Agilent Technologies N9010A manual

Agilent X-Series Signal Analyzer N9010A EXA Specifications Guide (Compr ehensive Reference Data) This manual provides documentation for the following X-Series Analyzer: EXA Signal Analyzer N9010A[...]

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Contents 5 1. Agilent EXA Sig nal Analyzer Definitions and Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

6 Contents Power Suite Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Channel Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Occupied Bandwidth. . . . . . . . [...]

Contents 7 5. Option PFR - Precision Frequency Reference Specifications Affected by Preci sion Frequency Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 0 6. I/Q Analyzer Specifications Affected by I/Q An alyzer: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

8 Contents (EVM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Power vs. T ime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 EDGE Power vs. T ime . [...]

Contents 9 AM Rejection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 Residual PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 Measurement Range . . . . . [...]

10 Contents Occupied Bandwidth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 Spectrum Emission Mask . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 Spurious Emissions . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

Contents 11 20. DVB-T/H Measur ement Application N6153A, DVB-T/H Measuremen ts Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 Channel Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 Channel Power[...]

12 Contents Frequency Points per Span . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248 Resolution Bandwidth (RBW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248 Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

13 1 Agilent EXA Signal Analyzer This chapter contains the specifications for th e core signal analyzer . The specifications and characteristics for the me asurement applications and options are covered in the ch ap ters that follow .[...]

14 Chapter 1 Agilent EXA Si gnal Analyzer Definitions an d Req uirements Definitions and Requir ements This book cont ains signal analyzer sp ecifications and supplemental informatio n. The distinctio n amon g specifications, typical performance, and no minal values are described as follows . Definitions • Specifications describe the performance [...]

Chapter 1 15 Agilent EXA Si gnal Analyzer Frequency and T ime Fr equency and T ime Description Specifications Supplemental I nformation Frequency Range Maximum Frequency Option 503 3.6 GHz Option 507 7 GHz Option 513 13.6 GH z Option 526 26.5 GH z Pr eamp Option P03 3.6 GHz Minimum Frequency Preamp AC Coupled DC Coupled Off 10 MHz 9 kHz On 10 MHz 1[...]

16 Chapter 1 Agilent EXA Si gnal Analyzer Freq uen cy and Ti me a. In the band o verlap regions, for example , 3.5 to 3.6 GHz, the analyzer may use either band for measurements, in this example Band 0 or Band 1. The analyzer gives pr eference to the band with the better overall specifications (which is the lower numbered ba nd for all frequencies b[...]

Chapter 1 17 Agilent EXA Si gnal Analyzer Frequency and T ime Achievable Initial Calibration Accuracy ± 1.4 × 10 − 6 Settabili ty ± 2 × 10 − 8 Residual FM Center Frequency = 1 GHz 10 Hz RBW , 10 Hz VBW ≤ 10 Hz × N p-p in 20 ms c , nominal a. Calibration accuracy d epe nds on how accura te ly the frequency standard was adjusted to 10 MHz.[...]

18 Chapter 1 Agilent EXA Si gnal Analyzer Freq uen cy and Ti me Description Specifications Supplemental Informat ion Prec ision Fr equency Refer ence ( Option PFR ) Accuracy ± [(time since last adjustment × aging rate) + temperature stability + calibration accuracy a ] b a. Calibration accuracy d epe nds on how accura te ly the frequency standard[...]

Chapter 1 19 Agilent EXA Si gnal Analyzer Frequency and T ime d. The achievable ca libration accuracy at the be ginning of the calibra tion cycle includes these effects: 1) T emperature difference between the calib ration environment and the use environment 2) Orientation relative to the gravitation fiel d changing between the calibration environme[...]

20 Chapter 1 Agilent EXA Si gnal Analyzer Freq uen cy and Ti me Description Specifications Supplemental Information Freq uen cy Read out Accuracy ± (marker freq. × freq. ref. accy . + 0.25 % × span + 5 % × RBW a + 2 Hz + 0.5 × horizontal resolut ion b ) a. The warranted performance is only the sum of all errors under autocoupled con ditions. U[...]

Chapter 1 21 Agilent EXA Si gnal Analyzer Frequency and T ime d. In most cases, the frequency read out accuracy of the ana lyzer can be exceptionally good. As an example, Agilent has characterized the accuracy of a span co mmonly used for Electro-Mag- netic Compatibility (EMC) testing using a source fre quency locked to the analyzer . Ideally , thi[...]

22 Chapter 1 Agilent EXA Si gnal Analyzer Freq uen cy and Ti me Description Specifications Supplemental Information Frequency Counter a a. Instrument conditions: RBW = 1 kHz, gate time = auto (100 ms), S /N ≥ 50 dB, frequency = 1 GHz See note b b. If the signal being measured is locked to the same frequency reference as the analyz er , the specif[...]

Chapter 1 23 Agilent EXA Si gnal Analyzer Frequency and T ime Description Specifications Supplemental Informatio n Sweep Time Range Span = 0 Hz Span ≥ 10 Hz 1 μ s to 6000 s 1 ms to 4000 s Accuracy Span ≥ 10 Hz, swept Span ≥ 10 Hz, FFT Span = 0 Hz ± 0.01 % (nominal) ± 40 % (nominal) ± 0.01 % (nominal) Sweep Trigger Free Run, Line, V ideo, [...]

24 Chapter 1 Agilent EXA Si gnal Analyzer Freq uen cy and Ti me Sweep T ype = FFT T riggers on the signal envelope in a bandwidth wider than the FFT width RF Burst Level Range − 50 to − 10 dBm plus att enuati on (nominal) Bandwidth ( − 10 dB) Most cases 16 MHz (nominal) Sweep T ype = FFT ; FFT W idt h = 25 MHz; Span ≥ 8 MHz 30 MHz (nom inal[...]

Chapter 1 25 Agilent EXA Si gnal Analyzer Frequency and T ime Description Specifications Supplemental Informat ion Gated Sweep Gate Methods Gated LO Gated V id eo Gated FFT Span Range Any span Gate Delay Range 0 to 100.0 s Gate Delay Settability 4 digits, ≥ 100 ns Gate Dela y Jitter 33.3 ns p-p (nom inal) Gate Length Range Except Method = FFT 100[...]

26 Chapter 1 Agilent EXA Si gnal Analyzer Freq uen cy and Ti me Nominal Measur ement T ime vs. Span [Plot] Description Specifications Supplemental I nformation Number of Frequency Display T race Points (buckets) Factory preset 1001 Range 1 to 40,001 Zero and non-zero spans[...]

Chapter 1 27 Agilent EXA Si gnal Analyzer Frequency and T ime Description Specifications Supplemental Information Resolution Band width (RBW) Range ( − 3.01 dB bandwidth ) 1 Hz to 8 MHz Bandwidths above 3 MHz are 4, 5, 6, and 8 MHz. Bandwidths 1 Hz to 3 MHz are spaced at 10 % spacing using the E24 series (24 per decade): 1.0, 1. 1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.5,[...]

28 Chapter 1 Agilent EXA Si gnal Analyzer Freq uen cy and Ti me b. Resolution Bandwidth Accu racy can be observe d at slower sweep times than auto-coupled conditions. Normal sweep rates ca use the shape of the RBW filter displayed on the analyzer screen to widen by nominally 6 % . This widen ing declines to 0.6 % nominal when the Swp T ime Rules ke[...]

Chapter 1 29 Agilent EXA Si gnal Analyzer Amplitude Accuracy and Range Amplitude Accuracy and Range Description Specifications Supplemental Information Measurement Range Displayed A verage Noise Level to +23 dBm Preamp On Displayed A verage Noise Level to +23 dBm Option P03 Input Attenuation Range 0 to 60 dB, in 10 dB steps Standard Input Attenuati[...]

30 Chapter 1 Agilent EXA Si gnal Analyzer Amplitude Accuracy and Range Description Specifications Supplemental Information Marker Readout a a. Reference level and off-screen performance: Th e reference level (RL) behavior dif fers from some earlier analyzers in a way that makes this an alyzer more flexible. In other analyzers, the RL controlled how[...]

Chapter 1 31 Agilent EXA Si gnal Analyzer Amplitude Accuracy and Range Frequency Response Description Specifications Supplemental Information Frequency Re sponse Refer to the footnote for Band Overlaps on page 15 . Maximum error relative t o reference condition (50 MHz) Mechanical attenuator only a Swept operation b a. See the Electronic Attenuator[...]

32 Chapter 1 Agilent EXA Si gnal Analyzer Amplitude Accuracy and Range Description Specifications Supplemental Information IF Freq uency Response a a. The IF frequency response includes ef fects due to RF circuits such as input filters, that are a function of RF frequency , in add ition to the IF pass-band ef fects. Demodulation and FFT response re[...]

Chapter 1 33 Agilent EXA Si gnal Analyzer Amplitude Accuracy and Range Description Specifications Supplemental Information Input Attenuation Switching Uncertainty Refer to the footnote for Band Overlaps on page 15 . Relative to 10 dB (reference setting) Frequency Range 50 MHz (reference frequency) ± 0.20 dB ± 0.08 dB (typical) Attenuation > 2 [...]

34 Chapter 1 Agilent EXA Si gnal Analyzer Amplitude Accuracy and Range Description Specificati ons Supplemental Informat ion Absolute Ampl itude Accuracy At 50 MHz a 20 to 30 ° C 5 to 50 ° C a. Absolute amplitude accuracy is the total of al l amplitude measurement e rrors, and applies over the following subset of sett ings and con ditions: 1 Hz ?[...]

Chapter 1 35 Agilent EXA Si gnal Analyzer Amplitude Accuracy and Range b. Absolute Amplitude Accuracy fo r a wide range of signal and measurement settings, covers the 95th percentile proportion with 95 % confiden ce. Here are the deta ils of what is covered and how the computation is made: The wide range of conditions of RBW , signal level, VBW , r[...]

36 Chapter 1 Agilent EXA Si gnal Analyzer Amplitude Accuracy and Range Description Specifications Supplemental Informat ion RF Input VS WR at tuned frequency , DC Coupled Nominal a a. The nominal SWR stated is the worst case RF frequency in three repr esentative instruments. 10 dB attenuation, 50 MHz 1.07:1 Input Attenuation Frequency 0 dB ≥ 10 d[...]

Chapter 1 37 Agilent EXA Si gnal Analyzer Amplitude Accuracy and Range Nominal VSW R [Plot][...]

38 Chapter 1 Agilent EXA Si gnal Analyzer Amplitude Accuracy and Range Description Specifications Supplemental Information Resolution Bandwidth Switching Uncertainty relative to reference BW of 30 kHz 1.0 Hz to 3 MHz RBW ± 0.10 dB Manually selected wide RBWs: 4, 5, 6, 8 MHz ± 1.0 dB Description Specifications Supplemental Information Reference Le[...]

Chapter 1 39 Agilent EXA Si gnal Analyzer Amplitude Accuracy and Range Description Specifications Supplemental I nformation Display Scale Switching Uncertainty Switching between Linear and Log 0 dB a a. Because Log/Lin and Log Scale Switching affect only the display , not the measurement, they cause no additional error in measurem ent results from [...]

