Tektronix Spectrum Analyzer - Manual (Page 6)

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User adjustable color scaling shows signal
amplitude transitions
Spectrogram showing a pulsed AM signal...
measure spectral occupancy and amplitude,
timing between pulses. Also measure transient
signals at carrier turn-on time
Marker/delta markers provide signal amplitude,
frequency, frame number and time
Trigger/pre-trigger time designation
As the complexity of new RF components, devices and systems continues to increase, the ability to acquire and
store a record of time-variant RF signal activity and thoroughly analyze its unique behavior – over time, in multiple
domains – is becoming increasingly essential. Tektronix’ Real-Time Spectrum Analyzers meet these requirements
by seamlessly capturing and recording all the signals across a user-selected span – up to 110 MHz, depending
upon model used. Transient, pulsed and other time-variant signals are all captured as a seamless time record into
deep memory. Some models also include an option for streaming live IQ data to an output for external recording
and analysis.
Capture
Continously a Seamless Time Record of a Span of RF Frequencies
Spectrogram showing oscillator
turn-on settling characteristic enables
measurement frequency variance
over time
Readouts show first and last spectra
(frame) displayed, with color scaling
that indicates amplitude
T
ime
Frequency