Tektronix RSA5106B Owner's manual

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RSA5100B Series

Real-Time Signal Analyzers

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Table of Contents

Welcome

Welcome............................................................................................................. 1

About Tektronix Analyzer

Product Software ................................................................................................... 3

Accessories

Standard Accessories.......................................................................................... 3

Options

Options.......................................................................................................... 5

Documentation and Support

Documentation................................................................................................. 5

Video Tutorials................................................................................................. 6

Orientation

Front Panel Connectors ............................................................................................ 9

Front-Panel Controls ............................................................................................... 9

Touch Screen....................................................................................................... 13

Touch-Screen Actions............................................................................................. 13

Elements of the Display........................................................................................... 15

Rear-Panel Connectors............................................................................................ 19

Setting Up Network Connections .. ............................................ ...................... ............ 19

Operating Your Instrument

Restoring Default Settings........................................................................................ 21

Running Alignments .............................................................................................. 21

Presets............................................................................................................... 22

Setting Options................. .. .......................... ............................ .......................... .. 28

Operating System Restore ........................................................................................ 31

Using the Measurement Displays

Selecting Displays ................................................................................................. 33

Taking Measurements

Measurements

Available Measurements..................................................................................... 35

General Signal Viewing

Overview ........................................................................................................... 43

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DPX

DPX Primer ................................................................................................... 43

DPX Display Overview ...................................................................................... 65

DPX Display .................................................................................................. 65

DPX Settings ...... .. .. ................................ .. .. .................................. .. ................ 74

Time Overview

Time Overview Display...................................................................................... 89

Time Overview Settings ..................................................................................... 91

Spectrum

Spectrum Display............................................................................................. 94

Spectrum Settings..................................................................................... ........ 96

Spectrogram

Spectrogram Display ......................................................................................... 97

Spectrogram Settings ............... .. .............................. .............................. .. ........ 100

Amplitude Vs Time

Amplitude Vs Time Display............................................................................... 104

Amplitude Vs Time Settings .............................................................................. 105

Frequency Vs Time

Frequency Vs Time Display ............................................................................... 106

Frequency Vs Time Settings............................................................................... 107

Phase V s Time

Phase Vs Time Display..................................................................................... 108

Phase Vs Time Settings ...... ........................ .. ........................ ........................ .... 109

RF I & Q Vs Time

RF I & Q vs Time Display................................................................................. 110

RF I & Q vs Time Settings..................................... .. .. .. ...................................... 111

Common Controls for General Signal Viewing Displays

General Signal Viewing Shared Measurement Settings ................................................ 112

Analog Modulation

Overview ......................................................................................................... 125

AM

AM Display ................................................................................................. 125

AM Settings ................................................................................................. 126

FM

FM Display.................................................................................................. 131

FM Settings.............. ........................ ........................ ........................ .. .......... 133

PM

PM Display.................................................................................................. 139

PM Settings.............. ........................ ........................ ........................ .. .......... 141

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RF Measurements

Overview ......................................................................................................... 149

Channel Power and ACPR

Channel Power and ACPR (Adjacent Channel Power Ratio) Displ

ay................................ 149

Channel Power and ACPR Settings ...................................................................... 152

MCPR

MCPR (Multiple Carrier Power Ratio) Display ... .................................. .................. .. 155

MCPR Settings.............................................................................................. 158

Occupied BW & x dB BW

Occupied BW & x dB BW Display....................................................................... 163

Occupied BW & x dB BW Settings ...................................................................... 166

Spurious

Spurious Display............................................................................................ 167

Spurious Display Settings.. ................................................ .. .. .. .......................... 171

CCDF

CCDF Display............................................................................................... 178

CCDF Settings ........ .................. ................ .................. .................................. 179

Phase Noise

Phase Noise Display........................................................................................ 180

Phase Noise Settings ......................................... .. .. .. ........................................ 185

Settling Time M easurements

Settling Time M easurement Overview ..................... ...................... ...................... .. 187

Settling Time Displays

Settling Time Displays ........................... ............................ .......................... .. .. 191

Settling Time Settings .......................................... .. .. ........................................ 199

Common Controls for Settling Time Displays

Settling Time Displays Shared Measurement Settings ......................... .. ...................... 199

SEM (Spectrum Emission Mas k)

SEM Display ................................................................................................ 207

Spectrum Emission Mask Settings.................... .. .............................. .................... 210

Common Controls for RF Measurements Displays

RF Measurements Shared Measurement Settings ..................... ........................ .......... 217