40 Chapter 1 Agilent EXA Si gnal Analyzer Amplitude Accuracy and Range a. Supplemental information: The amplitude detection linearity speci fication applies at all levels below − 10 dBm at the input mixer; however , nois e will reduce the accur acy of low level mea- surements. The amplitude error due to noise is determined by th e signal-to-noise[...]

Chapter 1 41 Agilent EXA Si gnal Analyzer Amplitude Accuracy and Range g. Slope error will nominally be well within the range of ± 0.0009 × (P1 − P2). P1 and P2 are defined in footnote f . h. A small additional error is possible. In FFT swee ps, this error is possible for spans under 4.01 kHz. For non-FFT measurements, it is possible for RBWs o[...]

42 Chapter 1 Agilent EXA Si gnal Analyzer Dynamic Range Dynamic Range Gain Compression Description Specifications Supplemental Informatio n 1 dB Gain Compression Point (T wo-tone) abc a. Lar ge signa ls, even at frequencies not shown on the screen, can cause the analyzer to incor- rectly measure on-screen signals because of two- tone gain compressi[...]

Chapter 1 43 Agilent EXA Si gnal Analyzer Dynamic Range c. Reference level and off-screen performance: Th e reference level (RL) behavior dif fers from some earlier analyzers in a way that makes this an alyzer more flexible. In other analyzers, the RL controlled how the measurement was perform ed as well as how it was displaye d. Because the logari[...]

44 Chapter 1 Agilent EXA Si gnal Analyzer Dynamic Range Displayed A verage Noise Level Description Specifications Supplemental Informat ion Displayed A verage Noise Level (DANL) a a. DANL for zero span and sw ept is normalized in two ways and for two reasons. DANL is mea- sured in a 1 kHz RBW and normalized to the na rrowest available RBW , because[...]

Chapter 1 45 Agilent EXA Si gnal Analyzer Dynamic Range c. Setting the IF Gain to Low is often desirable in order to allow higher power into the mixer without overload, better compression and better third-order intermodulation. When the Swept IF Gain is set to Low , either by auto co upling or manual coup ling, there is noise added above that speci[...]

46 Chapter 1 Agilent EXA Si gnal Analyzer Dynamic Range Spurious Responses Description Specifications Supplemental Information Spurious Responses Mixer Level a Response Preamp Off b Refer to the footnote for Band Overlaps on page 15 . Residual Responses c 200 kHz to 8.4 GHz (swept) Zero span or FFT or other frequencies N/A − 100 dBm − 100 dBm ([...]

Chapter 1 47 Agilent EXA Si gnal Analyzer Dynamic Range a. Mixer Level = Input Level − Input Attenuation. b. The spurious response specifications onl y apply with the preamp turned of f. When the pre amp is turned on, performance is nomi nally the same as long as the mixe r level is interpreted to be: Mixer Level = Input Level − Input Attenuati[...]

48 Chapter 1 Agilent EXA Si gnal Analyzer Dynamic Range Second Harmonic Distortion Third Order Intermodulation Distor tion Description Specifications Supplemental Informa tion Second Harmonic Distortion Mixer Leve l a a. Mixer level = Input Level − Input Attenuation SHI b (nominal) b. SHI = second harmonic intercep t. The SHI is given by the mixe[...]

Chapter 1 49 Agilent EXA Si gnal Analyzer Dynamic Range 400 MHz to 1.7 GHz +10 dBm − 80 dBc 1.7 to 3.6 GHz +12 dBm − 84 dBc 3.6 to 5.1 GHz +10 dBm − 80 dBc 5.1 to 7 GHz +12 dBm − 86 dBc 7 to 13.6 GHz +10 dBm − 80 dBc 13.6 to 26.5 GHz +7 dBm − 74 dBc a. See the IF Prefilter Bandwidth table in the Gain Compression specifications on page 4[...]

50 Chapter 1 Agilent EXA Si gnal Analyzer Dynamic Range Nominal Dynamic Range at 1 GHz [Plot][...]

Chapter 1 51 Agilent EXA Si gnal Analyzer Dynamic Range Nominal Dynamic Rang e Bands 1-4 [Plot][...]

52 Chapter 1 Agilent EXA Si gnal Analyzer Dynamic Range Nominal Dynamic Range vs. Offs et Frequency vs. RBW [Plot][...]

Chapter 1 53 Agilent EXA Si gnal Analyzer Dynamic Range Phase Noise Description Specifications Supplemental Information Phase Noise Noise Si debands Center Frequency = 1 GHz a Best-case Optimization b Internal Reference c a. The nominal performance of the phase noise at frequencies above the fre quency at which the specifications apply (1 GHz) depe[...]

54 Chapter 1 Agilent EXA Si gnal Analyzer Dynamic Range Nominal Phase Noise of Di fferent LO Opti mizations[...]

Chapter 1 55 Agilent EXA Si gnal Analyzer Dynamic Range Nominal Phase Noise at Di fferent Center Fr equencies[...]

56 Chapter 1 Agilent EXA Si gnal Analyzer Power Suite Measurements Power Suite Measurements Description Specifications Supplemental Information Channel Power Amplitude Accuracy Absolute Amplitude Accuracy a + Power Bandwidth Accuracy bc a. See “Absolute Amplitude A ccuracy” on page 34 . b. See “Frequency and T ime” on page 1 5 . c. Expresse[...]

Chapter 1 57 Agilent EXA Si gnal Analyzer Power Suite Measurements Description Specifications Supplemental Information Adjacent Channel Power (ACP) Case: Radio S td = None Accuracy of ACP Ratio (dBc) Display Scale Fideli ty a Accuracy of ACP Absolute Power (dBm or dBm/Hz) Absolute Amplitude Accuracy b + Power Bandwidth Accuracy cd Accuracy of Carri[...]

58 Chapter 1 Agilent EXA Si gnal Analyzer Power Suite Measurements On 5 M Hz Fil tered IBW − 73 dB − 8 dBm On 10 MHz Filtered IBW − 76 dB − 2 dBm RRC W eighting Accuracy n White noise in Adjacent Channel TOI-induced spectrum rms CW er ror 0.00 dB nominal 0.001 dB nominal 0.012 dB nominal a. The ef fect of scale fidelity on the ratio of tw o[...]

Chapter 1 59 Agilent EXA Si gnal Analyzer Power Suite Measurements i. T o meet this specified accurac y when measuring mobile s tation (MS) or user equipm ent (UE) within 3 dB of the required − 33 dBc ACPR, the mixer level (ML) must be optimized for accu- racy . This optimum mixer level is − 22 dBm, so the input att enua tion must be set as clo[...]

60 Chapter 1 Agilent EXA Si gnal Analyzer Power Suite Measurements n. 3GPP requires the use of a root-raised-cosine filter in evalua ting the ACLR of a device. The accuracy of the passband shape of the filter is not specified in standards, nor is any method of evaluating that accuracy . This f ootnote discusses the performance of the filter in this[...]

Chapter 1 61 Agilent EXA Si gnal Analyzer Power Suite Measurements Description Specifications Supplemental Information Case: Radio S t d = IS-95 or J-STD-008 Method RBW method a a. The RBW method measures the power in the adjacent channels within the defined resolution bandwidth. The noise bandwidth of the RBW f ilter is nominally 1.055 times the 3[...]

62 Chapter 1 Agilent EXA Si gnal Analyzer Power Suite Measurements c. As in footnote b , the specified ACPR accuracy applies if the ACPR measured substantially exceeds the analyzer dynamic range at the specified offset. Wh en this condition is not met, there are additional errors due to the addition of analyzer sp ectral components to UUT spec- tra[...]

Chapter 1 63 Agilent EXA Si gnal Analyzer Power Suite Measurements Description Specifications Supplemental Information Power S tatistics CCDF Histogram Resolution a a. The Complementary Cumulative Distribution Function (CCDF) is a reformatting of a histo- gram of the power envelope. The width of the amplitude bins used by the histogram is the his- [...]

64 Chapter 1 Agilent EXA Si gnal Analyzer Power Suite Measurements Description Specifications Supplemental Information Spurious Emissions T able-driven spurious signals; search across regions Case: Radio S td = 3GPP W-CDMA Dynamic Range 1 to 3.6 GHz a a. The dynamic is specified with the mixer level at +3 dBm, where up to 1 dB of compression can oc[...]

Chapter 1 65 Agilent EXA Si gnal Analyzer Power Suite Measurements Case: Radio S t d = 3G PP W − CDMA Dynamic Range, rel a tiv e 2.515 MHz offset a d 76.5 dB 83.9 dB (typical) Sensitivity , absolute 2.515 MHz offset c − 94.7 dBm − 100.7 dBm (typical) Accuracy 2.515 MHz offset Relative d ± 0.12 dB Absolute e 20 to 30 °C ± 1.05 dB ± 0.34 dB[...]

66 Chapter 1 Agilent EXA Si gnal Analyzer Options Options The following options and applications af fect instrument specifications. Option 503: Frequency range, 9 kHz to 3.6 GHz Option 507: Frequency range, 9 kHz to 7 GHz Option 513: Frequency range, 9 kHz to 13.6 GHz Option 526: Frequency range, 9 kHz to 26.5 GHz Option B25: Analysis bandwidth , 2[...]

Chapter 1 67 Agilent EXA Si gnal Analyzer General General Description Specifications Supplemental Informat ion Calibration Cycle 1 year Description Specifications Supplemental Information T emperature Range Operating 5 to 50 ° CS t a n d a r d S torage − 40 to 65 ° C Altitude 3,000 meters (approx. 10,000 feet) Description Specifications Supplem[...]

68 Chapter 1 Agilent EXA Si gnal Analyzer General Acoustic Noise Emission/Geraeuschemis sion LpA <70 dB Operator position Normal position Per ISO 7779 LpA <70 dB Am Arbeitsplatz Normaler Betrieb Nach DIN 45635 t.19 Description Specifications Safety Complies w ith European Low V oltage Directive 2006/95/ EC — IEC/EN 6101 0-1 2nd Edition — [...]

Chapter 1 69 Agilent EXA Si gnal Analyzer General Description Supplemental Information Measurement Speed a a. Sweep Points = 101. Nominal Standard w/ Option PC2 Local measurement and display update rate bc b. Factory preset, fixed center frequency , RBW = 1 MHz, span >10 MHz and ≤ 600 MHz, stop frequency ≤ 3.6 GHz, Auto Align Of f. c. Phase [...]

70 Chapter 1 Agilent EXA Si gnal Analyzer General a. The LCD display i s manufactured using high precision technolog y . However , there may be up to six bright points (white, blue, red or gree n in color) that constan tly appear on the LCD screen. These points are normal in the manufa cturing process and do not affect the measure- ment integrity o[...]

