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R&S® FSV-K40 Firmware Option Phase Noise Measurements

1. ng Remote Control Example CALC MARK3 ON Switches on marker 3 or switches to marker mode Mode A ADEMOD CDMA EVDO TDS WCDMA VSA GSM CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt TRACe lt TraceNumber gt This command assigns the selected marker 1 to 16 to the indicated measurement curve in the window specified by the suffix n The corresponding trace must be active i e its status must be different from BLANK If necessary the corresponding marker is switched on prior to the assignment Suffix n window For applications that do not have more than 1 measure ment window the suffix n is irrelevant m marker number Parameters lt TraceNumber gt 1to6 Example CALC MARK3 TRAC 2 Assigns marker 3 to trace 2 Mode A ADEMOD VSA CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt X lt Position gt This command positions the selected marker to the indicated frequency span gt 0 time span 0 or level APD measurement or CCDF measurement ON in the window speci fied by the suffix lt n gt If marker 2 3 or 4 is selected and used as delta marker it is switched to marker mode Suffix lt n gt window For applications that do not have more than 1 measure ment window the suffix lt n gt is irrelevant lt m gt marker number Parameters lt Position gt 0 to MAX frequency sweep time level Example CALC MARK2 X 10 7MHz Positions marker 2 to frequency 10 7 MHz
2. nr Remote Control STATus QUEStionable PNOise PTRansition lt BitDefinition gt Determines what bits in the STATus QUEStionable PNOIse Condition register sets the corresponding bit in the STATus QUEStionable PNOIse Event register when that bit has a positive transition 0 to 1 The variable number is the sum of the decimal values of the bits that are to be enabled Parameters lt BitDefinition gt Range 0 to 65535 RST 65535 Example STAT QUES PNOi PTR 65535 All condition bits are summarised in the Event register when a positive transition occurs Mode PHN STATus QUEStionable PNOise NTRansition lt BitDefinition gt Determines which bits in the STATus QUEStionable PNOIse Condition sets the corresponding bit in the STATus QUEStionable PNOIse Event register when that bit has a negative transition 1 to 0 The variable lt number gt is the sum of the decimal values of the bits that are to be enabled Parameters lt BitDefinition gt Range 0 to 65535 RST 0 Example STAT QUES PNOi NTR 65535 All condition bits are summarised in the Event register when a positive transition occurs Mode PHN STATus QUEStionable PNOise Register Contains information about phase noise measurements The bits can be queried with commands STATus QUEStionable PNOise CONDition on page 80 and STATus QUEStionable PNOise EVENt Operating Manual 1173 0708 02 0
3. 47 4 2 2 CALCuUlate subsystem ie inna EK AAE DAAA ARNIE cba Ld AERAN 50 4 2 2 1 CALCulate DELTamarker saubsvsiem eene 50 4 2 2 2 CALOulate EVALuation Subsystem esse eene 55 4 2 2 3 CALculate MARKker subevstem eene nen nnne 56 4 2 2 4 CALCulate SNOise Gubesvstem enne 59 4 2 2 5 CALCulate LIM subsystem ueeseieeeeeieeteee c eene seen ERANA ene RNANA an ANNANN 60 4 2 2 6 Other CALCulate commande sese nennen 64 42 3 CONFigure Subsystem etd ace e e R EAA 65 Operating Manual 1173 0708 02 02 46 R amp S FSV K40 Firmware Option Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 Remote Control 4 2 4 DISPlay Gubesvstem eene nenne nennen rne nnns 66 42 5 FETCH SUbSySIOImi i cient pet terrere tnde ERR nas eben suae eR Aa anna ERR a EE 67 4 2 6 DISPlay SUbSYS EM eene nennen nennen enne nnnm nne nnne nnns 68 4 2 7 FORMat subsystem sss eene nennen nee nennen rne nennen 70 4 2 8 NPU SUDSySIOIILL uere rei tenerte tenu cadezenvanged ded EELER 70 4 2 9 NPut subsvstem eene rn nen nne nn nakani ren en nennen nns 70 4 2 10 INITiate subsvstem eene nennen rrr nennen nennen nnns 71 4 2 11 MMEWMory subsvstem nee eene ern rn nene erret nnne nennen 71 4 2 12 SENSe Subsystem sss eene enne en nene erret nene rrr enne 72 4 2 13 STATUS Gubsvstem eene eren enne rne n nen rene nnns 80 4 2 14 Error Repottltig i oae diee eiaet ees nno deduce paa anne re kn deduce ks Page in i
4. 50 Ref Point Time remote control Res BW Auto remote control ssssss Isesidual Calc emen rene Save K40 E T Save Evaluation List remote control 74 Select 1 2 3 4 remote control Signal Settings Single Meas remote control ussssse Single SWEEP oit ederet Single Sweep remote control is SIMOOMMMG MC Smoothirig KEE Smoothing T Spati Startups e IR e EE Spot Noise e Start remote Control Start Frequency remote control 75 Stop remote control e Stop Frequency remote control 75 Su bspar RBW iterat eter peru 30 Sweep Count Sweep Count remote control sssss 79 Sweep Mode sese SWEEPOUT TASTE TT E ettet e Pee ete ride er eee IRR RES Trace 1234 5 6 remote control is Trace Math remote control sussss Trace Math Off ertet Trace Mode remote control Trace Settings rnnt etect id Track Freq On Off rrt 30 TRACKFREQONY OFF eessseeeeeeeeeeneenenes 76 Track Level On Off TRACKLEVELONY J OFF eee Unit remote control sssssseseeeee Value remote control is Verity OD OIf iiir nett emere rr rennes VERIFYON IOFF
5. M 31 SPAN KO 31 AMPT KY isis c EEA 31 ENNEN eebe ee eee ee VT I ans 31 Softkeys of the Sweep Menu SWEEP key R amp S FSV KA0 esssssess 31 Softkeys of the Trace Menu TRACE key R amp S EGV KAUL 32 Softkeys of the Marker Menu MKR key R amp S FSV KA0 esses 35 Softkeys of the Marker To Menu MKR gt key R amp S FSV KA0 esses 36 Softkeys of the Lines Menu LINES key R amp S FSV KA0 sssssssssss 37 Working with Limit Bi eiui etuer teo Cer ebbe tc de D reb Men s ER ERR Ld rt Ris 38 Editing LMI LINES T E 39 Detecior Cvepndew 20 EEE Aa AAA EEA AEN A0 Selecting the Appropriate Filter Type 41 List of Available RRC and Channel Eilters em 42 Trace Mode OVOIVIGW ite be de baden teet de e RED C o Rd Ll Means 43 ASCII File Export Formal etre Lee he RD enn annee sde AEN 45 Remote Control 1 eeceitt EES A S ANES 46 Notation T M M 47 CALCulate subsystem tci Mri AA nena eaa cba RAR 50 CONFiIgure Subsystem er ite desde De Lande Ela ccena ek dee e nebbia daos 65 Operating Manual 1173 0708 02 02 13 R amp S FSV K40 Firmware Option Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 RMAEEMUIc UO HA CC MGR Instrument Functions of Pha
6. on page 31 chapter 4 1 8 Softkeys of the Trace Menu TRACE key R amp S FSV K40 on page 32 e chapter 4 1 11 Softkeys of the Lines Menu LINES key R amp S FSV K40 on page 37 e chapter 4 1 9 Softkeys of the Marker Menu MKR key R amp S FSV K40 on page 35 chapter 4 1 10 Softkeys of the Marker To Menu MKR key R amp S FSV K40 on page 36 The Auto Set Trigger Meas Config Input Output and Marker Functions menus are not available for Phase noise measurements Operating Manual 1173 0708 02 02 14 R amp S FSV K40 Firmware Option Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 mec WC SSE l e H M aen d Instrument Functions of Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 Further information e chapter 4 1 1 4 Measurement Settings and Results Display on page 27 e chapter 4 1 14 Detector Overview on page 40 e chapter 4 1 17 Trace Mode Overview on page 43 e chapter 4 1 15 Selecting the Appropriate Filter Type on page 41 e chapter 4 1 16 List of Available RRC and Channel Filters on page 42 e chapter 4 1 18 ASCII File Export Format on page 45 Tasks e chapter 4 1 1 1 Overview of General Settings on page 16 e chapter 4 1 1 2 Overview of Measurement Settings on page 23 e chapter 4 1 1 3 Running Measurements on page 26 e chapter 4 1 12 Working with Limit Lines on page 38 e chapter 4 1
7. AA EP NN UMEN Remote Control NF Noise Figure measurements R amp S FSV K30 PHN Phase Noise measurements R amp S FSV K40 PSM Power Sensor measurements option R amp S FSV K9 SPECM Spectogram mode option R amp S FSV K14 TDS TD SCDMA base station UE measurements option R amp S FSV K76 K77 VSA Vector Signal Analysis option R amp S FSV K70 WCDMA 3GPP Base Station measurements option R amp S FSV K72 3GPP UE measure ments option R amp S FSV K73 WLAN WLAN TX measurements option R amp S FSV K91 The signal analysis spectrum mode is implemented in the basic unit For the other modes the corresponding options are required Upper Lower Case Notation Upper lower case letters are used to mark the long or short form of the key words of a command in the description see chapter 5 Remote Control Basics The instrument itself does not distinguish between upper and lower case letters Special Characters A selection of key words with an identical effect exists for several commands These keywords are indicated in the same line they are separated by a vertical stroke Only one of these keywords needs to be included in the header of the command The effect of the command is independent of which of the keywords is used Example SENSe FREQuency CW FIXed The two following commands with identical meaning can be created They set the f
8. Operating Manual 1173 0708 02 02 54 R amp S FSV K40 Firmware Option Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 PERNAEENMCUU C J Rn Remote Control Example INIT CONT OFF Switches to single sweep mode CALC DELT2 ON Switches on delta marker 2 INIT WAI Starts a sweep and waits for its end CALC DELT2 Y Outputs measurement value of delta marker 2 Mode A ADEMOD BT CDMA EVDO TDS WCDMA 4 2 2 2 CALCulate EVALuation Subsystem CAL Culate 1 4 EVALuation S FAT cerro Lo eere lee E RLR Doe Taaa 55 GALGCulates1 A EVALUATION STAR ares coner pana cer a Y ve eae aYe bae ruat dada a ease repe aka 55 OQALGulatesT do EVALuallone ST OP TE 56 CALCulate lt 1 4 gt EVALuation STATe State This command specifies whether residual noise values are calculated over the entire trace or within a specified frequency range Parameters State ON 1 OFF 0 ON 1 The residual noise values are calculated over the range specified by CALCulate c1 4 EVALuation STARt on page 55 and CALCulate lt 1 4 gt EVALuation STOP on page 56 OFF 0 The results are calculated over the entire trace RST 0 Example CALC EVAL 0 Specifies that residual noise is calculated over the entire trace Mode PHN CALCulate lt 1 4 gt EVALuation STARt lt Frequency gt This command specifies the start frequency f
9. ennt nnns View Span SCUINGS sic 22 roro E teen eat ides special characters AA Spot Noise ET 22 Offset Er q1 2 3 4 cene reete s 22 STE Te ET 22 Start Frequency KAO rein 25 Start Offset EE 24 Stop Frequency CM M 25 jon qm aeaiia 24 sweep toto 31 SING e RH 31 Sweep Forward E 18 Sweep Mode Settings 23 T trace Clear Write offset SONGS ee trace mode Le O 33 44 zr eee 34 45 Clear Write 5 iiie Daae Ra 32 43 urea 32 44 Min Hold er 33 44 MEE 33 44 Track FrequenGy 2 ete tepore tror eren Ee reden 18 Track Level EE 19 U upper case commands sss 48 V VBW RMS det amp ctOr aeree tenentes Verify Freq and Level View trace mode X X AXIS Statt ce oer e DAE FER ERES ERES 19 X AXIS SIOP 19 Y Y AMIS RANJE i ee rame rnt orna daaa 20 Y Axis Top Z zoom amplitude cereos eaaa at 33 44 Operating Manual 1173 0708 02 02 86
10. Diagram header with measurement settings and results The header includes the following information Signal Frequency The frequency of the measured input signal Signal Level The level of the input signal Signal Freq A The measured frequency difference during verification and tracking Signal Level A The measured level difference during verification and tracking Top The Y Axis top the maximum phase noise level in the y axis for the trace results RF Atten The RF attenuation Eval from The frequency range for which residual noise and spot noise results are calculated The range of the residual noise calcula tions is displayed in the results trace by two lines marker EL 1 and EL2 Residual PM The residual PM result over the selected evaluation range Residual FM The residual FM result over the selected evaluation range RMS Jitter The RMS jitter result over the selected evaluation range aa n 9 P Operating Manual 1173 0708 02 02 27 R amp S FSV K40 Firmware Option Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 Instrument Functions of Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 Spectrum Analyzer Phase Noise Settings Residual Noise Spot Noise T1 Signal Freq 999 999793 MHz Eval from 10 kHz to 300 kH 1 kHz 105 24 dBc Hz Signal Level 14 18 dBm Residual PM BE 10 kHz 105 97 dBc Hz Sig
11. FREQuency STARt on page 75 To Carrier Frequency Offset Table The stop frequency of each sub band SCPI command SENSe source FREQuency STOP on page 75 RBW Carrier Frequency Offset Table The resolution filter bandwidth used for each sub band Enter values in steps of 1 3 10 Tip you can switch directly to the first RBW field in the span by pressing the BW key SCPI command SENSe source BANDwidth BWIDth RESolution TYPE on page 74 Range Carrier Frequency Offset Table 0 1 30 96 of the start frequency in that row SCPI command SENSe source BANDwidth BWIDth RESolution RATio on page 73 R amp S FSV K40 Firmware Option Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 eee TAI M RR MM UT ee Instrument Functions of Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 Average Carrier Frequency Offset Table The number of sweeps to average over for each sub band Range Carrier Frequency Offset Table 1 10000 SCPI command SENSe source BANDwidth BWIDth RESolution RATio on page 73 FFT Carrier Frequency Offset Table Selection to use the FFT Resolution Filter or the conventional filter for each decade FFT is only available for RBW values between 1 Hz and 30 kHz SCPI command SENSe source SWEep TYPE on page 76 Meas Time Carrier Frequency Offset Table The estimated measurement time for each sub band Note this time is for the measure
12. H eS Instrument Functions of Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 4 1 18 ASCII File Export Format 45 4 1 1 Measurements and Results This section contains a detailed description of performing measurements and their results It covers the following subjects e chapter 4 1 1 3 Running Measurements on page 26 e chapter 4 1 1 4 Measurement Settings and Results Display on page 27 4 1 1 1 Overview of General Settings This section describes the General Settings view where all settings related to the gen eral measurement can be modified i e the signal characteristics display settings trace settings residual calculation settings and spot noise settings bar changes to display information on the valid settings for the selected parameter When a particular parameter is selected within the General Settings view the status Spectrum Phase Noise General settings x Signal Settings Residual Calculations Freguency 15 000000 GHz Use Meas Settings Level 10 dBm Eval From 1 kHz Sweep Forward n To 1 MHz Verify Freq amp Level Frequency Tolerance max Rel Tol Abs Tol Spot Noise Settings Relative 10 KI Enable v Absolute 1 kHz Offset Freqi 1 kHz Level Tolerance 10 dB Offset Freq2 10 kHz Offset Freq3 100 kHz AFC Settings Offset Freq4 1 MHz Track Frequency T
13. It applies to all delta markers in the window specified by the suffix n as long as the function is active Suffix n window For applications that do not have more than 1 measure ment window the suffix n is irrelevant lt m gt marker number Parameters lt State gt ON OFF RST OFF Example CALC DELT FUNC FIX ON Switches on the measurement with fixed reference value for all delta markers CALC DELT FUNC FIX RPO X 128 MHZ Sets the frequency reference to 128 MHZ CALC DELT FUNC FIX RPO Y 30 DBM Sets the reference level to 30 dBm Mode A CALCulate lt n gt DELTamarker lt m gt FUNCtion PNOise AUTO State This command activates an automatic peak search for the reference fixed marker 1 at the end of each particular sweep in the window specified by the suffix lt n gt Suffix lt n gt window For applications that do not have more than 1 measure ment window the suffix lt n gt is irrelevant lt m gt irrelevant Parameters lt State gt ON OFF RST OFF Example CALC DELT FUNC PNO AUTO ON Activates an automatic peak search for the reference marker in a phase noise measurement Operating Manual 1173 0708 02 02 51 R amp S FSV K40 Firmware Option Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 ERNAEEMCUI H C P SS Remote Control Mode A CALCulate lt n
14. Mode A ADEMOD CDMA EVDO TDS WCDMA GSM Operating Manual 1173 0708 02 02 58 R amp S FSV K40 Firmware Option Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 Remote Control CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt Y This command queries the measured value of the selected marker in the window speci fied by the suffix lt n gt The corresponding marker is activated before or switched to marker mode if necessary To obtain a correct query result a complete sweep with synchronization to the sweep end must be performed between the activation of the marker and the query of the Y value This is only possible in single sweep mode Suffix lt n gt lt m gt Return values lt Result gt Example Usage Mode window For applications that do not have more than 1 measure ment window the suffix lt n gt is irrelevant marker number The measured value of the selected marker is returned In IQ Analyzer mode if the result display configuration Real Imag I Q is selected this query returns the Real Q value of the marker first then the Imag I value INIT CONT OFF Switches to single sweep mode CALC MARK2 ON Switches marker 2 INIT WAI Starts a sweep and waits for the end CALC MARK2 Y Outputs the measured value of marker 2 In IQ Analyzer mode for Real Imag I Q for example 1 852719887E 011 0 Query only A ADEMOD BT CDMA EVDO UO GSM TDS WCDMA 4 2 2 4 CALCulate SNOise Subs
