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R&S FSV-K40 Phase Noise Measurements

1. agens Remote Control SENSe FREQuency CENTer Frequency This command defines the center frequency frequency domain or measuring fre quency time domain Parameters Frequency Range 0 to fmax RST fmax 2 Default unit Hz fmax IS specified in the data sheet min span is 10 Hz Example FREQ CENT 100 MHz Manual operation See Frequency on page 15 See Frequency on page 29 SENSe FREQuency STARt Frequency This command specifies the start frequency for a phase noise measurement Parameters Frequency RST 1 kHz Example FREQ STAR 20kHz Mode PHN Manual operation See X Axis Start on page 17 See From on page 23 See X Axis Start on page 29 SENSe FREQuency STOP Frequency This command specifies the stop frequency for a phase noise measurement Parameters Frequency RST 1 MHz Example FREQ STOP 2 MHz Mode PHN Manual operation See X Axis Stop on page 17 See To on page 23 See X Axis Stop on page 29 SENSe FREQuency TRACKk State Switches the automatic frequency control on and off Parameters State ON OFF RST ON Operating Manual 1176 7549 02 02 79 R amp S FSV K40 Phase Noise Measurements Option R amp S FSV K40 mm mm OGc J ed R
2. J J2 dc P G Remote Control 2 2 6 FORMat subsystem FORMaIEDATA ses ee sede dee tetti ok ttbi ta nena nnb teda hx bn tn eg eke ke 73 FORMatDEXPOItDSEPAFBt t Essen es uie trien erga ed die Ned gek nra Pod nk ae ed de ee Eed ad Ee 73 FORMat DATA Format This command selects the data format for the data transmitted from the R amp S FSV to the controlling computer It is used for the transmission of trace data The data format of trace data received by the instrument is automatically recognized regardless of the format which is programmed Parameters Format ASCii ASCII data are transmitted in plain text separated by commas REAL REAL data are transmitted as 32 bit IEEE 754 floating point numbers in the definite length block format RST ASCII Example FORM REAL 32 FORM ASC 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 evaluation programs e g MS Excel can thus be supported 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 Manual operation See ASCII Trace Export on pag
3. 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 SENSe POWer RLEVel on page 82 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 frequency OFF The measurement is performed from the stop offset frequency to the start offset frequency Remote command SENSe SWEep FORWard on page 84 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 Operating Manual 1176 7549 02 02 15 R amp S FSV K40 Phase Noise Measurements Option R amp S FSV K40 pem m e M M M RHET Instrument Functions of Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 When Verify Freq is on Frequency Tolerance and Level Tolerance parameters become enabled Remote command SENSe FREQuency VERify STATe on page 80 Frequency Tolerance Signal Settings Used to verify the input signal frequency the value used
4. A E EE EE EE EE Instrument Functions of Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 Spectrum Phase Noise MEE x Signal Settings Residual Calculations Freguency 15 000000 GHz Use Meas Settings Level 10 dBm Eval From 1 kHz Sweep Forward E To 1 MHz Verify Freq amp Level v Frequency Tolerance max Rel Tol Abs Tol Spot Noise Settings Relative 10 Enable v Absolute 1 kHz Offset Freqi 1 kHz Level Tolerance 4 10 dB Offset Freq2 10 kHz Offset Freq3 100 kHz AFC Settings Offset Freq4 1 MHz Track Frequency mn Track Level Analyzer Settings PreSelector Display Settings Preamplifier Presel X Axis Start 1 kHz Preamplifier X Axis Stop 1 MHz Autoscale Once Lei Y Axis Top 20 dBc Hz Y Axis Range 100 dB Trace Settings Trace Offset 0 dB Smoothing 1 Smoothing Type Linear Fig 2 1 General Settings view The parameters within the General Settings view are logically grouped together into Sigiial Seti E 15 LE o o o ks RR 15 M NN Tt 15 L Swe Forward ese ee se Ede a eed ee e e ee n cd 15 L Verify Freq and Level 15 Ec oi Deo i EE IRE N sa eo GE Ao ri 16 Lr Re ER OE N OR N N 16 APG Sdiings Track WE Le soa ses Renate abe Re DE track n a Ke ER Ge 16 LE c iS DR RR EROR RERUM REA 16 Bls cic D OE OR OR OR RE es alta edad 16 DEE MM ep IET 17 4
5. Eed ks be Ese DR sede sa Ee seke Spot Noise Eye EE RE rere Offset Freq1 2 3 4 SeltliligS nier EE hehe EE eda Start Frequency RE Eo rtt eaten EN Start Offset iere eret RE Operating Manual 1176 7549 02 02 99 Status registers STATus OPERation essere 90 STATus QUEStionable 91 STATus QUEStionable LIMit seeeessssse 92 STATus QUEStionable POWer 93 Stop Frequency sss 23 tele Heu 22 sweep COUME AR EE 31 33 Sweep Continuous Single Sweep Forward Sweep Mode Settings ssssssssssssssses 21 T Trace Clear Write ees ee ee Re ER ee ee ee 32 A4 Offset Settings Trace mode UTC RE OD N 32 45 Blank Ss Clear Write ees ee Re Re ee ee 32 A4 Max dale EE N aa 32 A4 Min Hold 92 44 View 33 45 Track e EE 16 track bevel E 16 U Upper case commands ee 48 V VBW RMS deteot f idee SE cette eats Verify Freq and Level VIEW trace mod6 uisi bee Ee rer i vereda X KAS SAFE dee ees tree e beds e ee eo Eg 17 X AX S SIOP BET 17 Y Y AXIS Range im 17 VANS TOP EE 17 Z ZOOM seis EE RA RE EE Ed 36 Ambplit de terree RA lends 33 45
6. M M H H Instrument Functions of Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 Filter Bandwidth Filter Type Application 8 5 kHz CFiLter ETS300 113 12 5 kHz channels 9 kHz CFILter AM Radio 10 kHz CFILter 12 5 kHz CFILter CDMAone 14 kHz CFILter ETS300 113 20 kHz channels 15 kHz CFILter 16 kHz CFILter ETS300 113 25 kHz channels 18 kHz a 0 35 RRC TETRA 20 kHz CFILter 21 kHz CFILter PDC 24 3 kHz a 0 35 RRC IS 136 25 kHz CFILter 30 kHz CFILter CDPD CDMAone 50 kHz CFILter 100 kHz CFILter 150 kHz CFILter FM Radio 192 kHz CFILter PHS 200 kHz CFILter 300 kHz CFILter 500 kHz CFiLter J 83 8 VSB DVB USA 1 MHz CFILter CDMAone 1 228 MHz CFILter CDMAone 1 28 MHz a 0 22 RRC 1 5 MHz CFILter DAB 2MHz CFILter 3 MHz CFILter 3 75 MHz CFILter 3 84 MHz a 0 22 RRC W CDMA 3GPP 4 096 MHz a 0 22 RRC W CDMA NTT DOCoMo 5 MHz CFILter na pecu cup c v Pc MM e Operating Manual 1176 7549 02 02 43 R amp S FSV K40 Phase Noise Measurements Option R amp S FSV K40 peu RU UR Mu M a Instrument Functions of Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 Filter Bandwidth Filter Type Application 20 MHz CFILter 28 MHz CFILter 40 MHz CFILter 2 1 48 Trace Mode Overview
7. es see see ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ke ee 81 kie dl dae AUS KIE SEE EE RE N EE OE RE EE RE siendo 80 SENSe LIST RANGee1 20 SWEep COUN ee ee ee RA Re GR ee Re ee GR ee Ge ee ee ee ee ee 82 SENSe LIST RANGe lt range gt BANDwidth RESolution eene 81 SENSe LIST RANGe range FILTer TYPE ese se ee ge ee Ge ee nennen nennen nennen nnne nnns EN SENSe POWer RLEVel esses ee Re ee Re ee Re ee ke ee ee ee Ge ee ee ee ee Re ee Re ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee 82 SENSe POWer RLEVeI VERify TOLerance es ese ee see ese ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ke ee ke ee ee ee ee ee ee 83 SENSe JPOWerRLEVel VERIW GTATel AAA 82 SENSe POWer TRACK A 83 EISE Ee ee MEE EE it deep dre deed ae cep d gode te e EY Ee ee rdv eere perpe 84 SENSe SWESp FORWALE drehen ren eee orta decidere iit o ores er et EE Ee gage 84 IEN Ge I wWEenMODE RR 84 SENSe SWESGp POINIS 4 EE OR EE EE eee ancien dee 85 CALCulatesn DELTamarkeresm AOFF A 50 CALCulate n DELTamarker m TRA QGCe ee ee ee ee kk ee ee ee ee ge ee ee ke ee ee 51 CAL Culate n DEETamiatrker mo X esse eege VEER Ee Dee WE Ve be egg Ee i db be Eg eee DES Rue a Ee 51 CALCulate lt n gt DEL Tamarkensm gt i iioii eet EE N OO N EE EE 51 CALCulatesn DELTamarkersm STATe ee ee ee ee ee ee ke ke ee ee ee ee ge ee ee ke ke ee 50 CALCulatesn gt EVALUation
8. cHw LJ J Q P up Remote Control Before you can use this command you have to select a limit line with CALCulate lt n gt LIMit lt k gt NAME The limit check is activated separately with CALCulate lt n gt LIMit lt k gt STATe The result of the limit check can be queried with CALCulate lt n gt LIMit lt k gt FAIL Suffix lt n gt irrelevant lt k gt 1 8 Selects the limit line Parameters State ON OFF RST OFF Example CALC LIMA LOW STAT ON Switches on limit line 4 lower limit CALCulate lt n gt LIMit lt k gt NAME Name This command selects a limit line that already exists or defines a name for a new limit line Suffix n irrelevant lt k gt 1 8 NF 1 6 Selects the limit line Parameters lt Name gt String containing the limit line name RST REM 1 to REM8 for lines 1 to 8 Example CALC LIM1 NAME FM1 Assigns the name FM1 to limit line 1 Manual operation See Name on page 37 CALCulate lt n gt LIMit lt k gt STATe lt State gt This command turns the limit check on and off To query the limit check result use CALCulate lt n gt LIMit lt k gt FAIL Suffix n irrelevant lt k gt Selects the limit line Parameters lt State gt ON OFF RST OFF Operating Manual 1176 7549 02 02 58 R amp S FSV K40 Phase Noise Measurements Option R amp S FSV K40 m Rr M
9. 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 sec tion containing the trace data For details on an ASCII file see chapter 2 1 19 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 there fore possible to select between separators decimal point and comma using the Decim Sep softkey see Decim Sep on page 34 Remote command FORMat DEXPort DSEParator on page 73 MMEMory STORe lt n gt TRACe on page 76 Decim Sep Selects the decimal separator with floating point numerals for the ASCII Trace export to support evaluation programs e g MS Excel in different languages The values decimal point and comma can be set Remote command FORMat DEXPort DSEParator on page 73 Trace Math Opens the Trace Math submenu to select a trace math function The following func tions are available e T1 T3 gt T1 on page 34 e T2 T3 gt T2 on page 34 T1 T3 gt T1 Trace Math Activates Deactivates the trace math function that substracts Trace3 from Trace1 and copies the results
10. Instrument Functions of Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 Spectrum Phase Noise z NORMAL sl Sweep ET ET Window FLATTOP Use Overlap 1 MHz 3 MHz 30 kHz 10 296 36 ms 3 MHz 10 kon kHz 10 22277 ms 10 MHz 30 MHzl300 kHz 10 202 15 ms 30 MHzj100 MHz 1 MHz 10 21415 ms 100 MHz 300 MHz 3 MHz 10 327 75 ms 300 MHz 1 GHz 10 MHz 10 34423 ms qos aer Mel TD TE Bar mis 3 GHz 10 GHz 10 MHz 10 Tr 35118 ms Preset Settings Total Estimated Measurement Time RBW 10 96 of start frequency Average l Fig 2 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 Normal Normal averaged The measurement is slower than the Fast mode but the sub bands are averaged more Averaged Highly averaged The measurement is very slow with high average in each sub band for more accurate results Manual 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
11. 15 This bit is always 0 Operating Manual 1176 7549 02 02 92 R amp S FSV K40 Phase Noise Measurements Option R amp S FSV K40 2 2 13 4 STATus QUEStionable PNOise Register 2 2 13 5 Remote Control The bits in the STATus QUEStionable PNOise register indicate events that occur during phase noise measurements To query the status use the commands STATus QUEStionable PNOise CONDition on page 86 or STATus QUEStionable PNOise EVENt on page 88 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 STATus QUEStionable POWer Register This register contains all information about possible overloads of the unit It can be read using the commands STATus QUEStionable POWer CONDition and STATus QUEStionable POWer EVENt Table 2 6 Meaning of the bits used in the STATus QUEStionable POWer register Bit No Meaning 0 OVERIoad Screen A This bit is set if the RF input is overloaded OVLD is displayed 1 UNDerload Screen A This bit is set if the RF input is underloaded UNLD is displayed 2 IF OVerload Screen A This bit is set if
12. Manual operation See Preamplifier Preselect on page 20 See Preamplifier on page 20 INPut PRESelection STATe State Switches the preselection on or off Parameters State ON OFF RST OFF Example INP PRES STAT ON preselection is switched on Mode PHN Manual operation See PreSelector on page 20 The command is only available with the preselector option B2 Operating Manual 1176 7549 02 02 75 R amp S FSV K40 Phase Noise Measurements Option R amp S FSV K40 2 2 9 2 2 10 Remote Control INSTrument subsystem The INSTrument subsystem selects the operating mode of the unit either via text parameters or fixed numbers IBIS WLI bad EE 76 INS Trament NSELGGL oe etd desc aa a DD Tweed EN ee 76 INSTrument SELect Mode This command switches between the measurement modes by means of text parame ters Parameters Mode PNOise Phase Noise Mode R amp S FSV K40 option INSTrument NSELect Mode This command switches between the measurement modes by means of numbers Parameters Mode 20 Phase Noise Mode R amp S FSV K40 option MMEMory subsystem MMEMobry S TORS n TRAGR edd ree edere eene eo ER Ee GER RR ee Ee eaters due ea RR Fees 76 MMEMory STORe lt n gt TRACe Trace lt FileName gt This command stores the selected trace in the specified window in a file with ASCII for mat The file format is described in chapter 2 1 19 ASCII File Export Format on
13. The traces can be activated individually for a measurement or frozen after completion of a measurement Traces that are not activate 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 Remote command DISP TRAC MODE WRIT see DISPlay WINDow n TRACe t MODE on page 68 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 enve lope This mode is not available for statistics measurements Remote 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 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 visi ble Noise interference si
14. 175 ERN 17 Op ONDE in ooo Mesa AO OO N 17 LY Re TOR se um 17 L YAKS AE N EA ON OR N ON 17 Trace Satins 17 BEL ie RENI TE 18 eo AAI DE gestiona tonat siut bct n cai rie ED 18 Bg Typa RR Oe EEN 18 Residual Calculations Use Meas Settings ede ed ee se Re Ee ek de Ge be ed ee eene 19 Eks su AA AE RE EE EE RE eee 19 Operating Manual 1176 7549 02 02 14 R amp S FSV K40 Phase Noise Measurements Option R amp S FSV K40 perc m SS ee eee Instrument Functions of Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 jo A OB A AS 19 Spot Mose Seltihigs e N ER Nd Mere ere pedea Pe Ds obe EE 19 Do MU EUM T OG oe ae 20 Dui dui 2M RA EE EO EE N OR N 20 Base le eR 20 Preamplifier Preselee t RE OE OR EE ENE 20 alle AE EE OO ada dera cx ed emere RE RE US 20 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 15 Level on page 15 Sweep Forward on page 15 Verify Freq and Level on page 15 Frequency Tolerance on page 16 Level Tolerance on page 16 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 Remote command SENSe FREQuency CENTer on page 79