WLAN Measurements

WLAN Overview................................................................................................ 225

WLAN Chan Response

WLAN Channel Response Display....................................................................... 227

WLAN Channel Response Settings......................... .. .......................... .. ................ 229

WLAN Constellation

WLAN Constellation Display............................................................................. 230

WLAN Constellation Settings............................................................................. 231

WLAN EVM

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WLAN EVM Display...................................................................................... 232

WLAN EVM Settings................................ .. .................................. .. ................ 233

WLAN Mag Error

WLAN Magnitude Error Display ......................................................................... 234

WLAN Magnitude Error Settings........... .. .. ................................ .. .. ...................... 235

WLAN Phase Error

WLAN Phase Error Display............................................................................... 236

WLAN Phase Error Settings............................................. .. .. .............................. 237

WLAN Power vs Time

WLAN Power vs Time Display........................................................................... 238

WLAN Power vs Time Settings........................................................................... 240

WLAN Spectral Flatness

WLAN Spectral Flatness Display......................................................................... 241

WLAN Spectral Flatness Settings .................. .. .......................... .......................... 242

WLAN Summary

WLAN Summary Display ................................................................................. 243

WLAN Summary Settings ....................... ...................... ...................... .. ............ 247

WLAN Symb Table

WLAN Symbol Table Display ............................................................................ 248

WLAN Symbol Table Settings ............ .................... .................... .................... .... 250

Common Controls for WLAN Analysis Displays

WLAN Analysis Shared Measurement Settings .... .. .......................... ........................ 250

OFDM Analysis

Overview ......................................................................................................... 261

OFDM Cha n Response

OFDM Channel Response Display ....................................................................... 261

OFDM Channel Response Settings ... .............................. .. .............................. .. .... 263

OFDM Constellation

OFDM Constellation Display ............................................................................. 264

OFDM Constellation Settings ............................................................................. 265

OFDM EVM

OFDM EVM Display ...................................................................................... 265

OFDM EVM Settings .............. .................... .................... .................... ............ 266

OFDM Flatness

OFDM Spectral Flatness Display ......................................................................... 267

OFDM Spectral Flatness Settings....... .. .................................. .. ............................ 268

OFDM Mag Error

OFDM Magnitude Error Display ......................................................................... 269

OFDM Magnitude Error Settings ......................................................................... 270

OFDM Phase Error

OFDM Phase Error Display ............................................................................... 271

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OFDM Phase Error Settings ........... .. .. .. .. ............................................................ 272

OFDM Power

OFDM Power Display ..................................................................................... 273

OFDM Power Settings ........................... .. .......................... .. .......................... .. 274

OFDM Summary

OFDM Summary Display.................................................................................. 275

OFDM Summary Settings ................................................................................. 276

OFDM Symb Table

OFDM Symbol Table Display............................................................................. 277

OFDM Symbol Table Settings ............................................................................ 278

Common Controls for OFDM Analysis Displays

OFDM Analysis Shared Measurement Settings....................... ............................ ...... 278

Pulsed RF

Overview ......................................................................................................... 287

Pulse Table Display

Pulse Table Display......................................................................................... 287

Pulse Table Settings .............. .................... .................. .................. .................. 288

Pulse Trace Display

Pulse Trace Display......................................................................................... 289

Pulse Trace Settings ................................ .. .. .. .. .. .. ............................................ 291

Pulse Statistics

Display..................................................................................... 291

Pulse Statistics Settings .................. .. .................................. .. ............................ 293

Common Controls for Pulsed RF Displays

Pulsed RF Shared Measurement Settings ................................................................ 293

Audio Analysis

Overview ......................................................................................................... 305

Audio Spectrum

Audio Spectrum Display................................................................................... 305

Audio Spectrum Settings. .. ................................ .. .. .................................. .. ........ 306

Audio Summary

Audio Summary Display................................................................................... 307

Audio Summary Settings ........ .. .. ................................................ .. .. .. ................ 308

Common Controls for Audio Analysis Displays

Audio Analysis Measurement Settings................................................................... 309

GP Digital Modulation

Overview ......................................................................................................... 319

Constellation

Constellation Display....................................................................................... 320

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Constellation Settings ................ .................... .................... .................... .......... 321

Demod I & Q vs Time

Demod I & Q vs Time Display............................................................................ 322

Demod I & Q vs Time Settings . .......................... .. .......................... .. .................. 324

EVM vs Time

EVM vs Time Display...................................................................................... 324

EVM vs Time Settings ......... .. .. ...................................... .. .. .............................. 325

