It’s Time To Get Real.
Your Guide to Selecting the Right Real-Time Spectrum Analyzer
Complex RF Problems
Require a New Type of Analysis
Today’s RF signals change over time, often unpredictably. To effectively characterize these signals, you need a
tool that can discover and trigger on both known and unpredictable events, capture the signals seamlessly
into memory, and analyze the behavior of frequency, amplitude, and modulation parameters over time. Using
traditional tools like swept spectrum analyzers and vector signal analyzers might provide snapshots of the signal
in the frequency and modulation domains, but this is often not enough information to confidently describe the
dynamic RF signals produced by the device under test. By providing insight into how parameters change over
continuous time, the Real-Time Spectrum Analyzer adds another crucial dimension to all of these measurements.
RSA3300A Series
With a single acquisition, the RSA3300A Series
captures a continuous time record of changing
RF events and enable time-correlated analysis
in the frequency, time and modulation domains.
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Model Series
RSA3303A
RSA3308A DC-8 GHz 64 MB, AM, FM 15 MHz IF Level,
RSA3408A DC-8 GHz 64 MB, AM, FM 36 MHz Power and
RSA6106A
RSA6114A
our Real-Time Spectrum Analyzer Performance
RTSA
Frequency Memory Modulation Real-Time Capture Triggering
Range Depth Analysis Bandwidth Modes
DC-3 GHz 64 MB, AM, FM 15 MHz IF Level,
9 kHz - 6.2 GHz
9 kHz - 14 GHz
256 MB optional
256 MB optional (ASK, FSK), PM, Power and
256 MB optional (ASK, FSK), PM, Opt. Frequency
256 MB,
1 GB optional Phase vs Time and 110 MHz optional Opt. Frequency
256 MB,
1 GB optional Phase vs Time and 110 MHz optional Opt. Frequency
(ASK, FSK), PM, Power and
Pulse Analysis; Opt. Frequency
optional general purpose Mask Trigger
digital mod analysis
Pulse Analysis; Opt. Frequency
optional general purpose Mask Trigger
digital mod analysis
Pulse Analysis; Mask Trigger
optional general purpose
digital mod analysis
Amplitude, Frequency, 40 MHz Power and
Advance Signal (Pulse)Analysis
optional general purpose
digital mod analysis
Amplitude, Frequency
Advance Signal (Pulse)Analysis
optional general purpose
digital mod analysis
, 40 MHz Power and
Mask Trigger
Mask T
rigger
RSA3408A Series
Get fast resolution to complex problems with
enhanced triggering, more capture bandwidth
and great analysis tools with the RSA3408A.
RSA6100A Series
The RSA6100A Series offers the revolutionary
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spectrum display with an intuitive live
DPX
color view of signal transients changing over
time in the frequency domain, giving you
immediate confidence in the stability of your
design, or instantly displaying a fault when
it occurs.
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ime Spectrum Analyzers
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It’s Time to Get Real.
Completely Characterize Time-varying RF Signals
Multiple correlated views
in all domains (Frequency, Time,
Amplitude, Phase, Modulation)
with intuitive user interface.
Revolutionary DPX®spectrum
processing
troubleshooting and live transient
analysis.
Touch screen, mouse and front
panel controls
in the views.
Windows XP Operating System
with Tek OpenChoice®for easy file
operations, printing, Ethernet and
GPIB control, remote connections
and more.
wo external triggers
T
key event information (1 front, 1 rear).
for unmatched
directly adjust settings
to capture
Two frequency ranges:
9 kHz to 6.2 GHz (RSA6106A) or
9 kHz to 14 GHz (RSA6114A).
DVD ±RW (standard) for waveform
storage. Removable HDD (optional)
for data security.
Familiar spectrum analyzer
controls
acquisition and measurement
settings.
USB connections (2 front, 2 rear),
for mouse, keyboard and memory.
plus fast access to all
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DC-Protected Input
40 V DC, over entire frequency
±
range, +30 dBm CW
Maximum.
RSA Real-T
ime Spectrum Analyzers
, 75W Pulse
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