15. Carrier Frequency Offset Table on page 22 and Preset Set tings on page 23 Sweep Settings Sweep Mode Settings The following sweep settings are displayed for information only Operating Manual 1176 7549 02 02 21 Instrument Functions of Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 Sweep type FFT Sweep or Auto Window function Window function for FFT e g Window FLATTOP Use overlap Overlapping FFTs Span Settings Defines 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 17 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 22 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 17 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 22 table Carrier Frequency Offset Table 1 Hz ft 1 Hz ft 1 Hz 3 100 Hz jo 1 MHz D Y Y Y Y Y 3 i El E D D 5 D Note The selected spans for the noise measurement are highlighted in the Carrier Frequency O
16. SCPI confirmed Mode PHN STATus QUEStionable LIMit PTRansition STATus QUEStionable POWer PTRansition This bit acts as a transition filter When a bit of the CONDition part of the associated status register for the result type is changed from 0 to 1 the PTR bit decides whether the EVENt bit is set to 1 Parameters Filter The sum of the decimal values of the event bits that are to be enabled Range 0 to 65535 Example STAT QUES LIM PTR 65535 All condition bits will be summarized in the Event register when a positive transition occurs Usage Query only SCPI confirmed Mode PHN 2 2 13 Status Reporting System In addition to the registers provided by the base system the following registers are used or modified in the Phase Noise Measurements option R amp S FSV KA0 e STATus OPERation Although this register is provided by the base system the Noise Figure Measure ments option makes use of bits not used within the base system e STATus QUEStionable Although this register is provided by the base system the Noise Figure Measure ments option makes use of bits not used within the base system e STATus QUEStionable LIMit e STATus OUEStionable PNOise Operating Manual 1176 7549 02 02 89 Remote Control e This register is provided by the R amp S FSV K40 option e STATus OUEStionable POWer Although this register is provided by the base system the Noise Figure Measure ments option ma
17. STATus QUEStionable LIMit CONDition STATus QUEStionable POWer CONDition Contains the current status of the instrument This register part can only be read but not written into or cleared Readout does not delete the contents of the CONDition sec tion Usage Query only SCPI confirmed Mode PHN STATus QUEStionable LIMit ENABle STATus QUEStionable POWer ENABle lt Filter gt Determines whether the EVENt bit of the associated status register contributes to the sum bit of the STATus QUEStionable register Each bit of the EVENT part is ANDed with the associated ENABle bit The results of all logical operations of this part are passed on to the event sum bit via an OR function Parameters Filter The sum of the decimal values of the event bits that are to be enabled for the summmary bit Range 0 to 65535 Operating Manual 1176 7549 02 02 88 R amp S FSV K40 Phase Noise Measurements Option R amp S FSV K40 mm JV G nmm ier Remote Control Usage Query only SCPI confirmed Mode PHN STATus QUEStionable LIMit NTRansition STATus QUEStionable POWer NTRansition Mode This bit acts as a transition filter When a bit of the CONDition part of the associated status register for the result type is changed from 1 to 0 the NTR bit decides whether the EVENt bit is set to 1 Usage Query only
18. Sets the absolute frequency tolerance for the verification mea surement to 1 kHz Usage SCPI confirmed Mode PHN Operating Manual 1176 7549 02 02 80 R amp S FSV K40 Phase Noise Measurements Option R amp S FSV K40 Deg Remote Control Manual operation See Frequency Tolerance on page 16 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 toler ance then the verification fails The setting for this parameter only has an effect if the SENSe FREQuency VERify STATe on page 80 or SENSe POWer RLEVel VERify STATe on page 82 command is set to ON The tolerance used during the measurement is the highest of the absolute and the rel ative 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 mea surement to 10 Usage SCPI confirmed Mode PHN Manual operation See Frequency Tolerance on page 16 SENSe LIST RANGe lt range gt BANDwidth RESolution Value This command sets the RBW value for the specified range Suffix lt range gt 1 20 range Parameters lt Value gt Refer to the data sheet RST depends on sub band
19. Trace 3 Activates or deactivates smoothing for the selected trace according to the Trace Set tings on page 17 If activated the trace on the screen is smoothed by the smoothing percentage see Smoothing on page 18 Toggling this softkey has an immediate effect on the active trace on display Each trace trace1 trace2 and trace3 can be smoothed unsmoothed individually For details on smoothing see Trace Settings on page 17 Remote command DISPlay WINDow lt n gt TRACe lt t gt SMOothing STATe on page 70 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 In continuous sweep mode if sweep count 0 default averaging is performed over 10 sweeps For sweep count 1 no averaging maxhold or minhold operations are per formed Remote command SENSe SWEep COUNt on page 84 Operating Manual 1176 7549 02 02 33 R amp S FSV K40 Phase Noise Measurements Option R amp S FSV K40 pem e ue EE EE M V H EE Eg Instrument Functions of Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40
20. ecce 78 SENSe BANDwidth BWIDth RESolution TYPE ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee 78 kak ee id AN OO OE EE ED 79 ea EES EA AE RE N EE OE EE OE N 79 SENS amp JFREDUSnCy el N ER ER EE OE RE ER 79 SENSE PREQUEnGVE oe RR RE RE N EE EE ap dia 79 SENSe FREOuency VERIySTATe ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ek se Ge Ge Ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ed ke ke nn 80 SENS FREQUEN VERIN TOLGFBREG ie ss 222 ze ed SeSe NEER Se ge GE teet we GENE MR egg ee Ee Eg 80 SENSe FREQuency VERify TOLerance RELative se se se se se ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ed 81 SENSe LIST RANGe range BANDwidth RESolution eee 81 SENSeJLISERANGesranges FIETer TYPE ne deter Penne Ag x chua i aia 81 EENS ILISTRANGeSI 205 SWESPCOUNE io EE GEES creer testet tee caa unen n 82 SENSE POWErRLE Vel T Ee ee Ke EE ee EG ER Re Rae KG GE Es OE 82 SENSe POWer RLEVel VERIfy S TATe ss ss ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee AA EA BA RA RR Re ee ee ee ee ee 82 SENSe JPOWer REEVeE VER TOLeranee ie ee NE ret De Ken RE ER gee EE N sek ee ES NE Es 83 JET ege 83 GEET 84 ka EE e EE 84 ONAA O D 84 SENSE esse IR RE a aaa AE NEK 85 SENSe JADJust ALL This command determines the ideal frequency and level configuration for the current measurement Example ADJ ALL Manual operation See Auto All on page 35 Operating Manual 1176 7549 02 02 77 R amp S FSV K40 Phase Noise Measurements Option R a
21. 00 dBm Y axis reference value Ref value position 100 Y axis reference position Trace 1 Trace number Meas Result Result type Meas Signal Magnitude Result display Demodulator Offset QPSK Demodulation type ResultMode Trace x unit sym Result mode Unit of the x axis y unit dBm Unit of the y axis Trace Mode Clear Write Trace mode Values 592 Number of results values List of results 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 corre sponding subsystem in the base unit description iecur mm 47 CALCulate subsysteM iese ee ee AR ee AA RR Re eene nennen nennen nennen nnne 50 CALCulate DELTamarker subsvstem ese ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee 50 CALCulate EVALuation Subsystem iese ee ee ee ee ke ee ek ke ee ee Ge Re ene 52 CALCulate LIM subsysteM ee ee ee ee AA Re AR Re eem ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee 53 Programming Example for Limit Lines 60 CALculate MARker subsysteM ees ees ee ee ee ek Re ee eee ek Re ee AR Re ee ee ee Re ee ee ee be ee ee 61 CALCulate SNOise SubsysteM ee cc ee ee ee ee AR ee AA ee Re AA ee ee ee Re ee ee ee ee ee 64 Other CALCulate commande 66 46 Operating Manual 1176 7549 02 02 R amp S FSV
22. Marker ZO0m nent nre eren inna rn Max Hold EE EE EE rote Meas Settings Miri Hold 5 EE EE N Preamp On Off remote control a Preset Settings uini t eee Ref Level remote control sessusss ref meas Tel ie RR EE AE EE EE Save remote control x Select 1 2 3 4 remote control sssss Signal Setting ARE RI EE EE N Single Meas remote control SINGIS SWEDE EE EER EE et es RE se Dee aes Single Sweep remote control ieke ee Smoothing e Smoothirig RE EE OE ie eerie ntu Smoothirig96 EE EE EE OE OE enri Span Start Span Slope recie E idee eiie Spot NOISE ER ore Ee te e ed Start remote control Start Frequency remote control Stop remote control ee Re RR ee ee Stop Frequency remote control Subspan RBW oaa ete sei RED eiae Sweep Count remote Control Sweep List remote control Sweep Mode Sweep Points remote control ssss SWEEPOUT Trace Mode remote control sussse Trace SeuingS i e eee dee rere dress Track Freq On Off Track Level ele TRACKFREQONY JOFF sese TRACKLEVELON OFF Metify On Off ertet retenir VERIEYON OPFE RE EE trn View T X AXIS Statt urere teri eran E Ee NEE Y Axis Range Y AXIS TOD ME Span Settiligs coit ica Ave ied Av see ea ees geed Special characters
23. Models Users of R amp S FSV 1307 9002Kxx models should consider the following differences to the description of the newer R amp S FSV 1321 3008Kxx models e Functions that are based on the Windows operating system e g printing or set ting up networks may have a slightly different appearance or require different set tings on the Windows XP based models For such functions refer to the Windows documentation or the documentation originally provided with the R amp S FSV instru ment e The R amp S FSV 1307 9002K03 model is restricted to a maximum frequency of 3 GHz whereas the 1321 3008K04 model has a maximum frequency of 4 GHz e The bandwidth extension option R amp S FSV B160 1311 2015 xx is not available for the R amp S FSV 1307 9002Kxx models The maximum usable UO analysis bandwidth for these models is 28 MHz or with option R amp S FSV B70 40 MHz Operating Manual 1176 7549 02 02 9 R amp S FSV K40 Phase Noise Measurements Option R amp S FSV K40 2 Phase Noise Measurements Option R amp S FSV K40 Phase Noise Measurement Software R amp S FSV K40 extends the measurement capa bilities 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 resolu tion
24. Offset Table The estimated measurement time for each sub band Note this time is for the measure 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 29 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 Off set Table on page 22 2 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 Operating Manual 1176 7549 02 02 23 R amp S FSV K40 Phase Noise Measurements Option R amp S FSV K40 Instrument Functions of Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 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 OD 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 bot tom of the screen A progress bar is also displayed to show progress through the cur rent measurement sweep After successful completion of a single measurement the status bar displays Measurement Com
25. SE MERE Instrument Functions of Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 2 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 the default setting The trace averaging is determined by the sweep count value see the Sweep Count softkey Sweep Count on page 31 Remote command INIT CONT ON see INITiate lt n gt CONTinuous on page 73 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 Remote command INIT CONT OFF see INITiate lt n gt CONTinuous on page 73 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 In continuous sweep mode if sweep count 0 default averaging is performed over 10 sweeps For sweep count 1 no averaging maxhold or minhold operations are per formed Remote command SENSe SWEep COUNt on page 84 2 1 8 Softkeys of the Tr
26. 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 information 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 Introduction General information Chapter 2 Front and Rear Panel Chapter 3 Preparing for Use Chapter 4 Firmware Update and Installation of Firmware Options Chapter 5 Basic Operations Chapter 6 Basic Measurement Examples Chapter 7 Brief Introduction to Remote Control Appendix Printer Interface Appendix 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 described here The set of measurement examples in the Quick Start Guide is expan ded 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
27. event register for the selected limit line 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 k gt 1 8 limit line Example CALC LIM CLE Deletes the result of the limit check Mode PHN 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 Suffix lt n gt irrelevant lt k gt Selects the limit line Parameters lt Comment gt String containing the comment The maximum number of char acters the string may contain is 40 Example CALC LIM5 COMM Upper limit for spectrum Defines the comment for limit line 5 Operating Manual 1176 7549 02 02 54 R amp S FSV K40 Phase Noise Measurements Option R amp S FSV K40 mmm P Qtr Remote Control CALCulate lt n gt LIMit lt k gt CONTrol DATA lt LimitLinePoints gt This command defines the horizontal definition points of a lower limit line Suffix lt n gt Selects the measurement window lt k gt 1 8 Selects the limit line Parameters lt LimitLinePoints gt Variable number of x axis values Note that the number of horizontal values has to be the same as the number of vertical values set with CALCulate lt n gt LIMit k LOWer DATA Or CALCulate lt n gt LIMit lt k
28. into Trace To switch off the trace math use the Trace Math Off softkey Remote command CALCulate lt n gt MATH EXPression DEFine on page 66 CALCulate lt n gt MATH STATe on page 66 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 Remote command CALCulate lt n gt MATH EXPression DEFine on page 66 CALCulate lt n gt MATH STATe on page 66 Operating Manual 1176 7549 02 02 34 R amp S FSV K40 Phase Noise Measurements Option R amp S FSV K40 2 1 10 Instrument Functions of Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 Trace Math Off Trace Math Deactivates any previously selected trace math functions Remote command CALC MATH STAT OFF see CALCulate lt n gt MATH STATe on page 66 Softkeys of the Auto Set menu AUTO SET Key R amp S FSV K40 The following table shows all softkeys available in the Auto Set menu These func tions automatically select the optimal settings for the current measurement ARO All ists OE OE RE N RE NE EE 35 eg e RE EE EE N ON EE ea eae Rene 35 Auto Level RE OE a OE EE a aaia 35 Auto All Performs all automatic settings e Auto Freq on page 35 e Auto Level on page 35 This function overwrites the Level and Frequency settings in the Signal Settings see Signal Settings on pag
