermodulation distortion

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Table 65: Equipment required for Performance Veriﬁcation (cont.)

Item number and Minimum requirements Example Purpose

21. Planar Crown RF

Input Connector

-3.5mm (RSA5126A only)

22. Planar Crown RF Input Connector –TypeN (RSA5115A only)

Tektronix part number 131-9062-00

Tektronix part number 131-4329-00

Preliminary Checks

Fan Check

NOTE. You

may need more adaptors than come with the instrument.

NOTE. Always use the Planar Crown adaptor that comes with the

RSA511

5A/5126A instruments to connect to other equipment. Use a proper

adaptor when connecting cables with a different connector type.

NOTE.

Be sure that any adaptor and cable you use is speciﬁed to operate at the

frequency range of the test you are performing.

These steps should be performed before proceeding to the Warranted Characteristics tests.

Plug in the RSA5100A, power it on, and check that the fans located on the left side of the RSA5100A are operating.

CAUTION. Turn the RSA5100A off immediately if the fans are not operating.

Operating the Signal Analyzer without fans will damage the instrument.

Warm-up

Make sure the RSA5100A application is running, and allow the instrument to warm up for at least 20 minutes.

NOTE. The fans will slow down and be quieter when the application is started;

this is normal. Fan speed may vary while the application is running, depending on the internal temperature detected by the instrument.

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CD Drive Check

Touch Screen Check

Diagnostics

Press the butto door opens. Press the button again to close it.

Check that the touch screen detects touches:

1. Verify that the t ouch screen is enabled (Touc h Sc ree n Of f button is not lighted).

2. Use your ﬁnger or a stylus to touch several of the on-screen touchable readouts, such as RBW or Span, and verify they become active when touched.

Run a comp

1. Select Tools > Diagnostics from the menubar.

2. Select the All Modules, All Tests checkbox at the top of the list.

3. Touch th e RUN button. The diagnostics tests will take some time to complete,

and some of them are interactive:

a. Noise Source Drive 28VDC Out diagnostic will ask you to test the noise

n on the DVD-R/W drive (Option 57 only) and verify that the tray

lete Diagnostics test session:

source output on the RSA5100A rear-panel.

Check with a voltmeter that the voltage is 28 V ±2 V.

b. The LED Check diagnostic will ask you to verify that all the highlighted

LEDs are turned on:

Compare the LEDs highlighted in the diagnostic display with the

buttons on the front panel.

Press each of the keys and rotate the knob on the front panel. You

should see the corresponding key in the diagnostic display turn green. Verify that each key is recognized.

Click the PASS or FAIL button when done.

c. The Display Pixel Test will ask you to look for video problems on the

test patterns:

Check the Green screen for any stuck or missing pixels. Any keypress,

click, or touch will move to the next screen.

Repeat with the Red screen, the Blue Screen, and the Gray scale

screen. Select Yes or No when the LCD Test dialog asks “Did you see any video problems”.

4. When all diagnostics tests have completed, check that there is a check mark beside each diagnostic name. An X instead of a check mark indicates that the diagnostic had a failure.

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5. Click the Diagn information listed.

6. Click the Exit Diagnostics button to exit diagnostics.

Alignment

You should align the instrument before proceeding with the Warranted Characteristics tests.

1. Select Alignments in the To ol s menu. The Alignments dialog box will open.

2. Select Align Now. The alignment process will take a few minutes.

3. Verify that no alignment failures are reported in the status bar.

Warranted Characteristics Tests

The following procedures verify the R SA5100A Series Signal Analyzer performance is within the warranted speciﬁcations.

Frequency Accuracy

Check Reference Output

Frequency Accuracy

1. Connect Ref Out on the RSA5100A rear-panel through a 50 Ω precision coaxial cable to the frequency counter input. See the following ﬁgure.

ostics Failure Info tab and verify there is no failure

2. Connect a precision frequency reference to the frequency counter.

Figure 3: Connections for Reference Frequency Output Accuracy check

3. Set the Frequency counter:

Function Frequency

Gate time

4. Check that the frequency counter reads 10 MHz ±4 Hz. Enter the frequency in the test record.

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Check Reference Output

Power Level

1. Set up the power

NOTE. Store the power sensor correction factors in the power meter, if you have

not yet done so.

a. Connect the power sensor to the Sensor input on the power meter, as

shown in the following ﬁgure.