15. ment only and does not include processing time Preset Settings The Preset Settings display the default values used for RBW Average FFT when the Preset Settings softkey is pressed see Preset Settings on page 30 For sweep mode MANUAL you can edit these settings In this case the values in the Carrier Frequency Offset table are changed accordingly see Carrier Frequency Offset Table on page 25 4 1 1 3 Running Measurements To start a measurement press the RUN SINGLE or RUN CONT key e RUN SINGLE switches to single sweep mode and performs a single sweep just as the Single Sweep softkey in the Sweep menu does e RUN CONT switches to continuous sweep mode and starts sweeping just as the Continuous Sweep on page 31 softkey in the Sweep menu does CD If you press one of the RUN keys while a measurement is running the measurement is aborted During a measurement the text Running is displayed in the status bar at the bottom of the screen A progress bar is also displayed to show progress through the current measurement sweep After successful completion of a single measurement the status bar displays Measurement Complete If the Verify Freq and Level on page 18 parameter is selected in the General Set tings view then R amp S FSV K40 checks if there is a signal within the specified frequency and level tolerance ranges relative to the specified signal frequency and level If no signal is fo
16. setting is the value of the X Axis Stop on page 19 setting When the X Axis Start on page 19or X Axis Stop on page 19 settings are modified the Eval From on page 21 setting is automatically adjusted to ensure that it is not outside the measurement range The To setting cannot be set lower than the Eval From on page 21 setting SCPI command CALCulate lt 1 4 gt EVALuation STOP on page 56 Spot Noise Settings In spot noise settings you can specify up to 4 discrete frequency points from which the phase noise result from a measurement sweep can be obtained and displayed Spot noise results are updated while a sweep is running Enable Spot Noise Settings Activates and deactivates spot noise calculations SCPI command CALCulatel SNOise lt 1 4 gt STATe on page 60 CALCulatel SNOise lt 1 4 gt AOFF on page 59 Offset Freq 1 2 3 4 Spot Noise Settings In the Offset Freq settings you can specify up to four frequency points at which spot noise calculations are performed If an offset frequency is specified which is outside the measurement frequency range no results are displayed for that offset frequency SCPI command CALCulatel SNOise lt 1 4 gt X on page 60 PreSelector Activates or deactivates the preselector if installed SCPI command INPut PRESelection STATe on page 70 Preamplifier Preselect Activates or deactivates the preamplifier on the preselector if installed SCPI comm
17. 13 Editing Limit Lines on page 39 4 1 1 Measurements and Results 16 4 1 1 1 Overview of General Gettnge eene 16 4 1 1 2 Overview of Measurement Gettngs emn 23 4 1 1 3 Running Measurements eene nemen ener n renes 26 4 1 1 4 Measurement Settings and Results Display 27 4 1 2 Softkeys of the Phase Noise Menu R amp S ESV kAn ne 28 4 1 3 FREQ keys inue pe ege See ha ead 31 AAA SPAN Key deli et ERR ERE e ERE EREE ee 31 CENE INC EE 31 CB BW c MPT EX 31 4 1 7 Softkeys of the Sweep Menu SWEEP key R amp S FSV KA0 sss 31 4 1 8 Softkeys of the Trace Menu TRACE key R amp S ESV kKA0 32 4 1 9 Softkeys of the Marker Menu MKR key R amp S ESV kKAOn 35 4 1 10 Softkeys of the Marker To Menu MKR gt key R amp S FSV KA0 sss 36 4 1 11 Softkeys of the Lines Menu LINES key R amp S EGV kKAO L 37 4 1 12 Working with Limit Lines enm ne nenne enne 38 41 13 Editing H Bu E IT 39 4 1 14 Detector OVOrvIGW 22 ione kanni inan AKATA pce ELI a cb Dl ge AAKRI N ANNEER d ba AEN 40 4 1 15 Selecting the Appropriate Filter Tvpe 41 4 1 16 List of Available RRC and Channel Eilters e 42 4 1 17 Trace Mode Overviews c2iieecssetaetdeecitepevtascdecitenddeedectsetetddacsisientadieassepeeldien AEN 43 Operating Manual 1173 0708 02 02 15 R amp S FSV K40 Firmware Option Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 SS SS A
18. AUTO on page 67 Y Axis Range lt Display Settings Specifies the distance from the top to the origin in the y axis SCPI command SENSe POWer RLEVel VERify TOLerance on page 78 Trace Settings The trace settings configure the trace and contain the following parameters e Trace Offset on page 21 e Smoothing on page 21 e Smoothing Type on page 21 If smoothing is activated using the Smoothing on page 34 softkey in the Trace menu the trace on the screen is smoothed by the defined smoothing percentage see Smooth ing on page 21 Each trace trace1 trace2 and trace3 can be smoothed and unsmoothed individually The smoothing algorithm used is as follows f xs n 1 4 y s 10 Logy X 10 m LEE J J Where s the trace sample number y s the phase noise at sample s x the sample offset from s n the width of the sliding window When x exceeds the boundary samples the boundary sample is used i e if the trace has samples numbered 0 to 500 then with n 5 and s 0 the average is calculated as EA EAR CRT 10 9 3 10 97 4 10 Y 210 3 5 9 10 Logio If both trace averaging see Sweep Mode Settings on page 23 and smoothing are activated then trace smoothing is applied first and averaging is performed on the smoothed trace When smoothing is applied to a trace the original unsmoothed trace is still held in memory Th
19. RLEVel Power This command specifies the expected power Parameters Power numeric value in dB Range 100 to 30 RST 10 dB Example SENS POW RLEV 0 DB Sets the expected power level to 0 dB Usage SCPI conform Mode Mode SENSe POWer RLEVel VERify STATe State Specifies whether frequency and level verification are to be performed before a phase noise measurement This command is synonymous with SENSe FREQuency VERify STATe on page 76 Parameters State ON OFF RST ON Example SENS POW RLEV VER 1 Specifies that frequency and level verification is to be performed Usage SCPI conform Mode PHN SENSe POWer RLEVel VERify TOLerance lt PowerTolerance gt Specifies the power tolerance for the verification of the signal If the signal level varies from the specified level by a value greater than the tolerance then the verification fails The setting for this parameter only has an effect if the SENSe FREQuency VERify STATe on page 76 or SENSe POWer RLEVel VERify STATe on page 78 command is set to ON Operating Manual 1173 0708 02 02 78 R amp S FSV K40 Firmware Option Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 mA SH M r H A H r Remote Control Parameters PowerTolerance numeric value RST 10
20. S FSV K40 SS eS E J w U E N E Instrument Functions of Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 Filter Bandwidth Filter Type Application 10 kHz CFlLter CDMAone Teens CFILter ETS300 113 20 kHz channels 14 kHz CFILter Kg BE ETS300 113 25 kHz channels 16 kHz CFILter Tele 18 kHz a 0 35 RRC PDC 20 kHz CFlLter IS 136 21 kHz CFILter CDPD CDMAone 24 3 kHz a 0 35 RRC 25 kHz CFlLter 30 kHz CFILter 50 kHz CFILter 100 kHz CFlLter EM Radio 150 kHz CFlLter PHS 192 kHz CFlLter 200 kHz CFlLter J 83 8 VSB DVB USA 300 kHz CFlLter 500 kHz CFlLter 1 MHz CFILter CDMAone 1 228 MHz CFlLter CDMAone 1 28 MHz RRC DAB 1 5 MHz CFlLter 2 MHz CFILter W CDMA 3GPP 3MHz CFILter W CDMA NTT DOCoMo 3 84 MHz a 0 22 RRC 4 096 MHz a 0 22 RRC 5 MHz CFlLter 4 1 17 Trace Mode Overview The traces can be activated individually for a measurement or frozen after completion of a measurement Traces that are not activated are hidden Each time the trace mode is changed the selected trace memory is cleared The R amp S FSV offers 6 different trace modes Clear Write Overwrite mode the trace is overwritten by each sweep This is the default setting All available detectors can be selected SCPI command DISP TRAC MODE WRIT see DISPlay WINDow lt n gt TRACe t MODI on page 68 Gl PE EE Operating Manual 1173
21. Softkeys of the Marker Menu MKR key R amp S FSV K40 The MKR key opens a submenu for the marker settings The following table shows all Softkeys available in the Marker menu in Phase Noise mode SY PTE E DEM 35 Marker ING UE IER 36 Marker ZOOM DEE 36 AMIKO ON RN ETERNI 36 Marker 1 2 3 4 Selects the corresponding marker and activates it Operating Manual 1173 0708 02 02 35 R amp S FSV K40 Firmware Option Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 4 1 10 Instrument Functions of Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 Marker 1 is always a normal marker After Marker 2 to 4 have been switched on they are delta markers that are referenced to Marker 1 These markers can be converted into markers with absolute value displays using the Marker Norm Delta softkey When Marker 1 is the active marker pressing the Marker Norm Delta softkey switches on an additional delta marker Pressing the Marker 1 to Marker 4 softkey again switches the active marker off SCPI command CALCulate n MARKer m STATe on page 57 CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt X on page 58 CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt Y on page 59 CALCulate lt n gt DELTamarker lt m gt STATe on page 52 CALCulate lt n gt DELTamarker lt m gt X on page 53 CALCulate lt n gt DELTamarker lt m gt X RELative on page 54 CALCulate lt n gt DELTamarker lt m gt Y on page 54 Marker Norm Delta Changes the acti
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23. VERify STATe State Specifies whether frequency and level verification are to be performed before a phase noise measurement This command is synonymous with SENSe POWer RLEVel VERify STATe on page 78 Parameters State ON OFF RST ON Example SENS FREQ VER ON Specifies that frequency and level verification is to be performed Usage SCPI conform Mode PHN Operating Manual 1173 0708 02 02 76 R amp S FSV K40 Firmware Option Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 mmm J A mper Remote Control SENSe FREQuency VERify TOLerance lt FreqTolerance gt Specifies the absolute frequency tolerance for the verification of the signal If the signal frequency varies from the specified center frequency by a value greater than the tolerance then the verification fails The setting for this parameter only has an effect if the SENSe FREQuency VERify STATe on page 76 or SENSe POWer RLEVel VERify STATe on page 78 command is set to ON The tolerance used during the measurement is the highest of the absolute and the relative tolerance values Parameters lt FreqTolerance gt lt numeric value gt RST 1 PCT Example SENS FREQ VER TOL 1KHZ Sets the absolute frequency tolerance for the verification mea surement to 1 kHz Usag
24. command DISP TRAC OFF see DISPlay WINDow lt n gt TRACe lt t gt STATe on page 69 ASCII File Export Format The data of the file header consist of three columns each separated by a semicolon parameter name numeric value basic unit The data section starts with the keyword Trace lt n gt n number of stored trace followed by the measured data in one or several columns depending on measurement which are also separated by a semicolon File contents header Description Type R amp S FSV Instrument model Version 5 00 Firmware version Date 01 Oct 2006 Date of data set storage Mode ANALYZER Instrument mode Center Freq 55000 Hz Center frequency Freq Offset 0 Hz Frequency offset Span 90000 Hz Frequency range 0 Hz in zero span and statistics measure ments x Axis LIN Scaling of x axis linear LIN or logarithmic LOG Start 10000 Hz Stop 100000 Hz Start stop of the display range Unit Hz for span gt 0 s for span 0 dBm dB for statistics meas urements Ref Level 30 dBm Reference level Level Offset 0 dB Level offset Ref Position 75 Position of reference level referred to diagram limits 0 lower edge y Axis LOG Scaling of y axis linear LIN or logarithmic LOG Level Range 100 dB Display range in y direction Unit dB with x axis LOG 96 with x axis LIN Rf Att 20 dB Input attenuation RBW 100000 Hz Resolution band
25. gt DELTamarker lt m gt FUNCtion PNOise STATe State This command switches on or off the phase noise measurement with all active delta markers in the window specified by the suffix n The correction values for the bandwidth and the log amplifier are taken into account in the measurement Marker 1 is activated if necessary and a peak search is performed If marker 1 is acti vated its position becomes the reference point for the measurement The reference point can then be modified with the CALCulate n DELTamarker m FUNCtion FIXed RPOint X and CALCulate n DELTamarker m FUNCtion FIXed RPOint Y commands inde pendently of the position of marker 1 and of a trace the same commands used for the measurement with fixed reference point Suffix n window For applications that do not have more than 1 measure ment window the suffix n is irrelevant lt m gt irrelevant Note marker 2 is always the deltamarker for phase noise mea surement results Parameters lt State gt ON OFF RST OFF Example CALC DELT FUNC PNO ON Switches on the phase noise measurement with all delta markers CALC DELT FUNC FIX RPO X 128 MHZ Sets the frequency reference to 128 MHz CALC DELT FUNC FIX RPO Y 30 DBM Sets the reference level to 30 dBm Mode A CALCulate lt n gt DELTamarker lt m gt STATe State This command defines the marker specified by the suffix m as a delta marker for
26. remote control esssssssesssss 61 Display Settings i eerte 29 Edit K40 Edit remote control ssssessssssss 60 63 Filter Type remote control ssessssss 74 General Settings Insert KAO inerenti n En ente Re tke tek aii ER Marker 1 remote control seesssssssss 52 Marker 1 2 3 4 Marker 1 to 4 remote control 53 54 57 58 59 Marker 2 remote control susssssssssss Marker 3 remote control gu ei Marker 4 remote control sssesssssssss Marker Norm Delta seeeeseeeeee Marker Norm Delta remote control b Marker to Trace trennen een tnra Marker to Trace remote control Marker Zoom Max Hold WE Meas Seltinds uii cerei recente Ferrero Min remote control Miti HOIA EE Name remote control sessssssseess 62 New K40 New remote control sssssseeeeeee Peak remote control sssssssssssss Ph Noise Ref Fixed remote control Ph Noise On Off remote control 51 52 Preamp On Off remote control sse 70 Preset Settings o Ref Level Offset remote Control 69 fef 4 M REFMEAS T Ref Point Frequency remote control 50 Ref Point Level remote control
27. the Trace menu are available for phase noise measurements Trace 14 Trace 27 T I38583 eite tee eed Ix epulae ete tese Ee eco be eMe 32 Laden DE 32 rd Mete TK 32 ES FAN BEE 33 TE 33 o MDC 33 Ec EEN 34 L silo BERND 34 UI S 34 joel Traca EXO E 34 PCN Tice ERE I DE 34 iles TREE E E AE AAE T 34 LTAT T EE 35 Ea EE 35 Di E VN e EE 35 Trace 1 Trace 2 Trace 3 Selects the active trace 1 2 3 and opens the Trace submenu for the selected trace Clear Write Trace 1 Trace 2 Trace 3 Overwrite mode the trace is overwritten by each sweep This is the default setting All available detectors can be selected SCPI command DISP TRAC MODE WRIT see DISPlay WINDow lt n gt TRACe t MODE on page 68 Max Hold Trace 1 Trace 2 Trace 3 The maximum value is determined over several sweeps and displayed The R amp S FSV saves the sweep result in the trace memory only if the new value is greater than the previous one The detector is automatically set to Positive Peak Operating Manual 1173 0708 02 02 32 R amp S FSV K40 Firmware Option Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 Ich Instrument Functions of Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 This mode is especially useful with modulated or pulsed signals The signal spectrum is filled up upon each sweep until all signal components are detected in a kind of envelope This mode is not a
28. 0 AUTOS Cale ONCE teuer eerie e eren ot 19 Average CMM E E Average detector Average trace mode B Blank trace mode rct racer ne rna 34 45 C Carrier Frequency Offset Table sssseesssss 25 characters special Clear Write trace mode command description continuous sweep D detector I II UR 40 display settings KAO p nos 19 E Error Reporting export format F FFT KAO 26 filter types Huc M EMI 6dB is Normal 8dB 1i ente ettet 41 RRC frequency tolerance iint reed etus 18 l IEC IEEE bus command description sese 47 K key MER RUN Rer er HR RUN SINGLE Pa SWEEP 455i ig Vere te pedet due te eds L level tolerance limit check IA do ecrit esM MI ceases 38 limit line check K40 sessssssssssssssseseeeeenn eerte 38 Limit Line Editor 39 lower case commands esesseeeee 48 marker le Bee EE Max Hold trace mode measurement NO SUNS 9 as T 27 running 26 setings KAO EE 23 Measurement time k n Min Hold trace mode N Negative Peak detector osssssesssssssreesesresssrreserernserenne 40 O online help working with Overwrite mode sessssssssseeeeeeneree