Eye Diagram

Eye Diagram Display....................................................................................... 326

Eye Diagram Settings ...................................................................................... 327

Frequency Deviation v s Time

Frequency Deviation vs Time Display ................................................................... 328

Frequency Deviation vs Time S ettings ............. .. .. .................................. .. .............. 330

Magnitude Error vs Time

Magnitude Error vs Time Display ........................................................................ 330

Magnitude Error vs Time Settings ........................................................................ 332

Phase Error vs Time

Phase Error vs Time Display .............................................................................. 332

Phase Error vs. Time Settings ................................................... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ...... 334

Signal Quality

Signal Quality Display ..................... .. ...................... ...................... .................. 334

Signal Quality Settings....................... .. .......................... ............................ ...... 339

Symbol Table

Symbol Table Display...................................................................................... 340

Symbol Table Settings .............................................................. .. .. .. .................. 341

Trellis Diagram

Trellis Diagram Display.............................. .. ............................ .. ...................... 341

Trellis Diagram Settings ............... .......................... .. .......................... .. ............ 343

Common Controls for GP Digital Modulation Displays

GP Digital Modulation Shared Measurement Settings ................................................. 343

Standard Settings Button................... .................. .................... .................. ........ 344

Symbol Maps

Symbol Maps................................................................................................ 360

User Filters

Overview: User Deﬁned Measurement and Reference Filters................. .. ...................... 366

User Filter File Format ... .. .......................... .. .......................... .......................... 367

Marker Measurements

Using Markers

Using Markers............................................................................................... 371

Controlling Markers with the Touchscreen Actions Menu ... ........................ .................. 371

Measuring Signal Density, Frequency and Power on a DPX Bitmap Trace.......................... 373

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Measuring Frequency and Power in the Spectrum Display ............................................ 374

Common Marker Actions

Marker Action Controls ............................................................................... 375

Peak...................................................................................................... 375

Next Peak ............................................................................................... 375

Marker to Center Frequency.......................................................................... 375

Deﬁne Markers Control Panel

Enabling Markers and Setting Marker Properties .. .. ............................ .. ................ 375

Markers Toolbar

Using the Markers Toolbar............................................................................ 377

Noise Markers in the Spectrum Display

Using Noise Markers in the Spectrum Display ..................................................... 378

Search (Limits Testing)

The Search Tool (Limits Testing).............................................................................. 381

Search (Limits Testing) Settings ............................................................................... 381

Deﬁne Tab (Search) ............................................................................................. 381

Actions Tab....................................................................................................... 385

Analyzing Data

Analysis Settings

Analysis Settings............................................................................................ 387

Analysis Time Ta b

.......................................................................................... 387

Spectrum Time Tab......................................................................................... 389

Frequency Tab............................................................................................... 389

Units Tab..................................................................................................... 393

Analyzing Data Using Replay

Replay Overview ........................................................................................... 393

Replay Menu ................................................................................................ 396

Acq Data..................................................................................................... 396

DPX Spectra................................................................................................. 396

Replay All Selected Records .............................................................................. 397

Replay Current Record..................................................................................... 397

Replay from Selected....................................................................................... 397

Pause ......................................................................................................... 397

Stop........................................................................................................... 397

Select All .................................................................................................... 397

Select Records from History............................................................................... 398

Replay Toolbar.............................................................................................. 398

Amplitude Corrections

Amplitude Settings ...................................... .. .. ........................................ .. .......... 401

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Internal Settings Tab .. .. ................................................ .. .. .................................... 401

External Gain/Loss Correction Tab............................................................................ 404

External Gain Value ........................................................................................ 405

Apply External Corrections To............................................................................ 405

External Loss Tables ....................................................................................... 406

External Probe Correction Tab................................................................................. 408

Controlling the Acquisition of Data

Acquisition Controls in the Run Menu

Continuous Versus Single Sequence...................................................................... 409

Run ........................................................................................................... 409

Resume....................................................................................................... 409

Abort ......................................................................................................... 409

Acquisition Controls in the Acquire Control Panel

The Acquire Control Panel ................................................................................ 410

Sampling Parameters Tab.................................................................................. 411

Advanced Tab (Acquire)................................................................................... 412

FastSave ..................................................................................................... 413

FastSave Tab ................................................................................................ 416

UsingTriggerstoCaptureJustWhatYouWant

Triggering

Triggering............................................................................................... 416

Frequency Mask Tr

igger .............................................................................. 420

Mask Editor (Frequency Mask Trigger)............................................................. 420

