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Spectrum Analyzers — RSA3000B Series
Standard Measurement Functions by Mode
Measurement Mode
Measurements and Displays
Spectrum Analyzer Mode Channel Power, Adjacent Channel Power, Occupied
Bandwidth, Emission Bandwidth, Carrier-to-Noise
Ratio, Carrier Frequency, Spurious Search, dBm/Hz
Marker, dBc/Hz Marker, Spectrum Emission Mask
RTSA Mode
Channel Power, Adjacent Channel Power, Occupied
Bandwidth, Emission Bandwidth, Carrier-to-Noise
Ratio, Carrier Frequency, Spurious Search, dBm/Hz
Marker, dBc/Hz Marker, Real-time Spectrum Emission
Mask
RTSA with Zoom
dBm/Hz Marker, dBc/Hz Marker
DPX
dBm/Hz Marker, dBc/Hz Marker
Analog Mod. Analysis
IQ vs. Time, AM Depth, FM Deviation, PM Deviation,
Pulse Spectrum
Time
IQ vs. Time, Power vs. Time, Frequency vs. Time,
CCDF, Crest Factor
Pulse
Pulse Width, Peak Power, Ripple, Pulse Repetition
Interval, Duty Cycle, Pulse-to-Pulse Phase, Frequency
Deviation, Channel Power, OBW, EBW
Spectrum Mode Display Traces, Detectors, and Functions
Characteristic
Description
Traces
Two traces
Detector
Max, Min, Max-Min
Trace Functions
Normal, Average, Max Hold, Min Hold
Spectrum Trace Length
801 points (Auto mode)
RF Performance
Frequency
Characteristic
Description
Frequency Range
DC up to 8 GHz
Initial Center Frequency
Setting Accuracy
within 10
–7
after 10 minute warm-up
Center Frequency Setting
Resolution
0.1 Hz
<20 MHz, ±(RE × MF + 0.001 × Span + 0.2) Hz
(RSA3300B Models)
≥20 MHz, ±(RE × MF + 0.001 × Span + 2) Hz
(RSA3300B Models)
<40 MHz, ±(RE × MF + 0.001 × Span + 0.2) Hz
(RSA3400B Models)
≥40 MHz, ±(RE × MF + 0.001 × Span + 2) Hz
(RSA3400B Models)
Frequency Marker
Readout Accuracy
Note: RE = Reference Frequency Error, MF = Marker
Frequency (Hz)
Span Accuracy
±0.3% (Auto mode)
Reference Frequency
Aging per Day
1 × 10
–9
(after 30 days of operation)
Aging per Year
1 × 10
–7
(after 30 days of operation)
Temperature Drift
1 × 10
–7
(10 to 40 ºC).
Total Frequency Error
2 × 10
–7
(within one year after calibration)
Reference Output Level
>0 dBm
External Reference Input
Frequency
10 MHz
External Reference Input
Level Range
–10 dBm to + 6 dBm, Spurious level must be < –80 dBc
within 100 kHz offset
Resolution Bandwidth (Spectrum Analysis Mode)
Characteristic
Description
Range
1 Hz to 10 MHz (auto-coupled or user-selected
(arbitrary) )
Shape
1 Hz to 10 MHz – Approximately Gaussian, shape
factor <5:1 (60:3 dB) typical. Rectangular, Nyquist and
Root Nyquist shapes may also be selected.
Accuracy
Within 6% (referenced to –3 dB BW). ±0.1%
(referenced to Noise BW)
Minimum Settable Spectrum Analysis RBW vs. Span
Extended Resolution ON
Frequency Span
RBW
>2 GHz
100 kHz
>1 GHz - 2 GHz
50 kHz
>500 MHz - 1 GHz
20 kHz
>20 MHz - 500 MHz
10 kHz
>500 kHz - 20 MHz
1 kHz
>200 kHz - 500 kHz
500 Hz
>100 kHz - 200 kHz
200 Hz
>50 kHz - 100 kHz
100 Hz
>20 kHz - 50 kHz
50 Hz
>10 kHz - 20 kHz
20 Hz
>5 kHz - 10 kHz
10 Hz
>2 kHz - 5 kHz
5 Hz
>1 kHz - 2 kHz
2 Hz
>100 Hz - 1 kHz
1 Hz
Frequency Resolution
(RTSA Mode and FFT Analysis in Spectrum Mode)
Characteristic
Description
Noise Bandwidth Range,
RTSA Mode
0.250545 Hz to 100.218 kHz
FFT Performance,
Spectrum Mode
Number of samples per frame: 64 to 8192
(65,536 samples per frame, extended resolution)
Window Types
Rectangular, Parzen, Welch, Sine-Lobe, Hanning,
Sine-Cubed, Sine to the 4th, Hamming, Blackman,
Rosenfield, Blackman-Harris 3A, Blackman-Harris 3B,
Blackman-Harris 4A, Blackman-Harris 4B, FlatTop
DPX Digital Phosphor Spectrum Processing
Characteristic
Description
Spectrum Processing
Rate
48,000/s, span-independent
Number of Traces
2
Trace Types
Color-graded bitmap, +Peak, Max Hold, –Peak,
Min-Hold, Average
41 μs (RSA3300B Models)
Minimum Signal Duration
for 100% Probability of
Intercept
31 μs (RSA3400B Models)
100 Hz to 15 MHz (RSA3300B Models)
100 Hz to 36 MHz (RSA3400B Models)
Span Range
Resolution BW Accuracy –7%
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