29. minimum value within a measure ment point RMS Rm Determines the root mean square power within a measurement point Operating Manual 1176 7549 02 02 40 R amp S FSV K40 Phase Noise Measurements Option R amp S FSV K40 Ech Instrument Functions of Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 Detector Indicator Function Average Av Determines the linear average power within a mea surement point Sample Sa Selects the last value within a measurement point 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 the 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 oscil lator step speed is conform to the hardware settling times and does not affect the pre cision 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 num ber 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 p
30. page 45 The decimal separator decimal point or comma for floating point numerals contained in the file is defined with the FORMat DEXPort DSEParator command see FORMat DEXPort DSEParator on page 73 Suffix lt n gt window For applications that do not have more than 1 measure ment window the suffix lt n gt is irrelevant Parameters lt Trace gt 1 to 3 selected measurement trace lt FileName gt DOS file name The file name includes indication of the path and the drive name Indication of the path complies with DOS conventions Operating Manual 1176 7549 02 02 76 R amp S FSV K40 Phase Noise Measurements Option R amp S FSV K40 2 2 11 Remote Control Example MMEM STOR TRAC 3 TEST ASC Stores trace 3 in the file TEST ASC Manual operation See ASCII Trace Export on page 34 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 SEN SR DADA Da uses hec err iran deb ran dert reda non mra 77 SENSE JAD Just e EE 78 E re TEEN 78 SENSe BANDwidth BWIDth RESolution RATiO
31. programming examples is given Information on maintenance instrument interfa ces and error messages is also provided Operating Manual 1176 7549 02 02 5 R amp S FSV K40 Preface mm HW X R OE C I C O O A P Documentation Overview In the individual option manuals the specific instrument functions 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 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 Operating Manual R amp S FSV K70 Vector Signal Analysis Getting Started First measurements e R amp S FSV K72 3GPP FDD BTS Analysis e R amp S FSV K73 3GPP FDD UE Analysis e R amp S FSV K76 77 3GPP TD SCDMA BTS UE Measurement e R amp S FSV K82 83 CDMA2000 BTS MS Analysis e R amp S FSV K84 85 1xEV DO BTS MS Analysis e R amp S FSV K91 WLAN IEEE 802 11 e R amp S FSV K93 WiMAX IEEE 802 16 OFD
32. range Example CALC MARK2 X 1 7MHz Positions marker 2 to frequency 1 7 MHz Manual operation See Marker 1 2 3 4 on page 36 CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt Y lt YValue gt This command queries the measured value of the selected marker in the window specified by the suffix lt n gt or defines its y value The corresponding marker is activa ted before or switched to marker mode if necessary Operating Manual 1176 7549 02 02 63 R amp S FSV K40 Phase Noise Measurements Option R amp S FSV K40 NEER EE J a Poen Remote Control To obtain a correct query result a complete sweep with synchronization to the sweep end must be performed after the change of a parameter and before the query of the Y value This is only possible in single sweep mode The y value is defined in dBc Hz 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 YValue gt numeric value Return values lt Result gt The measured value of the selected marker is returned Example 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 Mode PHN Manual operation See Marker 1 2 3 4 on page 36 2 2 2 6 CAL
33. sponding firmware version is indicated on the title page of the release notes The cur rent release notes are provided in the Internet 1 2 Conventions Used in the Documentation 1 2 1 Typographical Conventions The following text markers are used throughout this documentation Convention Description Graphical user interface ele All names of graphical user interface elements on the screen such as ments dialog boxes menus options buttons and softkeys are enclosed by quotation marks KEYS Key names are written in capital letters File names commands File names commands coding samples and screen output are distin program code guished 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 quota tion marks 1 2 2 Conventions for Procedure Descriptions When describing how to operate the instrument several alternative methods may be available to perform the same task In this case the procedure using the touchscreen is described Any elements that can be activated by touching can also be clicked using an additionally connected mouse The alternative procedure using the keys on the instrument or the on screen keyboard is only described if it deviates from the standard operating procedures The term select may refer to any of the describ
34. the new settings are used by the R amp S FSV for further measurements If the display has not yet been switched to the new frequency display range and you press the softkey the procedure is aborted If an instrument setting is changed during this operation the procedure is also aborted Remote command CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion ZOOM on page 62 All Marker Off Switches all markers off It also switches off all functions and displays that are associ ated with the markers delta markers Remote command CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt AOFF on page 61 Operating Manual 1176 7549 02 02 36 R amp S FSV K40 Phase Noise Measurements Option R amp S FSV K40 pem e TU EE EE M MH H H Eg Instrument Functions of Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 2 1 11 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 Select EE eegen Eed NEE ER 37 Marker TO TiacE EE 37 Select Marker Opens a submenu to select one of the markers Marker to Trace Opens an edit dialog box to enter the number of the trace on which the marker is to be placed Remote command CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt TRACe on page 63 2 1 12 Softkeys of the Lines Menu LINES key R amp S FSV K40 The LINES key is used to configure limit and display l
35. window for trace 1 to 1 96 Usage SCPI confirmed Mode PHN Manual operation See Trace Settings on page 17 See Smoothing on page 18 Operating Manual 1176 7549 02 02 69 R amp S FSV K40 Phase Noise Measurements Option R amp S FSV K40 mmER QR EE EE NR Remote Control DISPlay WINDow lt n gt TRACe lt t gt SMOothing STATe State Specifies whether smoothing of a particular trace is carried out Suffix n irrelevant t 1 3 trace Parameters State ON OFF RST OFF Example DISP TRAC1 SMO 1 Specifies that smoothing of trace 1 is to be performed Usage SCPI confirmed Mode PHN Manual operation See Smoothing on page 33 DISPlay WINDow lt n gt TRACe lt t gt SMOothing TYPE Type Specifies whether linear or logarithmic smoothing is to be used when trace smoothing is performed Suffix lt n gt irrelevant lt t gt 1 3 trace Parameters Type LINear LOGarithmic RST LIN Example DISP TRAC1 SMO TYPE LIN Sets the smoothing type for trace 1 Usage SCPI confirmed Mode PHN Manual operation See Smoothing Type on page 18 DISPlay WINDow lt n gt TRACe lt t gt Y SCALe AUTO Mode This command turns automatic scaling of the y axis on and off If on the R amp S FSV determines the ideal scale of the y axis for the current measure ment results Operating Manual 1176 7549 02 02 70 R amp S FS
36. 0 Instrument Functions of Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 e CISPR 6 dB filters e MIL Std 6 dB filters Note that the 6 dB bandwidths are available only with option R amp S FSV K54 e Channel filters For details see chapter 2 1 17 List of Available RRC and Channel Filters on page 42 Channel filters do not support FFT mode e RRC filters For details see chapter 2 1 17 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 2 1 17 List of Available RRC and Channel Filters For power measurement a number of especially steep edged channel filters are availa ble see the following table The indicated filter bandwidth is the 3 dB bandwidth For RRC filters the fixed roll off factor a is also indicated Table 2 2 Filter types Filter Bandwidth Filter Type Application 100 Hz CFiLter 200 Hz CFiLter AO 300 Hz CFiLter 500 Hz CFILter 1 kHz CFiLter 1 5 kHz CFILter 2kHz CFILter 2 4 kHz CFiLter SSB 2 7 kHz CFiLter 3 kHz CFILter 3 4 kHz CFILter 4 kHz CFiLter DAB Satellite 4 5 kHz CFILter 5kHz CFILter 6 kHz CFILter 6 kHz a 0 2 RRC APCO Operating Manual 1176 7549 02 02 42 R amp S FSV K40 Phase Noise Measurements Option R amp S FSV K40 peu RU eR EE EE
37. 6 7549 02 02 53 R amp S FSV K40 Phase Noise Measurements Option R amp S FSV K40 NEER EE Sd Remote Control A short programming example for limit lines is provided in chapter 2 2 2 4 Program ming Example for Limit Lines on page 60 CALCulate lt n gt LlMit lt k gt CLEar IMMediate eene enne 54 GAL CUulatesmssEIMIiES ere E EE 54 GALEulatesns LIMiteks CONTO DATA issie sos ee RE onn te eni e tere thee bonus 55 CALCulatesn 7 LIMitek7 CONTTOLSHIFL ee ee ees es ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee enne nennen nnns ee ee ee ee ee 55 GALEulatesks UMIKA GOP EE 55 GALEulstesne LIMitekr DELetS iii AE RS ESE eene xta shaded RE ee ee Ke See RR A EE EER 56 eer ae LIMISK gt uu EE 56 CALCulatesmEIMitSk S LOWer DATA E 57 OALEulatssnEsEIMitsk HOW er SPIEL sesse Se ed ek A Ene ERG De Ee ee see Ne rr eke EE 57 CALCulatesn7 LIMitek7 LOWer STATe ee ee se ee EE Ee ee EE ee ee EE ee aa ee ee ee ee 57 CAL Culate nz UIMKSNAME ese sesse se see ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ER nenne ee ee Re ee ee ee seen ee ee 58 CALCUlate nA EI ie STATO RR EE EO OE OO ger 58 GALCulatesn LIMitek TRAGIES es 59 CALOCulate n LIMit k UPPer DATA 59 CALC latesn gt EI Re TEE 59 GAL GCulate nssEIMIES SMS ESE OE OO EE RR ee 60 CALCulate lt n gt LIMit lt k gt CLEar IMMediate This command deletes the result of the current limit check stored in the STATus QUEStionable LIMit
38. 7549 02 02 59 R amp S FSV K40 Phase Noise Measurements Option R amp S FSV K40 mmmm H J J UnJnY Remote Control Suffix n window For applications that do not have more than 1 measure ment window the suffix n is irrelevant ko 1 8 limit line Parameters lt YValue gt lt numeric_value gt RST CALC LIM is set to OFF Example CALC LIM2 UPP SHIF 20 dB Shifts all Y values of limit line 2 by 20 dB Mode PHN CALCulate lt n gt LIMit lt k gt UPPer STATe lt State gt This command turns a lower limit line on and off Before you can use this command you have to select a limit line with CALCulate lt n gt LIMit lt k gt NAME The limit check is activated separately with CALCulate lt n gt LIMit lt k gt STATe The result of the limit check can be queried with CALCulate lt n gt LIMit lt k gt FAIL Suffix lt n gt irrelevant lt k gt 1 8 Selects the limit line Parameters State ON OFF RST OFF Example CALC LIMA UPP STAT ON Switches on limit line 4 upper limit 22 24 Programming Example for Limit Lines The following example describes a simple limit line scenario via remote control Programming task Definition and use of a new limit line 5 for a trace in the Noise Figure window with the following features e upper limit line e 5reference values 126 MHz 40 dB 127
39. ALCulate lt n gt DELTamarker lt m gt AOFF This command turns all active delta markers off Suffix lt n gt Selects the measurement window lt m gt Selects the marker Example CALC DELT AOFF Switches off all delta markers CALCulate lt n gt DELTamarker lt m gt STATe lt State gt This command turns delta markers on and off If the corresponding marker was a normal marker it is turned into a delta marker No suffix at DELTamarker turns on delta marker 1 Suffix lt n gt Selects the measurement window lt m gt Selects the marker Operating Manual 1176 7549 02 02 50 R amp S FSV K40 Phase Noise Measurements Option R amp S FSV K40 m Ee O e C EE EE MM c Remote Control Parameters State ON OFF RST OFF Example CALC DELT1 ON Switches marker 1 to delta marker mode Manual operation See Marker 1 2 3 4 on page 36 See Marker Norm Delta on page 36 CALCulate lt n gt DELTamarker lt m gt TRACe lt TraceNumber gt This command selects the trace a delta marker is positioned on The corresponding trace must have a trace mode other than Blank Suffix lt n gt Selects the measurement window lt m gt Selects the marker Parameters lt TraceNumber gt 1 6 Trace number the marker is positioned on Example CALC DELT3 TRAC 2 Assigns delta marker 3 to trace 2 CALCulate lt n gt DELTamarker lt m gt X Position This command positi
40. CALC LIM1 COPY 2 Copies limit line 1 to line 2 CALC LIM1 COPY FM2 Copies limit line 1 to a new line named FM2 CALCulate lt n gt LIMit lt k gt DELete This command deletes a limit line Suffix lt n gt irrelevant lt k gt Selects the limit line Example CALC LIM1 DEL Deletes limit line 1 Usage Event Manual operation See Delete on page 38 CALCulate lt n gt LIMit lt k gt FAIL This command queries the result of a limit check Note that for SEM measurements the limit line suffix lt k gt is irrelevant as only one spe cific SEM limit line is checked for the currently relevant power class To get a valid result you have to perform a complete measurement with synchroniza tion to the end of the measurement before reading out the result This is only possible for single sweeps Suffix lt n gt irrelevant lt k gt limit line Return values lt Result gt 0 PASS 1 FAIL Example INIT WAT Starts a new sweep and waits for its end CALC LIM3 FAIL Queries the result of the check for limit line 3 Operating Manual 1176 7549 02 02 56 R amp S FSV K40 Phase Noise Measurements Option R amp S FSV K40 pem m E EE SSS SS UU EE NEE MEE UU ETUR Remote Control Usage Query only CALCulate n LIMit k LOWer DATA lt LimitLinePoints gt This command defines the vertical definition points of a lower limit line If the measured values are smaller than the LOWer limit l
41. Culate SNOise Subsystem 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 GAL Gulatesn SNOBesIm AOE PF ins EE 64 GAL Culatesn gt SNOIsesm gt STA VE 65 OGAECulatesm gt SNOIBOSITINEN ea cavete ia tee rtr ee rrt ae e ti cnr e ine cea 65 CALGUE el EEN 65 CALCulate lt n gt SNOise lt m gt AOFF Switches off all active spot noise markers in the specified measurement window Suffix lt n gt 1 window lt m gt 1 4 spot noise marker Operating Manual 1176 7549 02 02 64 R amp S FSV K40 Phase Noise Measurements Option R amp S FSV K40 m M HH P ip e M r pst Remote Control Example CALC1 SNO AOFF Switches off all spot noise markers in the screen A window Mode PHN Manual operation See Enable on page 20 CALCulate lt n gt SNOise lt m gt STATe State Switches on or off the currently selected spot noise marker in the selected measure ment window If no indication is made marker 1 is selected automatically Suffix n 1 window m 1 4 spot noise marker Parameters lt State gt ON OFF RST 1 Example CALC1 SNO1 STATE ON Switches the screen A marker ON Mode PHN Manual operation See Enable on page 20 CALCulate lt n gt SNOise lt m gt X Frequency Positions the selected slot noise mar