29. 0 MHz O dBc Hz 100 MHz O dBc Hz 300 MHz 10 dBc Hz 1 GHz 5 dBc Hz To create or edit a limit line 1 Enter the following settings as required Name Name of the limit line to uniquely identify every limit line Any combination of alphanumeric characters is allowed If the entered name already exists an error message is displayed with the request to alter the name Trace No Trace number for which the limit line is defined Comment Description for the limit line Any combination of alphanumeric characters is allowed Frequency Receive frequencies in Hz Limit Limits for the receive frequencies in dBc Hz The Frequency Limits table lists the limit values for specific frequency values The list can contain up to 100 frequency limit value pairs Note that the frequency values must be in ascending order 2 To insert a new frequency limit entry press the ENTER key after entering a limit or press the Insert softkey To delete a frequency limit entry select the entry and press the Delete softkey Operating Manual 1173 0708 02 02 39 R amp S FSV K40 Firmware Option Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 Instrument Functions of Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 3 When you have entered all required values press the Save softkey If data is missing or if some data is invalid an error message is displayed Correct the input if necessary 4 In the Select Limit Line view
30. 0708 02 02 43 R amp S FSV K40 Firmware Option Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 PENMAMEENGMCUHMMCU A H RE m n PR Instrument Functions of Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 Max Hold The maximum value is determined over several sweeps and displayed The R amp S FSV saves the sweep result in the trace memory only if the new value is greater than the previous one The detector is automatically set to Positive Peak This mode is especially useful with modulated or pulsed signals The signal spectrum is filled up upon each sweep until all signal components are detected in a kind of envelope This mode is not available for statistics measurements SCPI command DISP TRAC MODE MAXH see DISPlay WINDow lt n gt TRACe lt t gt MODE on page 68 Min Hold The minimum value is determined from several measurements and displayed The R amp S FSV saves for each sweep the smallest of the previously stored currently measured values in the trace memory The detector is automatically set to Negative Peak This mode is useful e g for making an unmodulated carrier in a composite signal visible Noise interference signals or modulated signals are suppressed whereas a CW signal is recognized by its constant level This mode is not available for statistics measurements SCPI command DISP TRAC MODE MINH see DISPlay WINDow lt n gt TRACe lt t gt MOD
31. 1 29 0 Fax 49 89 41 29 12 164 E mail info rohde schwarz com Internet http Awww rohde schwarz com Printed in Germany Subject to change Data without tolerance limits is not binding R amp S is a registered trademark of Rohde amp Schwarz GmbH amp Co KG Trade names are trademarks of the owners The following abbreviations are used throughout this manual R amp S FSV is abbreviated as R amp S FSV R amp S FSV K40 Contents Contents 1 Documentation Overview eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeenneeeeeennnn nennt 5 2 Conventions Used in the Documentation 9 3 How to Use the Help System eese 11 4 Firmware Option Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 13 4 1 Instrument Functions of Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K4A0 14 4 2 Remote Control rine ettet RESERVES i Re EES REA 46 List ge nun m 83 Caen 85 Operating Manual 1173 0708 02 02 3 R amp S FSV K40 Documentation Overview 1 Documentation Overview The user documentation for the R amp S FSV is divided as follows e Quick Start Guide e Operating Manuals for base unit and options e Service Manual e Online Help e Release Notes Quick Start Guide This manual is delivered with the instrument in printed form and in PDF format on the CD It provides the i
32. 2 81 R amp S FSV K40 Firmware Option Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 Return values Result 4 2 14 Error Reporting Remote Control Bit No 0 1 2 3to 14 15 Bit No Meaning 0 No traces are active This bit is set when all the traces are switch off 1 SIGNal not found This bit is set if no valid signal is detected 2 VERify signal failed This bit is set if verification failed to detect a signal within the supplied tolerances 3 to 14 These bits are not used 15 This bit is always 0 Error reporting for the K40 option is carried out using the Service Request SRQ interrupt in the GPIB interface When an error occurs a service request interrupt is generated The master can then query the slave instrument for the error that triggered the interrupt Errors are queried through the SYSTem ERRor command Operating Manual 1173 0708 02 02 82 R amp S FSV K40 List of Commands List of Commands CAECulate1 SNOises1 4 AOFEF inia aee ede biete ian nico edema a Gases 59 CAL CulateizhN Otse ci AGTATe en enereeenntn sen enns sehr nnns sehen ss rne rns sinn rns rennen nena 60 CALECUulatet SNOises1 4 X EE 60 CAEGulate1 SNOISGs1 EE 60 CAL Culatec As EVA uaton START 55 CALCulates1 4 gt E VALUATIONS TOP naci tre rper eer CER y err ere av pedo 56 CALCulatec As EVA uatnont STATel eene nennen nnne nn entrent rnt rents tese tnt nsn tnn nnne 55 CAL Culate nz DEL Tamarker mz FEUNGCio
33. 708 02 02 64 R amp S FSV K40 Firmware Option Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 4 2 3 Remote Control Parameters Unit DBM V A W DBPW WATT DBUV DBMV VOLT DBUA AMPere RST dBm Example CALC UNIT POW DBM Sets the power unit to dBm Mode A SPECM CONFigure Subsystem The CONFigure subsystem contains commands for configuring complex measurement tasks The CONFigure subsystem is closely linked to the functions of the FETCH sub system where the measurement results of the measurements are queried CONF POWETAU TIO DEET 65 GONFigure POWerEXPectedtR 2 1 etel eee eT SEENEN EE E 65 GOlFigure REFMepas ONGE EE 65 CONFigure POWer AUTO State Switches on or off automatic power level detection When switched on power level detection is performed at the start of each measurement sweep Parameters State ON OFF RST 1 Example CONF POW AUTO 1 The FSV K40 option detects the input power level automatically Mode PHN CONFigure POWer EXPected RF InputLevel Specifies the input power level of the source signal as supplied to the Analyzer RF input Parameters lt InputLevel gt lt numeric value gt RST 0 Example CONF POW EXP RF 9 The FSV K40 option assumes an input signal strength of 9 dBm Mode PHN CONFigure REFMeas ONCE Configures and initiates a reference measurement Operating Manual 1173 0708 02 02 65 R amp S FSV K40 Firmwa
34. Average Av Determines the linear average power within a mea surement point Sample Sa Selects a random value within a measurement point Quasi Peak QP Determines the quasipeak power within a measure ment point for EMI measurements not available for SEM Operating Manual 1173 0708 02 02 40 R amp S FSV K40 Firmware Option Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 me VAM o E Ca LC ci cm coc rm ccc c CC p aes Instrument Functions of Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 The result obtained from the selected detector within a measurement point is displayed as the power value at this measurement point All detectors work in parallel in the background which means that the measurement speed is independent of the detector combination used for different traces Number of measured values During a frequency sweep R amp S FSV increments the first local oscillator in steps that are smaller than approximately 1 10 of the bandwidth This ensures that the oscillator step speed is conform to the hardware settling times and does not affect the precision of the measured power The number of measured values taken during a sweep is independent of the number of oscillator steps It is always selected as a multiple or a fraction of 691 default number of trace points displayed on the screen Choosing less then 691 measured values e g 125 or 251 will lead to an interpolated measurement curve choosing more than 691
35. E cort segs tues sch ect ect toc senna waned ds eese ds bee edd is ne dee iR nac 79 SENSe lt source gt SWEep TYPE SENSe FREQuU ncy TRACK ipe eiie Depp i a eaves eateries pav da eg ag b GE guod te gl ede daa SENSe FREQuency VERify TOLerance sees neeen ret nreenren tenet nnse nns et nenne in 77 IGENZGel FR Ouencv VERIiv TOL erance REI ative cece cece eeeeeeeee sees esse sees seeeseaeeseaeseeeeeseaeeeaeeeees 77 SENSE FREQue cy VER S TATE sisisi iat cte aaar tan eaaa poe epi pape d opas n d 76 SENSe LIST RANGe lt 1 20 gt SWEep COUML ce ceecceeceeseeereeeeeeneeeeecneesaeeeeeeaeesaeeeaeeenesaeesateeaeeneeeneeeeeenneeaees 77 Kis RIHaeuiBAT e 78 IEN Gel POWerRl EVelVERifv TOL erance nennen nene nntn nnn nnnn isti nnns enn nens nenne 78 SENSe POWer RLEVel VERify S TATe eese nennen nnne nennen nennen nnne nenn rei 78 SENSE POWEr TRACK ge M M 79 EISEN ET EE 79 B M M ms Operating Manual 1173 0708 02 02 84 R amp S FSV K40 Index Index A pXgexcr dnm 18 Analyzer Settings 22 Preamplifier 22 Preamplifier Preselect 22 PreSelector 22 ASCII Trace export 45 Auto Peak detector 4
36. E on page 68 Average The average is formed over several sweeps The Sweep Count determines the number of averaging procedures see Sweep Count on page 32 All available detectors can be selected If the detector is automatically selected the sam ple detector is used see chapter 4 1 14 Detector Overview on page 40 This mode is not available for statistics measurements SCPI command DISP TRAC MODE AVER see DISPlay WINDow lt n gt TRACe lt t gt MODE on page 68 View The current contents of the trace memory are frozen and displayed If a trace is frozen the instrument settings apart from level range and reference level see below can be changed without impact on the displayed trace The fact that the trace and the current instrument setting do not correspond any more is indicated by the icon on the tab label Operating Manual 1173 0708 02 02 44 R amp S FSV K40 Firmware Option Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 4 1 18 Instrument Functions of Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 If the level range or reference level is changed the R amp S FSV automatically adapts the measured data to the changed display range This allows an amplitude zoom to be made after the measurement in order to show details of the trace SCPI command DISP TRAC MOD on page 68 T ES VIEW see DISPlay WINDowcn TRACe t MODI Blank Hides the selected trace SCPI
37. FSet Value This command defines the offset of the reference level in the window specified by the suffix n Suffix n lt t gt Parameters lt Value gt Example Mode Operating Manual 1173 0708 02 02 window For applications that do not have more than 1 measure ment window the suffix lt n gt is irrelevant irrelevant 200dB to 200dB RST OdB DISP TRAC Y RLEV OFFS 10dB A CDMA EVDO PSM TDS WCDMA WLAN 69 R amp S FSV K40 Firmware Option Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 4 2 7 4 2 8 4 2 9 Remote Control FORMat subsystem FORMat DEXPort DSEParator lt Separator gt This command defines which decimal separator decimal point or comma is to be used for outputting measurement data to the file in ASCII format Different languages of eval uation programs e g MS Excel can thus be supported The suffix lt 1 4 gt is irrelevant the separator is defined globally for all windows Parameters lt Separator gt POINt COMMA RST factory setting is POINt RST does not affect set ting Example FORM DEXP DSEP POIN Sets the decimal point as separator Mode all INPut Subsystem The INPut subsystem controls the input characteristics of the RF inputs of the instrument IMPuttPRESslestianD STATE ensirek eene rea ttn re ea do tree nde Rer P kx ER exer 70 INPut PRESelection STATe State Switches the preselection on or off Parameter
38. R amp S FSV K40 Firmware Option Phase Measurements Operating Manual Measurement Complete 1173 0708 02 02 ROHDE amp SCHWARZ Noise Test amp Measurement Operating Manual This manual describes the following R amp S FSV options e R amp S FSV K40 1310 8403 02 This manual is applicable for the following R amp S amp FSV models e R amp SGFSV 3 1307 9002K03 e R amp SGFSV 7 1307 9002K07 e R amp SGFSV 13 1307 9002K13 e R amp SGFSV 30 1307 9002K30 e R amp SGFSV 40 1307 9002K39 e R amp SGFSV 40 1307 9002K40 YS TS Dae DH The firmware of the instrument makes use of several valuable open source software packages The most important of them are listed below together with their corresponding open source license The verbatim license texts are provided in on the user documentation CD ROM included in delivery Package Link License Xitami http Awww xitami com 2 5b6 PHP http www php net PHP v 3 DOJO AJAX http Awww dojotoolkit org BSD License BOOST Library http www boost org Boost Software v 1 ONC RPC http Awww pit rwth aachen de SUN TightVnc http www tightvnc com GPL v 3 DemoForgeMirageDriver http Awww demoforge com dfmirage htm GPL v 3 Rohde amp Schwarz would like to thank the open source community for their valuable contribution to embedded computing 2010 Rohde amp Schwarz GmbH amp Co KG Muehldorfstr 15 81671 Munich Germany Phone 49 89 4
39. SCPI conform Mode PHN Operating Manual 1173 0708 02 02 66 R amp S FSV K40 Firmware Option Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 mm YYY C J 4 C A mig Remote Control DISPlay WINDow lt 1 4 gt TRACe lt 1 3 gt SMOothing TYPE Type Specifies whether linear or logarithmic smoothing is to be used when trace smoothing is performed Parameters lt Type gt LINear LOGarithmic RST LIN Example DISP TRAC1 SMO TYPE LIN Sets the smoothing type for trace 1 Usage SCPI conform Mode PHN DISPlay WINDow lt 1 4 gt TRACe lt 1 3 gt Y SCALe AUTO State This command switches automatic scaling for the Y axis on and off If the ONCE setting is used with this command automatic scaling is performed immediately regardless of whether automatic scaling is switched on The numeric suffixes 1 4 and 1 3 are irrelevant Parameters State ON OFF RST ON Example DISP WIND TRAC Y SCAL AUTO 1 Switches on automatic Y axis scaling Mode PHN 4 2 5 FETCh Subsystem The FETCh subsystem contains commands for reading out results of complex measure ment tasks This subsystem is closely linked to the CONFigure and SENSe subsystems u9aghl6r ii E 67 ER EE aute ne bein deed 68 FETCHPNOLSRMS C ee EE EENS ENEE NEES 68 FETCh PNOise RFM Returns the measure
40. Subsystem The STATus subsystem contains the commands for the status reporting system RST does not influence the status registers STATUS QUEStonable PNOiseCONDINOMN EE 80 STATus QUESItionable PNOise ENABle eese iiis open dan a nana edd Ra anda AL nA REESEN 80 STATusOUEGuonable DhNOise P Ransitton EN STATus QUESBonable PNOISeINTRAnSIUOE e d0 ENNER dSRNNE AER EN STATus QUEStionable PNOise Regjister NNEEEREREREEEEEEEEREEKEE NEE a KEEN E EN STATus QUEStionable PNOise CONDition Queries the contents of the CONDition section of the STATus QUEStionable PNOIseregister Readout does not delete the contents of the CONDition section Parameters RST 0 Example STAT QUES PNOI COND Usage Query only SCPI conform Mode PHN STATus QUEStionable PNOise ENABle lt BitDefinition gt Sets the bits of the ENABle section of the STATus QUEStionable PNOise Register on page 81 The ENABle register selectively enables the individual events of the associated EVENt section for the summary bit Parameters lt BitDefinition gt Range 0 to 65535 RST 65535 Example STAT QUES PNOI ENAB 65535 All events bits are represented in the PNOlse summary bit Mode PHN Operating Manual 1173 0708 02 02 80 R amp S FSV K40 Firmware Option Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 mm c 8 FP
41. TDS WCDMA VSA SPECM CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt MINimum PEAK This command positions the marker to the current minimum value of the corresponding trace in the window specified by the suffix lt n gt The corresponding marker is activated first or switched to marker mode if necessary If no minimum value is found on the trace level spacing to adjacent values lt peak excur sion an execution error error code 200 is produced Suffix lt n gt window For applications that do not have more than 1 measure ment window the suffix lt n gt is irrelevant lt m gt marker number Example CALC MARK2 MIN Positions marker 2 to the minimum value of the trace Mode A ADEMOD CDMA EVDO TDS WCDMA VSA SPECM CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt STATe State This command switches on or off the currently selected marker in the window specified by the suffix n If no indication is made marker 1 is selected automatically If marker 2 3 or 4 is selected and used as a delta marker it is switched to marker mode Suffix n window For applications that do not have more than 1 measure ment window the suffix n is irrelevant lt m gt marker number Parameters lt State gt ON OFF RST OFF Operating Manual 1173 0708 02 02 57 R amp S FSV K40 Firmware Option Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 mm T H H
42. TRACk Track Freq On Off toggles frequency tracking on and off SCPI command SENSe FREQuency TRACk Preset Settings Presets the option back to the default settings Autoscale Y Axis Scales the Y axis according to the trace results SCPI command DISPlay WINDow lt 1 4 gt TRACe lt 1 3 gt Y SCALe AUTO Operating Manual 1173 0708 02 02 30 R amp S FSV K40 Firmware Option Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 Ech Instrument Functions of Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 Ref Meas Performs a measurement and stores the trace as a reference trace in trace 3 SCPI command CONFigure POWer EXPected RF 4 1 3 FREQ key This key opens the General Settings dialog box and jumps directly to the Frequency field see Frequency on page 17 4 1 4 SPAN key This key opens the Measurement Settings dialog box and jumps directly to the Start Offset field see Start Offset on page 24 Span Settings on page 24 4 1 5 AMPT key This key opens the General Settings dialog box and jumps directly to the Level field see Level on page 17 4 1 6 BW key This key opens the Measurement Settings dialog box and jumps directly to the Sweep Mode field see Sweep Mode Settings on page 23 4 1 7 Softkeys of the Sweep Menu SWEEP key R amp S FSV K40 Continuous Sweep Sets the continuous sweep mode the sweep takes place continuously according to the trigger settings This is