Chapter 1 71 Agilent EXA Si gnal Analyzer Inputs/O utputs Inputs/Outputs Front Panel Description Specifications Supplemental Information RF Input Connector S tandard T ype-N female Impedance 50 Ω (nominal) Description Specifications Supplemental Information Probe Power V olta ge/Current +15 Vdc, ± 7 % at 150 mA max (nominal) − 12.6 Vdc, ± 10 %[...]

72 Chapter 1 Agilent EXA Si gnal Analyzer Inputs/Outputs Rear Panel Description Specifications Supplemental I nformation Headphone Jack Connector 3.5 mm (1/8 inch) miniature stereo audio jack Output Power 90 mW per chann el int o 16 Ω (nominal) Description Specifications Supplemental Information 10 MHz Out Connector BNC female Impedance 50 Ω (nom[...]

Chapter 1 73 Agilent EXA Si gnal Analyzer Inputs/O utputs Description Specifications Supplemental Information Sync Reserved for future use Connector BNC female Description Specifications Supplemental Information T rigger Inputs Either trigger source may be selected. T rigger 1 In, T rigger 2 In Connector BNC female Impedance 10 k Ω (nominal) T rig[...]

74 Chapter 1 Agilent EXA Si gnal Analyzer Inputs/Outputs Description Specifications Supplemental I nformation Noise Source Drive +28 V (Pulsed) Connector BNC female Description Specifications Supplemental Informat ion SNS Series Noise Source For use with Agilent T echnologies SNS Series noise sources Description Specifications Supplemental Informat[...]

Chapter 1 75 Agilent EXA Si gnal Analyzer Inputs/O utputs Description Specifications Supplemental Informat ion USB 2.0 Ports Master (4 ports) Connector USB T ype “A” (female) Output Curren t 0.5 A (nominal) Slave (1 port) Connector USB T ype “B” (female) Output Curren t 0.5 A (nominal) Description Specifications Supplemental Information GPI[...]

76 Chapter 1 Agilent EXA Si gnal Analyzer Regulatory Information Regulatory Information This product is designed for use in Installation Category II and Pol lution Degree 2 per IEC 61010 2n d ed, and 664 respectively . This product has been designed and tested in ac cord ance with accepted industry standards, and has been supplied in a safe conditi[...]

Chapter 1 77 Agilent EXA Si gnal Analyzer Declaration of Conformity Declaration of Conformity A copy of the Manufacturer ’ s European De claration of Conformity for this instrument can be obtained by contacting your local Agilent T echnologies sales representative.[...]

78 Chapter 1 Agilent EXA Si gnal Analyzer Declaration of Co nf ormity[...]

79 2 Option B25 (25 MHz) - Analysis Bandwidth This chapter contains specifications for the Op tion B25 (25 MHz) Analysis Bandwidth, an d fo r convenience, also has specifications for the standard bandwidt hs of 10 MHz and below .[...]

80 Chapter 2 Option B25 (25 MHz) - Analysis Bandwidth Specifications Affected by Analysis Bandwidth Specifications Affected by Analysis Bandwidth Specification Name Information IF Frequency Response Specifications presented in the core chapter ( “Agilent EXA Signal Analyzer” on page 13 ) are redundantly contained within this chapter . IF Phase [...]

Chapter 2 81 Option B25 (25 MHz) - Analysis Bandwidth Other Analysis Band width Specifications Other Analysis Bandwidth Specifications Description Specification Supplemental Information IF Spurious Response, 25 MHz IF Bandwidth (Op ti on B25) a a. T o save test time, the levels of these sp urs are not warranted. However , the relationship between t[...]

82 Chapter 2 Option B25 (25 MHz) - Analysis Bandwidth Other Analysis Band width Specificatio ns Description Specifications Supplemental Informat ion SFDR (Spurious-Fr ee Dynamic Range) T est conditions a a. Signal level is –6 dB relative to dBfs wh ere: FS = –1 0 dBm at mixer , IF Gain = 0.. Signal Frequency wi thin ± 12 MHz of center –75 dB[...]

Chapter 2 83 Option B25 (25 MHz) - Analysis Bandwidth Other Analysis Band width Specifications Description Specification Supplemental I nformation IF Phase Linearity Relative to mean phase linearity Freq (GHz) Span (MHz) Peak (nominal) rms (nom inal) a a. The listed performance is the r .m.s. of the phase deviation relative to the a best-fit linear[...]

84 Chapter 2 Option B25 (25 MHz) - Analysis Bandwidth Other Analysis Band width Specificatio ns[...]

85 3 Option EA3 - Electr onic Attenuator , 3.6 GHz This chapter contains specifications for the Option EA3 Electronic Attenuator , 3.6 GHz.[...]

86 Chapter 3 Option EA3 - Electronic Attenuator , 3.6 GHz Specifications Affected by Electronic Attenuator Specifications Affected by Electronic Attenuator Specification Name Information Frequency Range See “Range (Frequency and Attenuation)” on page 87 . 1 dB Gain Compression Point See “Distortions and Noise” on page 88 . Displayed A verag[...]

Chapter 3 87 Option EA3 - Electr onic Attenu at or , 3.6 GHz Other Electronic Attenu ator Specificat ions Other Electr onic Attenuator Specifications Description Specifications Supplemental I nformation Range (Frequency and Attenuation) Frequency Range 9 kHz to 3.6 GHz Attenuation Range Electronic Attenuator Range 0 to 24 dB, 1 dB steps Calibrated [...]

88 Chapter 3 Option EA3 - Electronic Attenuator , 3.6 GHz Other Electronic Attenuator Specifications Description Specifications Supplemental Information Distortions and Noise When using the electronic attenuator, the mechanical attenuator is also in-circuit. The full mechanical attenuator range is available a . a. The electronic attenuator is calib[...]

Chapter 3 89 Option EA3 - Electr onic Attenu at or , 3.6 GHz Other Electronic Attenu ator Specificat ions Description Specifications Supplemental Information Frequency Re sponse Maximum error relative t o reference condition (50 MHz) 20 to 30 ° C 5 to 50 ° C 95 th Percentile ( ≈ 2 σ ) Attenuation = 4 to 24 dB, even steps 9 kHz to 10 MHz ± 0.7[...]

90 Chapter 3 Option EA3 - Electronic Attenuator , 3.6 GHz Other Electronic Attenuator Specifications[...]

91 4 Option P03 - Pr eamplifier This chapter contains specificatio ns for the EXA S ignal Analyzer Option P03 preamplifier .[...]

92 Chapter 4 Option P03 - Preamplifier Specifications Affected by Preamp Specifications Affected by Pr eamp Specification Name Information Frequency Range See “Frequency Range” on page 15 of the core specifications. Nominal Dynami c Range vs. Offset Frequency vs. RBW Does not apply with Preamp On. Measurement Range The measurement range depends[...]

Chapter 4 93 Option P03 - Preamplifi er Other Preamp Specifications Other Pr eamp Specifications Description Specifications Supplemental I nformation Preamp ( Option P03) a a. The preamp follows the i nput attenuator , AC/DC coupling switch, and precedes the input mixer . In low-band, it follows the 3.6 GHz low-pass filter . Gain Maximum b b. Pream[...]

94 Chapter 4 Option P03 - Preamplifier Other Preamp Specifications Description Specifications Supplemental Information 1 dB Gain Compression Point (T wo-tone) ab a. Large signals, even at frequencies not shown on the screen, can cause the analyzer to mismeasure on-screen signals because of two-to ne gain compression. This specification tells how la[...]

Chapter 4 95 Option P03 - Preamplifi er Other Preamp Specifications Description Specifications Supplement al Information Displayed A verage Noise Level (DANL) − Preamp On (Option P03) a a. DANL for zero span and swep t is normalized in two way s and for two reasons. DANL is measured in a 1 kHz RBW and normalized to the narrowest available RBW , b[...]

96 Chapter 4 Option P03 - Preamplifier Other Preamp Specifications Description Specifications Supplemental Info rmation Frequency Re sponse − Preamp On (Option P03) Refer to the footnote for Band Overlaps o n page 15 . Maximum error relative t o reference condition (50 MHz) Input attenuation 0 dB Swept operation a a. For Sweep T ype = FFT , add t[...]

Chapter 4 97 Option P03 - Preamplifi er Other Preamp Specifications Nominal VSWR − Preamp On (Plot) Description Specifications Supplemental Information Third Order Intermodulat ion Distort ion T one separation 5 times IF Prefilter Bandwidth a a. See the IF Prefilter Bandwidth table in the specifications for “Gain Compression” on page 42 . Whe[...]

98 Chapter 4 Option P03 - Preamplifier Other Preamp Specifications Nominal Dynamic Range at 1 GHz, Preamp On (Plot)[...]

99 5 Option PFR - Pr ecision Fr equency Refer ence This chapter contains specifications for th e Option PFR Precision Frequency Reference.[...]

100 Chapter 5 Option PFR - Precision Frequency Reference Specifications Affected by Precision Fr equency Refer ence Specifications Affected by Pr ecision Fr equency Reference Specification Name Information Precision Frequency Reference See “Precision Frequency Reference” on page 18 in the core specific ations.[...]

101 6 I/Q Analyzer This chapter contains specifications for the I/Q Analyzer measurement application (Basic Mode).[...]

102 Chapter 6 I/Q Analyzer Specifications Affect ed by I/Q Analyzer: Specifications Affected by I/Q Analyzer: Specification Name Information Number of Frequency Display T race Points (buckets) Does not apply . Resolution Bandwidth See “Frequency” on page 103 in this chapter . V ideo Bandwidth N ot avail a ble. Clipping-to-Noise Dynamic Range Se[...]

Chapter 6 103 I/Q Analyzer Freque ncy Fr equency Description Specifications Supplemental Information Freq uen cy Span S tandard instrument 10 Hz to 10 MHz Option B25 10 Hz to 25 MHz Resolution Bandwidth (Spectrum Measurement) Range Overall Span = 1 MHz Span = 10 kHz Span = 100 Hz 100 mHz to 3 MHz 50 Hz to 1 MHz 1 Hz to 10 kHz 100 mHz to 10 0 Hz W i[...]

104 Chapter 6 I/Q Analyzer Frequen cy Description Specifications Supplemental In formation Clipping-to-Noise Dynamic Range a a. This specification is defined to be the ratio of the clipping lev el (also known as “ADC Over Ran ge”) to the noise density . In decibel units, it can be defined as clipping_l evel [dBm] − noise_density [dBm/Hz]; the[...]

Chapter 6 105 I/Q Analyzer Data Acquisition Data Acquisition Description Specifications Supplemental Information Time Record Length 4,000,000 sam ples (max) 4,000,000 samples ≈ 88.89 ms at 25 MHz span Sample Rate 90 MSa/s for 25 MHz ADC Resolutio n 14 Bits[...]

106 Chapter 6 I/Q Analyzer Data Acquisit ion[...]

107 7 Phase Noise Measur ement Application This chapter contains specifications for the N9068A Phase Noise measurement application.[...]