42. DISPlay WINDow n TRACe t SMOothing STATe eene 70 DISPlay WINDowesn TRACest SMOothing TYPE ss se es ee ee ee ee ee de ee ek Ge eene 70 DISPlay WINDow n TRACe t Y SCALe AUTO eese nennen 70 DISPlay WINDow n TRACe t Y SCALe RLEVel eese 71 DISPlay WINDow n TRACe t Y SCALe RLEVel OFFSet eese 71 DISPlay WINDow lt n gt TRACe lt t gt STATe State This command switches on or off the display of the corresponding trace The other measurements are not aborted but continue running in the background Suffix n window For applications that do not have more than 1 measure ment window the suffix n is irrelevant t trace Parameters State ON OFF RST ON for TRACe1 OFF for TRACe2 to 6 Example DISP TRAC3 ON Manual operation See Blank on page 33 DISPlay WINDow lt n gt TRACe lt t gt MODE Mode This command defines the type of display and the evaluation of the traces WRITE cor responds to the Clr Write mode of manual operation 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 AVERage lt n gt COUNt or SENSe SWEep COUNt commands It should be noted that synchronization to the end of the indicated number of measurements is only possibl
43. Example LIST RANG2 BAND RES 5000 Sets the RBW for range 2 to 5 kHz Mode PHN SENSe LIST RANGe lt range gt FILTer TYPE Type This command sets the filter type for the specified range sub band Suffix range 1 20 range sub band Operating Manual 1176 7549 02 02 81 R amp S FSV K40 Phase Noise Measurements Option R amp S FSV K40 mm A Remote Control Parameters Type NORMal Gaussian filters FFT FFT filter RST NORM The available bandwidths of the filters are specified in the data sheet Example LIST RANG1 FILT TYPE FFT Sets the FFT filter type for range 1 Mode PHN SENSe LIST RANGe lt 1 20 gt SWEep COUNt Value Selects the sweep count for the specified sub band Parameters lt Value gt lt numeric value gt RST sub band dependent Example SENS LIST RANG2 SWE COUN 1 Sets the sweep count to 1 Usage SCPI confirmed Mode PHN SENSe POWer RLEVel lt Power gt This command specifies the expected power Parameters lt Power gt 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 confirmed Mode PHN Manual operation See Leve on page 15 See Level on page 30 SENSe POWer RLEVel VERify STATe State Specifies whether frequency and level verification are to be performed before a phase noise meas
44. IMIENTISRSITOR 2 2 EER GES SR REESEN GE N Re ERG GR 89 STATISOUESHonable FOWer NTRANSION 2 GEES SENSE EE ES ed er Pe GE SERE Ee Ee EN EER eed 89 STATUSOUEStonable LIMiEPTRansitiON iese ses sk ss SE ER tinh Re GE SE EEN sd Ed SN Rn mand Gee se ENN 89 STATus OUEStionable POWEerPTRansiti0ON ees ee se ee ee ss ee aiaia ee ee ee ee 89 STATus QUEStionable CONDition This command queries the CONDition part of the STATus QUEStionable register This part contains the sum bit of the next lower register This register part can only be read but not written into or cleared Readout does not delete the contents of the CON Dition part Example STAT QUES COND Mode all STATus QUEStionable EVENt This command queries the contents of the EVENt part of the STATus QUEStionable register The EVENt part indicates whether an event has occurred since the last read ing it is the memory of the condition part It only indicates events passed on by the transition filters It is permanently updated by the instrument This part can only be read by the user Reading the register clears it Example STAT QUES Usage Query only Mode all STATus QUEStionable PNOise CONDition Queries the contents of the CONDition section of the STATus QUEStionable PNOIse register Readout does not delete the contents of the CONDition section Example STAT QUES PNO COND Usage Query only SCPI confirmed Mode PHN Operating Manu
45. K40 Phase Noise Measurements Option R amp S FSV K40 Remote Control 2 2 3 CONFigure SubsysteM iese ee ee ee ee AA RR Re AA ee nene AR Re ee en nennen nennen nnns 67 2 2 4 DISPlay SubsysteM ie eee eee etter ee Re ee Ge eee Re ee ee Re ee ee ee AR ee ee Re ee ee ee 68 2 2 5 FETCh Subsystem iese sesse ee ee eee ee ke ee ee Ge Re ee ee nennen Re ee ee ee Re ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee 72 2 2 6 FORMat subsysteM iese ese ee eee ee ee ee ee eee tates ee ke ee ee Ge RR ee nennen nennen nnne enn 73 MAN ELE EE EE OE EE 73 2 2 8 INPut SubsysteM ec eee se ee eee ee Re ee ee Re ee ee Ge RR ee ee Ge Re ee ee Re ee ee ee Re ee nnne en nnns 75 2 2 9 INSTrumentsubsysteM ese ee ee ee ke ee ee ke ee eee ee Re ee ee ke ee ee ee ke ee ee ee ke ee ee ee ke ee ee 76 2 2 10 MMEMory subsysteM iese esse see se ees ese ee ke ee ee ee kke ee ee ee ke ee ee ee Re ee ee ee Re ee ee ee ke ee ee ee Re ee ee ee 76 2 2 11 SENSe SubsysteM ii cece eee een ee erie ee ee Ge Re nennen Re ee ee ee RR ee ee ke ee ee ee Re ee ee ee 71 2 2 12 STATUS SubsysteM eie ee ee ee Re ee ee ee ee ee ee ee neret nennen ee Re ee ee ee ee 85 2 2 13 Status Reporting Gvstem ese ee ee ee AA ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee Re ee ee ee 89 2 2 13 1 STATus OPERation Register 90 2 2 13 2 STATus QUEStionable Register sse enm nennen 91 2 2 13 3 STATus QUEStionable LIMit Register ees see ee ee Re ee ee Re nnm 92 2 2 13 4 STATus QUEStionable PNOi
46. M OFDMA Analysis e R amp S FSV K100 K104 EUTRA LTE Downlink Measurement Application e R amp S FSV K101 K105 EUTRA LTE Uplink Measurement Application These manuals are available in PDF format on the CD delivered with the instrument 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 troubleshooting and fault elimination It contains all information required for repairing the R amp S FSV by replacing modules The manual includes the following chap ters 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 avail able options It describes both manual and remote operation The online help is instal Operating Manual 1176 7549 02 02 6 R amp S FSV K40 Preface rs oe M CD OM E ME ar qma Conventions Used in the Documentation led 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 func tions eliminated problems and last minute changes to the documentation The corre
47. MHz 40 dB 128 MHz 20 dB Operating Manual 1176 7549 02 02 60 R amp S FSV K40 Phase Noise Measurements Option R amp S FSV K40 mm c J es cl Remote Control 129 MHz 40 dB 130 MHz 40 dB Definition of the line Defining the name CALC LIMS NAME TESTI Entering the comment CALC LIM5 COMM Upper limit line Associated trace in screen A CALC LIM5 TRAC 2 Defining the X axis values CALC LIM5 CONT 126MHZ 127MHZ 128MHZ 129MHZ 130MHZ Defining the y values CALC LIM5 UPP 40 40 30 40 40 Switching on and evaluating the line Switching on the line CALC LIM5 UPP STAT ON Switching on the limit CALC LIM5 STAT ON Starting a new measurement with synchronization INIT WAI Querying the limit check result CALC LIM5 FAIL 2 2 2 5 CALculate MARker subsystem CALCu latesn MARKersm gt AQF ET 61 CALC late lt n MARKer lt em gt FUNGON ZOOM inaa aR ER 62 GALEulatesns MARKersmESTATel ins EE EERS ooh toon bra eode aa Re Se RA de N aaa 62 CALCulatesn7 MARKersmPTRACe ee ee se ee see RE ee RE ee EE ee Re ee ee ER ee EE ee sa ee ee ee 63 CALCUlatEe pd MARK OE EE E RR dd RU a 63 se eebe Ned MR N EO eee estere e E EUR 63 CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt AOFF This command all markers off including delta markers and marke
48. Mory subsvstem sees esse ee ee ee ee ke ee eee ek ke eene emen ke ee ee ek kke ee ee ee ke ee ee ee ke ee ee aaa 76 SENSe SubsysteM ees sees ees ee ee ee ee de ee ee ee Re ed ee be ee ee ee Re ee ern ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee 71 STATUS SubsysteM iese sees insek ee AR ee AR ke ee RA ke Ge RA ee AR Ke RR eke ee ee ka de 85 Status Reporting SySteM eie ees ee ee ee Re ee retinas ee ee Re ee ee ee ke ee ee ee nennen nnne nnn 89 TRACE SUDSYSLOM ee ee se Re ee ee Re ee er rete ee Ge Re ee ee enne nennen enne nnne ener nene 94 Other Commands Referenced in this Document 94 Instrument Functions of Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 To open the main Phase Noise measurements menu e If the Phase Noise mode is not the active measurement mode press the MODE key and activate the Phase Noise option e fthe 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 chapter 2 1 2 Softkeys of the Phase Noise Menu R amp S FSV K40 on page 26 e chapter 2 1 7 Softkeys of the Sweep Menu SWEEP key R amp S FSV K40 on page 31 chapter 2 1 8 Softkeys of the Trace Menu TRACE key R amp S FSV K40 on page 31 chapter 2 1 9 Softkeys of the Auto Set menu AUTO SET Key R amp S FSV K40 on page 35 e chapter 2 1 12 Softke
49. PH P EE A c psu Remote Control Example CALC LIM STAT ON Switches on the limit check for limit line 1 CALCulate lt n gt LIMit lt k gt TRACe Number This command assigns a limit line to the selected trace Suffix n irrelevant lt k gt 1 8 limit line Parameters lt Number gt 1 6 Trace number RST 1 Example CALC LIM1 TRAC 2 Assigns the limit line 1 to trace 2 Mode PHN CALCulate n LIMit k UPPer DATA lt LimitLinePoints gt This command defines the vertical definition points of an upper limit line If the measured values exceed the UPPer limit line the limit is violated Suffix n irrelevant lt k gt 1 8 Selects the limit line Parameters lt LimitLinePoints gt Variable number of x axis values Note that the number of horizontal values has to be the same as the number of vertical values set with CALCulate lt n gt LIMit lt k gt CONTrol DATA If not the R amp S FSV either adds missing values or ignores surplus values RST LIMit STATe 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 upper limit values for limit line 2 separated by a comma CALCulate lt n gt LIMit lt k gt UPPer SHIFt lt YValue gt This command moves a limit line by the indicated value in y direction The line is shif ted by modifying the individual y values Operating Manual 1176
50. QUEStionable LIMit NTRansition ee ee Re Re Re ee Re ee ee ee Re ee ee ee eek ee eke ee ee 89 STATus OUEStionable LIMitPTRansitiON ee ee ee ee AR Re Re ee AR Re ee de ee Re ee ee Re ee eke ee ee 89 STATus QUEStionable LIMit GE EE 88 STATus QUEStionable PNOise CONDition ee Re Re AA ee ee Re ee Re ee eek ee eke ee ee 86 STATus OUEStionable PNOise ENABle eise ese ee ek ee ee ee Re AA ek ke ee Ge ee ee nnne STATus OUEStionable PNOise NTRansition STATus QUEStionable PNOise PTRansition STATu s QUESti nable PNOIse EVEN 88 STATus OUEStionable POWer CONDItON ee ee ee ee Re ee ee Re ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee 88 STATus QUEStionable POWerENABIe 7 GER EN DENS SEE TER WRK GE GEEN rea cere DR GE GR NE NRS NEE SEEN AR GEE SERE EE NG NERVEN 88 es n Er Operating Manual 1176 7549 02 02 96 STATus OUEStionable POWEer NTRansiti0ON ee ee ee Re Re Re Re Re Re ee ee ee ek ee ee 89 STATus QUEStionable POWer PTRansition STATU s QUEStionable POWer EVEN gesteet pli piece eni edid tide rip ra E opea ee e D as 88 STATUSIQUEStIONABIE FEVENU EE EE N N 86 TRACGSNS FDATA ere OE RE N EN 94 R amp S FSV K40 Index Index A RUN SINGLE 4 rte nde rette tere 23 MAER AE OE AE EE N EE N 31 ee E Analyzer Settings L Preamplifier nitore enero rente eni Preamplifier Preselect ssssssssss 20 KM Eege EE PreS
51. R amp S FSV K40 Phase Noise Measurements Operating Manual Iti tl 5 3 o 3 E o D S IE o a 15 o i o ee This manual describes the following R amp S FSV options e R amp S FSV K40 1310 8403 02 This manual describes the following R amp S9FSV models with firmware version 2 20 and higher e R amp S FSV A 1321 3008K04 e R amp S FSV 7 1321 3008K07 e R amp S FSV 13 1321 3008K13 R amp S FSV 30 1321 3008K30 e R amp S FSV 40 1321 3008K39 e R amp S9FSV 40 1321 3008K40 It also applies to the following R amp S9FSV models However note the differences described in chapter 1 4 Notes for Users of R amp S FSV 1307 9002Kxx Models on page 9 e R amp S FSV 3 1307 9002K03 e R amp S FSV 7 1307 9002K07 e R amp S FSV 13 1307 9002K13 e R amp S FSV 30 1307 9002K30 e R amp S FSV 40 1307 9002K39 e R amp S9FSV 40 1307 9002K40 The firmware of the instrument makes use of several valuable open source software packages For information see the Open Source Acknowledgement on the user documentation CD ROM included in delivery Rohde amp Schwarz would like to thank the open source community for their valuable contribution to embedded computing 2014 Rohde amp Schwarz GmbH amp Co KG M hldorfstr 15 81671 M nchen Germany Phone 49 89 41 29 0 Fax 49 89 41 29 12 164 E mail info rohde schwarz com Internet www rohde schwarz com Subject to change Data wit
52. RACe3 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 Manual operation See T1 T3 T1 on page 34 See T2 T3 T2 on page 34 CALCulate n MATH STATe State This command switches the mathematical relation of traces on or off Operating Manual 1176 7549 02 02 66 R amp S FSV K40 Phase Noise Measurements Option R amp S FSV K40 mmm c Y ED Remote Control Suffix n irrelevant Parameters State ON OFF RST OFF Example CALC MATH STAT ON Switches on the trace mathematics Manual operation See T1 T3 T1 on page 34 See T2 T3 T2 on page 34 See Trace Math Om on page 35 2 2 3 CONFigure Subsystem The CONFigure subsystem contains commands for configuring complex measure ment tasks The CONFigure subsystem is closely linked to the functions of the FETCH subsystem where the measurement results of the measurements are queried mier se rure 67 GCONFigure POWeriEXPeclediRF caer eer Rer uhr AR HEG RE na ER Se AD Rex AE GE Ee 67 CONFiaure REFMeas le rne cde nenne dene td cena ned EN EE abc dex Eun ac gee deed 68 CONFigure POWer AUTO State Switches on or
53. SENS POW TRACk ON Sets the automatic level control to ON Usage SCPI confirmed Mode PHN Manual operation See Track Level on page 16 See Track Level On Off on page 28 Operating Manual 1176 7549 02 02 83 R amp S FSV K40 Phase Noise Measurements Option R amp S FSV K40 HEESE e TRUE UR RE EE EE EE ee EEE Se S Remote Control SENSe 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 Parameters lt NumberSweeps gt 0 to 32767 RST 0 GSM 200 PHN 1 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 Manual operation See Sweep Count on page 31 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 Parameters lt State gt ON OFF RST OFF Example SENS SWEep FORWard 1 The sweep direction is set to sweep from start to stop frequency Usage SCPI confirmed Mode PHN Manual operation See Sweep Forward on page 15 SENSe SWEep MODE lt Mode gt This remote control command specifies the general sweep mode for the measurement The sweep mode is used to set the RBW Aver