43. and INPut GAIN STATe on page 70 Preamplifier Activates or deactivates the preamplifier SCPI command INPut GAIN STATe on page 70 Operating Manual 1173 0708 02 02 22 R amp S FSV K40 Firmware Option Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 REESEN Instrument Functions of Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 4 1 1 2 Overview of Measurement Settings This section describes the Measurement Settings view in which the settings associated with measurement sweep are specified The Measurement Settings are logically grouped together into e Sweep Mode Settings on page 23 e Span Settings on page 24 e Carrier Frequency Offset Table on page 25 e Preset Settings on page 26 When a particular parameter is selected within the Measurement Settings view the status bar changes to display information about the valid settings for the selected param eter Spectrum Phase Noise x NORMAL Sweep Settings FFT Window FLATTOP Use Overlap Span Serting d Carrier Frequency Offset From To ppm Avg FEI Measrime aps a ee SERIEN ERSTES EECH 30 Hz i00 Hz 1 Hz 3 v 1174 s 100 Hz 300 Hz 3 Hz 3 r 423 s Boo he 1 kel 0 a 3 El toa s 1 MHz 3 MHz 30 kHz 10 296 36 ms 10 MHz 30 MHz 300 kHz iO ICT 202 15 ms 30 Ms MHz 1 MHz iO 214 15 ms i00 MHz 300 MHz 3 MHz iO T 32775 ms Eee eee Bee Ee i BRE ERES cs GHz OS Ghz EE sete esis T
44. are performed across the complete range of the measurement results If the Use Meas Settings is deactivated the Eval From on page 21 and To on page 21 fields become enabled Use them to specify the range over which residual calculations are performed SCPI command CALCulate 1 4 EVALuation STATe on page 55 Eval From Specifies the start of the measurement range for which residual calculations are to be performed The minimum value that can be specified for the Eval From setting is the value of the X Axis Start on page 19 setting The maximum value that can be specified for the Eval From setting is the value of the X Axis Stop on page 19 setting When the X Axis Start on page 19 or X Axis Stop on page 19 settings are modified the Eval From is automatically adjusted to ensure that it is not outside the measurement range The Eval From setting cannot be set higher than the To setting SCPI command CALCulate 1 4 EVALuation STARt on page 55 To Specifies the end of the measurement range for which residual calculations are to be performed Operating Manual 1173 0708 02 02 21 R amp S FSV K40 Firmware Option Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 DEE Instrument Functions of Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 The minimum value that can be specified for the To setting is the value of the X Axis Start on page 19 setting The maximum value that can be specified for the To
45. by number 1 the largest size is selected by number 4 Closing the help window gt Press the ESC key or a function key on the front panel Operating Manual 1173 0708 02 02 12 R amp S FSV K40 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 4 1 4 1 4 1 4 1 4 1 4 1 4 1 4 1 4 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 4 1 5 1 6 1 7 1 8 1 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 17 18 4 2 2 1 2 2 2 3 Firmware Option Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 Firmware Option Phase Noise Measure ments R amp S FSV K40 Phase Noise Measurement Software R amp S FSV K40 extends the measurement capabil ities of Rohde amp Schwarz signal and spectrum analyzers by phase noise tests The R amp S FSV is ideal for this purpose because of its low inherent phase noise and noise figure The high phase noise measurement speed is achieved through the high sweep rates of all analyzers It is possible to trade off speed against accuracy at small resolution bandwidths 1 kHz by using either FFT or digital filters The software allows different settings within a phase noise diagram e g FFT close to the carrier and analog digital filters far off the carrier This part of the documentation consists of the following chapters Instrument Functions of Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K4A0 14 Measurements and Results eem nnns 16 Softkeys of the Phase Noise Menu R amp S FSV KA0 sse 28 FREQ c
46. com mand In both cases the number of measurements is defined whether the average cal culation is active or not The number of measurements applies to all traces in the window Suffix lt n gt window For applications that do not have more than 1 measure ment window the suffix lt n gt is irrelevant lt source gt irrelevant Operating Manual 1173 0708 02 02 72 R amp S FSV K40 Firmware Option Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 mA SH M r H A H r Remote Control Parameters lt NoMeasurements gt 0 to 32767 RST 0 Example SWE CONT OFF Switching to single sweep mode AVER COUN 16 Sets the number of measurements to 16 AVER STAT ON Switches on the calculation of average INIT WAI Starts the measurement and waits for the end of the 16 sweeps Mode all SENSe lt source gt JAVERage lt n gt TYPE FunctionType This command selects the type of average function in the window specified by the AVER age lt n gt suffix Suffix n window For applications that do not have more than 1 measure ment window the suffix n is irrelevant source irrelevant Parameters lt FunctionType gt ViDeo LINear POWer VIDeo The logarithmic power values are averaged LiNear The power values are averaged before they are converted to logarithmic values POWer The power l
47. d Residual FM result for the specified trace Example FETC PNO1 RFM Returns the Residual FM result for Trace1 Usage Query only Mode PHN Operating Manual 1173 0708 02 02 67 R amp S FSV K40 Firmware Option Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 4 2 6 Remote Control FETCh PNOise RPM Returns the measured Residual PM result for the specified trace Example FETC PNO2 RPM Returns the Residual PM result for Trace2 Usage Query only Mode PHN FETCh PNOise RMS Returns the measured Residual RMS result for the specified trace Example FETC PNO3 RMS Returns the Residual RMS result for Trace3 Usage Query only Mode PHN DISPlay subsystem DISPlay WINDow lt n gt TRACe lt t gt MODE Mode This command defines the type of display and the evaluation of the traces in the window specified by the suffix lt n gt WRITE corresponds to the Clr Write mode of manual opera tion The trace is switched off BLANK in manual operation with DISPlay WINDow lt n gt TRACe lt t gt STATe The number of measurements for AVERage MAXHold and MINHold is defined with the SENSe lt source gt AVERage lt n gt COUNt or SENSe lt source gt SWEep COUNt commands It should be noted that synchronization to the end of the indicated number of measurements is only possible in single sweep mode If calculation of average values is active selection between logarithmic and linear aver aging is pos
48. d definitions are indicated in angled brackets lt gt and is briefly explained in the following see also chapter 5 Remote Control Basics section Parameters Boolean This keyword refers to parameters which can adopt two states on and off The off state may either be indicated by the keyword OFF or by the numeric value 0 the on state is indicated by ON or any numeric value other than zero Parameter queries are always returned the numeric value 0 or 1 numeric value num These keywords mark parameters which may be entered as numeric values or be set using specific keywords character data The following keywords given below are per mitted e MAXimum This keyword sets the parameter to the largest possible value e MINimum This keyword sets the parameter to the smallest possible value e DEFault This keyword is used to reset the parameter to its default value e UP This keyword increments the parameter value e DOWN This keyword decrements the parameter value The numeric values associated to MAXimum MINimum DEFault can be queried by add ing the corresponding keywords to the command They must be entered following the quotation mark Example SENSe FREQuency CENTer MAXimum Returns the maximum possible numeric value of the center frequency as result arbitrary block program data This keyword is provided for commands the parameters of which consist of a binary data block Operatin
49. d value in the window specified by the suffix lt n gt The input is in absolute values or relative to marker 1 depend ing on the command CALCulate lt n gt DELTamarker lt m gt STATe If fixed reference measurement is active CALCulate lt n gt DELTamarker lt m gt FUNCtion FIXed STATe is ON relative values refer to the reference position are entered The query always returns absolute values Suffix lt n gt window For applications that do not have more than 1 measure ment window the suffix lt n gt is irrelevant lt m gt marker number Parameters lt Position gt 0 to maximum frequency or sweep time Operating Manual 1173 0708 02 02 53 R amp S FSV K40 Firmware Option Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 mmmm c PYO utgr Remote Control Example CALC DELT MOD REL Switches the input for all delta markers to relative to marker 1 CALC DELT2 X 10 7MHz Positions delta marker 2 10 7 MHz to the right of marker 1 CALC DELT X Outputs the absolute frequency time of delta marker 1 CALC DELT X REL Outputs the relative frequency time level of delta marker 1 see CALCulate lt n gt DELTamarker lt m gt X RELative on page 54 Mode A ADEMOD CDMA EVDO TDS WCDMA VSA CALCulate lt n gt DELTamarker lt m gt X RELative This command queries the frequency
50. dB Example SENS POW RLEV TOLerance 5DB Sets the level tolerance for the verification measurement to 1 dB Usage SCPI conform Mode PHN SENSe POWer TRACk State Switches the automatic level control on and off Parameters State ON OFF RST ON Example SENS POW TRACk ON Sets the automatic level control to ON Usage SCPI conform Mode PHN SENSe lt source gt SWEep COUNt lt NumberSweeps gt This command defines the number of sweeps started with single sweep which are used for calculating the average or maximum value If the values 0 or 1 are set one sweep is performed Suffix lt source gt irrelevant Parameters lt NumberSweeps gt 0 to 32767 RST 0 GSM 200 Example SWE COUN 64 Sets the number of sweeps to 64 INIT CONT OFF Switches to single sweep mode INIT WAI Starts a sweep and waits for its end Mode A ADEMOD CDMA EVDO TDS WCDMA GSM SENSe SWEep FORWard lt State gt Specifies the sweep direction When switched on the sweep direction is from the start frequency to the stop frequency When switched off the sweep direction is reversed Operating Manual 1173 0708 02 02 79 R amp S FSV K40 Firmware Option Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 4 2 13 Remote Control Parameters State ON OFF RST OFF Example SENS SWEep FORWard 1 The sweep direction is set to sweep from start to stop frequency Usage SCPI conform Mode PHN STATus
51. define whether the limit line is to be used to perform a limit check for the trace by activating or deactivating the Check option for the limit line Remote commands CALCulate lt n gt LIMit lt k gt COMMent on page 60 Specifies a description for the limit line CALCulate n LIMit k CONTrol DATA on page 61 Specifies the receive frequencies CALCulate lt n gt LIMit lt k gt LOWer DATA on page 62 CALCulate lt n gt LIMit lt k gt UPPer DATA on page 63 Specifies the limits for the receive frequencies 4 1 14 Detector Overview The measurement detector for the individual display modes can be selected directly by the user or set automatically by R amp S FSV The detector activated for the specific trace is indicated in the corresponding trace display field by an abbreviation The detectors of the R amp S FSV are implemented as pure digital devices They collect signal power data within each measured point during a sweep The default number of Sweep points is 691 The following detectors are available Table 4 1 Detector types Detector Indicator Function Auto Peak Ap Determines the maximum and the minimum value within a measurement point not available for SEM Positive Peak Pk Determines the maximum value within a measure ment point Negative Peak min peak Mi Determines the minimum value within a measurement point RMS Rm Determines the root mean square power within a measurement point
52. e SCPI conform Mode PHN SENSe FREQuency VERify TOLerance RELative lt FreqTolerance gt Specifies the relative frequency tolerance for the verification of the signal If the signal frequency varies from the specified center frequency by a value greater than the tolerance then the verification fails The setting for this parameter only has an effect if the SENSe FREQuency VERify STATe on page 76 or SENSe POWer RLEVel VERify STATe on page 78 command is set to ON The tolerance used during the measurement is the highest of the absolute and the relative tolerance values Parameters lt FreqTolerance gt lt numeric value gt from 0 to 100 RST 1 PCT Example SENS FREQ VER TOL REL 10 Sets the relative frequency tolerance for the verification measure ment to 10 Usage SCPI conform Mode PHN SENSe LIST RANGe lt 1 20 gt SWEep COUNt lt Value gt Selects the sweep count for the specified sub band Operating Manual 1173 0708 02 02 77 R amp S FSV K40 Firmware Option Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 mm m H JId J f d s ed Remote Control Parameters Value numeric value RST sub band dependent Example SENS LIST RANG2 SWE COUN 1 Sets the sweep count to 1 Usage SCPI conform Mode PHN SENSe POWer
53. e rri Feat oett E EENS 75 SENSe source FREQUuency S TOP ueieecuee ise ideeceeka seen eue nk n ana nd ee Ead nha drea a MP aS NR ENEE 75 SENSe source SWEep TYBE nce eterne oe ed Edad iet tees eoe EE ea ie Pee poa 76 SENSE LPREQUCHOTISAGK EE 76 ISENZGelFRtOuencv VERIM STATE eene nennen nnnnrt rnit tnn nh nennen nnns 76 SENSe FREQuency VERIN ei EE 77 ISENZGelFRtOuencv VERiiv TOL erance RE atve sehen 77 SENSe LIST SANGos1 20 9WEODpIGODNTE nico iia aaa aia a iaaa a unn 77 SEN Se POWer RLEVEN m 78 SENS POWer RLEVEVERIYESTA T cnnan iaia iaia 78 SENSe POWerRLEVel VERIY TOLETANCE dirae apetece aiii aiia EEN 78 SENSe POWer RAG Ks nicieni 79 SENSessource SWE SP COUN EE 79 BENS SWEepiT ORWArd 2 rrr teet nee t ener e e ERE Ede EAR LARA PUE AE 79 SENSe lt source gt JAVERage lt n gt COUNt lt NoMeasurements gt This command defines the number of measurements which contribute to the average value in the window specified by the AVERage lt n gt suffix Note that continuous averaging is performed after the indicated number has been reached in continuous sweep mode In single sweep mode the sweep is stopped as soon as the indicated number of meas urements Sweeps is reached Synchronization to the end of the indicated number of measurements is only possible in single sweep mode This command has the same effect as the SENSe lt source gt SWEep COUNt
54. easurement window The units for this command are dBc Hz Return values lt Result gt lt numeric value gt Example CALC1 SNO Y Outputs the measured value of spot noise marker 1 in screen A Usage Query only Mode PHN CALCulate LIM subsystem CALCulate lt n gt LIMit lt k gt COMMent lt Comment gt This command defines a comment for the selected limit line in all windows max 40 characters Operating Manual 1173 0708 02 02 60 R amp S FSV K40 Firmware Option Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 Suffix n lt k gt Parameters lt Comment gt Example Mode Remote Control irrelevant limit line lt string gt max 40 alphanumeric characters CALC LIM5 COMM Upper limit for spectrum Defines the comment for limit line 5 A ADEMOD CDMA EVDO NF TDS CALCulate lt n gt LIMit lt k gt CONTrol DATA lt XValue gt lt XValue gt This command defines the x axis values frequencies or times of the upper or lower limit lines The number of values for the CONTrol axis and for the corresponding UPPer and or LOWer limit lines has to be identical Otherwise default values are entered for missing values or not required values are deleted Suffix lt n gt lt k gt Parameters lt XValue gt lt XValue gt Example Mode window For applications that do not have more than 1 measure ment window the suffix lt n gt is irrelevant 1 8 limit line lt numer
55. enennen P Ph Noise Auto Peak Search remote Control 51 Positive Peak detector sssssssssssssseseeee 40 R Range KAO p E 25 26 RBW KAO M de 25 Residual Calculations Eval From TO EE 21 Use Meas Settings enn 21 RMS MBW 41 RMS detector 40 RUN CONT key 26 RUN SINGLE KEY iter rrr ter ren nennen 26 S Sample detector 5 nre et ege ne iniaa tede 40 SCPI conformity information essessseseeee 47 settings measuremenl 2 nente eet ttes 29 Signal Settings iier ir e ete eet 17 smoothing jl softkey All Market Off 5 erre 36 ASCII File Export remote control 71 ASCII Trace Export co ini tern eee Auto remote control Autoscale Y Axis sssssseeenennen E Le Average Mode remote control Era qe Center remote control ssessssesess Clear Write Continuous Sweep sssssssssssssssseressrresererrerrnsserrnssrnt Continuous Sweep remote control 71 Cont Meas remote control zd Decim SED p 34 Decim Sep remote control susussse 70 Delete KAO oiriin 37 38 Operating Manual 1173 0708 02 02 85 R amp S FSV K40 Index Delete