108 Chapter 7 Phase Noise Measurement Application General Specifications General Specifications Description Specifications Supplemental I nformation Maximum Carrier Fr equency EXA Signal Analyzers Option 503 3.6 GHz Option 507 7 GHz Option 513 13.6 GHz Option 526 26.5 GHz Description Specifications Supplemental Information Measurement Characteristi[...]

Chapter 7 109 Phase Noise Measurement Application General Specifications Description Specifications Supplemental Informat ion Measurement Accuracy Phase Noise Density Accuracy a b Default settings c Overdrive On setting a. This does not include the ef fect of system noise floo r . This error is a fu nction of the signal (phase noise of the DUT) to [...]

11 0 Chapter 7 Phase Noise Measurement Application General Specifications Description Specifications Supplemental Information Amplitude R epeatability Standard Deviation a b a. Amplitude repeatabilit y is the nominal stan dard de viation of the measured phase noise. This table comes from an observat ion of 30 log plot measurements using a 1 GHz, 0 [...]

Chapter 7 111 Phase Noise Measurement Application General Specifications Description Specifications Supplemental Inf ormation Offset Frequency Range 3 Hz to ( ƒ opt − ƒ CF ) Hz ƒ opt : Maximum frequency determined by optio n a ƒ CF : Carrier frequency of signal under test a. For example, ƒ opt is 3.6 GHz for Option 503 . Accuracy b b. The fr[...]

11 2 Chapter 7 Phase Noise Measurement Application General Specifications[...]

11 3 8 802.16 OFDMA Measur ement Application This chapter contains specifications for the N9075A 802. 16 OFDMA measurement application. Additional Definitions and Requirement s Because digital communications si gnals are noise-like, all measurem ents will have variations. The specifications apply only with adequate averaging to rem ove those variat[...]

11 4 Chapter 8 802.16 OFDMA Measurement Appli cation Measurement Specifications Measurement Specifications Description Specifications Supplemental Information Channel Power Minimum power at RF Input − 30 dBm (n ominal) Absolute power accuracy a a. Absolute power accuracy includes all error sources for in-band signals except mismatch errors and re[...]

Chapter 8 11 5 802.16 OFDMA Measurement Application Measurement Specifications Minimum power at RF Input − 36 dBm (nominal) ACPR Accuracy Radio BW Offset MS 5 MHz 5 MHz ± 0.10 dB At ACPR − 24 dBc with optimum mixer level a MS 5 MHz 10 MHz ± 0.45 dB At ACPR − 47 dBc with optimum mixer level b MS 10 MHz 10 MHz ± 0.17 dB At ACPR − 24 dBc wi[...]

11 6 Chapter 8 802.16 OFDMA Measurement Appli cation Measurement Specifications e. T o meet this specified accuracy when measuring bas e station (BS) at − 45 dBc ACPR, the mixer level (ML) must be optimized for accur acy . This optimum mixer level is − 18 dBm, so the input attenuatio n must be set as close as possible to the average i nput powe[...]

Chapter 8 11 7 802.16 OFDMA Measurement Application Measurement Specifications Description Specifications Supplemental Information Spectrum Emission Mask Dynamic Range, rel a tiv e 5.05 MHz offset 10 MHz BW a b a. The dynamic range specification is the ratio of the channel pow er to the power in the offset specified. The dynamic range depends on th[...]

11 8 Chapter 8 802.16 OFDMA Measurement Appli cation Measurement Specifications Frequency Description Specifications Supplemental Information Spurious Emissions Accuracy Attenuation = 10 dB Frequency Range 9 kHz to 3.6 GHz ± 0.38 dB (95 th percentile) 3.5 GHz to 8.4 GHz ± 1.22 dB (95 th percentile) 8.3 GHz to 13.6 GHz ± 1.59 dB (95 th percentile[...]

11 9 9 W -CDMA Measur ement Application This chapter contains specifications for the N9073A W - CDMA measurement application. It contains both N9073A-1FP W - CDMA and N907 3A-2FP HSDP A/HSUP A me asurement applications. Additional Definitions and Requirement s Because digital communications si gnals are noise-like, all measurem ents will have varia[...]

120 Chapter 9 W -CDMA Measurement Application Conformance with 3GPP TS 25.141 Base S tati on Requirements Conformance with 3GPP TS 25.141 Base S tation Requir ements Sub- clause Name 3GPP Requir ed T est Instrument T olerance (as of 2006-03) Instrument T olerance Interval abc Supplemental Information S t an da rd sections (Measurement Name) 6.2.1 M[...]

Chapter 9 121 W -CDMA Measurement Application Conformance with 3GPP TS 25.141 Base S tation Requirements 6.7.3 T ime alignment error in Tx Diversity (Modulation Accuracy) ± 26 ns (95%) [= 0.1 T c] ± 1.25 ns (100%) a. Those tolerances marked as 95% are derived from 95th percentile observat ions with 95% confidence. b. Those tolerances marked as 10[...]

122 Chapter 9 W -CDMA Measurement Application Amplitude Amplitude Description Specifications Supplemental Information Channel Power Minimum power at RF Input − 50 dBm (n ominal) Absolute power accuracy a 20 to 30 °C Atten = 10 dB a. Absolute power accuracy includes all error sources for in-band signals except mismatch errors and repeatability du[...]

Chapter 9 123 W -CDMA Measurement Application Amplitude Description Specifications Supplemental Information Adjacent Channel Power (ACPR; ACLR) Single Carrier Minimum power at RF Input − 36 dBm (nominal) ACPR Accuracy a a. The accuracy of the Adjacent Channel Power Ratio will depend on the m ixer drive level and whether the distortion p roducts f[...]

124 Chapter 9 W -CDMA Measurement Application Amplitude b. The Fast method has a slight decrease in accuracy in only one case: for BTS measurements at 5 MHz offset, the accuracy degrades by ± 0.01 dB relative to the accuracy shown in this table. c. T o meet this specified accuracy when measuring mobile station (MS) or user equipment (UE) within 3 [...]

Chapter 9 125 W -CDMA Measurement Application Amplitude Fast ACPR T est a a. Observation conditions for ACP speed: Display Off, signal is T est Model 1 with 64 DPCH, Method set to Fast. Measured with an IBM compat- ible PC with a 3 GHz Pen tium 4 running W indows XP Professional V ersion 2002. The com munications medium was PCI-GPIB IEEE 488.2. T h[...]

126 Chapter 9 W -CDMA Measurement Application Amplitude Description Specifications Supplemental Information Power S tatistics CCDF Histogram Resolution 0.01 dB a a. The Complementary Cumulative Distribu tion Function (CCDF) is a reformatt ing of the histo gram of the power envelope. The width of the amplitu de bins used by the histogram is the hist[...]

Chapter 9 127 W -CDMA Measurement Application Amplitude c. The sensitivity is specified with 0 dB input atten uati on. It represents the noise lim itati ons of the ana- lyzer . It is tested without an input signal. The sensitivity at thi s offset is specified in the default 30 kHz RBW , at a center frequency of 2 GHz. d. The relative accuracy is a [...]

128 Chapter 9 W -CDMA Measurement Application Amplitude Description Specifications Supplemental Information Spurious Emissions T able-driven spurious signals; search across regions Dynamic Range, rel ativ e 93.1 dB 98.4 dB (typical) Sensitivity , absolute − 79.4 dBm − 85.4 dBm (typical) Accuracy Attenuation = 10 dB Frequency Range 9 kHz to 3.6 [...]

Chapter 9 129 W -CDMA Measurement Application Amplitude Description Specifications Supplemental Information Code Domain BTS Measurements − 25 dBm ≤ ML a ≤ − 15 dBm 20 to 30 °C a. ML (mixer level) is RF input power minus att enuation. RF input power and attenuation are set to meet the Mixer Level range. Code domain power Absolute accuracy ?[...]

130 Chapter 9 W -CDMA Measurement Application Amplitude Description Specifications Supplement al Information QPSK EVM − 25 dBm ≤ ML a ≤ − 15 dBm 20 to 30 °C a. ML (mixer level) is RF input power minus att enuation. RF input power and attenuation are set to meet the Mixer Level range. EVM Range 0 to 25% Floor 1.6% Accuracy b b. The accuracy[...]

Chapter 9 131 W -CDMA Measurement Application Amplitude Description Specifications Supplemental Information Modulation Accura cy (Composite EVM) BTS Measurements − 25 dBm ≤ ML a ≤ − 15 dBm 20 to 30 °C a. ML (mixer level) is RF input power minus att enuation. RF input power and attenuation are set to meet the Mixer Level range. Composite EV[...]

132 Chapter 9 W -CDMA Measurement Application Amplitude d. If 16 QAM and 64 QAM codes ar e included, it is not applicable. e. This specifies a synchronization rang e with CPICH for CPICH only sig nal. f. tfa = transmitter frequency × frequency reference accuracy g. The accuracy specification applies when the measured signal is the combin ation of [...]

Chapter 9 133 W -CDMA Measurement Application Freque ncy Fr equency Description Specifications Supplemental Information In-Band Frequency Range Operating Band UL Frequencies UE transmit, Node B receive DL Frequencies UE receive, Node B transmit I 1920 − 1980 MHz 21 10 − 2170 MHz II 1 850 − 1910 MHz 1930 − 1990 MHz III 1710 − 178 5 MHz 180[...]

134 Chapter 9 W -CDMA Measurement Application Frequen cy[...]

135 10 GSM/EDGE Measur ement Application This chapter contains specifications for the N9071A GSM/EDGE Measurement Application. For EDGE Evolution (EGPRS2) including Normal Burst (16 QAM/32QAM) and High Symbol Rate (HSR) Burst, Option 3FP is required . Additional Definitions and Requirement s Because digital communications si gnals are noise-like, a[...]

136 Chapter 10 GSM/EDGE Measurem ent Application Measurements Measurements Description Specifications Supplemental Information EDGE Error V ector Magnitude (EVM) 3 π /8 shifted 8PSK modulation, 3 π /4 shifted QPSK, π /4 shifted 16QAM, – π /4 shifted 32QA M modulation in NSR /HSR with pulse shaping filter . Specifications based on 200 bursts C[...]

Chapter 10 137 GSM/EDGE Measurement Application Measurements e. The accuracy specification applies wh en the Burst Sync is set to Trai ning Sequence, and T rigger is set to External T rigger . Description Specifications Supplemental Information Power vs. Time and EDGE Power vs. Ti me GMSK modu lation (GSM) 3 π /8 shifted 8PSK mo dulation, 3 π /4 [...]

138 Chapter 10 GSM/EDGE Measurem ent Application Measurements Description Specifications Supplemental Information Phase and Frequency Err or GMSK modulation (GSM) Specifications based on 3GPP essential conformance requirements, and 200 bursts Carrier power range at RF Input + 27 to − 45 dBm (nominal) Phase error a , rms a. Phase error and frequen[...]

Chapter 10 139 GSM/EDGE Measurement Application Measurements Description Specifications Supplemental Information Output RF Spectrum (ORFS) and EDGE Output RF Spectrum GMSK modulation (GSM) 3 π /8 shifted 8PSK modulation, 3 π /4 shifted QPSK, π /4 shifted 16QAM, – π /4 shifted 32QAM modulation in NSR/HSR (EDGE) Minimum carrier po wer at RF Inp[...]