Figure 4: Power meter setup

b. Press Zero/Cal,andthenpressZERO on the power meter.

c. Connect the RF input of the power sensor to the power meter power

reference output, as shown in t he following ﬁgure.

meter and sensor.

Figure 5 : Power meter calibration

d. Press CAL to execute the calibration.

e. Disconnect the RF input of the power sensor from the power meter

reference output.

2. Connect the power sensor RF input to the Ref Out connector on the RSA5100A rear-panel, using the N-female to BNC male adapter (see the following ﬁgure).

3. Press Frequency/Cal Factor, and then set Freq to 10 MHz.

4. Check that the Ref Out signal is >0 dBm. Enter this level in the test record.

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Figure 6: Equipment connections for Ref Out power level check

External Reference Input

Level

1. Connect the signal generator output to the Ref In connector on the RSA5100A rear panel, using a 50 Ω N-N coaxial cable and N-female to BNC male adapter (see the following ﬁgure).

Figure 7: Equipment connections for Ref In power level check

2. Set the Signal generator controls:

Frequency 10 MHz

Level 0 dBm

3. Set the RSA5100A to use the external reference:

a. Select Setup > Conﬁgure In/Out > Frequency Reference.

b. Select the External radio button.

4. Check the Input Reference limits:

a. Check that the Status Bar shows Ref: Ext.

b. Set the Source to Internal (10 MHz).

c. Set the signal generator output level to –10 dBm.

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d. Set the Source t

e. Check that the Status Bar shows Ref: Ext.

f. Set the Source to Internal (10 MHz).

g. Set the signal generator output level to +6 dBm.

h. Set the Source to External.

i. Check that the Status Bar shows Ref: Ext.

j. Disconnec

message should pop up to indicate loss of lock (see the following ﬁgure).

o External.

t the signal generator from the Ref In connector. An error

k. Click OK on the error message, and check that the Status Bar shows

Ref: Int.

l. Enter Pass or Fail in the test record.

Phase Noise (Instruments with Option 11)

If Option 11 is installed in your instrument, use the following procedure to check the phase noise. If Option 11 is not installed in your instrument, use the procedure (See page 68, Phase Noise (Instruments without Option 11).) that follows.

TE. The intent of the Phase Noise test is to measure the phase noise level of

the instrument. The phase noise speciﬁcation does not cover residual spurs. If the speciﬁc measurement frequency results in measuring a residual spur that is visible above the noise level, the phase noise speciﬁcation applies not to the spur but to the noise level on either side of the spur. Please refer to the Spurious Response speciﬁcations. (See Table 20.). Also, refer to the Spurious Response section of this p rocedure to determine whether or not a residual spur is within the speciﬁcation. (See page 111, Spurious Response.)

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1. Connect the gen

erator output to the RTSA RF Input, using a 50 Ω coaxial

cable(seethefollowingﬁgure).

Figure 8: Equipment connections for phase noise checks

2. Reset the RSA5100A to factory defaults: select Setup > Preset (Main) from the Setup menu.

3. Select Too l s > Alignments andthenselectAlign Now.

4. Modify the default settings:

Center Frequency

Setup > Settings > Freq & Span > Center

Span

Setup > Settings > Freq & Span > Span

Ref Level

Setup > Amplitude > Internal Settings > Ref Level

RF & IF Optim ization

Setup > Amplitude > Internal Settings > RF & IF Optimization

5. Set the generator as follows:

Center Frequency 1.00 GHz

Output level

+5 dBm

6. Select Run > Run Single to stop acquisitions.

7. Display the Phase Noise measurement:

Select Setup > Displays.

Select the RF Measurements folder.

1.00 GHz

1MHz

+5 dBm

Maximize Dynamic Range

Select the Phase Noise display and select Add.

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Select the Spec

Select OK.

8. Select Setup > Settings to display the Phase Noise settings control panel.

9. On the Frequency tab, set the Start Offset to 1 kHz for both the Measurement

BW and the Integration BW.

10. Set the Stop Offset to 10 MHz for both the Measurement BW and the Integration BW.

11. Select the Parameters tab.

12. Set the Average value to 20 and click the check box to enable averaging.

13. Select the Traces tab.

14. Select T

so that Trace 2 is not be displayed.

15. Select the Marker readout on the left side of the graph. Set the Marker value to 6MHz.

16. Press the Single key and wait for 20 averages to complete.

race 2 in the Trace drop-down list. Deselect the Show checkbox

Trace 1 from the trace drop-down list above the graph display. Select

trum display and select Remove.