56. evel values are converted into unit Watt prior to averaging After the averaging the data is converted back into its original unit RST ViDeo Example AVER TYPE LIN Switches to linear average calculation Mode A SENSe lt source gt BANDwidth BWIDth RESolution RATio lt Ratio gt This command defines the ratio resolution bandwidth Hz span Hz The ratio to be entered is reciprocal to the ratio span RBW used in manual operation Suffix source irrelevant Operating Manual 1173 0708 02 02 73 R amp S FSV K40 Firmware Option Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 b a J AJ GC B Remote Control Parameters Ratio 0 0001 to 1 RST 0 01 Example BAND RAT 0 1 Mode A CDMA EVDO TDS SENSe lt source gt BANDwidth BWIDth RESolution TYPE lt FilterType gt This command switches the filter type for the resolution bandwidth between normal analog or FIR filters in 1 3 10 steps and the FFT filtering for bandwidths lt 100 kHz For detailed information on filters see chapter 4 1 15 Selecting the Appropriate Filter Type on page 41 and chapter 4 1 16 List of Available RRC and Channel Filters on page 42 When changing the filter type the next larger filter bandwidth is selected if the same filter bandwidth is not available for the new filter type 5 Pole filters are not available when usi
57. ey is used to configure limit and display lines The Lines menu and the Select Limit Line dialog box are displayed For details on the Select Limit Line dialog box refer to chapter 4 1 12 Working with Limit Lines on page 38 The following table shows all softkeys available in the Lines menu in Phase Noise mode LINES key EE 37 MS i D MER UNTEN UR TE 37 5 c EPrc m 37 So EE 37 q Me 37 Eo NERONE HERES 38 C EE 38 TII 38 New Displays the Edit Limit Line dialog box and the Limit Line Editor submenu For details on creating a new limit line see chapter 4 1 13 Editing Limit Lines on page 39 Name New Switches to the Name field of the Limit Line Editor For details see chapter 4 1 13 Editing Limit Lines on page 39 SCPI command CALCulate lt n gt LIMit lt k gt NAME on page 62 Value New Switches to the Frequency field of the Limit Line Editor For details see chapter 4 1 13 Editing Limit Lines on page 39 Insert New Inserts a row above the currently selected row in the Frequency Limits table of the Limit Line Editor For details see chapter 4 1 13 Editing Limit Lines on page 39 Delete New Deletes the currently selected row in the Frequency Limits table of the Limit Line Editor For details see chapter 4 1 13 Editing Limit Lines on page 39 This action requires no confirmation Operating Manua
58. f a data section containing the list evaluation results Suffix lt n gt irrelevant Parameters lt FileName gt lt file name gt Example MMEM STOR LIST test Stores the current list evaluation results in the test dat file Mode A Operating Manual 1173 0708 02 02 71 R amp S FSV K40 Firmware Option Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 mm m P ssa nr Remote Control 4 2 12 SENSe Subsystem The SENSe command is used to set and get the values of parameters in the remote instrument The get variant of the SENSe command differs from set in that it takes no parameter values unless otherwise stated but is followed by the character and returns the parameter s value in the same format as it is set e g SENS FREQ 10GHZ sets the frequency to 10 GHz SENS FREQ response 10GHZ returns the current frequency SENSe lt saurce JAVERa gena EEN 12121 reir caderet eoe nnde c ta e Fea cnn ne pnta 72 SENSe source JAVERagem TYPE 22 eite a ten ve ee RR RR FR nO d ARRAS 73 SENSe lt source gt BANDwidth BWIDth RESolution RATioO eeeeeeneene 73 SENSe lt source gt BANDwidth BWIDth RESolution TYPE eene 74 SENSe source FREQuency GENITer etre ceret ots ote a e dede aa LR RUD eds 74 ISENSessource gt FRE Guen y S AIRE
59. f all markers Mode A ADEMOD CDMA EVDO TDS WCDMA GSM CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion ZOOM lt State gt If marker zoom is activated the number of channels displayed on the screen in code domain power and code domain error power result diagram is reduced to 64 The currently selected marker defines the center of the displayed range Suffix lt n gt irrelevant lt m gt 1 4 marker number Parameters lt State gt ON OFF RST OFF Example CALC MARK FUNC Z00M ON Mode WCDMA Operating Manual 1173 0708 02 02 56 R amp S FSV K40 Firmware Option Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 mm Pme Remote Control CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt MAXimum PEAK This command positions the marker to the current maximum value of the corresponding trace in the window specified by the suffix lt n gt The corresponding marker is activated first or switched to the marker mode If no maximum value is found on the trace level spacing to adjacent values lt peak excursion an execution error error code 200 is produced Suffix lt n gt window For applications that do not have more than 1 measure ment window the suffix lt n gt is irrelevant lt m gt marker number Example CALC MARK2 MAX Positions marker 2 to the maximum value of the trace Mode A ADEMOD CDMA EVDO
60. fines the span settings of the measurement Start Offset Span Settings Defines the start frequency of the measurement When this parameter changes the X Axis Start on page 19 parameter in the General Settings view is updated accordingly The selected span for the noise measurement is highlighted in the Carrier Frequency Offset Table on page 25 table Tip you can switch directly to this setting by pressing the SPAN key Stop Offset Span Settings Defines the stop frequency of the measurement When this parameter changes the X Axis Stop on page 19 parameter in the General Settings view is updated accordingly The selected span for the noise measurement is highlighted in the Carrier Frequency Offset Table on page 25 table Operating Manual 1173 0708 02 02 24 Instrument Functions of Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 Carrier Frequency Offset Table T S e S S S ES SN ERE ERES ERE ERE EST EL ES ES ES EST ES Note Selected span highlighted in table The selected spans for the noise measurement are highlighted in the Carrier Frequency Offset table The RBW Avg and FFT fields are editable in Manual sweep mode only For all other sweep modes this table is for information only The total measurement time for the selected sub bands is displayed at the bottom of the table From Carrier Frequency Offset Table The start frequency of each sub band SCPI command SENSe source
61. for all delta markers in the window specified by the suffix lt n gt For phase noise measurements CALCulate lt n gt DELTamarker lt m gt FUNCtion PNOise STATe on page 52 the command defines a new reference point level for delta marker 2 Suffix lt n gt window For applications that do not have more than 1 measure ment window the suffix lt n gt is irrelevant lt m gt marker number Parameters lt RefPointLevel gt lt numeric_value gt RST CALCulate lt n gt DELTamarker lt m gt FUNC tion FIXed is set to OFF Operating Manual 1173 0708 02 02 50 R amp S FSV K40 Firmware Option Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 PLAEMREENMMCUHMAMO P P H L n Remote Control Example CALC DELT FUNC FIX RPO Y 10dBm Sets the reference point level for delta markers to 10 dBm Mode A CALCulate lt n gt DELTamarker lt m gt FUNCtion FlXed STATe State This command switches the relative measurement to a fixed reference value on or off Marker 1 is activated previously and a peak search is performed if necessary If marker 1 is activated its position becomes the reference point for the measurement The refer ence point can then be modified with the CALCulate n DELTamarker m FUNCtion FIXed RPOint X commands and CALCulate n DELTamarker m FUNCtion FIXed RPOint Y independently of the position of marker 1 and of a trace
62. g Manual 1173 0708 02 02 49 R amp S FSV K40 Firmware Option Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 mmm H J J mu a gr Remote Control 4 2 20 CALCulate subsystem 4 2 2 1 CALCulate DELTamarker subsystem CALCulate n DELTamarker m FUNCtion FIXed RPOint X Reference For a measurement with a fixed reference value see CALCulate n DELTamarker m FUNCtion FIXed STATe on page 51 this command defines a new frequency reference span gt 0 or time span 0 for all delta markers in the window specified by the suffix n For phase noise measurements see CALCulate lt n gt DELTamarker lt m gt FUNCtion PNOise AUTO on page 51 the command defines a new frequency reference or time for delta marker 2 Suffix n window For applications that do not have more than 1 measure ment window the suffix n is irrelevant m marker number Parameters Reference numeric value RST CALCulate lt n gt DELTamarker lt m gt FUNC tion FIXed is set to OFF Example CALC DELT FUNC FIX RPO X 128 MHz Sets the frequency reference to 128 MHz Mode A CALCulate n DELTamarker m FUNCtion FIXed RPOint Y lt RefPointLevel gt For a measurement with a fixed reference point CALCulate lt n gt DELTamarker lt m gt FUNCtion FIXed STATe this command defines a new reference point level
63. gs area of the General Settings view Display Settings General Settings Switches to the first setting in the Display Settings area of the General Settings view See Overview of General Settings for details Trace Settings General Settings Switches to the first setting in the Trace Settings area of the General Settings view See Overview of General Settings for details Residual Calc General Settings Switches to the first setting in the Residual Calculations area of the General Settings view See Overview of General Settings for details Spot Noise General Settings Switches to the first setting in the Spot Noise Settings area of the General Settings view See Overview of General Settings for details Smoothing General Settings Switches to the Smoothing setting in the Trace Settings area of the General Settings view See Overview of General Settings for details Meas Settings Displays the Meas Settings view and the Meas Settings submenu See Overview of Measurement Settings for details Sweep Mode Meas Settings Switches to the Sweep Mode setting in the Measurement Settings view See Overview of Measurement Settings for details Span Start Meas Settings Switches to the Start Offset setting in the Span Settings area of the Measurement Settings view See Overview of Measurement Settings for details Operating Manual 1173 0708 02 02 29 R amp S FSV K40 Firmware O
64. ia Dena seit ines n tni oa e nnns nnns nis 68 DE Operating Manual 1173 0708 02 02 83 R amp S FSV K40 List of Commands Igea FORMat DEXPort DSEParator IN Miate lt n gt CONTIRDUOUS cons ettet eterni rhe en rhet ri ther od pida daidi INPUEGAIN SIAT dee C E INPut iPRESelection S TATe EE MMEMOry STOResn LbIST idi neci ptor Deve te Ye eeu aad Ded ater in a adesa pc te e ee paa 71 STATus QUEStionable PNOise Register 81 SGTATusOUEGtonable PhNOise CGONDon nennen rennen ere nnnsen ESENTE 80 STATus QUEStionable PNOise ENABle essent nn enne nnn entente nnne nnne 80 STATus QUEStionable PNOise NTRansition sess nnree trennen 81 STATus QUEStionable PNOise PTRansition cessere ennt nnee neret ene nennen 81 SENSe lt so rce gt AVERagesn gt COUNE nnne nnreeneret eret nrset ense tnit erster e erre atiae 72 SENSe lt source gt JAVERage lt n gt TWPE eene pidina iaaiiai aeiaai een 73 SENSe ssource BANDwidth BWIDth RESolution RATiO eene 73 SENSe ssource BANDwidth BWIDth RESolution T YPE eene 74 IEN Ge sourcezTERE Ouencv CEN Ter 74 SENSe source FREQuency STARt esses eene nnn eennr etre etr setr set n eterne enne eter e nns een 75 SENSessource F REQuency S TOP etate tnnt tni nk nee erret redes ae ER NEESS ENEE 75 SENSe source SWEOp CO N
65. iaa 82 4 2 4 Notation In the following sections all commands implemented in the instrument are first listed and then described in detail arranged according to the command subsystems The notation is adapted to the SCPI standard The SCPI conformity information is included in the indi vidual description of the commands Individual Description The individual description contains the complete notation of the command An example for each command the RST value and the SCPI information are included as well The options and operating modes for which a command can be used are indicated by the following abbreviations Abbreviation Description A signal analysis A F signal analysis span gt 0 only frequency mode A T signal analysis zero span only time mode ADEMOD analog demodulation option R amp S FSV K7 BT Bluetooth option R amp S FSV K8 CDMA CDMA 2000 base station measurements option R amp S FSV K82 EVDO 1xEV DO base station analysis option R amp S FSV K84 GSM GSM Edge measurements option R amp S FSV K10 IQ IQ Analyzer mode OFDM WiMAX IEEE 802 16 OFDM measurements option R amp S FSV K93 OFDMA WiBro WiMAX IEEE 802 16e OFDMA WiBro measurements option R amp S FSV K93 Operating Manual 1173 0708 02 02 47 R amp S FSV K40 Firmware Option Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 RNAEMEEMCUUM Je e
66. ic_value gt lt numeric_value gt RST CALC LIM is set to OFF CALC LIM2 CONT 1 MHz 30 MHz 100 MHz 300 MHz 1 GHz Defines 5 reference values for the x axis of limit line 2 CALC LIM2 CONT Outputs the reference values for the x axis of limit line 2 separated by acomma A ADEMOD CDMA EVDO NF TDS CALCulate lt n gt LIMit lt k gt DELete This command deletes the selected limit line Suffix lt n gt lt k gt Example Mode Operating Manual 1173 0708 02 02 irrelevant limit line CALC LIM1 DEL Deletes limit line 1 A ADEMOD CDMA EVDO NF TDS 61 R amp S FSV K40 Firmware Option Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 mMAEE A AA i E ee 2 Se Remote Control CALCulate n LIMit k LOWer DATA lt LimitLineValues gt This command defines the values for the selected lower limit line The number of values for the CONTrol axis and for the corresponding LOWer limit line has to be identical Otherwise default values are entered for missing values or not nec essary values are deleted The unit must be identical with the unit selected by CALCulate lt n gt LIMit lt k gt UNIT If no unit is indicated the unit defined with CALCulate lt n gt LIMit lt k gt UNIT is auto matically used If the measured values are smaller than the LOWer limit line the limit check signals errors The uni
67. ils see chapter 4 1 16 List of Available RRC and Channel Filters on page 42 Channel filters do not support FFT mode e RRC filters Operating Manual 1173 0708 02 02 41 R amp S FSV K40 Firmware Option Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 Instrument Functions of Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 For details see chapter 4 1 16 List of Available RRC and Channel Filters on page 42 RRC filters do not support FFT mode e 5 Pole filters The available bandwidths are specified in the data sheet 5 Pole filters do not support FFT mode 4 1 16 List of Available RRC and Channel Filters For power measurement a number of especially steep edged channel filters are available see the following table For filters of type RRC Root Raised Cosine the filter bandwidth indicated describes the sampling rate of the filter For all other filters CFILter the filter bandwidth is the 3 dB bandwidth Table 4 2 Filter types Filter Bandwidth Filter Type Application 100 Hz CFILter A0 200 Hz CFiLter 300 Hz CFiLter 500 Hz CFiLter 1 kHz CFiLter 1 5 kHz CFILter SSB 2 kHz CFiLter 2 4 kHz CFlLter DAB Satellite 2 7 kHz CFiLter ETS300 113 12 5 kHz channels 3 kHz CFiLter AM Radio 3 4 kHz CFiLter 4 kHz CFiLter 4 5 kHz CFiLter 5 kHz CFiLter 6 kHz CFiLter 8 5 kHz CFiLter 9 kHz CFiLter Operating Manual 1173 0708 02 02 42 R amp S FSV K40 Firmware Option Phase Noise Measurements R amp
68. imal separator with floating point numerals for the ASCII Trace export to support evaluation programs e g MS Excel in different languages The values dec imal point and comma can be set SCPI command FORMat DEXPort DSEParator on page 70 Trace Math Opens the Trace Math submenu to select a trace math function The following functions are available Operating Manual 1173 0708 02 02 34 R amp S FSV K40 Firmware Option Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 Instrument Functions of Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 e T1 T3 2T1 on page 35 e T2 T3 2T2 on page 35 T1 T3 gt T1 Trace Math Activates Deactivates the trace math function that substracts Trace3 from Trace1 and copies the results into Trace To switch off the trace math use the Trace Math Off softkey SCPI command CALCulate lt n gt MATH EXPression DEFine on page 64 CALCulate lt n gt MATH STATe on page 64 T2 T3 gt T2 Trace Math Activates Deactivates the trace math function that substracts Trace3 from Trace2 and copies the results into Trace2 To switch off the trace math use the Trace Math Off softkey SCPI command CALCulate lt n gt MATH EXPression DEFine on page 64 CALCulate lt n gt MATH STATe on page 64 Trace Math Off Trace Math Deactivates any previously selected trace math functions SCPI command CALC MATH STAT OFF see CALCulate lt n gt MATH STATe on page 64