140 Chapter 10 GSM/EDGE Measurem ent Application Measurements Description Specifications Supplemental Information ORFS and EDGE ORFS (contin ued) Dynamic Range, Spectrum due to modulation a a. Maximum dynamic range requires RF i nput power above − 2 dBm for offsets of 1.2 MHz and below fo r GSM, and above − 5 dBm for EDGE. For offsets of 1.8 MH[...]

Chapter 10 141 GSM/EDGE Measurement Application Measurements b. ORFS standards call for the use of a 5-pole, sync-tun ed filter; this and t he fo llowing footnotes review the instrument's conformance to that standard. Of fs et frequencies can be measured by using either the FFT method or the direct time method. By default, the FFT metho d is u[...]

142 Chapter 10 GSM/EDGE Measurem ent Application Frequency Ranges Fr equency Ranges Description Uplink Downlink Supplemental Information In-Band Fr equency Ranges P-GSM 900 89 0 to 915 MHz 935 to 960 MHz E-GSM 900 880 to 915 MHz 925 to 960 MHz R-GSM 900 876 to 915 MHz 921 to 960 MHz DCS1800 17 10 to 1785 MHz 1805 to 1880 MHz PCS1900 1850 to 1910 MH[...]

143 11 Analog Demodulation Measur ement Application This chapter contains specifications for the N906 3A Analog Demodulati on Measu rement Applic ation.[...]

144 Chapter 1 1 Analog Demodulation Measurement Ap plication Analog Demodulation Perf ormance – Pre-Demodulation Analog Demodulation Performance – Pr e-Demodulation Description Specifications Supplemental Informat ion Maximum Safe Input Level A verage T o tal Power + 30 dBm (1 W) Peak Pulse Power < 10 μ s pulse width, < 1 % duty cycle, I[...]

Chapter 1 1 145 Analog Demodu l ation M easurement Application Analog Demodula tion Perfor mance – Post-Demodulation Analog Demodulation Performance – Post-Demodulation Description Specifications Supplemental Informatio n Maximum Audio Frequency Span 4 MHz Filters Low Pass High Pass Band Pass Deemphasis 300 Hz, 3 kHz, 15 kHz, 30 kHz, 80 kHz, 30[...]

146 Chapter 1 1 Analog Demodulation Measurement Ap plication Frequency Modulatio n - Level and Carrier Metrics Fr equency Modulation - Level and Carrier Metrics Description Specifications Supplemental Information FM Deviation Accuracy Rate: 1 kHz - 1 MH z, Deviation: 1 - 100 kHz a a. For optimum measu rement of rate and deviation, ensure that the c[...]

Chapter 1 1 147 Analog Demodu l ation M easurement Application Frequency Modulation - Distortion Fr equency Modulation - Distortion Description Specifications Supplemental Information Residual Rate: 1 - 10 kHz, Deviation: 5 kHz THD Distortion SINAD 0.2% (nominal) 3% (nominal) 32 dB (nominal) Absolute Accuracy Rate: 1 - 10 kHz, Deviation: 5 kHz THD [...]

148 Chapter 1 1 Analog Demodulation Measurement Ap plication Frequency Modulation - Distort ion Measurement Range Rate: 1 - 10 kHz, Deviation: 5 kHz THD Distortion SINA D residual to 100 % (nominal) Measured 2nd and 3rd harmonics Measurement includes at most 10 harmonics residual to 100 % (nominal) 0 dB to residual (nominal) Description Specificati[...]

Chapter 1 1 149 Analog Demodu l ation M easurement Application Amplitude Modulation - Level and Carrier Metrics Amplitude Modulation - Level and Carrier Metrics Description Specifications Supplemental Inform ation AM Depth Accuracy Rate: 1 kHz - 1 MHz ± 0.2 % + 0.002 × measured value (nominal) AM Rate Accuracy Rate: 1 kHz - 1 MHz ± 0.05 Hz (nomi[...]

150 Chapter 1 1 Analog Demodulation Measurement Ap plication Amplitude Modulation - Distortion Amplitude Modulation - Distortion Description Specifications Supplemental Informat ion Residual Depth: 50 % Rate: 1 - 10 kHz THD Distortion SINA D 0.16 % (nominal) 0.3 % (nominal) 50 dB (nominal) Absolute Accuracy Depth: 50 % Rate: 1 - 10 kHz THD Distorti[...]

Chapter 1 1 151 Analog Demodu l ation M easurement Application Phase Modulation - Level and Carrier Metrics Phase Modulation - Level and Carrier Metrics Description Specifications Supplemental Informat ion PM Deviation Accuracy Rate: 1 - 20 kHz Deviation: 0.2 t o 6 rad ± 100 % × (0.005 + (rate/1 MHz) ) (nominal) PM Rate Accuracy Rate: 1 - 10 kHz [...]

152 Chapter 1 1 Analog Demodulation Measurement Ap plication Phase Modulation - Distortion Phase Modulation - Distortion Description Specifi cations Supplemental Information Residual Rate: 1 - 10 kHz, Deviation: 628 mrad THD Distortion SINA D 0.1 % (nominal) 0.8 % (nominal) 42 dB (nominal) Absolute Accuracy THD Distortion SINA D Rate: 1 - 10 kHz, D[...]

153 12 Noise Figur e Measur ement Application This chapter contains specifications for the N9069A Noise Figure M easurement Application.[...]

154 Chapter 12 Noise Figure Measurement Application General Specifications General Specifications Description Specifications Supplemental Information Noise Figure Uncertainty Calculator a a. The figures given in the table are for the uncertainty added by the X-Se ries Signal Anal yzer instrument only . T o compute the total uncertainty for your noi[...]

Chapter 12 155 Noise Figure Measurement Application General Specifications e. Noise figure measurements can be made in this ra nge but will often be poor because of the lack of availability of built-in pream plification. For high gain DUT s or with the use of an external preamplifier , this problem can be overcome. In such cases, the In strument Un[...]

156 Chapter 12 Noise Figure Measurement Application General Specifications Description Specifications Supplemental Information Gain Instrumen t Un cer tainty a a. “Instrument Uncertain ty” is defined for gain measurements as uncertainty due to relative amplitude uncertainties encountered in the analyzer when making the m easurements required fo[...]

Chapter 12 157 Noise Figure Measurement Application General Specifications Description Specifications Supplemental Information Noise Figure Uncertainty Calculator a a. The Noise Figure Uncertainty Calculator requires the parameters shown in order to calculate the total uncertainty of a Nois e Figure measurement. Instrument Noise Fig ure Un certaint[...]

158 Chapter 12 Noise Figure Measurement Application General Specifications Nominal Instru ment Noise Figure[...]

Chapter 12 159 Noise Figure Measurement Application General Specifications Nominal Instrument Input VSWR, DC Coupled[...]

160 Chapter 12 Noise Figure Measurement Application General Specifications[...]

161 13 cdma2000 Measur ement Application This chapter contains specifications for the X-Se ries Signal Analyzer N9072A, cdma2000 measurement application. Additional Definitions and Requir ements Because digital communications si gnals are noise-like, all measurem ents will have variations. The specifications apply only with adequate averaging to re[...]

162 Chapter 13 cdma2000 Measurement Application Measurements Measurements Description Specifications Supplemental Information Channel Power 1.23 MHz Integration BW Minimum power at RF input − 50 dBm (nom inal) Absolute power accuracy a 20 to 30 ° C Atten = 10 dB 95 % Confidence Absolute power accuracy 20 to 30 ° C Atten = 10 dB a. Absolute powe[...]

Chapter 13 163 cdma2000 Measurem ent Application Measurements Description Specifications Supplemental Information Adjacent Channel Power a a. ACP test items compliance the limits of conducted spurious emission specification defined in 3GPP2 standards Minimum power at RF input − 36 dBm (nominal) Dynamic range Referenced to average power of carrier[...]

164 Chapter 13 cdma2000 Measurement Application Measurements a. The Complementary Cumu lative Distribution Function (CCDF) i s a reformatting of a hist ogram of the power envelope. The width of the amplitude bins used by the histo gram is the histogram resolution. The resolution of the CCDF will be the same as the width of those bins. Description S[...]

Chapter 13 165 cdma2000 Measurem ent Application Measurements Description Specifications Supplemental Information Spectrum Emission Mask a a. SEM test items compliance the limits of conduct ed spurious emission specification defi ned in 3GPP2 standards Dynamic Range, rela tiv e 750 kHz o ffset 73.6 dB 81.0 dB (typical) 1980 kHz offset 78.3 dB 83.9 [...]

166 Chapter 13 cdma2000 Measurement Application Measurements Description Specifications Supplemental Information Code Domain BTS Measurements − 25 dBm ≤ ML a ≤ − 15 dBm 20 to 30 ° C a. ML (mixer level) is RF input power minus att enuation RF input power ra nge is accordingly determined to m eet Mixer level. Code domain power Relative power[...]

Chapter 13 167 cdma2000 Measurem ent Application Measurements Description Specifications Supplemental Information QPSK EVM − 25 dBm ≤ ML a ≤ − 15 dBm 20 to 30 ° C a. ML (mixer level) is RF input power minus att enuation RF input power range is accordingly determined to meet Mixer level . EVM Range 0 to 25 % Floor 1.6 % Accuracy b b. The ac[...]

168 Chapter 13 cdma2000 Measurement Application Measurements Description Specifications Supplemental Informat ion Modulation Accura cy (Composite Rho) BTS Measurements − 25 dBm ≤ ML a ≤ − 15 dBm 20 to 30 ° C a. ML (mixer level) is RF input power minus att enuation RF input power range is according ly determined to meet Mixer level. Specifi[...]

Chapter 13 169 cdma2000 Measurem ent Application Measurements Description Specifications Supplemental Information Pilot time offset Range − 13.33 to +13.33 ms From even second signal to start of PN sequence Accuracy ± 300 ns Resolution 10 ns Code domain timing Range ± 200 ns Pilot to cod e channel time tole ra nce Accuracy ± 1. 25 ns Resolutio[...]

170 Chapter 13 cdma2000 Measurement Application Frequency Range Fr equency Range Description Specifica tions Supplemental Information In-Band Fr equency Range Band Class 0 (North American Cellular) 869 to 89 4 MHz 824 to 849 MHz Band Class 1 (North American PCS) 1930 to 1990 MHz 1850 to 1910 MHz Band Class 2 (T ACS) 917 to 960 MHz 872 to 915 MHz Ba[...]

171 14 1xEV -DO Measur ement Application This chapter contains specifications for the X- Series, N9076A, 1xEV -DO measurement application. Additional Definitions and Requir ements Because digital communications si gnals are noise-like, all measurem ents will have variations. The specifications apply only with adequate averaging to rem ove those var[...]