Trigger Settings ................................ .................. ................ .................. .... 423

Event Tab ............................................................................................... 424

Time Qualiﬁed Tab .................................................................................... 433

Advanced Tab (Triggering) ........................................................................... 434

Actions Tab (Triggering).............................................................................. 435

Managing Data, Settings, and Pictures

Saving and Recalling Data, Settings, and Pictures....................................... .. .. .. .. ............ 437

Data, Settings, and Picture File Formats .................. .................... .................. .............. 439

Printing Screen Shots ........................................................................................... 443

Reference

Online Help ...................................................................................................... 445

About the Tektronix RTSA ..................................................................................... 445

Connecting Signals

Conﬁgure In/Out Settings.................. .............................. .............................. .... 446

Connecting an RF Signal .................................................................................. 446

Connecting a Signal Using a TekConnect Probe ........................................................ 448

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Connecting External Trigger Signals ..................................................................... 448

Digital I and Q Outputs .................................................................................... 449

Other Outputs ............................................................................................... 450

Zero Span.................................................................................................... 450

Menus

Menu Overview............................................................................................. 452

File Menu

File Menu ............................................................................................... 453

View Menu

View Menu ............................................................................................. 457

Run M enu

Run Menu............................................................................................... 458

Replay

Replay Menu ........................................................................................... 460

Markers Menu

Markers Menu.......................................................................................... 460

Setup Menu

Setup Menu ............................................................................................. 460

Presets Menu

Presets Menu ........................................................................................... 460

Tools Menu

Tools Menu ............................................................................................. 461

Window Menu

Window Menu.......................................................................................... 463

Help Menu

Help Menu .............................................................................................. 463

Troubleshooting

Error and Information Messages .......................................................................... 464

Displaying the Windows Event Viewer .................................................................. 472

Dealing with Sluggish Instrument Operation............................................................ 474

On/Standby Switch

On/Standby Switch......................................................................................... 474

Upgrading the Product Software

How to Find Out if Software Upgrades are Availab

le .................................................. 474

Changing Settings

Settings........................................................................... .. .. .. .. .. .. ................ 474

Remote Login

Remote Login ............................................................................................... 476

Glossary

Index

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Welcome Welcome

Welcome

This help provides in-depth information on how to use the RSA5100B Series Real-Time Signal Analyzers.

This help contains the most complete descriptions of how to use the analyzer. For a shorter introduction to

the Signal An

alyzer, refer to the RSA5100B Series Real-Time Signal Analyzer Quick Start User Manual.

To see tutorial examples of how to use your analyz er to take measurements in different application areas,

refer to the RSA5100B Series Real-Time Signal Analyzer Application Examples Reference.

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Welcome Welcome

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About Tektronix Analyzer Product Software

Product Software

The instrument includes the following software:

RSA5100B Series System Software: The RSA5100B Series product software runs on a specially

conﬁgured version of Windows 7. As with standard Windows 7 installations, you can install other

compatible applications, but the installation and use of non-Tektronix software is not supported by

Tektronix.

If you need to reinstall the operating system, follow the procedure in the Restoring the

Operating System chapter in the RSA5100B Se ries Real-Time Signal Analyzer Quick Start User

Manual (Tektronix part number 071-3224-XX, English). The operating system restore procedure is

also provided in Operating System Restore

(see page 31). Do not substitute any version of Windows

that is not speciﬁcally provided by Tektronix for use with your instrument.

Product Software: The product software is the instrument application. It provides the user interface

(UI) and all other instrument control functions. You can minimize or even exit/restart the instrument

application as your needs dictate.

Occasionally new versions of softw are for your instrument may be come available at our Web site. Visit

www.tektronix.com/software

for information.

Software and Hardware Upgrades

Tektr

onix may offer software or hardware upgrade kits for this instrument. Contact your local Tektronix

distributor or sales ofﬁce for more information.

Standard Accessories

The standard accessories for the instruments are shown below. For the latest information on available

acc

essories, see the Tektronix Web site

.

Quick Start User Manual

English - Option L0, Tektronix part number 071-3224-XX

Ja

panese - Option L5, Tektronix part number 071-3225-XX

Simpliﬁed Chinese - Option L7, Tektronix part number 071-3226-XX

Russian, Option L10, Tektronix part number 071-3227-XX

Applications Instructions

English – Tektronix part number 071-3283-XX

Japanese - Option L5, Tektronix part number 071-3284-XX

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About Tektronix Analyzer Standard Accessories

Simpliﬁed Chinese - Option L7, Tektronix part number 071-3285-XX

Russian, Option L10, Tektronix part number 071-3286-XX

Product Documentation CD-ROM

The Product Documentation CD-ROM contains a collection documentation available for your product, in

PDF format. Following is a partial list of the types of documents included on the CD-ROM.

