Resolving small signals hidden by large signals – Agilent Technologies N9340A User Manual

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4

Making Measurements

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N9340A User’s Guide

Resolving Small Signals

Hidden by Large Signals

This example uses narrow resolution bandwidths to
resolve two input signals with a frequency
separation of 50 kHz and an amplitude difference
of 60 dB.

1 Connect two sources to the analyzer input

connector as shown in

Figure 3

on page 46.

2 Set one source to 300 MHz at –10 dBm. Set the

other source to 300.05 MHz at –70 dBm.

3 Set the analyzer as follows:

Press

[PRESET]

Press

[FREQ] > {Center Freq} > 300 > {MHz}

Press

[BW/SWP] > {RBW} > 30 > {kHz}

Press

[SPAN] > [500] > kHz.

If the signal peak is not present on the display,
span out to 20 MHz, set the first marker frequency
to center frequency, span back to 2 MHz.

Press

[SPAN] > 20 > {MHz}

Press

[MARKER] > {Peak Search}

Press

[MARKER] > {Marker To} > {To Center}

Press

[SPAN] > 2 > {MHz}

4 Set the 300 MHz signal to the reference level:

Press

[MARKER] > {Peak Search}

Press

[MARKER] > {Peak Search} > {To Ref}

5 Reduce the resolution bandwidth filter to view

the smaller hidden signal. Place a delta marker
on the smaller signal:

Press

[BW/SWP] > {RBW} > 1 > {kHz}

Press

[MARKER] > {Peak Search}

Press

[MARKER] > {Delta}

Press

[BW/SWP] > {RBW} > 50 > {kHz}

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