172 Chapter 14 1xEV -DO Measurement Application Measurements Measurements Description Specifications Supplemental Information Channel Power 1.23 MH z Integration BW Input signal m ust not be bursted Minimum power at RF input − 50 dBm (nominal) Absolute power accuracy a 20 to 30 ° C a. Absolute power accuracy includes all error sources for in-ban[...]

Chapter 14 173 1xEV -DO Measurement Application Measurements Description Specifications Supplemental Information Power S tatistics CCDF Minimum power at RF Input − 40 dBm (no minal) Histogram Resolution 0.01 dB a a. The Complementary Cumulative Dist ribution Function (CCDF) is a reformattin g of a histogram of the power envelope. The width of the[...]

174 Chapter 14 1xEV -DO Measurement Application Measurements Description Specifications Supplemental Information Spectrum Emission Mask and Adjacent Channel Power Minimum power at RF Input − 20 dBm (nominal) Dynamic Range, rel a tiv e a a. The dynamic range specification is the ratio of the channel power to the po wer in the offset specified. The[...]

Chapter 14 175 1xEV -DO Measurement Application Measurements Description Specifications Supplemental Informat ion Spurious Emissions Dynamic Range, relative 91.9 dB 97.1 dB (typical) Sensitivity , absolute − 79.4 dBm − 85.4 dB m (typical) Accuracy , absolute 20 Hz t o 3.6 GHz ± 0.38 dB (95% confidence) 3.5 GHz to 8.4 GHz ± 1.22 dB (95% confid[...]

176 Chapter 14 1xEV -DO Measurement Application Measurements Description Specifications Supplemental I nformation Code Domain BTS Measurements − 25 dBm ≤ ML a ≤ − 15 dBm 20 to 30 °C a. ML (mixer level) is RF input power minus att enuation. For pilot, 2 MAC channels, and 16 channels of QPSK data. Absolute power accuracy ± 0.15 dB[...]

Chapter 14 177 1xEV -DO Measurement Application Measurements Description Specifications Supplemental Informatio n Modulation Accuracy (Composite Rho) − 25 dBm ≤ ML a ≤ − 15 dBm 20 to 30 °C a. ML (mixer level) is RF input power minus att enuation. For pilot, 2 MAC ch annels, and 16 channels of QPSK data Composite EVM Operating Range 0 to 25[...]

178 Chapter 14 1xEV -DO Measurement Application Frequency Range Fr equency Range Description Specifications Supplemental Information In-Band Fr equency Range (Access Network Only) Band Class 0 869 to 894 MHz North American and Korean Cellular Bands Band Class 1 1930 to 1990 MHz North American PCS Band Band Class 2 917 to 960 MHz T ACS Band Band Cla[...]

179 15 TD-SCDMA Measur ement Application This chapter contains specifications for the X-Series Signal Analyzer N9079A, TD-SCDMA measurement application. It co ntains both N9079A-1FP TD-SCDMA and N9079A-2FP HSP A/8PSK measurement application. Additional Definitions and Requir ements Because digital communications si gnals are noise-like, all measure[...]

180 Chapter 15 TD-SCDMA Measurement Application Measurements Measurements Description Specification Supplemental Inf ormation Power vs. Time Burst T ype T raf fic, UpP TS and DwP TS T ransmit power Min, Max, Mean Dynamic range 1 14.3 dB A veraging type Off, RMS, Log Measurement ti me Up to 9 slots T rigger type External1, External2, RF Burst Descri[...]

Chapter 15 181 TD-SCDMA Measurem ent Application Measurements Description Specification Supplemental Information Adjacent Channel Power Single Carrier Minimum Power at RF Input − 36 dBm (nominal) ACPR Accuracy a a. The accuracy of the Adjacent Channel Power Ratio will depend on the m ixer drive level and whether the distortion p roducts from the [...]

182 Chapter 15 TD-SCDMA Measurement Application Measurements Description Specification Supplemental Inf ormation Power S tatistics CCDF Histogram Resolution 0.01 dB a a. The Complementary Cumulative Distribu tion Function (CCDF) is a reformatt ing of the histo gram of the power envelope. The width of th e amplitude bins used by the histogram is the[...]

Chapter 15 183 TD-SCDMA Measurem ent Application Measurements Description Specification Supplemental Inf ormation Spectrum Emission Mask Dynamic Range, rel a tiv e 815 kHz offs et ab a. The dynamic range specification is the ratio of the channel pow er to the power in the offset specified. The dynamic range depends on the measurement settings, such[...]

184 Chapter 15 TD-SCDMA Measurement Application Measurements Description Specification Supplemental Inf ormation Spurious Emissions Dynamic Range, rela tiv e 91.9 dB 97.1 dB (typical) Sensitivity , absolute − 79.4 dBm − 85.4 dBm (typical) Accuracy Attenuation = 10 dB Frequency Range 9 kHz to 3.6 GHz ± 0.38 dB ( 95 % confidence) 3.5 GHz to 7.0 [...]

Chapter 15 185 TD-SCDMA Measurem ent Application Measurements Description Specification Supplemental Inf ormation Code Domain BTS Measurements − 25 dBm ≤ ML a ≤ − 15 dBm 20 to 30 ° C RF input power range is accordingly determined to meet Mixer level. Code Domain Power Absolute Accuracy − 10 dBc DPCH (Atten = 10 dB) b ± 0. 32 dB (9 5 % c[...]

186 Chapter 15 TD-SCDMA Measurement Application Measurements − 20 to − 30 dBc ± 0.32 dB Symbol error vector magnitude Accuracy DPCH Channel 0 to − 25 d Bc ± 1.1 % (nominal) HS-PDSCH Channel 0 to − 25 d Bc ± 1.2 % (nominal) a. ML (mixer level) is RF input power minus att enuation. b. Code Domain Power Absolute accuracy is calculated as su[...]

Chapter 15 187 TD-SCDMA Measurem ent Application Measurements Description Specification Supplemental Inf ormation Modulation Accura cy (Composite EVM) BTS Measurements − 25 dBm ≤ ML a ≤ − 15 dBm 20 to 30 ° C RF input power range is accordingly determined to meet Mixer level. Composite EVM Range T est signal with TS0 active and one DPCH in [...]

188 Chapter 15 TD-SCDMA Measurement Application Measurements T est signal with TS0 active and one HS-PDSCH in TS0 ± 6 Hz + tfa (nominal) a. ML (mixer level) is RF input power minus att enuation. b. The EVM floor is derived fo r signal power − 20 dBm. The signal has on ly 1 DPCH or HS-PDSCH in TS0. c. The accuracy specification applies when the E[...]

Chapter 15 189 TD-SCDMA Measurem ent Application Frequency Range Fr equency Range Description Specification Supplemental Information In-Band Fr equency Range O p erat ing Band F requencies I 1900 to 192 0 MHz 2010 to 2025 MHz II 185 0 to 1910 MHz 1930 to 1990 MHz III 1910 to 1930 MHz[...]

190 Chapter 15 TD-SCDMA Measurement Application Frequency Range[...]

191 16 L TE Measur ement Application This chapter contains specifications for the N908 0A L TE measurement application and Preliminary specifications for the N9082A measurement applic ations. The only difference between these two applications is the Power vs. T ime measurement is included in th e N9082A and not in the N9080A. Additional Definitions[...]

192 Chapter 16 L TE Measurement Application Supported Air In terface Featur es Supported Air Interface Features Description Specific ations Supplement al Information 3GPP S tandards Sup ported 36.21 1 V8.6.0 (2009-03) 36.212 V8.6 .0 (2009-03) 36.213 V8.6 .0 (2009-03) 36.101 V8.5 .1 (2009-03) 36.104 V8.5 .0 (2009-03) 36.141 V8.2 .0 (2009-03) 36.521-[...]

Chapter 16 193 L TE Measurement Application Measurements Measurements Description Specifica tions Supplement al Information Channel Power Minimum power at RF input − 50 dBm (nom inal) Absolute power accuracy a 20 to 30 ° C Atten = 10 dB a. Absolute power accuracy includes all error sources for in-band signals except mismatch errors and repeatabi[...]

194 Chapter 16 L TE Measurement Application Measurements Description Spec ifications Supplement al Information Adjacent Channel Power Single Channel Minimum power at RF input − 50 dBm (nominal) Accuracy Channel Bandwidth Radio Offset 5 MHz 10 MHz 20 MHz ACPR Range for Spec ification MS Adjacent a ± 0.15 dB ± 0.21 dB ± 0.36 dB − 33 to − 27 [...]

Chapter 16 195 L TE Measurement Application Measurements Description Sp ecification Supplement al Inform ation Occupied Bandwidth Minimum carrier power at RF Input − 30 dBm (nominal) Frequency accura cy ±10 kHz RBW = 30 kHz, Number of Points = 1001, Span = 10 MHz Description Spec ifications Supplement al Information Spectrum Emission Mask Offset[...]

196 Chapter 16 L TE Measurement Application Modulation Analysis Specifications Modulation Analysis Specifications Description Specifica tions Supplement al Information EVM Input Range 0 dBm, signal level within one range step of overload Residual EVM Floor a for Downlink (OFDMA) a. Overall EVM and Data EVM using 3GPP standard-d efined calculation. [...]

Chapter 16 197 L TE Measurement Application In-Band Frequ ency Range In-Band Frequency Range Operating Band, FDD Uplink Downlink 1 1920 to 1980 MHz 211 0 to 2170 MHz 2 1850 to 1910 MHz 1930 to 1990 MHz 3 1710 to 1785 MHz 1805 to 1880 MHz 4 1710 to 1755 MHz 211 0 to 2155 MHz 5 824 to 849 MHz 869 to 894 MHz 6 830 to 840 MHz 875 to 885 MHz 7 2500 to 2[...]

198 Chapter 16 L TE Measurement Application In-Band Fr equency Range[...]

199 17 Single Acquisition Combined Fixed W iMAX Measur ement Application This chapter contains specificatio ns for the EXA S ignal Analyzer N9074A , Combined Fixed W iMAX measurement application. Additional Definitions and Requirement s Because digital communications si gnals are noise-like, all measurem ents will have variations. The specification[...]

200 Chapter 17 Single Acquisition Combined Fixed WiMAX Measurement Application N9074A-XFP , Single Acquisition Co mbined Fixed WiMAX Measurements N9074A-XFP , Single Acquisition Combined Fixed W iMAX Measur ements Description Specifications Supplemental Informatio n T ransmit Power Input signal must not be burst ed 10 MHz Integration BW Minimum pow[...]

Chapter 17 201 Single Acquisition Combined Fi xed WiMAX Measurement Application N9074A-XFP , Singl e Acquisition Combined Fi xed WiMAX Measur ements d. The relative accuracy is a measure of the ratio of the power at the of fs et to the main channel power . It applies for spectrum emission levels in the offsets that are well above the dynamic range [...]

202 Chapter 17 Single Acquisition Combined Fixed WiMAX Measurement Application N9074A-XFP , Single Acquisition Co mbined Fixed WiMAX Measurements[...]