17. Read t

18. Document the test results in the test record at each frequency.

he value for the 6 MHz offset from the Offset readout.

Phase Noise (Instruments without Option 11)

Check Phase Noise

If Option 11 is not installed in your instrument, use the following procedure

check the phase noise. If Option 11 is installed in your instrument, use the

to preceding (See page 66, Phase Noise (Instruments with Option 11).) procedure.

NOTE. The intent of the Phase Noise test is to measure the phase noise level of

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1. Connect the gen

erator output to the RTSA RF Input, using a 50 Ω coaxial

cable(seethefollowingﬁgure).

Figure 9: Equipment connections for phase noise checks

2. Reset the RSA5100A to factory defaults: Select Setup > Preset (Main) from the Setup menu.

3. Press Tools > Alignments and then select Align Now.

4. Modify the settings:

Center Frequency

Setup > Settings > Freq & S pan > Center

Span

Setup > Settings > Freq & Span > Span

VBW

Setup > Settings > BW > VBW

Detection

Setup > Settings > Traces > Detection

Function

Setup > Settings > Traces > Function

Count

Setup > Settings > Traces > Count

Trace Points

Setup > Settings > Prefs > Trace Points

Marker Noise Mode

Setup > Settings > Prefs > Marker Noise Mode

RF & IF Optimization Setup > Amplitude > Internal Settings > RF & IF Optimization

Reference level

Setup > Amplitude > Internal Settings > Ref Level

1.00 GHz

1MHz

10 Hz (box checked)

Avg (VRMS)

100 (box checked)

2401

Check Marker Noise mode box

Maximize Dynamic Range

+5 dBm

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5. Set the generat

Frequency

Output level

or as follows:

1.00 GHz

+5 dBm

6. Turn on the Reference Marker (MR) and Marker 1 (M1), and set them for Delta opera

tion and Noise Mode.

a. Select Markers > Deﬁne Markers.

b. Select the Add soft key to add the MR marker.

c. Select the Add soft key again to add the M1 marker.

d. Select Delta from the Readouts dropdown menu.

7. For each span shown in the following table, perform steps through :

Table 66: Phase noise offsets (Low range; without Option 11)

Span M1 Offset

4kHz

40 kHz

300 kHz

CF + 1 kHz

CF + 10 kHz

CF + 100 kHz

a. Press the Span key and enter a Span value from the table.

b. Select Run > Run Single.

c. Select the Reference Marker with the Marker Select key and press the

Peak key.

d. Select Marker 1 (M1) with the marker select key.

e. Set the Marker 1 (M1) frequency by entering the offset value from the

table above in the Frequency box at the bottom center of the display.

f. Read the marker noise level in dBc/Hz, in the Delta Marker readout

(upper right corner of the screen), and enter the value in the test record. (Limits are shown in the test record.)

8. Record the generator signal amplitude in the Test Record:

a. Select Marker (MR) with the Marker Select key.

b. Select the Markers Peak key to center the MR marker on the peak of the

1000 MHz signal.

c. Record the MR Marker amplitude (upper-left corner of the screen.) This

value is called Carrier Power andisusedbelow.

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9. Obtain the phas settings listed below:

a. Center Frequency (Freq key): 1001 MHz

b. Span (Span key): 10 kHz

c. Reference Level Offset: -30 dBm (This is the amplitude control in the

upper left of the display.)

d. Set input attenuation for manual control.

Select Setup > Amplitude > Internal Settings.

Deselect the Internal Attenuator Auto check box.

Set Internal Attenuator to 0 dB.

a. Select Run > Run Single.

b. Center the M1 marker in the middle of the screen:

Select Markers > Deﬁne Markers

Select Readouts > Absolute.

Press the Select key to select the M1 mar

Select Marker Frequency. Set to 1001 MHz.

e noise at 1 MHz offset. Start by setting the RSA5100A to the

ker.

The m arker is now located at the center frequency position.

a. Read the noise amplitude on Marker M1,indBm/Hz.

b. Subtract the value of MR obtained in step 8 to obtain the phase noise

amplitude at 1 MHz.

For example, if MR = 4.7 dBm and M1 = –129.6 dBm/Hz, then M1-MR = –134.3 dBc/Hz.

c. Enter the value obtained at 1 MHz in the test record for phase noise at

1MHz.