69. is makes it possible to toggle between a smoothed and unsmoothed trace without the need to run a new measurement sweep SCPI command DISPlay WINDow lt 1 4 gt TRACe lt 1 3 gt SMOothing APERture on page 66 Operating Manual 1173 0708 02 02 20 R amp S FSV K40 Firmware Option Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 PRNMAMEENGMUHMMC mH R O a a Ke Instrument Functions of Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 Trace Offset Trace Settings Defines an arithmetic reference level offset which is added to the y axis labelling SCPI command DISPlay WINDow lt n gt TRACe lt t gt Y SCALe RLEVel OFFSet on page 69 Smoothing Trace Settings Specifies the of the display width to be used as a window when a trace is smoothed The larger the setting of the Smoothing parameter the greater the smoothing effect SCPI command DISPlay WINDowcl 4 TRACe 1 3 S8MOothing APERture on page 66 Smoothing Type Trace Settings Defines whether linear or logarithmic smoothing is to be used SCPI command DISPlay WINDow lt 1 4 gt TRACe lt 1 3 gt SMOothing TYPE on page 67 Residual Calculations Use Meas Settings Specifies whether to use the whole measurement range or the user defined evaluation range for the residual calculations If the Use Meas Settings is activated the Eval From on page 21 and To on page 21 fields become disabled and residual calculations
70. l 1173 0708 02 02 37 R amp S FSV K40 Firmware Option Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 Save New Instrument Functions of Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 Saves the currently displayed limit line definition If data is missing or if some data is invalid an error message is displayed Edit Displays the Edit Limit Line dialog box in edit mode with all data of the selected limit line For further details refer to chapter 4 1 13 Editing Limit Lines on page 39 Delete Deletes the selected limit line SCPI command CALCulate lt n gt LIMit lt k gt DELete on page 61 4 1 12 Working with Limit Lines 1 Press the LINES key The Select Limit Line dialog box is displayed For each limit line the following infor mation is given Name Unique ID of the limit line as defined in the Name field see chapter 4 1 13 Editing Limit Lines on page 39 Domain Frequency or time domain Units Unit of the y axis Limit Type of limit for phase noise upper X Scaling Absolute or relative scaling Y Scaling Trace No Absolute or relative scaling Selected trace defined in Trace No field see chapter 4 1 13 Editing Limit Lines on page 39 Compatible Indicates compatibility of the limit line to the current measurement settings Check Activates Deactivates the limit check using the limit line for the trace If a limit check is perfor
71. leshooting and fault elimination It contains all information required for repairing the R amp S FSV by replacing modules The manual includes the following chapters Chapter 1 Performance Test Chapter 2 Adjustment Chapter 3 Repair Chapter 4 Software Update Installing Options Chapter 5 Documents Online Help The online help contains context specific help on operating the R amp S FSV and all available options It describes both manual and remote operation The online help is installed on the R amp S FSV by default and is also available as an executable chm file on the CD delivered with the instrument Release Notes The release notes describe the installation of the firmware new and modified functions eliminated problems and last minute changes to the documentation The corresponding Operating Manual 1173 0708 02 02 6 firmware version is indicated on the title page of the release notes The current release notes are provided in the Internet R amp S FSV K40 Conventions Used in the Documentation 2 Conventions Used in the Documentation The following conventions are used throughout this documentation Typographical conventions Convention Description Graphical user interface elements All names of graphical user interface elements on the screen such as dialog boxes menus options but tons and softkeys are enclosed by parentheses KEYS File names commands program c
72. lue is extended by 0 05 GHz for direct entry The preset and maximum values remain unchanged FREQ STAR 20MHz A F CDMA EVDO TDS NF SENSe lt source gt FREQuency STOP Frequency This command defines the stop frequency of the analyzer This command is only avail able with span gt 0 Suffix lt source gt Parameters lt Frequency gt Example Mode Operating Manual 1173 0708 02 02 irrelevant 0 to fmax RST fmax fmax is specified in the data sheet To help analyze signals located at the end of the frequency range the fmax value is extended by 0 05 GHz for direct entry The preset and maximum values remain unchanged FREQ STOP 2000 MHz A F CDMA EVDO TDS NF 75 R amp S FSV K40 Firmware Option Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 mm d U U gr Remote Control SENSe lt source gt SWEep TYPE Type Parameters Type SWE AUTO FFT SWE Sweep list AUTO Automatic selection of the sweep type FFT FFT mode RST AUTO Sets the sweep type Example SWE TYPE FFT Mode A SENSe FREQuency TRACKk State Switches the automatic frequency control on and off Parameters State ON OFF RST ON Example SENS FREQ TRACk ON Sets the automatic frequency control to ON Usage SCPI conform Mode PHN SENSe FREQuency
73. med the trace values are checked whether they exceed the limit values and the result Pass Fail is indicated in the display Comment Optional description as defined in the Comment field see chapter 4 1 13 Editing Limit Lines on page 39 2 To define a new limit line press the New softkey and enter the limit line character istics as described in chapter 4 1 13 Editing Limit Lines on page 39 3 To modify a limit line select the limit line you want to edit and press the Edit softkey as described in chapter 4 1 13 Editing Limit Lines on page 39 4 To save a limit line press the Save softkey If data is missing or if some data is invalid an error message is displayed Operating Manual 1173 0708 02 02 38 R amp S FSV K40 Firmware Option Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 Instrument Functions of Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 5 To delete a limit line select the limit line you want to edit and press the Delete softkey 4 1 13 Editing Limit Lines When you press the New softkey to define a new limit line see New on page 37 or the Edit softkey to edit an existing limit line see Edit on page 38 the Edit Limit Line dialog box and the Limit Line Editor submenu are displayed Spectrum Phase Noise Upper Limit Line 1 Absolute Frequency inc Absolute dBc Hz Upper Comment Upper limit line for spectrum Frequency Limits dBc Hz 1 MHz 10 dBc Hz 3
74. nEixedRbOmt 3 50 CAL Culate nz DEL Tamarker mz EUNGCionElx edRbCOnty rennen nnne 50 CALOCulate n DELTamarker m FUNCtion FIXed STATe essen 51 CAL Culate nz DEI Tamarker mz EUNGCHonPhNOtse AUTO 51 CAL Culate nz DEL Tamarker mz FEUNGCionPhNOtselGTATel enne 52 CAL Culate nz DEL Tamarker mz TRACe nennen enenen rennen sen n nns sent ren snnt nnns enne nnne 53 CAL Culate nz DEL Tamarkercmz 8 53 CAL Culate nz DEL Tamarker mz SREL ative nen 54 CALEGCulatesnz DELETamtarkersims GE 54 CALOCulate n DELTamarker m STATe essere ren nneennreene retinens n nenne 52 CALCulate lt n gt LIMit lt k gt COMMENtL csscssssseeccostscsstsenscsensnecnecesnnecenscseanseeonestnstesazsonctesbasessscconsaecnecseaeeseed 60 CAL Culate cnzLlMitck CONToll DATA 61 CAL Culate nzLlMitck D I ete eee enne enne nemen etnnnr ien rts ihnen n innert e nnns tnn 61 CALCulatecnzLlMitckzLOWerl DATA 62 CALECul tesn EIMIESKS TEE 62 CAL Culate nz LlMitcks UNITA 63 CALCulatecnzLlMitckz Uppert DATA 63 CALCulatesn gt MARKersm gt AOF F iriniisrsiirnisa iann katai ren i eaaa aa aaa aaa K daak nai a adanan aaas idana a rakas iiA 56 CAL Culate nz MAb ker mz EUNGCion ZOOM eene enne r ene ner rennen nen nrnnn nennen sene 56 CAL Culate cnz MAb ker mzMAximumf PDEART eene ene nenenen ennt nennen nennen nena 57 CAL Culate nz MAb ker mzMiNimmumfPEART seen e nnne tren enne nr tnn 57 CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt
75. nal Freq 988 82 mHz Residual FM 108 73 Hz 100 kHz 117 59 dBc Hz Signal Level A 0 34 dBm RMS Jitter 0 2782 ps 1MHz 134 50 dBc Hz Top 90 dBc Hz RF Atten O0 dB 2 Clrwr 100 kHz M 10 MHz 30 MHz Frequency Offset Fig 4 4 Phase Noise Measurement Results Note that the residual noise results are displayed at the end of a measurement sweep If you change the range for the residual noise results in the General Setting view after a measurement sweep has been run the residual noise results are automatically updated The range of the residual noise calculations is displayed in the results trace by two lines marker EL1 and EL2 4 1 2 Softkeys of the Phase Noise Menu R amp S FSV K40 The following table shows all softkeys available in the Phase Noise menu r mrrzrrr N c r rrr N c Operating Manual 1173 0708 02 02 28 R amp S FSV K40 Firmware Option Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 Ech Instrument Functions of Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 Ch NN NE ERN INO HIE MERECE DNI 30 EEN 30 L 12UERC MESE 30 Veni OVO EA 30 Track Level e EE 30 Hr ee M 30 EE SOUINGS sii EET 30 PUMOSCAIG EE 30 Ref Mesa coit en A eege xus editas Gnd deg due sai Dc dE Seege EES 31 General Settings Displays the General Settings view and the General Settings submenu See Overview of General Settings for details Signal Settings General Settings Switches to the first setting in the Signal Settin
76. nformation needed to set up and start working with the instrument Basic operations and basic measurements are described Also a brief introduction to remote control is given The manual includes general information e g Safety Instruc tions and the following chapters Chapter 1 Front and Rear Panel Chapter 2 Putting into Operation Chapter 3 Firmware Update and Installation of Firmware Options Chapter 4 Basic Operations Chapter 5 Basic Measurement Examples Chapter 6 Brief Introduction to Remote Control Appendix A Printer Interface Appendix B LAN Interface Operating Manuals The Operating Manuals are a supplement to the Quick Start Guide Operating Manuals are provided for the base unit and each additional software option The Operating Manual for the base unit provides basic information on operating the R amp S FSV in general and the Spectrum mode in particular Furthermore the software options that enhance the basic functionality for various measurement modes are descri bed here The set of measurement examples in the Quick Start Guide is expanded by more advanced measurement examples In addition to the brief introduction to remote control in the Quick Start Guide a description of the basic analyzer commands and pro gramming examples is given Information on maintenance instrument interfaces and error messages is also provided In the individual option manuals the specific instrument functi
77. ng the sweep type FFT Suffix lt source gt irrelevant Parameters lt FilterType gt NORMal FFT CFILter RRC P5 PULSe NORMal Gaussian filters FFT FFT filters CFILter channel filters RRC RRC filters PULSe EMI 6dB filters P5 5 Pole filters RST NORMal Example BAND TYPE NORM Mode all except ADEMOD SENSe lt source gt FREQuency CENTer lt Frequency gt This command defines the center frequency of the analyzer or the measuring frequency for span 0 Suffix lt source gt irrelevant Operating Manual 1173 0708 02 02 74 R amp S FSV K40 Firmware Option Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 Parameters Frequency Example Mode Remote Control numeric value Range 0 to fmax RST fmax 2 with fmax maximum frequency Default unit Hz fmax IS specified in the data sheet To help analyze signals located at the end of the frequency range the fmax value is extended by 0 05 GHz for direct entry The preset and maximum values remain unchanged FREQ CENT 100 MHz all SENSe lt source gt FREQuency STARt Frequency This command defines the start frequency of the analyzer This command is only avail able with span gt 0 Suffix source Parameters Frequency Example Mode irrelevant 0 to fmax RST 0 fmax IS specified in the data sheet To help analyze signals located at the end of the frequency range the fmax va
78. ode Key names are written in capital letters File names commands coding samples and screen output are distinguished by their font Input Input to be entered by the user is displayed in italics Links Links that you can click are displayed in blue font References References to other parts of the documentation are enclosed by parentheses Operating Manual 1173 0708 02 02 R amp S FSV K40 How to Use the Help System 3 How to Use the Help System For basic information on available keys on the front panel and other means of user inter action see the Quick Start Guide chapter 4 Basic Operation Calling context sensitive and general help gt To display the general help dialog box press the HELP key on the front panel The help dialog box View tab is displayed A topic containing information about the current menu or the currently opened dialog box and its function is displayed For standard Windows dialog boxes e g File Properties Print dialog etc no context sensitive help is available gt Ifthe help is already displayed press the softkey for which you want to display help A topic containing information about the softkey and its function is displayed If a softkey opens a submenu and you press the softkey a second time the submenu of the softkey is displayed Contents of the help dialog box The help dialog box contains four tabs e Contents contains a table of help c
79. omatically switched to absolute mode The units DEG RAD S HZ PCT are not available in Spectrum mode Suffix n irrelevant ko limit line Parameters Unit DBM DBPW WATT DBUV DBMV VOLT DBUA AMPere DB DBUV_M DBUA_M DEG RAD S HZ PCT unitless RST DBM Example CALC LIM4 UNIT DBUV Sets the unit of limit line 4 to dBuV Mode A ADEMOD CDMA EVDO TDS CALCulate lt n gt LIMit lt k gt UPPer DATA lt LimitLineValues gt This command defines the values for the upper limit lines The number of values for the CONTrol axis and for the corresponding UPPer and or LOWer limit line has to be identical Otherwise default values are entered for missing values or not necessary values are deleted The unit must be identical to the unit selected by CALCulate lt n gt LIMit lt k gt UNIT If no unit is indicated the unit defined using CALCulate lt n gt LIMit lt k gt UNIT is auto matically used In Spectrum mode the limit check indicates errors if the measured values exceed the UPPer limit line The units DEG RAD S HZ PCT are not available in Spectrum mode Suffix lt n gt irrelevant lt k gt 1 8 limit line Parameters lt LimitLineValues gt numeric values separated by commas RST CALCulate lt n gt LIMit lt k gt is set to OFF Example CALC LIM2 UPP 10 0 0 10 5 Defines 5 upper limit values for limit line 2 in the preset unit CALC LIM2 UPP Outputs the uppe
80. ons of the option are described in detail For additional information on default settings and parameters refer to the data sheets Basic information on operating the R amp S FSV is not included in the option manuals The following Operating Manuals are available for the R amp S FSV Operating Manual 1173 0708 02 02 5 R amp S FSV K40 Documentation Overview e R amp S FSV base unit in addition R amp S FSV K9 Power Sensor Support R amp S FSV K14 Spectrogram Measurement e R amp S FSV K7 Analog Demodulation and R amp S FSV K7S FM Stereo Measurements e R amp S FSV K10 GSM EDGE Measurement e R amp S FSV K30 Noise Figure Measurement e R amp S FSV K40 Phase Noise Measurement e R amp S FSV K70 Vector Signal Analysis e R amp S FSV K72 3GPP FDD BS Analysis e R amp S FSV K73 3GPP FDD UE Analysis e R amp S FSV K76 77 3GPP TD SCDMA BTS and UE Measurement e R amp S FSV K82 CDMA2000 BS e R amp S FSV K84 CDMA2000 BS 1xEV DO e R amp S FSV K91 WLAN IEEE 802 1 1a b g j n e R amp S FSV K93 WiMAX IEEE 802 16 OFDM OFDMA Analysis e R amp S FSV K100 K104 EUTRA LTE Downlink Measurement Application These manuals are available in PDF format on the CD delivered with the instrument The printed manual can be ordered from Rohde amp Schwarz GmbH amp Co KG Service Manual This manual is available in PDF format on the CD delivered with the instrument It describes how to check compliance with rated specifications instrument function repair troub
81. ontents e View contains a specific help topic e Index contains index entries to search for help topics e Zoom contains zoom functions for the help display To change between these tabs press the tab on the touchscreen Navigating in the table of contents e To move through the displayed contents entries use the UPARROW and DNAR ROW keys Entries that contain further entries are marked with a plus sign e Todisplay a help topic press the ENTER key The View tab with the correspond ing help topic is displayed e Tochange to the next tab press the tab on the screen Navigating in the help topics e To scroll through a page use the rotary knob or use the UPARROW and DNAR ROW keys e To jump to the linked topic press the link text Operating Manual 1173 0708 02 02 11 R amp S FSV K40 How to Use the Help System Searching for a topic 1 Change to the Index tab 2 Enter the first characters of the topic you are interested in The entries starting with these characters are displayed 3 Change the focus by pressing the ENTER key 4 Select the suitable keyword by using the UPARROW or DNARROW keys or the rotary knob 5 Press the ENTER key to display the help topic The View tab with the corresponding help topic is displayed Changing the zoom 1 Change to the Zoom tab 2 Setthe zoom using the rotary knob Four settings are available 1 4 The smallest size is selected