203 18 Single Acquisition Combined WLAN Measur ement Application This chapter contains specificatio ns for the EXA S ignal Analyzer N9077A , Combined WLAN measurement application. Additional Definitions and Requirement s Because digital communications si gnals are noise-like, all measurem ents will have variations. The specifications for dynamic ra[...]

204 Chapter 18 Single Acquisition Combined WL AN Measurement Application N9077A, Combined WLAN 802.1 1a or 802.1 1g-OF DM Measurements N9077A, Combined WLAN 802.1 1a or 802.1 1g-OFDM Measurements Description Specifications Supplemental Informatio n T ransmit Power Input signal must not be burst ed 18 MHz Integration BW Minimum power at RF Input –[...]

Chapter 18 205 Single Acquisition Combined WL AN Measurement Application N9077A, Combined WLAN 802.1 1 a or 802.1 1g-OFDM Measurements Absolute 20 – 30°C ±1.58 dB 30 MHz offset Dynamic Range, rela tiv e 67.5 dB (nominal) Sensitivity , absol ute –80.7 dBm (nominal) Accuracy Relative ±0.66 dB Absolute 20 – 30°C ±1.60 dB a. The dynamic rang[...]

206 Chapter 18 Single Acquisition Combined WL AN Measurement Application N9077A, Combined WLAN 802.1 1a or 802.1 1g-OF DM Measurements Center Frequency Leakage UUT Maximum Leakage –10 dBc (nominal) Analyzer Noise Floor –45 dBc (nominal) Frequency Range ±100 kHz (nomin al) Accuracy ±10 Hz+tfa c a. ML (mixer level) is RF input po wer mi nus att[...]

Chapter 18 207 Single Acquisition Combined WL AN Measurement Application N9077A, Combined WLAN 802.1 1b or 802.1 1g-DSSS Measurements N9077A, Combined WLAN 802.1 1b or 802.1 1g-DSSS Measurements Description Specifications Supplemental Informatio n T ransmit Power Input signal must not be burst ed 22 MHz Integration BW Minimum power at RF Input –5[...]

208 Chapter 18 Single Acquisition Combined WL AN Measurement Application N9077A, Combined WLAN 802.1 1b or 802.1 1g-DSSS Measurements Absolute 20 – 30°C ±1.59 dB 33 MHz offset Dynamic Range, rel a tiv e f 68.3 dB (nominal) Sensitivity , absol ute –80.7 dBm (nominal) Accuracy Relative ±0.68 dB Absolute 20 – 30°C ±1.60 dB a. The dynamic ra[...]

Chapter 18 209 Single Acquisition Combined WL AN Measurement Application N9077A, Combined WLAN 802.1 1b or 802.1 1g-DSSS Measurements Currier Suppression UUT Maximum Suppression –10 dBc (nominal) Analyzer Noise Floor –46 dBc (nominal) Frequency Range ±100 kHz (nomin al) Accuracy ±10 Hz+tfa c a. ML (mixer level) is RF input po wer m inus atten[...]

210 Chapter 18 Single Acquisition Combined WL AN Measurement Application N9077A, Combined WLAN 802.1 1b or 802.1 1g-DSSS Measurements[...]

21 1 19 iDEN/W iDEN/MotoT alk Measur ement Application This chapter contains specifications for the N6149A , iDEN/W iDEN/MotoT alk Measurement Application. Additional Definitions and Requirement s Because digital communications si gnals are noise-like, all measurem ents will have variations. The specifications apply only with adequate averaging to [...]

212 Chapter 19 iDEN/W iDEN/MotoT alk Measurement Application Freq uen cy and Ti me Fr equency and T ime Description Specifications Supplemental Informat ion Frequency and T ime-related Specifications Please refer to “Frequency and T ime” on page 15[...]

Chapter 19 213 iDEN/W iDEN/MotoT alk M easurement Application Amplitude Accuracy and Range Amplitude Accuracy and Range Dynamic Range Description Specifications Supplemental Informatio n Amplitude an d Range-relat ed Specifications Please refer to “Amplitude Accuracy and Range” on page 29 . Description Specifications Supplemental Information Dy[...]

214 Chapter 19 iDEN/W iDEN/MotoT alk Measurement Application Application Specifications Application Specifications Description Specifications Supplemental Information Measurements iDEN Power ACP (adjace nt channel power) Occupied Bandwidth Includes Carrier Power on summary data screen iDEN Demod PvT (power versus time) Modulation analysis BER (bit [...]

Chapter 19 215 iDEN/W iDEN/MotoT alk M easurement Application Applicat ion Sp ecifications Description Specifications Supplemental Information iDEN Power Supported Formats iDEN single carrier TDMA W iDEN- multiple carrier TDMA Pass/Fail T ests Occupied Bandwidth (OB W) Adjacent Channel Power (ACP) Carrier Configuration 25 kH z W iDEN 50 kHz WiDEN 7[...]

216 Chapter 19 iDEN/W iDEN/MotoT alk Measurement Application Application Specifications Composite EVM Floor a 1.4% (no minal) Measurement Parameters Search Length Normalize IQ and FSK waveforms Measurement Parameters (advanced) Gaussian BT Symbol Rate Burst Search on/of f Bandwidth Time product Result Displays Slot Error V ector T ime Slot Error Su[...]

217 20 DVB-T/H Measur ement Application This chapter contains specificatio ns for the EXA S ignal Analyzer N6153A , DVB-T/H measurement application. Additional Definitions and Requirement s Because digital communications si gnals are noise-like, all measurem ents will have variations. The specifications apply only with adequate averaging to rem ove[...]

218 Chapter 20 DVB-T/H Measurement Application N6153A, DVB-T/H Measurements Application N6153A, DVB-T/H Measurements Application Description Specifications Supplemental Informatio n Channel Power Input signal must not be burst ed 7.61 MHz Integration BW Minimum power at RF Input –50 dBm (nominal) Absolute Power Accuracy a 20 to 30 °C a. Absolute[...]

Chapter 20 219 DVB-T/H Measurement Application N6153A, DVB-T/H Me asur ements Applic at ion a. The Complementary Cum ulative Distribution Func tion (CCDF) is a reformattin g of a histogram of the power envelope. The width of the amplitude bin s used by the histo gram is the histo gram resolution. The resolution of the CCDF will be the same as the w[...]

220 Chapter 20 DVB-T/H Measurement Application N6153A, DVB-T/H Measurements Application Sensitivity , absol ute –105.5 dBm – 1 1 1.5 dBm (typical) Accuracy Relative ±0.63 dB Absolute 20 – 30°C ±1.05 dB a. The dynamic range specification is the r atio of the ch annel power to the power in the of fset specified. The dynamic range depends on [...]

Chapter 20 221 DVB-T/H Measurement Application N6153A, DVB-T/H Me asur ements Applic at ion Description Specifications Supplemental Information 64 QAM EVM ML a = –20 dBm 20 to 30 °C FFT Size = 2048, GuardInterval = 1/32, alpha = 1 EVM Operating range 0 to 8% Floor 0.64% (blind equalizer ON) 0.73% (blind equalizer OFF) Accuracy from 0.7% to 1 .2%[...]

222 Chapter 20 DVB-T/H Measurement Application N6153A, DVB-T/H Measurements Application Accuracy ±0.50% BER Before V iterbi Range 0 to 1.0×10 –1 Resolution 0.01×10 –exp onet BER Before Reed-Solomon Range 0 to 1.0×10 –3 Resolution 0.01×10 –exp onet BER After Reed-Solomon Range 0 to inf Resolution 1 a. ML (mixer level) is RF input po wer[...]

223 21 ISDB-T Measur ement Application This chapter contains specificatio ns for the EXA S ignal Analyzer N6155A , ISDB-T measurement application. Additional Definitions and Requirement s Because digital communications si gnals are noise-like, all measurem ents will have variations. The specifications apply only with adequate averaging to rem ove t[...]

224 Chapter 21 ISDB-T Measurement Application N6155A, ISDB-T/ TSB Measurement Applicati on N6155A, ISDB-T/T SB Measurement Application Description Specifications Supplemental Informatio n Channel Power Input signal must not be burst ed 5.6 MHz Integration BW Minimum power at RF Input –50 dBm (nominal) Absolute Power Accuracy a 20 to 30 °C a. Abs[...]

Chapter 21 225 ISDB-T Measurement Application N6155A, ISDB- T/TSB Measur ement Applicatio n Description Specifications Supplemental I nformation Power S tatistics CCDF Minimum power at RF Input –50 dBm (nominal) Histogram Resolution 0.01 dB a a. The Complementary Cumulative Di stribution Function (CCDF) is a reformatting of a histogram of the pow[...]

226 Chapter 21 ISDB-T Measurement Application N6155A, ISDB-T/ TSB Measurement Applicati on Description Specifications Supplemental Information Spectrum Emission Mask Limit T ype • Manual • JEIT A (ARIB-B 31) according to P ≤ 0.025 W ; 0.025 W < P ≤ 0.25 W ; 0.25 W < P ≤ 2.5 W ; P > 2.5 W (P is the channel power) • ABNT Non-Crit[...]

Chapter 21 227 ISDB-T Measurement Application N6155A, ISDB- T/TSB Measur ement Applicatio n c. The sensitivity is specified with 0 dB input attenu ation. It represents the noise limitatio ns of the ana- lyzer . It is tested without an input signal. The sensitivity at thi s offset is specified in the default 10.0 kHz RBW , at a center frequency of 7[...]

228 Chapter 21 ISDB-T Measurement Application N6155A, ISDB-T/ TSB Measurement Applicati on Out of Band Filtering On or Off Data Equalization On or Off Description Specifications Supplemental Information Modulation Analysis Measurements I/Q Measured Polar Graph Con stellation (subcarriers 0 to 5616 configurable for 8K FFT) MER (dB), EVM (%),Mag Erro[...]

Chapter 21 229 ISDB-T Measurement Application N6155A, ISDB- T/TSB Measur ement Applicatio n Result Metrics MER (dB), EVM (%), Mag Error (%), Phase Error (deg ), R M S, Peak (Peak Position) MER (dB) and EVM (%) by Layer A, Layer B, Layer C, Data, Pilot, TMCC, AC1 Frequency Error (Hz) Quadrature Error (deg) Amplitude Imbalance (d B) Inband Spectrum R[...]

230 Chapter 21 ISDB-T Measurement Application N6155A, ISDB-T/ TSB Measurement Applicati on Description Specifications Supplemental Information ISDB-T Modulation Analysis Specification ML a = –20 dBm 20 to 30 °C Segments=13 Mode3 Guard Interval=1/8 Partial Reception=Off Layer A-C Segment=13 Code Rate=3/4 T ime Interleaving I=2 Modulation=64QAM EV[...]

Chapter 21 231 ISDB-T Measurement Application N6155A, ISDB- T/TSB Measur ement Applicatio n Amplitude Imbalance Range –1 dB to +1 dB a. ML (mixer level) is RF input po wer m inus atten uation b. The accuracy specification applies at the EVM =1%. c. tfa = transmitter frequency x frequency reference accuracy Description Specifications Supplemental [...]