10. Obtain the phase noise at 6 MHz offset. Start by setting the RSA5100A to the settings listed below:

a. Center Frequency (Freq key): 1006 MHz.

b. Span (Span key): 10 kHz.

c. Select Run > Run Single.

d. Set the Mar

e. Read the noise level on Marker M1 in dBm/Hz.

f. Subtract the value of Carrier Power obtained in step 8 in order to obtain

the phase noise amplitude at +6 MHz.

ker M1 Frequency to 1006 MHz.

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For example, if M1-Carrier Power = – 149.8 dBc/Hz.

g. Enter the valu

6MHz.

11. Obtain the p to the settings below:

a. Center Freq

b. Span (Span key): 10 kHz.

c. Select Run > Run Single.

d. Set the Marker Frequency to 1010 MHz.

NOTE. The intent of the Phase Noise test is to measure the phase noise level of

the instrument. The phase noise speciﬁcation does not cover residual spurs. If the spe is visible above the noise level, the phase noise speciﬁcation applies not to the spur but to the noise level on either side of the spur. Please refer to the Spurious Response speciﬁcations. (See Table 20.). Also, refer to the Spurious Response section of this procedure to determine whether or not a residual spur is within the speciﬁcation. (See page 111, Spurious Response.)

hase noise at 10 MHz offset. Start by setting the RSA5100A

ciﬁc measurement frequency results in measuring a residual spur that

Carrier Power = 4.7 dBm and M1 = -145.1 dBm/Hz, then

e obtained at 6 MHz in the test record for phase noise at

uency (Center key): 1010 MHz.

e. Read the noise amplitude on marker M1 in dBm/Hz.

f. Subtract the value of the Carrier Power marker obtained in step 8 to obtain

the phase noise amplitude at +10 MHz.

For example, if Carrier Power = 4.7 dBm and M1 = –146.1 dBm/Hz,

Then M1-Carrier Power = –150.8 dBc/Hz.

g. Enter the value obtained at 10 MHz in the test record for phase noise

at 10 MHz.

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RF Flatness (Frequency

Response) 10 MHz to

26.5 GHz

1. Connect the RF generator, power splitter, power meter, and RSA5100A, as shown in the following ﬁgure.

The power splitter outputs should connect directly to the RSA5100A RF Input and to the Power Sensor, without using cable s.

Figure 10: Equipment connections for RF ﬂatness check

2. To record the test readings, you can make a printout of the following table. (See Table 69.)

3. Reset the RSA5100A to factory defaults: Setup > Preset (Main).

4. Select Too l s > Alignments andthenselectAlign Now.

5. Set the RSA5100A as follows:

Level

Ref

Setup > Amplitude >Internal Settings > Ref Level

ternal Attenuator

Setup > Amplitude > Internal Settings > Internal Attenuator

Span

etup > Settings > Freq & Span> Span

LF Path

etup > Acquire > Input Params

–15 dBm

10 dB (Auto unchecked)

1MHz

Use Low Freq... box unchecked

6. Set the RF signal generator for a -14 dBm output amplitude and turn RF On.

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7. Set both the RF s

ignal generator output frequency and the RSA5100A Center Frequency to the ﬁrst frequency in the RF Flatness table that follows. This is the reference frequency. (See Table 69.)

8. Select the Markers Peak key to set the Reference Marker (MR) to the carrier peak.

9. Adjust the RF signal generator output level for a marker reading of –20 ±0.5dBm.

10. Record the Power Meter reading and the RSA5100A marker reading in the following table.

11. Set both the RF Generator output frequency and the RSA5100A center frequency to the next frequency in the table.

12. Press the Markers Peak key to set the Reference Marker (MR) to the carrier peak.

13. Calculate the ΔPower Meter number: subtract the Power meter reading at 100 MHz from the Power Meter reading at this frequency.

14. Calculate the ΔRTSA number: subtract the RTSA reading at 100 MHz from the RTSA reading at this frequency.

15. Calculate the RF Flatness Error:

RF Flatness Error = ΔRTSA at this freq – ΔPower Meter at this freq

Readings are in dBm, error is in dB.

16. Repeat items 11 through 15 for each of the center frequencies shown in the RF Flatness table up to the maximum bandwidth of the device-under-test. (See Table 69.)