54. STARE iese ete Ede rtr edt Dee ey oe ee eek gee EA ed kes pda EE Des dina ee ee ee eb ded 53 GALGul tespns MI eke RE EE RE dE 53 CALCulate n EVALuation STATe ee ee Ak ee de Re de ee ke ee ee ee ee ee 52 CALOCulate n LIMit k CLEar IMMediate essen ee Re ee Re ee ke ee ee ee ee 54 CALCulatesn EIMiteks COMMBnI EES Gee Ee Ve Re pent ae Ee Ee sk ap inne Pe ated and eng mene 54 CALOCulate n LIMit k CONTTrol SHIFt ee ee ee ee ee ke ee ed ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee 55 CALOulate n LIMit k CONTrol DATA nen Re ee ee ee Ge Re ee ee ee ee ee ee 55 CALCulatesn gt iEIMit lt k COPY ER EE RE ER RE RE OE 55 CALCulate lt n gt LIMit lt k gt DELete ee ee ee RA GR ee Re ee Re ee Ge ee Re ee ee ee ee ee ee Re ee Re ee ee ee ee 56 CALCulatesn EIMiteks FEAT EE ee e OE EE e ON 56 CALCulatesn7 LIMitek LOWer SHIFL ee see ese ee ee ee ee ee aisi aias ee ee ee Ad Re Ge i a iii Re ee ee 57 CALCulatesn LIMitek LOWer STATe ee ee ee ee ee ge ee ee ke ee ee 57 CALCulatesn7 LIMitsk LOWer DATA 57 CALCulatesn EIMiteks NAME RE RE RE OE EE EE EE 58 CALOulate n LIMit k S TATe essen Re Re ee Re Re ke ee eke ee ee ee Re ee Re eke ee ee 58 CALCulatesn EIMiteks TRAGO 2 1o teinte RE ete den ge ec epe EE Bed epa eed se d gedog 59 CALOulate n LIMit k UPPer SHIFt esses enitn nennen nnne nennen ritenere te
55. V K40 Phase Noise Measurements Option R amp S FSV K40 mm cJJD J H quew Remote Control Suffix n window For applications that do not have more than 1 measure ment window the suffix lt n gt is irrelevant t only 1 trace Parameters Mode ON Automatic scaling is on OFF Automatic scaling is off ONCE Automatic scaling is performed once RST OFF Example DISP WIND2 TRAC Y SCAL AUTO ONCE Activates automatic scaling of the Y axis for the active trace Mode CDMA EVDO OFDM OFDMA WiBro PHN Manual operation See Autoscale Once on page 17 See Autoscale Y Axis on page 29 See Autoscale Once on page 30 DISPlay WINDow lt n gt TRACe lt t gt Y SCALe RLEVel ReferenceLevel This command defines the reference level With the reference level offset 0 the value range of the reference level is modified by the offset Suffix n irrelevant t irrelevant Parameters lt ReferenceLevel gt The unit is variable Range see datasheet RST 10dBm Example DISP TRAC Y RLEV 60dBm Manual operation See Y Axis Top on page 17 See Y Axis Top on page 30 DISPlay WINDow lt n gt TRACe lt t gt Y SCALe RLEVel OFFSet Value This command defines a reference level offset Suffix n irrelevant Operating Manual 1176 7549 02 02 71 R amp S FSV K40 Phase Noise Mea
56. ace Menu TRACE key R amp S FSV K40 The TRACE key is used to configure the data acquisition for measurement and the analysis of the measurement data In this section only the commands specific to the phase noise option are described The following softkeys of the Trace menu are available for phase noise measurements Wace 16 Trace Z2 DEBEO Qiii rie o ttr rare aee cn tec Eee ree Rd eae 32 Ee Eu AA Ee 32 d 1l MEME m 32 Lin Fold iiaei N N OO OE EE N 32 E HS 32 C o MINCE 33 o oi EE N ie ee ie E 33 EES a a OE ee RE De aa 33 I lomo mew PET 33 ASCII TWACE da dee m 34 Operating Manual 1176 7549 02 02 31 R amp S FSV K40 Phase Noise Measurements Option R amp S FSV K40 pee H P EE EE eee Instrument Functions of Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 Deme sa N epe Ce EXE ERR OE ER 34 Se et ERRORES E 34 LOGER eia RE EE 34 me AE AE sm xam ei dtd OO AE KEER 34 Ge IE Ee AE N OE 35 Trace 1 Trace 2 Trace 3 Selects the active trace 1 2 3 and opens the Trace trace submenu for the selected 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 Remote command DISP TRAC MODE WRIT see DISPlay WINDow n TRACe t MODE on page 68 Max Hold Trace 1 Trace 2 Tra
57. age and FFT settings for each sub sweep to specific values When the sweep mode is set to MANual then the sub sweep settings may be speciifed Operating Manual 1176 7549 02 02 84 R amp S FSV K40 Phase Noise Measurements Option R amp S FSV K40 2 2 12 Remote Control Parameters Mode FAST NORMal AVERaged MANual FAST Not averaged The measurement is very fast as the average column is set to 1 for all sub bands NORMal Normal averaged The measurement is slower than the Fast mode but the sub bands are averaged more AVERaged Highly averaged The measurement is very slow with high aver age in each sub band for more accurate results MANual The RBW Average and FFT columns in the Carrier Fre quency Offset Table as well as the Preset Settings can be set by the user see SENSe LIST RANGe lt range gt BANDwidth RESolution on page 81 SENSe SWEep COUNt on page 84 and SENSe LIST RANGe lt range gt FILTer TYPE on page 81 RST MANual Example SENS SWEep MODe FAST Sets the sweep mode such that each sub sweep is executed as fast as possible Mode PHN SENSe SWEep POINts lt NumberPoints gt This command queries the number of points measured for trace 1 Parameters lt NumberPoints gt Example SWE POIN 251 Usage Query only Mode PHN STATus Subsystem The STATus subsystem contains the commands for the status reporting registers sp
58. al 1176 7549 02 02 86 R amp S FSV K40 Phase Noise Measurements Option R amp S FSV K40 mm U n ed Remote Control STATus QUEStionable PNOise ENABle lt BitDefinition gt Sets the bits of the ENABle section of the STATus QUEStionable PNOise EVENt on page 88 The ENABle register selectively enables the individual events of the associated EVEN section for the summary bit Parameters lt BitDefinition gt Range 0 to 65535 RST 65535 Example STAT QUES PNO ENAB 65535 All events bits are represented in the PNOlse summary bit Mode PHN 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 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 65535 Example STAT QUES PNO 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
59. ale 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 Remote command DISPlay WINDow n TRACe t Y SCALe AUTO on page 70 Y Axis Top Display Settings Specifies the maximum phase noise level in the y axis for the trace results Remote command DISPlay WINDow lt n gt TRACe lt t gt Y SCALe RLEVel on page 71 Y Axis Range lt Display Settings Specifies the distance from the top to the origin in the y axis Remote command SENSe POWer RLEVel VERify TOLerance on page 83 Trace Settings The trace settings configure the trace and contain the following parameters e Trace Offset on page 18 e Smoothing on page 18 e Smoothing Type on page 18 If smoothing is activated using the Smoothing on page 33 softkey in the Trace menu the trace on the screen is smoothed by the defined smoothing percentage see Smoothing on page 18 Each trace trace1 trace2 and trace3 can be smoothed and unsmoothed individually Operating Manual 1176 7549 02 02 17 R amp S FSV K40 Phase Noise Measurements Option R amp S FSV K40 Instrument Functions of Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 The smoothing algorithm used is as follows 3 X s4 2 y s 10 Log gt TE Where s the trace sample number y s the phase noise at sample s x the sample offs
60. arker Suffix n Selects the measurement window m depends on mode Selects the marker Parameters State ON OFF RST OFF Operating Manual 1176 7549 02 02 62 R amp S FSV K40 Phase Noise Measurements Option R amp S FSV K40 m PR MM M PP EE p SE c pst Remote Control Example CALC MARK3 ON Switches on marker 3 or switches to marker mode Manual operation See Marker 1 2 3 4 on page 36 See Marker Norm Delta on page 36 CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt TRACe Trace This command selects the trace a marker is positioned on The corresponding trace must have a trace mode other than Blank If necessary the corresponding marker is switched on prior to the assignment Suffix n Selects the measurement window m depends on mode Selects the marker Parameters Trace 1 6 Trace number the marker is positioned on Example CALC MARK3 TRAC 2 Assigns marker 3 to trace 2 Manual operation See Marker to Trace on page 37 CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt X lt Position gt This command positions a marker on a particular coordinate on the x axis Suffix lt n gt Selects the measurement window lt m gt Selects the marker Parameters lt Position gt Numeric value that defines the marker position on the x axis The unit is either Hz frequency domain or s time domain or dB statistics Range The range depends on the current x axis
61. ating Manual 1176 7549 02 02 18 R amp S FSV K40 Phase Noise Measurements Option R amp S FSV K40 pesce eu uU UR M uu M MM M EE EE aes Instrument Functions of Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 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 19 and To on page 19 fields become disabled and residual calculations are performed across the complete range of the measurement results If the Use Meas Settings is deactivated the Eval From on page 19 and To on page 19 fields become enabled Use them to specify the range over which resid ual calculations are performed Remote command CALCulate n EVALuation STATe on page 52 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 17 setting The maximum value that can be specified for the Eval From setting is the value of the X Axis Stop on page 17 setting When the X Axis Start on page 17 or X Axis Stop on page 17 settings are modified the Eval From is automatically adjusted to ensure that it is not outside the measure ment range The Eval From setting cannot be set h
62. bandwidths 1 kHz by using either FFT or digital filters The software allows dif ferent 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 2 1 Instrument Functions of Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 11 2 1 1 Measurements and Results 13 2 1 2 Softkeys of the Phase Noise Menu R amp S FSV KAO ie ee se RR Re Re ee Ge ne 26 21 3 FREQ ER EE EE OE AE DE EN 29 214 SO EE ER EE EE EE EE EE N 30 EN ASA EE N EE EE EE EE 30 21 6 BW RE EE RE EE EE OE OE i 30 2 1 7 Softkeys of the Sweep Menu SWEEP key R amp S FSV KA0 sss 31 2 1 8 Softkeys of the Trace Menu TRACE key R amp S FSV KAO esse ese ese ee eek ee ee ee ee 31 2 1 9 Softkeys of the Auto Set menu AUTO SET Key R amp S FSV KA0 sssss 35 2 1 10 Softkeys of the Marker Menu MKR key R amp S FSV KA0 sss 35 2 1 11 Softkeys of the Marker To Menu MKR key R amp S FSV KAO ees ese seke eek ee ee 37 2 1 12 Softkeys of the Lines Menu LINES key R amp S FSV KA0 sss 37 2 1 13 Working with Limit Lines 38 2 1 14 Editing Limit Lines 39 2 1 15 Detector Cverniew ees ee ee ee ee Re ee Ge RR ee ee Ge Re ee ee Re ee ee ee RR ee ee Re ee ee ek Re ee ener 40 2 1 16 Selecting the Appropriate Filter Tvpe ee ee ee ER RR Re Re Ee ee ee ee ee GR
63. ce 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 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 enve lope This mode is not available for statistics measurements Remote 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 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 visi ble 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 Remote 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 Operating Manual 1176 7549 02 02 32 R amp S FSV K40 Phase Noise Meas
64. ck using the limit line for the trace If a limit check is performed 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 2 1 14 Editing Limit Lines on page 39 necu A N 7C C Operating Manual 1176 7549 02 02 38 R amp S FSV K40 Phase Noise Measurements Option R amp S FSV K40 Instrument Functions of Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 2 To define a new limit line press the New softkey and enter the limit line charac teristics as described in chapter 2 1 14 Editing Limit Lines on page 39 3 To modify a limit line select the limit line you want to edit and press the Edit soft key as described in chapter 2 1 14 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 5 To delete a limit line select the limit line you want to edit and press the Delete softkey 2 1 14 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 i Absol
65. d The effect of the command is inde pendent 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 fre quency of the fixed frequency signal to 1 kHz SENSe FREQuency CW 1E3 SENSe FREQuency FIXed 1i Gl Ww ss ee Operating Manual 1176 7549 02 02 48 R amp S FSV K40 Phase Noise Measurements Option R amp S FSV K40 mm JTQ H A w rg r Remote Control 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 lt 1 4 gt AVERage 1 4 TYPE VIDeo LINear 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 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 syn
66. e cific to R amp S FSV K40 see chapter 2 2 13 Status Reporting System on page 89 RST does not influence the status registers STATUS QUEStonable ee le BEE 86 STA NEE KETTEN 86 STATus QUEStionable PNOise CONDItion ice SR ER SE ARE SR ee N tanq n ES Re BENE GED ee 86 STATus OUEStionable PNOise ENABle ee ee ee se ee ee ee ee ee ee ee Ee ee ee nennen EE ee RR ee ee ee ee 87 STATus OUEStionable PNOise PTRansitiON ee ee ee ee se ee ee ee EE RR EE ee Ee a EE ee ek Ee ee nnn 87 Operating Manual 1176 7549 02 02 85 R amp S FSV K40 Phase Noise Measurements Option R amp S FSV K40 mm SSA c P Hizper Remote Control STATusOUEGuonable DhNOisehNTRansiton esee eene enne snnt nns 87 STATUs QUEStionable PNOise EVENI 2 1 2 R EN SONE Meta eMe nan ER Ee De redde ae 88 STATus QUEStlonable EIMItEEEVENI tee ERENNERUNG 88 STATus QUEStonable POWerlEVENI Ee trt nee ut eheu en reto 88 STATus QUESHonable LIMIECONDIEOR 5522 2 5 EN GER EE adotta dn doch N Dat a Ede ee AE 88 STATus QUEStlonable POWer CONDON 22 eter a e annee SEE an EE er rho 88 STATus QUEStIonableLIMIEENABI6 esse SEG 2 EE se ee iaia tes era ba BR nece ear ass 88 STATus QUEStionable POWer ENABIe ccc0ccccccescecsssseceenececesecesseseceeseeeceeseseaseeeesaneees 88 STAT s QUESHonable L
67. e 15 Remote command SENSe ADJust ALL on page 77 Auto Freq Defines the center frequency automatically by determining the highest frequency level in the frequency span This function uses the signal counter thus it is intended for use with sinusoidal signals This function overwrites the Frequency setting in the Signal Settings see Fre quency on page 15 This function is not available for input from the R amp S Digital VO Interface option R amp S FSV B17 Remote command SENSe ADJust FREQuency on page 78 Auto Level Defines the optimal reference level for the current measurement automatically This function overwrites the Level setting in the Signal Settings see Level on page 15 Remote command SENSe ADJust LEVel on page 78 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 Operating Manual 1176 7549 02 02 35 R amp S FSV K40 Phase Noise Measurements Option R amp S FSV K40 pem SS RUE REESE Instrument Functions of Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 Ee Ee N EE N N OO KO ON S EAE 36 Maker AO DE EE 36 Marker Zoom SPIN gt 0 1 ER OO EE OE OE EE EE 36 All Marko O EEN 36 Marker 1 2 3 4 Selects the corresponding marker and activates it Marker 1 is always a normal marker After Marker 2 to 4 have bee