232 Chapter 21 ISDB-T Measurement Application N6155A, ISDB-T/ TSB Measurement Applicati on[...]

233 22 DTMB Measur ement Application This chapter contains specificatio ns for the EXA S ignal Analyzer N6156A , DTMB measurement application. Additional Definitions and Requirement s Because digital communications si gnals are noise-like, all measurem ents will have variations. The specifications apply only with adequate averaging to rem ove those[...]

234 Chapter 22 DTMB Measurement Application N6156A, DTMB Measurement Application N6156A, DTMB Measur ement Application Description Specifications Supplemental Informatio n Channel Power Input signal must not be burst ed 8 MHz Integration BW Minimum power at RF Input –50 dBm (nominal) Absolute Power Accuracy a 20 to 30 °C a. Absolute power accura[...]

Chapter 22 235 DTMB Measurement Application N6156A, DTMB Measurement Application Description Specifications Supplemental I nformation Power S tatistics CCDF Minimum power at RF Input –50 dBm (nominal) Histogram Resolution 0.01 dB a a. The Complementary Cum ulative Distribution Func tion (CCDF) is a reformattin g of a histogram of the power envelo[...]

236 Chapter 22 DTMB Measurement Application N6156A, DTMB Measurement Application Description Specifications Supplemental Information Spectrum Emission Mask 7.56 MHz Integration BW RBW = 3.9 kHz 4.2 MHz offset Dynamic Range, rel a tiv e ab a. The dynamic range specification is the r atio of the ch annel power to the power in the of fset specified. T[...]

Chapter 22 237 DTMB Measurement Application N6156A, DTMB Measurement Application Description Specifications Supplemental Information 16 QAM EVM ML a = –20 dBm 20 to 30 °C a. ML (mixer level) is RF input po wer m inus atten uation Sub-carrier Number: 3780 Code Rate: 0.8 Interleaver T ype: B=52, M=720 Frame Header: PN420 PN Phase Change: T rue EVM[...]

238 Chapter 22 DTMB Measurement Application N6156A, DTMB Measurement Application Description Specifications Supplemental Information 16 QAM EVM ML a = –20 dBm 20 to 30 °C a. ML (mixer level) is RF input po wer mi nus atten uation Sub-carrier Number: 1 Code Rate: 0.8 Interleaver T ype: B=52, M=720 Frame Header: PN595 PN Phase Change: T rue Insert[...]

239 23 CMMB Measur ement Application This chapter contains specificatio ns for the EXA S ignal Analyzer N6158A , CMMB m easurement application. Additional Definitions and Requirement s Because digital communications si gnals are noise-like, all measurem ents will have variations. The specifications apply only with adequate averaging to rem ove thos[...]

240 Chapter 23 CMMB Measurement Application N6158A, CMMB Measurements Application N6158A, CMMB Measur ements Application Description Specifications Supplemental Informatio n Channel Power Input signal must not be burst ed 8 MHz Integration BW Minimum power at RF Input –50 dBm (nominal) Absolute Power Accuracy a 20 to 30 °C a. Absolute power accu[...]

Chapter 23 241 CMMB Measurement Application N6158A, CMMB Me asur ements Applic ation Description Specifications Supplemental I nformation Power S tatistics CCDF Minimum power at RF Input –50 dBm (nominal) Histogram Resolution 0.01 dB a a. The Complementary Cum ulative Distribution Func tion (CCDF) is a reformattin g of a histogram of the power en[...]

242 Chapter 23 CMMB Measurement Application N6158A, CMMB Measurements Application Description Specifications Supplemental Information Spectrum Emission Mask 8 MHz Integration BW RBW = 3.9 kHz 4.2 MHz offset Dynamic Range, rel a tiv e ab a. The dynamic range specification is the r atio of the ch annel power to the power in the of fset specified. The[...]

Chapter 23 243 CMMB Measurement Application N6158A, CMMB Me asur ements Applic ation Description Specifications Supplemental Information Modulation Analysis Settings Device T ype Transmitter or Exciter T rigger FreeRun, External 1, External 2 or Periodic T imer • Ext ernal T rigger is used with 1 PPS input from GPS, (this trigger method is recomm[...]

244 Chapter 23 CMMB Measurement Application N6158A, CMMB Measurements Application Description Specifications Supplemental Information Modulation Analysis Measurement I/Q Measured Polar Graph Con stellation (-1 538 to 1538 subcarriers) EVM, MER, Mag Error , Phase Error RMS, Peak (Subcarrier position), Freq Error I/Q Error (Quad V iew) MER vs. Subcar[...]

Chapter 23 245 CMMB Measurement Application N6158A, CMMB Me asur ements Applic ation Channel Impulse Response Spectrum Flatness Amax-Ac (dB) (Limit +0.5) Amin-Ac (dB) (Limit -0.5) Amax: max amplitude valu e Amin: min am pl itude value Ac: center frequency amp value Result Metrics MER (dB), EVM (%), Mag Error (%), Phase Error (deg) RMS, Peak (Peak P[...]

246 Chapter 23 CMMB Measurement Application N6158A, CMMB Measurements Application EVM (Data EQ OFF) Operating range 0 to 16% Floor 0 .70% Accuracy from 0.7% to 1 .0% from 1.0% to 2 .0% from 2.0% to 1 6.0% ±0.30% ±0.30% ±0.40% MER (Data EQ OFF) Operating range ≥ 16.00 dB Floor 43.00 dB Accuracy (Data EQ OFF) from 39 to 43 dB from 34 to 39 dB fr[...]

247 24 VXA Measur ement Application This chapter contains specifications fo r the 89601X VXA Measurement Application. Additional Definitions and Requirement s Because digital communications si gnals are noise-like, all measurem ents will have variations. The specifications apply only with adequate averaging to rem ove those variations. Spec ificati[...]

248 Chapter 24 VXA Measurement Application Basic VSA-Lite Performance (89601X Opti on 205) Basic VSA-Lite Performance (89601X Option 205) Frequency Resolution Bandwidth (RBW) Description Specifications Supplemental Information Range Maximum Frequency Option 503 3.6 GHz Option 507 7 GHz Option 513 13.6 GHz Option 526 26.5 GHz Pr eamp Option P03 3.6 [...]

Chapter 24 249 VXA Measurement Application Basic VSA-Lite Performance (89601X Option 205) Input Amplitude Accuracy RBW Shape Factor The window choices below allow the user to optimize the RBW shape as needed for best amplitude accuracy , best dynamic range, or best response to transient signal characteristics. Selectivity Passband Flatness Rejectio[...]

250 Chapter 24 VXA Measurement Application Basic VSA-Lite Performance (89601X Opti on 205) Fr equency Span ≤ 3.6 GHz ≤ 10 MHz ≤ 3.6 GHz > 10 MHz > 3.6 GHz ≤ 10 MHz > 3.6 GHz > 10 MHz Flatness ± 0.40 dB ± 0.45 dB Rms (nominal) 0.02 dB 0.04 dB 0.18 dB (Option B2 5) 0.25 dB 0.28 dB (Option B2 5) Sensitivity − 147 dBm/Hz 10 MHz [...]

Chapter 24 251 VXA Measurement Application Basic VSA-Lite Performance (89601X Option 205) Dynamic Range Description Specifications Supplemental Informa tion Third-order intermodulation distortion − 84 dBc Tw o − 20 dBfs tones, 10 dBm input range, 400 MHz to 13.6 GHz, tone separation > 5x IF Prefilter BW Noise Density at 1 GHz Input Range Den[...]

252 Chapter 24 VXA Measurement Application Analog Modulation Analysis (89601 X Op tio n 205) Analog Modulation Analysis (89601X Option 205) Description Specifications Supplemental Information AM Demodulation Carrier ≤− 17 d Bfs Demodulator Bandwidth Same as selected measurement span Modulation Index Accuracy ± 1 % Harmonic Distortion − 55 dB[...]

Chapter 24 253 VXA Measurement Application Analog Modulatio n Analysis (89601X O ption 205) FM Demo dulation Demodulator Bandwidth Same as selected measurement span Modulation Index Accuracy ± 0.1 % of span, deviation < 2 MHz, modulation rate ≤ 500 kH z Harmonic Distortion Modulation Rate < 50 kHz ≤ 500 kHz Deviation ≤ 200 kHz ≤ 2 MH[...]

254 Chapter 24 VXA Measurement Application V ector Modulatio n Analy sis (89601X O ption A Y A) V ector Modulation Analysis (89601X Option A Y A) Description Specifications Supplement al Information Accuracy Formats other than FSK, 8/16VSB, 16/32 APSK, and OQPSK; Conditions: Fu ll scale signal, fully contained in the measur ement span, frequency &l[...]

Chapter 24 255 VXA Measurement Application V ector Modulation Analy sis (89601X O ption A Y A) Residual EVM 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, or 1024 QAM ≤ 1.0 % (SNR ≥ 40 dB) Symbol rate = 6 .9 MHz, α = 0.15, frequency < 3.6 GHz, 8 MHz span, full-scale signal, range ≥− 30 dBm, result length = 800, averages = 10 a. 1.0 % rms EVM and 0.8 deg RM[...]

256 Chapter 24 VXA Measurement Application V ector Modulatio n Analy sis (89601X O ption A Y A)[...]

257 25 Option EMC Pr ecompliance Measur ements This chapter contains specifications for the option EMC precompliance measuremen ts.[...]

258 Chapter 25 Option EMC Precompliance Measurements Requirements for X-Ser ies Requir ements for X-Series • The X-Series must ha ve re v . A.02.00 or later • The X-Series must ha ve option EMC license Conditions Required to Meet Specifications • The X-Series are within their calibration cycle • The X-Series has be en at ope rating temperat[...]

Chapter 25 259 Option EMC Precompliance Measurements Freque ncy Fr equency Description Specifications Supplemental information Frequency Range CISPR band A, B, C, D, E (9 kHz to 18 GHz) and up to 26 .5 GHz EMI Resolution Bandwidths See T able 25-1 on page 260 and T able 25-2 on page 260 CISPR A vailable when the EMC S tandard is CISPR 200 Hz, 9 kHz[...]

260 Chapter 25 Option EMC Precompliance Measurements Frequen cy T able 25-1 CISPR Band Settings CISPR Band Freq uency Rang e CISPR RBW Default Data Points Band A 9 – 150 kHz 200 Hz 14 13 Band B 150 kHz – 30 MHz 9 kHz 6637 Band C 30 – 300 MHz 120 kHz 450 3 Band D 300 MHz – 1 GHz 120 kHz 1 1671 Band C/D 30 MHz – 1 GHz 120 kHz 1617 1 Band E [...]

Chapter 25 261 Option EMC Precompliance Measurements Amplitude Amplitude Description Specifications Supplemental Informat ion EMI A verage Detector Used for CISPR-compliant average measurements and, with 1 MHz RBW , for frequencies above 1 GHz Default A verage T ype All filt ering is done on the linear (voltage) scale even when the display scale is[...]

262 Chapter 25 Option EMC Precompliance Measurements Amplitude[...]