Table 67: RF Flatness (Preamp OFF)

Attenuator = 10 dB

Power meter

Frequency

100 MHz 0 0 0

10 MHz

20 MHz

30 MHz

40 MHz

50 MHz

60 MHz

70 MHz

80 MHz

90 MHz

reading

∆ Power meter (vs. 100 MHz) RTSA reading

∆ RTSA reading (vs. 100 MHz)

RF ﬂatness

error

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Table 67: RF Flatness (Preamp OFF) (cont.)

Attenuator = 10 dB

Power meter

Frequency

200 MHz

300 MHz

400 MHz

500 MHz

600 MHz

700 MHz

800 MHz

900 MHz

1.0 GHz

1.1 GHz

1.2 GHz

1.3 GHz

1.4 GHz

1.5 GHz

1.6 GHz

1.7 GHz

1.8 GHz

1.9 GHz

2.0 GHz

2.1 GHz

2.2 GHz

2.3 GHz

2.4 GHz

2.5 GHz

2.6 GHz

2.7 GHz

2.8 GHz

2.9 GHz

3.0 GHz

RSA5106A/5115A/5126A only

3.1 GHz

3.2 GHz

3.3 GHz

3.4 GHz

3.5 GHz

reading

∆ Power meter (vs. 100 MHz) RTSA reading

∆ RTSA reading (vs. 100 MHz)

Performance Veriﬁcation

RF ﬂatness

error

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Table 67: RF Flatness (Preamp OFF) (cont.)

Attenuator = 10 dB

Frequency

3.6 GHz

3.7 GHz

3.8 GHz

3.9 GHz

4.0 GHz

4.1 GHz

4.2 GHz

4.3 GHz

4.4 GHz

4.5 GHz

4.6 GHz

4.7 GHz

4.8 GHz

4.9 GHz

5.0 GHz

5.1 GHz

5.2 GHz

5.3 GHz

5.4 GHz

5.5 GHz

5.6 GHz

5.7 GHz

5.8 GHz

5.9 GHz

6.0 GHz

6.1 GHz

6.2 GHz

RSA5115A/5126A only

6.3 GHz

6.4 GHz

6.5 GHz

6.6 GHz

6.7 GHz

6.8 GHz

6.9 GHz

Power meter reading

∆ Power meter (vs. 100 MHz) RTSA reading

∆ RTSA reading (vs. 100 MHz)

RF ﬂatness

error

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Table 67: RF Flatness (Preamp OFF) (cont.)

Attenuator = 10 dB

Frequency

7.0 GHz

7.1 GHz

7.2 GHz

7.3 GHz

7.4 GHz

7.5 GHz

7.6 GHz

7.7 GHz

7.8 GHz

7.9 GHz

8.0 GHz

8.1 GHz

8.2 GHz

8.3 GHz

8.4 GHz

8.5 GHz

8.6 GHz

8.7 GHz

8.8 GHz

8.9 GHz

9.0 GHz

9.1 GHz

9.2 GHz

9.3 GHz

9.4 GHz

9.5 GHz

9.6 GHz

9.7 GHz

9.8 GHz

9.9 GHz

10.0 GHz

10.1 GHz

10.2 GHz

10.3 GHz

10.4 GHz

Power meter reading

∆ Power meter (vs. 100 MHz) RTSA reading

∆ RTSA reading (vs. 100 MHz)

Performance Veriﬁcation

RF ﬂatness

error

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Table 67: RF Flatness (Preamp OFF) (cont.)

Attenuator = 10 dB

Frequency

10.5 GHz

10.6 GHz

10.7 GHz

10.8 GHz

10.9 GHz

11.0 GHz

11.1 GHz

11.2 GHz

11.3 GHz

11.4 GHz

11.5 GHz

11.6 GHz

11.7 GHz

11.8 GHz

11.9 GHz

12.0 GHz

12.1 GHz

12.2 GHz

12.3 GHz

12.4 GHz

12.5 GHz

12.6 GHz

12.7 GHz

12.8 GHz

12.9 GHz

12.0 GHz

12.1 GHz

12.2 GHz

12.3 GHz

12.4 GHz

12.5 GHz

12.6 GHz

12.7 GHz

12.8 GHz

12.9 GHz

Power meter reading

∆ Power meter (vs. 100 MHz) RTSA reading

∆ RTSA reading (vs. 100 MHz)

RF ﬂatness

error

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Table 67: RF Flatness (Preamp OFF) (cont.)