68. e 34 See Decim Sep on page 34 2 2 7 INITiate subsystem NIE COIN MT 73 INITiateens iMMadiate EE 74 INI Fate sh DIE PIN erae corri eor rea neo Renee ER oe stag du cuo Re on e ee EE Re OE eee ees 74 INITiate lt n gt CONTinuous State This command determines whether the trigger system is continuously initiated contin uous or performs single measurements single Operating Manual 1176 7549 02 02 73 R amp S FSV K40 Phase Noise Measurements Option R amp S FSV K40 b aw awww EE wa Remote Control The sweep is started immediately Suffix n irrelevant Parameters State ON OFF RST ON Example INIT CONT OFF Switches the sequence to single sweep INIT CONT ON Switches the sequence to continuous sweep Mode all Manual operation See Continuous Sweep on page 31 See Single Sweep on page 31 INITiate lt n gt IMMediate The command initiates a new measurement sequence With sweep count gt 0 or average count gt 0 this means a restart of the indicated num ber of measurements With trace functions MAXHold MINHold and AVERage the pre vious results are reset on restarting the measurement In single sweep mode you can synchronize to the end of the measurement with OPC OPC or WAI In continuous sweep mode synchronization to the end of the mea surement is not possible Thus it is not recommended that you use continuous sweep mode in remote control as
69. e in single sweep mode Operating Manual 1176 7549 02 02 68 R amp S FSV K40 Phase Noise Measurements Option R amp S FSV K40 mm nP sme Remote Control 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 2 1 18 Trace Mode Overview on page 44 Example INIT 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 Manual operation See Clear Write on page 32 See Max Hold on page 32 See Min Hold on page 32 See Average on page 32 See View on page 33 DISPlay WINDow lt n gt TRACe lt t gt SMOothing APERture Value Specifies the aperture of the window to be used when trace smoothing is performed A single aperture applies to all traces which require smoothing Suffix n irrelevant t irrelevant Parameters Value numeric value RST 0 Example DISP TRAC1 SMO APER 1 Sets the smoothing
70. e through the displayed contents entries use the UP ARROW and DOWN ARROW keys Entries that contain further entries are marked with a plus sign e To display 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 touchscreen Navigating in the help topics e To scroll through a page use the rotary knob or the UP ARROW and DOWN ARROW keys e To jump to the linked topic press the link text on the touchscreen Searching for a topic 1 Change to the Index tab Operating Manual 1176 7549 02 02 8 R amp S FSV K40 Preface se ER EE EE en HY OER ET BE J Notes for Users of R amp S FSV 1307 9002Kxx Models 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 Selectthe suitable keyword by using the UP ARROW or DOWN ARROW 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 by number 1 the largest size is selected by number 4 Closing the help window p Press the ESC key or a function key on the front panel 1 4 Notes for Users of R amp S FSV 1307 9002Kxx
71. eader includes the following information Operating Manual 1176 7549 02 02 24 R amp S FSV K40 Phase Noise Measurements Option R amp S FSV K40 Instrument Functions of Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 Settings 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 Residual Noise Eval from to The frequency range for which residual noise is calculated The range of the residual noise calculations is displayed in the results trace by two lines marker EL1 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 Spot Noise 1 kHz 10 kHz 100 kHz 1MHz Spot noise results at selected frequencies within the evaluation range I Operating Manual 1176 7549 02 02 25 R amp S FSV K40 Phase Noise Measurements Option R amp S FSV K40 Instrument Functions of Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 Spectrum Analyzer Phase Noise Settings Residual Noise Spot Noi
72. ed methods i e using a finger on the touchscreen a mouse pointer in the display or a key on the instrument or on a key board Operating Manual 1176 7549 02 02 7 R amp S FSV K40 Preface ss ER wJ pe n det How to Use the Help System 1 3 How to Use the Help System Calling context sensitive and general help p 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 p 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 contents 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 mov
73. ee Re RA ee ee ee ee ee 41 2 1 17 List of Available RRC and Channel Filters ese ee ee ee ee RA ee ee ee ee ee ee 42 2 1 18 Trace Mode OvervieW ese ee ee ee RR ee AR ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee nennen nnns 44 2 1 19 ASCII File Export Format sesse ese ee ee eren enne enne Re Ge ee nnne ee ee ee 45 2 2 Remote Control iii ke GEKEER Ve Gn HERE niter dete Eed GEKEER Ee GER ESE ee Ge EEN EE ee aur eb Ee ede 46 Vou 47 2 2 2 CALOulate subsysteM iese ee ee ee ee Re ee ek ke ee ek RR ee ee ee ke ee ee eer ee emen nennen 50 Operating Manual 1176 7549 02 02 10 R amp S FSV K40 Phase Noise Measurements Option R amp S FSV K40 2 2 3 2 2 4 2 2 5 2 2 6 2 2 7 2 2 8 2 2 9 2 2 10 2 2 11 2 2 12 2 2 13 2 2 14 2 2 15 2 1 Instrument Functions of Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 CONFigure Gubesvsiem nenne ee ee ee en nennen enne nnns 67 DISPlay SubsysteM eee ctr ee ee RR errr ee nennen nnne nnne enne ne nennen enn 68 FETCh SubsysteM eise ee ees se ke ee ee ee ke ee ee ee Re ee ee Re ee ee Ge RR ee iiaiai ee ee ee ee ee ee ee 72 FORMat subsysteM ee se ee ee ee eee ee ee eer tenets ee Re ee ee ee Re ee nennen nne nenne enn 73 INIMliate SUDSYSTOM RE EE OE EE 73 INPut SubsysteM ees see ee ee ee ee AR ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee RA ee ee ee ee nnns 75 INSTrument subsysteM iese ee ee ee eee entree ee Re ee ee RR ee ee Ge Re ee ee ee Re ee ee ee Re nnns 76 MMEW
74. elector Ss Tolerance ASCII Trace export sssssssseeerneneennnees 45 Limit check EEN Auto Peak detector ssssssseseeeeneeennneees 40 Limit lines Auto Set menu m CHECKING eT EE EO EE aiii 38 Autoscale Once ee ee ee ee RR ee ee ee ee ee ee ee el netnet 39 Average REM Recalling sse 26 Average detector Se oer ER OE ERE PR NIE Reg 26 Average trace mode ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee 32 45 Lower case commands EEN 48 B M Blank trace mode ee ee ee ee ee ee ee 33 45 Marker el EA AE 36 C Markers E EICHER EE ES See Se EE Ee ee ee ee Carrier Frequency Offset Table ee ke ee 22 Max Hold trace mode Characters Measurement Special ORE EE OE pie e e n p tege Results ee E Clear Write trace mode Running Commands Settings Description Ke oe Drs EP UE Continuous sweep Menu Auto Set Phase Noise ee ee ke 35 D Min Hold trace mode ssssssene 32 44 detector N OVEIVICW 40 Display e intendere reto Leere Ferr teh 17 Negative Peak detector ee ees ee ee Re Re ee 40 E Oo Error Reporting EE ED ii 89 Online help EXPO Le AE 45 Working KL EE OR EE EO 8 Overwrite Mode iret re rere der ed 32 A4 F P AAR EE RR ER N 23 Filler type is ciis certi N OE EE PR 78 Positive Peak detector eene 40 Filter types Normal 3dB E 41 R Filters lu 42 iTi p Aiea 41 Types d Frequency tereti ne
75. emote Control Example SENS FREQ TRACk ON Sets the automatic frequency control to ON Usage SCPI confirmed Mode PHN Manual operation See AFC Settings Track Frequency on page 16 See Track Freq On Off on page 29 SENSe FREQuency 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 82 Parameters State ON OFF RST ON Example SENS FREQ VER ON Specifies that frequency and level verification is to be performed Usage SCPI confirmed Mode PHN Manual operation See Verify Freq and Level on page 15 See Verify On Off on page 28 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 toler ance then the verification fails The setting for this parameter only has an effect if the SENSe FREQuency VERify STATe on page 80 or SENSe POWer RLEVel VERify STATe on page 82 command is set to ON The tolerance used during the measurement is the highest of the absolute and the rel ative tolerance values Parameters lt FreqTolerance gt lt numeric value gt RST 1 PCT Example SENS FREQ VER TOL 1KHZ
76. equency This command specifies the start frequency for residual noise calculation when CALCulate lt n gt EVALuation STATe on page 52 is switched OFF Suffix n 1 4 window 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 Manual operation See Eval From on page 19 CALCulate lt n gt EVALuation STOP lt Frequency gt This command specifies the stop frequency for residual noise calculation when CALCulate lt n gt EVALuation STATe on page 52 is switched ON This command has no effect if CALCulate lt n gt EVALuation STATe on page 52is switched OFF Suffix lt n gt 1 4 window Parameters lt Frequency gt 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 Manual operation See To on page 19 2 2 2 3 CALCulate LIM subsystem The CALCulate LIMit subsystem consists of commands for the limit lines and the corresponding limit checks The limit lines can be defined as upper or lower limit lines The number of X and Y values must be identical Up to 8 limit lines can be defined at the same time LIMIT1 to LIMIT8 for each window Each limit line can be assigned a name An explanatory comment can also be assigned For details see chapter 2 1 13 Working with Limit Lines on page 38 Operating Manual 117
77. et 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 calcula ted as 0 Da 2 y 0 10 Log COM EUNTES 5 If both trace averaging see Sweep Mode Settings on page 21 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 This makes it possible to toggle between a smoothed and unsmoothed trace without the need to run a new measurement sweep Remote command DISPlay WINDow lt n gt TRACe lt t gt SMOothing APERture on page 69 Trace Offset Trace Settings Defines an arithmetic reference level offset which is added to the y axis labelling Remote command DISPlay WINDow lt n gt TRACe lt t gt Y SCALe RLEVel OFFSet on page 71 Smoothing Trace Settings Specifies the 96 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 Remote command DISPlay WINDow n TRACe t S8MOothing APERture on page 69 Smoothing Type Trace Settings Defines whether linear or logarithmic smoothing is to be used Remote command DISPlay WINDow n TRACe t SMOothing TYPE on page 70 Oper
78. etails see chapter 2 1 14 Editing Limit Lines on page 39 Delete New Deletes the currently selected row in the Frequency Limits table of the Limit Line Edi tor For details see chapter 2 1 14 Editing Limit Lines on page 39 This action requires no confirmation Save New 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 2 1 14 Editing Limit Lines on page 39 Delete Deletes the selected limit line Remote command CALCulate lt n gt LIMit lt k gt DELete on page 56 2 1 13 Working with Limit Lines 1 Press the LINES key The Select Limit Line dialog box is displayed For each limit line the following information is given Name Unique ID of the limit line as defined in the Name field see chapter 2 1 14 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 Absolute or relative scaling Trace No Selected trace defined in Trace No field see chapter 2 1 14 Editing Limit Lines on page 39 Compatible Indicates compatibility of the limit line to the current measurement settings Check Activates Deactivates the limit che
79. ey 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 Settings 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 Remote command SENSe FREQuency VERify STATe Track Level On Off toggles level tracking on and off Remote command SENSe POWer TRACk Operating Manual 1176 7549 02 02 28 R amp S FSV K40 Phase Noise Measurements Option R amp S FSV K40 pem m cu EE EE M EE SE Saas Instrument Functions of Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 Track Freq On Off toggles frequency tracking on and off Remote command SENSe FREQuency TRACk Preset Settings Presets the option back to the default settings Autoscale Y Ax
80. f the center frequency as result Operating Manual 1176 7549 02 02 49 R amp S FSV K40 Phase Noise Measurements Option R amp S FSV K40 mm mm VJ J 1 Sc HE gr Remote Control arbitrary block program data This keyword is provided for commands the parameters of which consist of a binary data block 2 2 2 CALCulate subsystem 2 2 2 1 CALCulate DELTamarker subsysteM iis sees se ee ee ee Re ee ee Re ee ee Re ee ee Re ee ee 50 2 2 2 2 CALCulate EVALuation Subsystem iii ees se ee ee ee ee AA ee Re ee enn eene nene 52 2 2 2 3 CALCulate LIM subsysteM eise eed ee AR ee ee AA ee ee AA ee ee EEE ee nennen 53 22 24 Programming Example for Limit Lines 60 2 2 2 5 CALculate MARker subsysteM ees ee ee ee ee AR ee Ge Re ee AA ee ee ee ee ee ee ee 61 2 2 2 6 CALOulate SNOise SUDSYStOM 0000 eee ee ee AA AA ee AA eene nennen nennen nnns 64 2 2 2 7 Other CALCulate commande 66 2 2 2 1 CALCulate DELTamarker subsystem CAL Cilate lt n DEL EI Asa Aessen EE EE EE N 50 CALCulatesn DELTamarkersm STATel iese ee eek se se Re ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee eke ke AA an 50 GALCulatesm DEL Tamarkeremo TRAQe ES N ee ee Ed se euh ee ee aaia 51 Ee ERT EN ENEE EE 51 GAL CGulat lt n gt DEL Tama rere N ae ARE EN eee GEES e SEGE See GE RAS De se EE SR Meade en Es ge 51 C
81. ffset 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 R amp S FSV K40 Phase Noise Measurements Option R amp S FSV K40 pem M M M M M HR M Instrument Functions of Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 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 Remote command SENSe FREQuency STARt on page 79 To Carrier Frequency Offset Table The stop frequency of each sub band Remote command SENSe FREQuency STOP on page 79 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 Range Carrier Frequency Offset Table 0 1 30 of the start frequency in that row Average Carrier Frequency Offset Table The number of sweeps to average over for each sub band Range Carrier Frequency Offset Table 1 10000 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 Meas Time Carrier Frequency