82. oothed individually For details on smoothing see Trace Settings on page 20 Sweep Count Opens an edit dialog box to enter the number of sweeps to be performed in the single sweep mode Values from 0 to 32767 are allowed If the values 0 or 1 are set one sweep is performed The sweep count is applied to all the traces in a diagram If the trace configurations Average Max Hold or Min Hold are set the sweep count value also determines the number of averaging or maximum search procedures SCPI command SENSe lt source gt SWEep COUNt on page 79 ASCII Trace Export Opens the ASCII Trace Export Name dialog box and saves the active trace in ASCII format to the specified file and directory The file consists of the header containing important scaling parameters and a data section containing the trace data For details on an ASCII file see chapter 4 1 18 ASCII File Export Format on page 45 This format can be processed by spreadsheet calculation programs e g MS Excel It is necessary to define as a separator for the data import Different language versions of evaluation programs may require a different handling of the decimal point It is therefore possible to select between separators decimal point and comma using the Decim Sep softkey see Decim Sep on page 34 SCPI command FORMat DEXPort DSEParator on page 70 MMEMory STORe lt n gt LIST on page 71 Decim Sep Selects the dec
83. or residual noise calculation when CALCulate 1 4 EVALuation STATe on page 55 is switched OFF Parameters lt Frequency gt Range 1 Hz to 3 GHz RST 1 kHz Example CALC EVAL STARt 1MHZ Specifies that residual noise is calculated starting from 1 MHz Mode PHN Operating Manual 1173 0708 02 02 55 R amp S FSV K40 Firmware Option Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 mm c m JY ng Remote Control CALCulate lt 1 4 gt EVALuation STOP Frequency This command specifies the stop frequency for residual noise calculation when CALCulate lt 1 4 gt EVALuation STATe on page 55 is switched ON This command has no effectif CALCulate lt 1 4 gt EVALuation STATe on page 55is switched OFF Parameters Frequency Range 3 Hz to 10 GHz RST 1 MHz Example CALC EVAL STOP 1 MHZ Specifies that residual noise is calculated up to 1 MHz Mode PHN 4 2 2 3 CALculate MARker subsystem CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt AOFF This command switches off all active markers and all delta markers and active marker delta marker measurement functions in the window specified by the suffix lt n gt Suffix lt n gt window For applications that do not have more than 1 measure ment window the suffix lt n gt is irrelevant lt m gt marker number Example CALC MARK AOFF Switches of
84. otal Estimated Measurement Time FFT Filters Fig 4 2 Measurement Settings view Sweep Mode Settings When the Sweep Mode parameter is changed the Carrier Frequency Offset table is updated from the instrument s default settings Tip You can switch directly to this field by pressing the Sweep Mode softkey In fast normal and averaged modes the table is not editable it is for information only Fast Not averaged The measurement is very fast as the average column is set to 1 for all sub bands Operating Manual 1173 0708 02 02 23 R amp S FSV K40 Firmware Option Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 Normal Averaged Manual Instrument Functions of Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 Normal averaged The measurement is slower than the Fast mode but the sub bands are averaged more Highly averaged The measurement is very slow with high average in each sub band for more accurate results The RBW Average and FFT columns in the Carrier Ferquency Offset Table as well as the Preset Settings can be set by the user see Carrier Frequency Offset Table on page 25 and Preset Set tings on page 26 Sweep Settings Sweep Mode Settings The following sweep settings are displayed for information only Sweep type FFT Sweep or Auto Window function Window function for FFT e g Window FLATTOP Use overlap Overlapping FFTs Span Settings De
85. points e g 1001 2001 will result in several measured values being overlaid at the same frequency position RMS detector and VBW If the RMS detector is selected the video bandwidth in the hardware is bypassed Thus duplicate trace averaging with small VBWs and RMS detector no longer occurs However the VBW is still considered when calculating the sweep time This leads to a longer sweep time for small VBW values Thus you can reduce the VBW value to achieve more stable trace curves even when using an RMS detector Normally if the RMS detector is used the sweep time should be increased to get more stable trace curves 4 1 15 Selecting the Appropriate Filter Type All resolution bandwidths are realized with digital filters The video filters are responsible for smoothing the displayed trace Using video band widths that are small compared to the resolution bandwidth only the signal average is displayed and noise peaks and pulsed signals are repressed If pulsed signals are to be measured it is advisable to use a video bandwidth that is large compared to the resolution bandwidth VBW 10 x RBW for the amplitudes of pulses to be measured correctly The following filter types are available e Normal 3dB Gaussian filters The Gaussian filters are set by default The available bandwidths are specified in the data sheet e EMI 6dB filters The available bandwidths are specified in the data sheet e Channel filters For deta
86. ption Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 DEE Instrument Functions of Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 Span Stop Meas Settings Switches to the Stop Offset setting in the Span Settings area of the Measurement Settings view See Overview of Measurement Settings for details Subspan RBW lt Meas Settings Switches to the first field in the RBW column for the subspan in the Measurement Settings view This softkey is only available in sweep mode MANUAL See Overview of Measurement Settings for details RBW Meas Settings Switches to the RBW setting in the Preset Settings area of the Measurement Set tings view This softkey is only available in sweep mode MANUAL See Overview of Measurement Settings for details Average Meas Settings Switches to the Average setting in the Preset Settings area of the Measurement Set tings view This softkey is only available in sweep mode MANUAL See Overview of Measurement Settings for details Use FFT On Off Meas Settings Switches to the FFT Filters setting in the Preset Settings area of the Measurement Settings view This softkey is only available in sweep mode MANUAL See Overview of Measurement Settings for details Verify On Off toggles frequency and level verification on and off SCPI command SENSe FREQuency VERify STATe Track Level On Off toggles level tracking on and off SCPI command SENSe POWer
87. quency OFF The measurement is performed from the stop offset frequency to the start offset frequency SCPI command SENSe SWEep FORWard on page 79 Verify Freq and Level Signal Settings Enables a search across a frequency tolerance range for the carrier of greatest magni tude Carrier frequency and level are measured If the level is within a level tolerance range the measured level overrides the specified Level Otherwise the measurement is aborted This should be used when the carrier frequency is not known precisely When Verify Freq is on Frequency Tolerance and Level Tolerance parameters become enabled SCPI command SENSe FREQuency VERify STATe on page 76 Frequency Tolerance Signal Settings Used to verify the input signal frequency the value used is the higher value of the speci fied Relative or Absolute tolerance values Relative The Relative Frequency Tolerance parameter is the ratio of the sub span s start frequency A frequency and level check is carried out before each subsweep Absolute The Absolute Frequency Tolerance is the range either side of the Sig nal Frequency within which the carrier is known to be A frequency and level check is carried out before each subsweep SCPI command SENSe FREQuency VERify TOLerance RELative on page 77 SENSe FREQuency VERify TOLerance on page 77 Level Tolerance Signal Settings Offse
88. r limit values for limit line 2 separated by a comma Mode A ADEMOD CDMA EVDO NF TDS Operating Manual 1173 0708 02 02 63 R amp S FSV K40 Firmware Option Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 a nm c Remote Control 4 2 2 6 Other CALCulate commands CALCulate lt n gt MATH EXPression DEFine Expression This command defines the mathematical expression for relating traces to trace1 Suffix n irrelevant Parameters Expression TRACe1 TRACe2 TRACe1 TRACe3 TRACe1 TRACe4 TRACe1 TRACe5 TRACe1 TRACe6 TRACe1 TRACe2 Subtracts trace 2 from trace 1 TRACe1 TRACe3 Subtracts trace 3 from trace 1 TRACe1 TRACe4 Subtracts trace 4 from trace 1 TRACe1 TRACe5 Subtracts trace 5 from trace 1 TRACe1 TRACe6 Subtracts trace 6 from trace 1 Example CALC1 MATH TRACel TRACe2 Selects the subtraction of trace 2 from trace 1 Mode A SPECM PHN CALCulate lt n gt MATH STATe lt State gt This command switches the mathematical relation of traces on or off Suffix lt n gt irrelevant Parameters lt State gt ON OFF RST OFF Example CALC MATH STAT ON Switches on the trace mathematics Mode A SPECM CALCulate lt n gt UNIT POWer lt Unit gt This command selects the unit for power The unit is defined globally for all windows Suffix lt n gt irrelevant Operating Manual 1173 0
89. rack Level Analyzer Settings PreSelector E Display Settings Preamplifier Presel _ x Axis Start 1 kHz Preamplifier X Axis Stop 1 MHz Autoscale Once a Y Axis Top 20 dBc Hz Y Axis Range 100 dB Trace Settings Trace Offset 0 dB Smoothing 1 906 Smoothing Type Linear Fig 4 1 General Settings view The parameters within the General Settings view are logically grouped together into Operating Manual 1173 0708 02 02 16 R amp S FSV K40 Firmware Option Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 pee M M a_n RUE UU eS ee eee Instrument Functions of Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 ez P 17 E EE 17 ur Hd T ea 17 E setenta cin b aeo be e ae acc gu s 18 L Varibo Fred arid Duel a aA 18 L Frequency Tolerance 18 I NOS 0 5 NNUS TETTE 18 AFC SettingsTrack Frequertioy ccee cedere neon entente neue tenera aa 18 xi 17 ee 19 Display e M RO 19 Bo o o c 19 4 E 19 L Autoscal e ais cest rre circ t once dv bep 19 241 10 cow 20 e 20 Tace SONOS m T 20 EN pe sda eege 21 Es e NECNON D E ES 21 01 5 07 Maio RN REM 21 Residual CalculationsUse Meas Settings uu iiiceeesas eie essc keinen ertet Lu Ld dae n nada RA diR 21 Eval cp EET 21 e 21 Sport Noise SS UNO Sis teet prie i taedio Ee tese t e br gv re dt nee degens Odes 22 o Tc 22 L Offse
90. re quency of the fixed frequency signal to 1 kHz SENSe FREQuency CW 1E3 SENSe FREQuency FIXed 1E3 A vertical stroke in parameter indications marks alternative possibilities in the sense of or The effect of the command differs depending on which parameter is used Example Selection of the parameters for the command SENSe 1 4 AVERage c1 4 TYPE VIDeo LINear If parameter SINGle is selected full screen is displayed in the case of SPLit split screen is displayed i Key words in square brackets can be omitted when composing the header The full command length must be accepted by the instrument for reasons of compatibility with the SCPI standards Parameters in square brackets can be incorporated optionally in the command or omitted as well DEN Operating Manual 1173 0708 02 02 48 R amp S FSV K40 Firmware Option Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 mAn X O M HuQ I P rcs Remote Control 0 Parameters in braces can be incorporated optionally in the command either not at all once or several times Description of Parameters Due to the standardization the parameter section of SCPI commands consists always of the same syntactical elements SCPI has therefore specified a series of definitions which are used in the tables of commands In the tables these establishe
91. re Option Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 4 2 4 Remote Control Example CONF REFM ONCE A reference measurement is started Mode PHN DISPlay Subsystem The DISPLay subsystem controls the selection and presentation of textual and graphic information as well as of measurement data on the display DISPlay WINDowz 1 42 TRACe 1 32 SMOothing APERture eene 66 DISPlay WINDowz 1 42 TRACe 1 3 SMOothing STATe eee 66 DISPlay WINDowz 1 42 TRACe 1 3 SMOothing TYPE seen 67 DISPlay WINDowz 1 42 TRACe 1 32 Y SCALe AUTO eee 67 DISPlay WINDow lt 1 4 gt TRACe lt 1 3 gt SMOothing APERture Value Specifies the aperture of the window to be used when trace smoothing is performed Asingle aperture applies to all traces which require smoothing thus the numeric suffixes for WINDow lt 1 4 gt and TRACe lt 1 3 gt are irrelevant Parameters Value numeric value RST 0 Example DISP TRACI SMO APER 1 Sets the smoothing window for trace 1 to 1 96 Usage SCPI conform Mode PHN DISPlay WINDow lt 1 4 gt TRACe lt 1 3 gt SMOothing STATe State Specifies whether smoothing of a particular trace is carried out The numeric suffix at WINDow lt 1 4 gt is irrelevant Parameters State ON OFF RST OFF Example DISP TRAC1 SMO 1 Specifies that smoothing of trace 1 is to be performed Usage
92. s State ON OFF RST OFF Example INP PRES STAT ON preselection is switched on Mode PHN The command is only available with the preselector option B2 INPut subsystem INPut GAIN STATe lt State gt This command switches the preamplifier on or off only for option RF Preamplifier R amp S FSV B22 B24 With option R amp S FSV B22 the preamplifier only has an effect below 7 GHz With option R amp S FSV B24 the amplifier applies to the entire frequency range Operating Manual 1173 0708 02 02 70 R amp S FSV K40 Firmware Option Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 4 2 10 4 2 11 Remote Control Parameters State ON OFF RST OFF Example INP GAIN STAT ON Switches on 20 dB preamplification Mode A CDMA EVDO NF WCDMA GSM INITiate subsystem INITiate lt n gt CONTinuous State This command determines whether the trigger system is continuously initiated continu ous or performs single measurements single In the Spectrum mode this setting refers to the sweep sequence switching between continuous single sweep Suffix n irrelevant Parameters State ON OFF RST ON Example INIT CONT OFF Switches the sequence single sweep INIT CONT ON Switches the sequence to continuous sweep Mode all MMEMory subsystem MMEMory STORe lt n gt LIST lt FileName gt This command stores the current list evaluation results ina lt file name gt dat file The file consists o
93. se Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 4 2 4 DISPlay Subsystem eene nnne nennen nenne nennen 66 42 5 FETCH SUbSySIOImi i cient pet terrere tnde ERR nas eben suae eR Aa anna ERR a EE 67 4 2 6 DISPlay SUbSYS EM eene nennen nennen enne nnnm nne nnne nnns 68 4 2 7 FORMat subsystem sss eene nennen nee nennen rne nennen 70 4 2 8 NPU SUDSySIOIILL uere rei tenerte tenu cadezenvanged ded EELER 70 4 2 9 NPut subsvstem eene rn nen nne nn nakani ren en nennen nns 70 4 2 10 INITiate subsvstem eene nennen rrr nennen nennen nnns 71 4 2 11 MMEWMory subsvstem nee eene ern rn nene erret nnne nennen 71 4 2 12 SENSe Gubsvstem e ene ennmerennen nene erret nemen rentrer nennen 72 4 2 13 STATUS Gubsvstem nennen eren enne irren nene nnne nnennns 80 4 2 14 i oditen m 82 4 1 Instrument Functions of Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 To open the main Phase Noise measurements menu e fthe Phase Noise mode is not the active measurement mode press the MODE key and activate the Phase Noise option e Ifthe Phase Noise mode is already active press the HOME key The main phase noise figure measurements menu is displayed Menu and softkey description In the following sections the specific softkeys available for phase noise measurements are described e chapter 4 1 2 Softkeys of the Phase Noise Menu R amp S FSV K40 on page 28 e chapter 4 1 7 Softkeys of the Sweep Menu SWEEP key R amp S FSV K40
94. sible For more detail see SENSe lt source gt AVERage lt n gt TYPE on page 73 Suffix n window For applications that do not have more than 1 measure ment window the suffix n is irrelevant t trace Parameters Mode WRITe VIEW AVERage MAXHold MINHold BLANK RST WRITe for TRACe1 STATe OFF for TRACe2 3 4 5 6 For details on trace modes refer to chapter 4 1 17 Trace Mode Overview on page 43 Operating Manual 1173 0708 02 02 68 R amp S FSV K40 Firmware Option Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 Example Mode Remote Control SWE CONT OFF Switching to single sweep mode SWE COUN 16 Sets the number of measurements to 16 DISP TRAC3 MODE MAXH Switches on the calculation of the maximum peak for trace 3 INIT WAI Starts the measurement and waits for the end of the 16 sweeps all DISPlay WINDow lt n gt TRACe lt t gt STATe State This command switches on or off the display of the corresponding trace in the window specified by the suffix n The other measurements are not aborted but continue running in the background Suffix n t Parameters State Example Mode window For applications that do not have more than 1 measure ment window the suffix n is irrelevant trace ON OFF RST ON for TRACe1 OFF for TRACe2 to 6 DISP TRAC3 ON all DISPlay WINDow lt n gt TRACe lt t gt Y SCALe RLEVel OF