RSA5100B Series Real-Time Signal Analyzers Declassiﬁcation and Security Instructions manual

PDF, Tektronix part number 077-0902-XX

RSA5100B Series Programmer Manual PDF, Tektronix part number 077-0901-XX

RSA5100B Series Speciﬁcations and Performance Veriﬁcation PDF, Tektronix part number

077-0900-XX

Other related materials

NOTE. To check for updates to the instrument documentation, browse to www.tektronix.com/manuals

and search by your instrument's model number.

Important Documents Folder

Certi

ﬁcate of Calibration documenting NIST traceability, 2540-1 compliance, and ISO9001 registration

Power Cords

North America - Option A0, Tektronix p art number 161-0104-00

Uni

versal Euro - Option A1, Tektronix part number 161-0104-06

United Kingdom - O ption A2, Tektronix part number 161-0104-07

Australia - Option A3, Tektronix part number 161-0104-05

240V North America - Option A4, Tektronix part number 161-0104-08

Switzerland - Option A5, Tektronix part number 161-0167-00

Japan - Option A6, Tektronix part number 161-A005-00

China - Option A10, Tektronix part number 161-0306-00

India - Option A11, Tektronix part number 161-0324-00

No power cord or AC adapter - Option A99

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About Tektronix Analyzer Options

Optical Wheel Mouse

Options

To view a listing of the software options installed on your instrument, select Help > About Your

Tektronix Real-Time Analyzer. There is a label on the rear-panel of the instrument that lists installed

hardware options.

Options can be added to your instrument. For the latest information on available option upgrades, see

Tektronix Web site

.

Documentation

In addition to the instrument help, the following documents are available. Many documents are provided

on the documentation CD provided with the instrument. For the most up to date documentation, visit the

Tektronix website www.Tektronix.com/downloads

.

Quick Start User Manual (071-3224-XX - English). This manual has information about installing

and operating your instrument. This manual is al so available in Japanese (071-3225-XX), Simpliﬁed

Chines

e (071-3226-XX), and Russian (071-3227-XX). These manuals are available in both print and

aprintablePDFﬁle.

Appli

cation Examples Reference (071-3283-XX). This manual provides examples of how to solve

problems using an RSA5100B Series Signal Analyzer. This manual is also available in Japanese

(071-3284-XX), Simpliﬁed Chinese (071-3285-XX), and Russian (071-3286-XX). These are available

in both print and a printa ble PDF ﬁle.

Programmer Manual (077-00901-XX). This manual provides information to use commands for

remotely controlling your instrument. This is available as a printable PDF ﬁle.

Service Manual (077-0903-XX). This manual includes procedures to service the instrument to the

module level. This is available as a printable PDF ﬁle.

Speciﬁcations and Performance Veriﬁcation Technical Reference Manual (077-0900-XX). This

manual includes both the speciﬁ cations and the performance veriﬁcation procedures. This is available

asaprintablePDFﬁle.

Declassiﬁcation and Security Instructions (077-0902-XX). This document helps customers with

data security concerns to sanitize or r emove memory devices from the instrument. This is available as

aprintablePDFﬁle.

The most recent versions of the product documentation, in PDF format, can be downloaded from

www.tektronix.com/manuals

. You can ﬁnd the m anuals by searching on the product name.

Other Documentation

Your instrument includes supplemental information on CD-ROM:

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About Tektronix Analyzer Video Tutorials

Documents CD (Tektronix part number 063-4514-XX)

Video Tutorials

You can browse the Tektronix YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/user/tektronix) to ﬁnd video tutorials

about various topics related to your product. You can also subscribe to the Tektronix YouTube ch

annel to

keep up with new postings.

Searching f or topics

For example, you can watch a video tutorial about using the WLAN Presets. To ﬁnd a video on this topic,

do the following. The following image shows you what the Tektronix YouTube Channel looks like.

1. Click on the search icon located just above the video you see when the page ﬁrst loads.

NOTE. This icon allows you to search the Tektro

nix YouTube channel speciﬁcally. The search icon located

at the top of the page allows you to searc h all of YouTube .

2. Type in the keyword “WLAN” in the search ﬁeld.

3. Click the search icon to start the search.

4. Videos related to the topic will appear. Click a video t o view it.

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