82. gnals or modulated signals are suppressed whereas a CW signal is recognized by its constant level Operating Manual 1176 7549 02 02 44 R amp S FSV K40 Phase Noise Measurements Option R amp S FSV K40 Instrument Functions of Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 This mode is not available for statistics measurements Remote command DISP TRAC MODE MINH See DISPlay WINDow n TRACe t MODE on page 68 Average The average is formed over several sweeps The Sweep Count determines the number of averaging procedures All available detectors can be selected If the detector is automatically selected the sample detector is used see chapter 2 1 15 Detector Overview on page 40 This mode is not available for statistics measurements Remote 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 Note 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 displayed trace no longer matches the current instrument setting 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 sh
83. gt UPPer DATA If not the R amp S FSV either adds missing values or ignores surplus values RST CALC LIM is set to OFF Example 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 separa ted by a comma CALCulate lt n gt LIMit lt k gt CONTrol SHIFt XValue This command moves a limit line by the indicated value in x direction The line is shif ted by modifying the individual x values Suffix n window For applications that do not have more than 1 measure ment window the suffix n is irrelevant ko 1 8 limit line Parameters lt XValue gt lt numeric_value gt RST CALC LIM is set to OFF Example CALC LIM2 CONT SHIF 50 kHz Shifts all reference values of limit line 2 by 50 kHz Mode PHN CALCulate lt n gt LIMit lt k gt COPY lt Line gt This command copies a limit line Suffix lt n gt irrelevant Operating Manual 1176 7549 02 02 55 R amp S FSV K40 Phase Noise Measurements Option R amp S FSV K40 mm T J sms Remote Control lt k gt Selects the limit line Parameters lt Line gt 1to8 number of the new limit line lt name gt String containing the name of the limit line Example
84. hase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 Editing Omit LNE CE 39 Detector el ii EE ridindu nnkan nana NERAN AN AANKAN ENEEK ANN 40 Selecting the Appropriate Filter Type 41 List of Available RRC and Channel Eilters ee ee se ee ee ee ee RR ee ee ee Re ee ee ee 42 Trace Mode de EE ME HO AE N EE tes 44 ASCII File Export Formal esse sesse sek eke ee ee ee ee ee ener nennen nnnm Re Gee ee ee nnne 45 Measurements and Results This section contains a detailed description of performing measurements and their results It covers the following subjects Overview of General SettingS ee ee ee ieee ee Re ee NKAN Re enne 13 Overview of Measurement Gettngs iese ee AA ee AA ee AA AR ee ee ee ee ee ee 20 Running Meast rements x an Re RENE ea er e ER En RETE Rede GE Na FER ge FETA RS Nee 23 Measurement Settings and Results Display 24 Saving and Recalling Settings and Hesuts sse 26 Overview of General Settings This section describes the General Settings view where all settings related to the general measurement can be modified i e the signal characteristics display settings trace settings residual calculation settings and spot noise settings When a particular parameter is selected within the General Settings view the status bar changes to display information on the valid settings for the selected parameter Operating Manual 1176 7549 02 02 13 R amp S FSV K40 Phase Noise Measurements Option R amp S FSV K40 MAE
85. hout 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 S9FSV is abbreviated as R amp S FSV R amp S FSV K40 Contents 1 EPrefac emm 5 11 Documentation OverVvieW eeuse ees ee ee Re Ee AR Ee RR RR Ge AR Ee EE KAR Ee Ak RR Ge AR Re EE KAR KENNEN sn aa ee ERR ee EE 5 1 2 Conventions Used in the Documentation KAR ER Ge EE RR RR Gee EE RR RR nnns 7 1 3 How to Use the Help System use ee ene se Ee ER RR RE EER ERK RR RE ER KERKE Ke EER RR REK Ee ER KERKE Ee EER RR REK nennt 8 1 4 Notes for Users of R amp S FSV 1307 9002Kxx Model sere ees eere 9 2 Phase Noise Measurements Option R amp S FSV KA0 10 2 1 Instrument Functions of Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 11 22 Remote Control diee SERS EO eh dri oen pesi ve ER ax Eee EE re sua WE WEE ee Ge Ew Eo da EY Ee ad d 46 List of Commande sesse ee ee KERR RE RR ER Re hme Re ER AR ks Ke ee RE anas hana 95 Die ON EE OE EE ONE IRE 98 Operating Manual 1176 7549 02 02 3 R amp S FSV K40 Preface Documentation Overview 1 Preface 1 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
86. igher than the To setting Remote command CALCulate n EVALuation STARt on page 53 To Specifies the end of the measurement range for which residual calculations are to be performed The minimum value that can be specified for the To setting is the value of the X Axis Start on page 17 setting The maximum value that can be specified for the To setting is the value of the X Axis Stop on page 17 setting When the X Axis Start on page 17or X Axis Stop on page 17 settings are modified the Eval From on page 19 setting is automatically adjusted to ensure that it is not out side the measurement range The To setting cannot be set lower than the Eval From on page 19 setting Remote command CALCulate lt n gt EVALuation STOP on page 53 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 Operating Manual 1176 7549 02 02 19 R amp S FSV K40 Phase Noise Measurements Option R amp S FSV K40 pee e cu EE EE M EORR m Instrument Functions of Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 Enable Spot Noise Settings Activates and deactivates spot noise calculations Remote command CALCulate lt n gt SNOise lt m gt STATe on page 65 CALCulate lt n gt SNO
87. ine the limit check is violated Suffix n irrelevant lt k gt 1 8 Selects the limit line Parameters lt LimitLinePoints gt Variable number of x axis values Note that the number of horizontal values has to be the same as the number of vertical values set with CALCulate lt n gt LIMit lt k gt CONTrol DATA If not the R amp S FSV either adds missing values or ignores surplus values 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 CALCulate lt n gt LIMit lt k gt LOWer SHIFt lt YValue gt This command moves a limit line by the indicated value in y direction The line is shif ted by modifying the individual y 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 k gt 1 8 limit line Parameters lt YValue gt lt numeric_value gt RST CALC LIM is set to OFF Example CALC LIM2 LOW SHIF 20 dB Shifts all Y values of limit line 2 by 20 dB Mode PHN CALCulate lt n gt LIMit lt k gt LOWer STATe lt State gt This command turns a lower limit line on and off Operating Manual 1176 7549 02 02 57 R amp S FSV K40 Phase Noise Measurements Option R amp S FSV K40 NESER EE w
88. ines The Lines menu and the Select Limit Line dialog box are displayed For details on the Select Limit Line dia log box refer to chapter 2 1 13 Working with Limit Lines on page 38 The following table shows all softkeys available in the Lines menu in Phase Noise mode LINES key 37 ACCU EROR 37 LO oasis N NE aut ca nat EU Sal Ne D ES 37 Moo MENOR 38 to MCN 38 GT ESE GE EE RE N GE N ne en ee eee 38 Eeer ee e 38 BA Ie N EE N EE e 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 2 1 14 Editing Limit Lines on page 39 Name New Switches to the Name field of the Limit Line Editor For details see chapter 2 1 14 Editing Limit Lines on page 39 Remote command CALCulate lt n gt LIMit lt k gt NAME on page 58 Value New Switches to the Frequency field of the Limit Line Editor For details see chap ter 2 1 14 Editing Limit Lines on page 39 Operating Manual 1176 7549 02 02 37 R amp S FSV K40 Phase Noise Measurements Option R amp S FSV K40 pem c M M M M PR MH UE Instrument Functions of Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 Insert New Inserts a row above the currently selected row in the Frequency Limits table of the Limit Line Editor For d
89. is Scales the Y axis according to the trace results Remote command DISPlay WINDow n TRACe t Y SCALe AUTO on page 70 Ref Meas Performs a measurement and stores the trace as a reference trace in trace 3 Remote command CONFigure POWer EXPected RF 2 1 3 FREQ key This key opens the General Settings dialog box and jumps directly to the Frequency field see Frequency on page 15 Furthermore a submenu with the following soft keys is displayed Frequency Opens the General Settings dialog box and jumps directly to the Frequency field see Frequency on page 15 Remote command SENSe FREQuency CENTer on page 79 X Axis Start Opens the General Settings dialog box and jumps directly to the X Axis Start field see X Axis Start on page 17 Remote command SENSe FREQuency STARt on page 79 X Axis Stop Opens the General Settings dialog box and jumps directly to the X Axis Stop field see X Axis Stop on page 17 Remote command SENSe FREQuency STOP on page 79 Operating Manual 1176 7549 02 02 29 R amp S FSV K40 Phase Noise Measurements Option R amp S FSV K40 pee m c EE EE M M HH M S Instrument Functions of Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 2 1 4 SPAN key This key opens the Measurement Settings dialog box and jumps directly to the Start Offset field see Sta
90. is the higher value of the specified 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 Signal Frequency within which the carrier is known to be A fre quency and level check is carried out before each subsweep Remote command SENSe FREQuency VERify TOLerance RELative on page 81 SENSe FREQuency VERify TOLerance on page 80 Level Tolerance Signal Settings Offset 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 Remote command SENSe POWer RLEVel VERify TOLerance on page 83 AFC Settings Track Frequency Enables or disables the signal frequency tracking mechanism during the measurement This parameter is only available when the Verify Freg and Level on page 15 parame ter is enabled Remote command SENSe FREQuency TRACk on page 79 Track Level AFC Settings Track Frequency Enables or disables the signal level tracking mechanism duri
91. ise lt m gt AOFF on page 64 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 Remote command CALCulate lt n gt SNOise lt m gt X on page 65 PreSelector Activates or deactivates the preselector if installed Remote command INPut PRESelection STATe on page 75 Preamplifier Preselect Activates or deactivates the preamplifier on the preselector if installed Remote command INPut GAIN STATe on page 75 Preamplifier Activates or deactivates the preamplifier Remote command INPut GAIN STATe on page 75 2 1 1 2 Overview of Measurement Settings This section describes the Measurement Settings view in which the settings associ ated with measurement sweep are specified The Measurement Settings are logically grouped together into e Sweep Mode Settings on page 21 e Span Settings on page 22 e Carrier Frequency Offset Table on page 22 e Preset Settings on page 23 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 parameter Operating Manual 1176 7549 02 02 20 R amp S FSV K40 Phase Noise Measurements Option R amp S FSV K40
92. ker to the indicated frequency Suffix n 1 window m 1 4 spot noise marker 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 Manual operation See Offset Freq 1 2 3 4 on page 20 CALCulate lt n gt SNOise lt m gt Y Returns the measured spot noise marker result in the selected measurement window The units for this command are dBc Hz Operating Manual 1176 7549 02 02 65 R amp S FSV K40 Phase Noise Measurements Option R amp S FSV K40 mm J J HJ n Remote Control Suffix n 1 window m 1 4 spot noise marker 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 2 2 2 7 Other CALCulate commands CALCulate lt n gt MATH EXPression DEFine ccceceeeceeececeeeeeeeeeasaeaeaeseseeseeeeeseneeenenens 66 CAL Culate lt metMATIAiS TA RE 66 CALCulate n 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 T
93. kes use of bits not used within the base system 15 not used 14 13 12 11 logical OR of all bits 10 9 indicates FS K40 only MESES ony 8 HCOPy in progress 7 6 5 D MEASuring Screen A 3 not used 2 1 D CALibrating STATus OPERation 7 6 5 not used 4 LIMit 8 FAIL 3 LIMit 7 FAIL VERIfy signal failed 2 LIMit 6 FAIL SIGNal not found 1 48 as een LIMit 5 FAIL No traces active 0 14 LIMit 4 FAIL IF OVerload Screen B PNOise LIMit 3 FAIL STB UNDerload Screen B 4o ACPLimit STATus QUEStionable PNOise LIMit 2 FAIL OVERIoad Screen B m SYNC LIMit 1 FAIL 10 LMARgin f STATus QUEStionable LIMit lt 1 2 gt LIMit 9 g CALibration UNCAL 7 6 IF_OVerload Screen A e UP UNDerload Screen A 4 TEMPerature OVERIoad Screen A 3 POWer STATus QUEStionable POWer 2 1 0 STATus QUEStionable 2 2 13 1 STATus OPERation Register This register contains information on which actions the instrument is executing or which actions the instrument has executed since the last reading It can be read using the commands STATus OPERation CONDition OF STATus OPERation EVENt R amp S FSV K40 Phase Noise Measurements Option R amp S FSV K40 Remote Control Table 2 3 Meaning of the bits used in the STATus OPERation register Bit No Meaning 0 CALibrating This bit is set as l
94. le sweep mode INIT WAI Starts a sweep and waits for its end CALC DELT2 ON Switches on delta marker 2 CALC DELT2 Y Outputs measurement value of delta marker 2 Mode PHN Manual operation See Marker 1 2 3 4 on page 36 2 2 2 2 CALCulate EVALuation Subsystem CAL Gulatesn EVALUatIOn EE STA TE cisini aa a AA 52 CALCu latesn gt EVAL atoMm STARU E 53 SEE Ia AE ie vie AE EE OE usa von E Dag OO dS 53 CALCulate lt n gt EVALuation STATe State This command specifies whether residual noise values are calculated over the entire trace or within a specified frequency range Suffix n 1 4 window Parameters lt State gt ON 1 OFF 0 ON 1 The residual noise values are calculated over the range speci fied by CALCulate lt n gt EVALuation STARt on page 53 and CALCulate lt n gt EVALuation STOP on page 53 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 Operating Manual 1176 7549 02 02 52 R amp S FSV K40 Phase Noise Measurements Option R amp S FSV K40 mmm H O wrutE Remote Control Mode PHN Manual operation See Residual Calculations Use Meas Settings on page 19 CALCulate lt n gt EVALuation STARt Fr
95. mp S FSV K40 mm II A Dm ger Remote Control SENSe ADJust FREQuency This command defines the center frequency automatically by determining the highest level in the frequency span Example ADJ FREQ Manual operation See Auto Freq on page 35 SENSe ADJust LEVel This command automatically sets the optimal reference level for the current measure ment Example ADJ LEV Manual operation See Auto Level on page 35 SENSe BANDwidth BWIDth RESolution RATio Ratio This command specifies the RBW value to be used for each sub span as a ratio of the start frequency of the sub span A value of 10 for example specifies that the RBW will be set to 10 of the start frequency value If the required RBW is not valid the nearest RBW value is used Parameters Ratio percentage of the start frequency RST 10 PCT Example BAND RAT 1 PCT Sets the RBW ratio to 196 of the start frequency Mode PHN SENSe BANDwidth BWIDth RESolution TYPE FilterType This command defines the filter type for the resolution bandwidth Parameters lt FilterType gt NORMal Gaussian filter FFT FFT filter RST NORMal Example BAND TYPE FFT Mode PHN Operating Manual 1176 7549 02 02 78 R amp S FSV K40 Phase Noise Measurements Option R amp S FSV K40 mmmm EI