Attenuator = 10 dB

Frequency

13.0 GHz

13.1 GHz

13.2 GHz

13.3 GHz

13.4 GHz

13.5 GHz

13.6 GHz

13.7 GHz

13.8 GHz

13.9 GHz

14.0 GHz

14.1 GHz

14.2 GHz

14.3 GHz

14.0 GHz

14.1 GHz

14.2 GHz

14.3 GHz

14.4 GHz

14.5 GHz

14.6 GHz

14.7 GHz

14.8 GHz

14.9 GHz

15.0 GHz

RSA5126A only

15.1 GHz

15.2 GHz

15.3 GHz

15.4 GHz

15.5 GHz

15.6 GHz

15.7 GHz

15.8 GHz

15.9 GHz

Power meter reading

∆ Power meter (vs. 100 MHz) RTSA reading

∆ RTSA reading (vs. 100 MHz)

Performance Veriﬁcation

RF ﬂatness

error

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Table 67: RF Flatness (Preamp OFF) (cont.)

Attenuator = 10 dB

Frequency

16.0 GHz

16.1 GHz

16.2 GHz

16.3 GHz

16.4 GHz

16.5 GHz

16.6 GHz

16.7 GHz

16.8 GHz

16.9 GHz

17.0 GHz

17.1 GHz

17.2 GHz

17.3 GHz

17.4 GHz

17.5 GHz

17.6 GHz

17.7 GHz

17.8 GHz

17.9 GHz

18.0 GHz

18.1 GHz

18.2 GHz

18.3 GHz

18.4 GHz

18.5 GHz

18.6 GHz

18.7 GHz

18.8 GHz

18.9 GHz

19.0 GHz

19.1 GHz

19.2 GHz

19.3 GHz

19.4 GHz

Power meter reading

∆ Power meter (vs. 100 MHz) RTSA reading

∆ RTSA reading (vs. 100 MHz)

RF ﬂatness

error

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Table 67: RF Flatness (Preamp OFF) (cont.)

Attenuator = 10 dB

Frequency

19.5 GHz

19.6 GHz

19.7 GHz

19.8 GHz

19.9 GHz

20.0 GHz

20.1 GHz

20.2 GHz

20.3 GHz

20.4 GHz

20.5 GHz

20.6 GHz

20.7 GHz

20.8 GHz

20.9 GHz

21. 0 G Hz

21. 1 G Hz

21. 2 G Hz

21. 3 G Hz

21. 4 G Hz

21. 5 G Hz

21. 6 G Hz

21. 7 G Hz

21. 8 G Hz

21. 9 G Hz

22.0 GHz

22.1 GHz

22.2 GHz

22.3 GHz

22.4 GHz

22.5 GHz

22.6 GHz

22.7 GHz

22.8 GHz

22.9 GHz

Power meter reading

∆ Power meter (vs. 100 MHz) RTSA reading

∆ RTSA reading (vs. 100 MHz)

Performance Veriﬁcation

RF ﬂatness

error

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Table 67: RF Flatness (Preamp OFF) (cont.)

Attenuator = 10 dB

Frequency

23.0 GHz

23.1 GHz

23.2 GHz

23.3 GHz

23.4 GHz

23.5 GHz

23.6 GHz

23.7 GHz

23.8 GHz

23.9 GHz

24.0 GHz

24.1 GHz

24.2 GHz

24.3 GHz

24.4 GHz

24.5 GHz

24.6 GHz

24.7 GHz

24.8 GHz

24.9 GHz

25.0 GHz

25.1 GHz

25.2 GHz

25.3 GHz

25.4 GHz

25.5 GHz

25.6 GHz

25.7 GHz

25.8 GHz

25.9 GHz

26.0 GHz

26.1 GHz

26.2 GHz

26.3 GHz

Power meter reading

∆ Power meter (vs. 100 MHz) RTSA reading

∆ RTSA reading (vs. 100 MHz)

RF ﬂatness

error

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Table 67: RF Flatness (Preamp OFF) (cont.)

Attenuator = 10 dB

Frequency

26.4 GHz

26.5 GHz

UsetheformulainStep15

Power meter reading

∆ Power meter (vs. 100 MHz) RTSA reading

17. Enter the largest variation in each of the following frequency ranges into the test record:

10 MHz - 3 GHz (Preamp Off)

3 GHz - 6.2 GHz (Preamp Off, RSA5106A/5115A/5126A only)

6.2 GHz - 15 GHz (Preamp Off, RSA5115A/5126A only)

15 GHz - 26.5 GHz (Preamp Off, RSA5126A only)

∆ RTSA reading (vs. 100 MHz)

Performance Veriﬁcation

RF ﬂatness

error

Low Frequency (LF) Input

Path Accuracy

1. Connect the RF generator, power splitter, power meter, and RSA5100A, as shown in the following ﬁgure.

Figure 11: Equipment connections for Low Frequency (LF) input path accuracy check

2. The power splitter ou

tputs should connect directly to the RSA5100A RF Input

and to the Power Sensor, without using cables.