95. span gt 0 or time span 0 of the selected delta marker relative to marker 1 or to the reference position for CALCulate n DELTamarker m FUNCtion FIXed STATe is ON in the win dow specified by the suffix lt n gt The command activates the corresponding delta marker if necessary Suffix n window For applications that do not have more than 1 measure ment window the suffix n is irrelevant m marker number Example CALC DELT3 X REL Outputs the frequency of delta marker 3 relative to marker 1 or relative to the reference position Mode A ADEMOD CDMA EVDO TDS WCDMA CALCulate lt n gt DELTamarker lt m gt Y This command queries the measured value of the selected delta marker in the specified window The corresponding delta marker is activated if necessary The output is always a relative value referred to marker 1 or to the reference position reference fixed active To obtain a correct query result a complete sweep with synchronization to the sweep end must be performed between the activation of the delta marker and the query of the y value This is only possible in single sweep mode Depending on the unit defined with CALCulate lt n gt UNIT POWer or on the activated measuring functions the query result is output in the units below Suffix lt n gt window For applications that do not have more than 1 measure ment window the suffix lt n gt is irrelevant lt m gt marker number
96. strument settings apart from level range and reference level see below can be changed without impact on the displayed trace The fact that the trace and the current instrument setting do not correspond any more is indicated by the icon on the tab label If the level range or reference level is changed the R amp S FSV automatically adapts the measured data to the changed display range This allows an amplitude zoom to be made after the measurement in order to show details of the trace SCPI command DISP TRAC MODE VIEW See DISPlay WINDow lt n gt TRACe lt t gt MODE on page 68 Operating Manual 1173 0708 02 02 33 R amp S FSV K40 Firmware Option Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 PEMAEENMGMCUIMMC EI R U d Ee eS Instrument Functions of Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 Blank Trace 1 Trace 2 Trace 3 Hides the selected trace SCPI command DISP TRAC OFF see DISPlay WINDow lt n gt TRACe lt t gt STATe on page 69 Smoothing Trace 1 Trace 2 Trace 3 Activates or deactivates smoothing for the selected trace according to the Trace Set tings on page 20 If activated the trace on the screen is smoothed by the smoothing percentage see Smoothing on page 21 Toggling this softkey has an immediate effect on the active trace on display Each trace trace1 trace2 and trace3 can be smoothed unsm
97. t Freq 1 2 9 4 ausser ir rt ra hen tak a 22 zie M a 22 Preamplifier PIeseleot iiid t de ma de b de teu a be LE uda 22 irme 22 Signal Settings The Signal Settings are the general settings concerning the level and frequency of the signal to be measured These settings contain the following parameters Frequency on page 17 Level on page 17 Sweep Forward on page 18 Verify Freq and Level on page 18 Frequency Tolerance on page 18 Level Tolerance on page 18 Frequency Signal Settings Specifies the center frequency of the signal to be measured Tip you can switch directly to this field by pressing the FREQ key SCPI command SENSe source FREQuency CENTer on page 74 Level Signal Settings Specifies the expected level of the RF input signal Tip you can switch directly to this field by pressing the AMPT key Operating Manual 1173 0708 02 02 17 R amp S FSV K40 Firmware Option Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 a SS Cm uU A Instrument Functions of Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 SENSe POWer RLEVel on page 78 Sweep Forward Signal Settings Determines the sweep direction for the current measurement ON The measurement is performed from the start offset frequency to the stop offset fre
98. t relative to the Level It is used to verify the Level of the input signal Level Tolerance specifies the maximum and mimum deviation from the specified Level setting that the input signal may vary by and still pass the verification i e the measured level between Level Level Tolerance and Level Level Tolerance is accepted SCPI command SENSe POHer RLEVel VERify TOLerance on page 78 AFC Settings Track Frequency Enables or disables the signal frequency tracking mechanism during the measurement Operating Manual 1173 0708 02 02 18 R amp S FSV K40 Firmware Option Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 mec WC ENAMRE M c p e A M ext Instrument Functions of Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 This parameter is only available when the Verify Freq and Level on page 18 parameter is enabled SCPI command SENSe FREQuency TRACk on page 76 Track Level AFC Settings Track Frequency Enables or disables the signal level tracking mechanism during the measurement This parameter is only available when the Verify Freq and Level on page 18 parameter is enabled SCPI command SENSe POWer TRACk on page 79 Display Settings The display settings configure the display of the measurement results The settings con tain the following parameters e X Axis Start on page 19 X A
99. the window specified by the suffix n If the corresponding marker was not already active it is activated and positioned on the maximum of the measurement curve If no suffix is given for DELTamarker delta marker 1 is selected automatically Suffix n window For applications that do not have more than 1 measure ment window the suffix n is irrelevant lt m gt marker number Operating Manual 1173 0708 02 02 52 R amp S FSV K40 Firmware Option Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 mm P J mU uger Remote Control Parameters State ON OFF RST OFF Example CALC DELT1 ON Switches marker 1 to delta marker mode Mode All CALCulate lt n gt DELTamarker lt m gt TRACe lt TraceNumber gt This command assigns the selected delta marker to the indicated trace in the window specified by the suffix lt n gt The selected trace must be active i e its state must be dif ferent from BLANK Suffix lt n gt window For applications that do not have more than 1 measure ment window the suffix lt n gt is irrelevant lt m gt marker number Parameters lt TraceNumber gt 1to6 Example CALC DELT3 TRAC 2 Assigns delta marker 3 to trace 2 Mode A ADEMOD CALCulate lt n gt DELTamarker lt m gt X lt Position gt This command positions the selected delta marker to the indicate
100. the default setting The trace averaging is determined by the Sweep count value see the Sweep Count softkey Sweep Count on page 32 SCPI command INIT CONT ON see INITiate lt n gt CONTinuous on page 71 Single Sweep Sets the single sweep mode after triggering starts the number of sweeps that are defined by using the Sweep Count softkey The measurement stops after the defined number of sweeps has been performed SCPI command INIT CONT OFF see INITiate lt n gt CONTinuous on page 71 Operating Manual 1173 0708 02 02 31 R amp S FSV K40 Firmware Option Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 Instrument Functions of Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 Sweep Count Opens an edit dialog box to enter the number of sweeps to be performed in the single sweep mode Values from 0 to 32767 are allowed If the values 0 or 1 are set one sweep is performed The sweep count is applied to all the traces in a diagram If the trace configurations Average Max Hold or Min Hold are set the sweep count value also determines the number of averaging or maximum search procedures SCPI command SENSe source SWEep COUNt on page 79 Softkeys of the Trace Menu TRACE key R amp S FSV K40 The TRACE key is used to configure the data acquisition for measurement and the anal ysis of the measurement data In this section only the commands specific to the phase noise option are described The following softkeys of
101. ts DEG RAD S HZ PCT are not available in the Spectrum mode Suffix n irrelevant lt k gt 1 8 limit line Parameters lt LimitLineValues gt numeric values separated by commas RST LIMit STATe is set to OFF Example CALC LIM2 LOW 30 40 10 40 30 Defines 5 lower limit values for limit line 2 in the preset unit CALC LIM2 LOW Outputs the lower limit values of limit line 2 separated by a comma Mode A ADEMOD CDMA EVDO NF TDS CALCulate lt n gt LIMit lt k gt NAME Name This command assigns a name to a limit line numbered 1 to 8 If it does not exist already a limit line with this name is created Suffix n irrelevant lt k gt limit line Parameters lt Name gt lt name of limit line gt RST REM1 to REM8 for lines 1 to 8 Example CALC LIM1 NAME FMI Assigns the name FM1 to limit line 1 Mode A ADEMOD CDMA EVDO NF TDS PHN Operating Manual 1173 0708 02 02 62 R amp S FSV K40 Firmware Option Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 m mm T OC O C H ed Remote Control CALCulate lt n gt LIMit lt k gt UNIT Unit This command defines the unit of the selected limit line Upon selection of the unit DB the limit line is automatically switched to the relative mode For units different from DB the limit line is aut
102. und or a signal is found which is outside the tolerance range then a message is displayed in the status bar No signals found within tolerance range and the measure ment is aborted Operating Manual 1173 0708 02 02 26 R amp S FSV K40 Firmware Option Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 me A w a J romm nn i UN Q8 Instrument Functions of Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 While a measurement sweep is running changing any of the settings in the General Settings or Meas Settings views causes the measurement to be aborted apart from the following settings e Verify On Off on page 30 e Track Level On Off on page 30 e Track Freq On Off on page 30 e Preset Settings on page 30 e Autoscale Y Axis on page 30 e Ref Meas on page 31 Once a measurement sweep has been performed all active limit lines as well as the limit result are displayed 4 1 1 4 Measurement Settings and Results Display The diagram header shows the general measurement settings used to obtain the current measurement results Spectrum Phase Noise Settings Residual Noise Spot Noise T1 Signal Freq 15 000000 GHz Eval from ot 1 kHz Signal Level 10 dBm Residual PM spe 10 kHz Signal Freq A Joc Residual FM 500 100 kHz Signal Level map RMS Jitter a 1 MHz Top 20 dBc Hz RF Atten Fig 4 3
103. vailable for statistics measurements SCPI command DISP TRAC MODE MAXH see DISPlay WINDow lt n gt TRACe lt t gt MODE on page 68 Min Hold Trace 1 Trace 2 Trace 3 The minimum value is determined from several measurements and displayed The R amp S FSV saves for each sweep the smallest of the previously stored currently measured values in the trace memory The detector is automatically set to Negative Peak This mode is useful e g for making an unmodulated carrier in a composite signal visible Noise interference signals or modulated signals are suppressed whereas a CW signal is recognized by its constant level This mode is not available for statistics measurements SCPI command DISP TRAC MODE MINH see DISPlay WINDow lt n gt TRACe lt t gt MODE on page 68 Average Trace 1 Trace 2 Trace 3 The average is formed over several sweeps The Sweep Count determines the number of averaging procedures see Sweep Count on page 32 All available detectors can be selected If the detector is automatically selected the sam ple detector is used see chapter 4 1 14 Detector Overview on page 40 This mode is not available for statistics measurements SCPI command DISP TRAC MODE AVER see DISPlay WINDow lt n gt TRACe lt t gt MODE on page 68 View Trace 1 Trace 2 Trace 3 The current contents of the trace memory are frozen and displayed If a trace is frozen the in
104. ve marker to a normal norm or delta marker with respect to marker 1 SCPI command CALCulate lt n gt DELTamarker lt m gt STATe on page 52 Marker Zoom Activates or deactivates the zoom for the current active marker With the zoom function more details of the measurement signal can be seen This softkey can only be selected if at least one of the markers is activated SCPI command CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion ZOOM on page 56 All Marker Off Switches all markers off It also switches off all functions and displays that are associated with the markers delta markers SCPI command CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt AOFF on page 56 Softkeys of the Marker To Menu MKR gt key R amp S FSV K40 The following table shows all softkeys available in the Marker To menu in Phase Noise mode MKR gt key E AN eege MEL 36 Makor O ACC P 37 Select Marker Opens a submenu to select one of the markers Operating Manual 1173 0708 02 02 36 R amp S FSV K40 Firmware Option Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 4 1 11 Instrument Functions of Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 Marker to Trace Opens an edit dialog box to enter the number of the trace on which the marker is to be placed SCPI command CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt TRACe on page 58 CALCulate lt n gt DELTamarker lt m gt TRACe on page 53 Softkeys of the Lines Menu LINES key R amp S FSV K40 The LINES k
105. width Operating Manual 1173 0708 02 02 45 R amp S FSV K40 Firmware Option Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 Remote Control File contents header VBW 30000 Hz Description Video bandwidth SWT 0 005 s Sweep time Trace Mode AVERAGE Display mode of trace CLR WRITE AVERAGE MAX HOLD MINHOLD Detector AUTOPEAK Detector set AUTOPEAK MAXPEAK MINPEAK AVER AGE RMS SAMPLE QUASIPEAK Sweep Count 20 Number of sweeps set File contents data section of the file Description Trace 1 Selected trace x Unit Hz Unit of x values Hz with span gt 0 s with span 0 dBm dB with statistics measurements y Unit dBm Unit of y values dB V A W depending on the selected unit with y axis LOG or with y axis LIN Values 691 Number of measurement points 10000 10 3 15 7 10130 11 5 16 9 10360 12 0 17 4 Measured values x value lt y1 gt lt y2 gt lt y2 gt being available only with detector AUTOPEAK and containing in this case the smallest of the two measured values for a measurement point 4 2 Remote Control This section specifies the remote control commands specific to the R amp S FSV K40 option Only those commands provided for this option are specified For further information on analyzer or basic settings commands refer to the correspond ing subsystem in the base unit description AAI NaO na
106. xis Stop on page 19 Autoscale Once on page 19 Y Axis Top on page 20 Y Axis Range on page 20 X Axis Start Display Settings Specifies the minimum frequency for the X axis When X Axis Start changes the Start parameter in the Measurement Settings view is updated accordingly SCPI command SENSe source FREQuency STARt on page 75 X Axis Stop Display Settings Specifies the maximum frequency for the X axis When X Axis Stop changes the Stop parameter in the Measurement Settings view is updated accordingly SCPI command SENSe source FREQuency STOP on page 75 Autoscale Once Display Settings If activated the y axis scaling is calculated from the results The autoscaling is only carried out once in the first sweep The subsequent sweeps do not autoscale the y axis When Autoscale Once is on Y Axis Top and Range parameters are unavailable When it is off the Y Axis Top and Range parameters are editable SCPI command DISPlay WINDow lt 1 4 gt TRACe lt 1 3 gt Y SCALe AUTO on page 67 Operating Manual 1173 0708 02 02 19 R amp S FSV K40 Firmware Option Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 DEE Instrument Functions of Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 Y Axis Top Display Settings Specifies the maximum phase noise level in the y axis for the trace results SCPI command DISPlay WINDow lt 1 4 gt TRACe lt 1 3 gt Y SCALe
107. ystem The CALCulate SNOise subsystem allows spot noise measurement points to be set and results returned Note that for all spot noise commands the suffix for the CALCulate command must be 1 CALCulate1 SNOise 1 CALCulate1 SNOise lt 1 CALCulate1 SNOise lt 1 CALCulate1 SNOise lt 1 FEX cM 59 EIU PM em 60 Ps 60 To E 60 CALCulate1 SNOise lt 1 4 gt AOFF Switches off all active spot noise markers in the specified measurement window Operating Manual 1173 0708 02 02 59 R amp S FSV K40 Firmware Option Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 4 2 2 5 Remote Control Example CALC1 SNO AOFF Switches off all spot noise markers in the screen A window Mode PHN CALCulate1 SNOise lt 1 4 gt STATe State Switches on or off the currently selected spot noise marker in the selected measurement window If no indication is made marker 1 is selected automatically Parameters State ON OFF RST 1 Example CALC1 SNO1 STATE ON Switches the screen A marker ON Mode PHN CALCulate1 SNOise lt 1 4 gt X lt Frequency gt Positions the selected slot noise marker to the indicated frequency Parameters lt Frequency gt lt numeric value gt Example CALC1 SNO X 2MHz Positions spot noise marker 1 in screen A to time 2 MHz Mode PHN CALCulate1 SNOise lt 1 4 gt Y Returns the measured spot noise marker result in the selected m

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