3. Reset the RSA5100A to factory defaults; select Setup > Preset (Main).

4. Select Too l s > Alignments andthenselectAlign Now.

5. Set the RSA5100A as follows:

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Ref Level

Setup > Amplitude > Internal Settings > Ref Level

Internal Attenuator

Setup > Amplit

Span

Setup > Settings > Freq & Span > Span

LF Path

Setup > Acquire > Input Params

ude > Internal Settings

–15 dBm

10 dB (Auto unc

1MHz

Use Low Freq

hecked)

box checked

6. Set the RF generator for a –14 dBm output amplitude and turn RF On.

7. Set both the RF signal generator output frequency and the RSA5100A Center

Frequency to the ﬁrst frequency shown in the table Low Frequency Input Path Flatness (Preamp Off, if installed) (See Table 68.). This is the reference

frequency.

8. Select the Marker s Peak key to set the Reference Marker (MR) to the carrier peak.

9. Adjust the RF signal generator output level for a maker reading of –20 ± 0.5 dBm.

10. Record the Power Meter reading and the RSA5100A marker reading in the following table.

11. Set both the RF generator output frequency and the RSA5100A Center Frequency to the next frequency in th e table.

12. Select the Markers Peak key to set the Reference Marker (MR) to the carrier peak.

13. Record the Power Meter reading and the RSA5100A marker reading in the following table.

14. Calculate the Δ Power Meter number: subtract the Power Meter reading at 10 MHz from the Power Meter reading at this frequency.

15. Calculate the Δ RTSA number: subtract the RTSA reading at 10 MHz from the RTSA reading at this frequency.

16. Calculate the RF Flatness Error:

RF Flatness Error = Δ RTSA at this freq - Δ Power Meter at this freq

Readings are in dBm, error is in dB.

17. Repeat parts 11 through 16 for each of the center frequencies shown in the following table.

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Table 68: Low Fr

Attenuator = 1

Frequency

10 MHz 0 0 0

11 MHz

12 MHz

13 MHz

14 MHz

15 MHz

16 MHz

17 MHz

18 MHz

19 MHz

20 MHz

21 MHz

22 MHz

23 MHz

24 MHz

25 MHz

26 MHz

27 MHz

28 MH

29 MHz

30 MHz

31 M

31.49 MHz

UsetheformulainStep16

equency input path ﬂatness

0dB

Power meter reading

∆ Power meter (vs. 10 MHz) RTSA reading

∆ RTSA reading (vs. 10 MHz)

RF ﬂatness

error

18. Ent

er the largest variation in each of the following frequency range into the

test record:

MHz - 32 MHz

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RF Flatness (Frequ ency

Response) 10 MHz to

26.5 GHz, Preamp On

(Option 50/51 Installed)

1. Connect the RF g

enerator, power splitter, power m eter, and RSA5100A, as shown in the following ﬁgure. The 30 dB attenuator is connected between the power splitter and the RSA5100A RF input connector.

Figure 12: Equipment connections for RF Flatness (Frequency Response) 10 MHz to 26.5 GHz check

2. Reset the RSA5100A to factory defaults: select Setup > Preset (Main).

3. Select Too l s > Alignments and then select Ali

gn Now.

4. Set the RSA5100A as follows:

Ref Level

Setup > Amplitude > Internal Settings > Ref Level

Internal Attenuator

Setup > Amplitude > Internal Attenuator

Internal Preamp

Setup > Amplitude > Internal Settings

Span

Setup > Settings > Freq & Span > Span

LF Path

Setup > Acquire > Input Params

–45 dBm

10 dB (Auto unchecked)

Internal Preamp box checked

1MHz

Use Low Freq Signal path box unchecked

5. Set the RF generator for a –14 dBm output amplitude and turn RF On.

6. Set both the RF signal generator output frequency and the RSA5100A Center

Frequency to the ﬁrst frequency shown in the table RF Flatness (Option 50 Preamp ON) (See Table 69.). This is the reference frequency.

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