96. n 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 corresponding marker off Remote command CALCulate n MARKer m STATe on page 62 CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt X on page 63 CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt Y on page 63 CALCulate lt n gt DELTamarker lt m gt STATe on page 50 CALCulate lt n gt DELTamarker lt m gt X on page 51 CALCulate lt n gt DELTamarker lt m gt Y on page 51 Marker Norm Delta Changes the active marker to a normal norm or delta marker with respect to marker 1 Remote command CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt STATe on page 62 CALCulate lt n gt DELTamarker lt m gt STATe on page 50 Marker Zoom span gt 0 Opens an edit dialog box to enter a display range for the zoom The area around marker 1 is expanded accordingly and more details of the result can be seen If no marker is activated marker 1 is switched on and set on the largest signal The following sweep is stopped at the position of the reference marker The frequency of the signal is counted and the measured frequency becomes the new center fre quency The zoomed display range is then configured and
97. nd has the same effect as the SENSe source SWEep COUNt 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 n Selects the measurement window 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 Operating Manual 1176 7549 02 02 94 R amp S FSV K40 List of Commands List of Commands Eis HDI 77 SENSE JADJ st FREQUENCY EE EE 78 SENS ADJuStLEVEl 2 ricotta endo p edere tede eech dE aaa Ee Ve eg i va Ee neve ee ek EE ieia 78 SENSe AVER gestis ere TT 94 SENSe BANDwidthIBWIDILRESOIutONERATIO ese ee ee Re ee Re ee ee Re ee ee ee Re ee Re ee Re ee ee 78 SENSe BANDwidth BWIDth RESolution TWbPE esse ee ese ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee rennen ee Re eke 78 SENSe FREQuency GEMN ME EE EE N 79 SENSe FREOuency START 79 SENSe FREQUency S TOP 4 EE N ER EE RE reda crop a etd 79 SENS FREQU enCcy T RACK ER EE N aed cena ad EE einen 79 SENSe FREQuency VERify TOLerance esse ee ese ee ee ee eed enne en rene ee be ee ee eterne nnne 80 SENSe FREQuency VERify TOLerance RELative
98. ne ee sed Fee 68 DlSblavf WiNDow nzTR ACectGMODE ee ee ee ee ee ee Re Re Re ee ee ke ee E Re rns ee ee Re ee ee ee 68 DISPlay WINDowesn TRACest SMOothing APERture iese ee ee ee ek ee ee Re ee Re Re Re ee ee ee ee ee 69 DISPlay WINDow lt n gt TRACe lt t gt SMOothing TYPE DlSblavf WiNDow nzTR ACect SMOotbinglGTATel ener 70 DlSblavf WiNDow nzTR ACectlSCALetAlTO eene neret enne 70 DiSblavfWiNDow nz TRACectGIGCAL et EVel nennen nennen nennen nenne 71 DISPlay WINDowesn TRACest Y SCALe RLEVel OFFSet ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ek ek ee ee eee 71 DISPlay WINDowesn TRACesHSTATe ee ee Re Re Re ee ee Re Re ee ee ee ee ee ee ee nns 68 FETChiPNOISG REM RE AA EE EE EE 72 EETGh PNOISe RMS inmane REESE AO AE EL OR EE EEEREYERUIEY EE ERERE VET RNE TA 72 dee Hd led EE EE EE Reed E ett 72 FORMatDEXPortDSEParator FOR Mat DATA 5 otn AE TE AE EE RE N INI Tiatesns CHL TC Jl ERT INiTiatesn gt NA TEE 74 INPUEGAIN STAT6 dieci EE 75 INPuLPRESele tion STATe ES SEE oio t creto tinet cette teta bee ied erat ER Gk dete e dafs dE V Rue 75 INS He id NSELEG AR RE 76 IEN Ne Tun er KEE MMEMory STORe lt n gt TRACe S STATus QUEStionable CONDINON EE OE ptor rire ceret OE RE RE EE EE 86 STATus OUEStionable LIMIECONDIHON ee ee AA Re Re ee Re ee Re ee ee ee ida ee ee ee ee ee 88 STATus OUEStionable LIMiENABIle iese ee esse ee ee ee ee ee ee AA Ge ee AA ee AA ke AA ee ee ee 88 STATus
99. ng the measurement This parameter is only available when the Verify Freg and Level on page 15 parame ter is enabled Remote command SENSe POWer TRACk on page 83 Display Settings The display settings configure the display of the measurement results The settings contain the following parameters e X Axis Start on page 17 e X Axis Stop on page 17 Operating Manual 1176 7549 02 02 16 R amp S FSV K40 Phase Noise Measurements Option R amp S FSV K40 pee H EE EE EE EEUU Instrument Functions of Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 e Autoscale Once on page 17 e Y Axis Top on page 17 e Y Axis Range on page 17 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 Remote command SENSe FREQuency STARt on page 79 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 Remote command SENSe FREQuency STOP on page 79 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 autosc
100. 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 Manual operation See Ref Meas on page 29 Operating Manual 1176 7549 02 02 67 R amp S FSV K40 Phase Noise Measurements Option R amp S FSV K40 ENE EE OOM ED Remote Control CONFigure REFMeas ONCE Configures and initiates a reference measurement Example CONF REFM ONCE A reference measurement is started Mode PHN 2 2 4 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 WINDow n TRACe t STATe eese nennen EA Ge Ge innen 68 DISPlay WINDowen TRAGest MOBDE 12 treu emot aine ee EE e Caesar REEN eee ae Ea 68 DISPlay WINDow n TRACe t SMOothing APERture sssesseseseseneee nennen 69
101. oints 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 ach ieve 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 2 1 16 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 Operating Manual 1176 7549 02 02 41 R amp S FSV K40 Phase Noise Measurements Option R amp S FSV K4
102. ong as the instrument is performing a calibration 1 3 Not used 4 MEASuring This bit is set when a measurement is in progress R amp S FSV K40 specific Not used HardCOPy in progress This bit is set while the instrument is printing a hardcopy Not used This bit is always 0 2 2 13 2 STATus QUEStionable Register This register contains information about indefinite states which may occur if the unit is operated without meeting the specifications It can be read using the commands STATus QUEStionable CONDition Of STATus QUEStionable EVENt Table 2 4 Meaning of the bits used in the STATus QUEStionable register Bit No Meaning 0to2 These bits are not used POWer This bit is set if a questionable power occurs see chapter 2 2 13 5 STATus QUEStiona ble POWer Register on page 93 TEMPerature This bit is set if a questionable temperature occurs FREQuency The bit is set if a frequency is questionable 6to7 These bits are not used CALibration The bit is set if a measurement is performed uncalibrated label UNCAL LIMit device specific This bit is set if a limit value is violated for the Spectrum Mask measurement only see chapter 2 2 13 3 STATus QUEStionable LIMit Register on page 92 10 LMARgin device specific These bits are not used within R amp S FSV K40 11 SYNC device dependent These bits are not u
103. ons a delta marker on a particular coordinate on the x axis The position is an absolute value Suffix lt n gt Selects the measurement window lt m gt Selects the marker Parameters lt Position gt 0 to maximum frequency or sweep time Example CALC DELT X Outputs the absolute frequency time of delta marker 1 Manual operation See Marker 1 2 3 4 on page 36 CALCulate lt n gt DELTamarker lt m gt Y This command queries the measured value of the selected delta marker in the speci fied window or defines its position on the y axis 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 Operating Manual 1176 7549 02 02 51 R amp S FSV K40 Phase Noise Measurements Option R amp S FSV K40 mm IKX J A J J AYdc Remote Control 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 The query result is output in dBc Hz 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 Example INIT CONT OFF Switches to sing
104. ow details of the trace Remote command DISP TRAC MODE VIEW see DISPlay WINDow lt n gt TRACe lt t gt MODE on page 68 Blank Hides the selected trace Remote command DISP TRAC OFF see DISPlay WINDow lt n gt TRACe lt t gt STATe on page 68 2 1 19 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 lt n gt number of stored trace followed by the measured data in one or several columns depending on measurement which are also separated by a semico lon File contents header and data section Description Type FSV Instrument model Version 1 50 Firmware version Operating Manual 1176 7549 02 02 45 R amp S FSV K40 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 4 2 2 2 5 2 2 2 6 2 2 2 7 Phase Noise Measurements Option R amp S FSV K40 m n B S J Ac P SU Nn Remote Control File contents header and data section Date 01 Apr 2010 Description Date of data set storage Screen A Instrument mode Points per Symbol 4 Points per symbol x Axis Start 13 sym Start value of the x axis x Axis Stop 135 sym Stop value of the x axis Ref value y axis 10
105. p 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 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 SFM Stereo FM measurements optionR amp S FSV K7S 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 spectrum analysis 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 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 key words needs to be included in the header of the comman
106. pee m M M M EE EE EUER E NE EX Instrument Functions of Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 WE EE EE 27 LE E e NONE EO a A 27 Ee AS se RE Re eiert 27 Exe is ARE OE EA OE AA ON 27 2 15 PR 27 Eed RE RE eier 27 E mood GM AO EE A RE AE ON OO N 27 MEES EA OE CE 28 L Sweep Mode 28 L Span Eegeregie Edert 28 B fco AO N tat 28 L Subspan PRES AE N Oe N nn 28 Ek EEDEN HE OE NE OE EE EO 28 E rc NP 28 GEE FOR o SOMME m 28 vani 919 TM 28 Track ES ee EE 28 Track Freg OM SR EE dete dcbdannaiussdvmaaetecevencenedebaetcn 29 PROSSU SUING UE 29 Autoseale Y AE RE EN OE EE RE N 29 LIUC MR EA EE OR IE 29 General Settings Displays the General Settings view and the General Settings submenu See Over view of General Settings for details Signal Settings General Settings Switches to the first setting in the Signal Settings 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 Set tings view See Over
107. plete If the Verify Freq and Level on page 15 parameter is selected in the General Set tings view then R amp S FSV K40 checks if there is a signal within the specified fre quency and level tolerance ranges relative to the specified signal frequency and level If no signal is found 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 measurement is aborted 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 28 e Track Level On Off on page 28 e Track Freq On Off on page 29 e Preset Settings on page 29 e Autoscale Y Axis on page 29 e Ref Meas on page 29 Once a measurement sweep has been performed all active limit lines as well as the limit result are displayed 2 1 1 4 Measurement Settings and Results Display The diagram header shows the general measurement settings used to obtain the cur rent measurement results Spectrum Phase Noise Settings Residual Noise Spot Noise T1 Signal Freq 15 000000 GHz Eval from ob 1 kHz Soe Signal Level 10 dBm Residual PM adt 10 kHz Signal Freg A dob Residual FM job 100 kHz Signal Level A ago RMS Jitter ad 1MHz Top 20 dBc Hz RF Atten Fig 2 3 Diagram header with measurement settings and results The h
108. r 4 remote control Marker Norm Delta Marker Norm Delta remote control 50 Marker to Trace remote control 51 Marker Zoom remote control Name remote control ee ee New remote control esse es ee ke Ref Level Offset remote control BEEMEAS ee DE has Select 1 2 3 4 remote control ns Select Traces to check remote control m Single Meas remote control ese ee ee Single Sweep remote control Sweep Count TE Ju EDS QE ES NE EE N Trace 1234 5 6 remote control ei Trace Math remote control esse ee ke ee Trace Math Off rrr rrr ese ne Ee ee Value remote control ssssssss Softkey Auto Freq Auto Level sat Auto cale Onnie ees ER ERKEN EE t Seep ee 30 Autoscale Y Axis serris resice ee ee ee ke ee 29 Average Mis Blank eien EE Een ie RE Ede ee Center remote Control ees ke ee 79 Clear Write Cont Meas remote control ke ee 73 Continuous Sweep i ee ke ee ke ee 31 Continuous Sweep remote control 73 Decim Sep remote control ieke ee 73 Dc EE EE EE deg Display Settings e X MSRP tele AR General Settings Marker 1 to 4 remote control Market 1 2 9 4 est Ese eei a heran Marker to Trace sesse Eseg dee deed Marker to Trace remote control
109. r measurement func tions ee Operating Manual 1176 7549 02 02 61 R amp S FSV K40 Phase Noise Measurements Option R amp S FSV K40 a c n new Remote Control Suffix n Selects the measurement window m depends on mode irrelevant Example CALC MARK AOFF Switches off all markers Usage Event Manual operation See All Marker Off on page 36 CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt FUNCtion ZOOM Range This command defines the range to be zoomed around marker 1 Marker 1 is activated first if necessary The subsequent frequency sweep is stopped at the marker position and the frequency of the signal is counted This frequency becomes the new center frequency and the zoomed span is set Note that you should perform a complete measurement with synchronization to the end of the measurement This is only possible for single sweeps Suffix n Selects the measurement window m Selects the marker Parameters Range numeric value Example INIT CONT OFF Switches to single sweep mode CALC MARK FUNC ZOOM 1kHz WAI Activates zooming and waits for its end Manual operation See Marker Zoom span gt 0 on page 36 CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt STATe State This command turns markers on and off If the corresponding marker number is currently active as a deltamarker it is turned into a normal m
110. rement Gettmgs ee ee Re ee RR RR enne 20 2 1 1 3 Running Measurement iese se ee Re ee ee Re ee AR Re ee nennen ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee 23 2 1 1 4 Measurement Settings and Results Display 24 2 1 1 5 Saving and Recalling Settings and Results 26 2 1 2 Softkeys of the Phase Noise Menu R amp S FSV KAO ee ee ee ee ee ee Re GR ee ee Re ee Re ee 26 RO d elc EE 29 2 1 4 SPAN K6y 3 EE EER EE OR LL Tu e doa EE ENG 30 HERO gcc E 30 21 6 BW Key EHE 30 2 1 7 Softkeys of the Sweep Menu SWEEP key R amp S FSV KA0 ese ee ee ee ee ee 31 2 1 8 Softkeys of the Trace Menu TRACE key R amp S FSV KAO esse ee ee ee ee ese ee ee ee ee 31 2 1 9 Softkeys of the Auto Set menu AUTO SET Key R amp S FSV KA0 sssss 35 2 1 10 Softkeys of the Marker Menu MKR key R amp S ESV kKA0 n 35 2 1 11 Softkeys of the Marker To Menu MKR key R amp S FSV KAO ese ese seke eek ee ee 37 2 1 12 Softkeys of the Lines Menu LINES key R amp S FSV KAO sesse esse ee ee ee ee ee eek ee 37 2 1 13 Working with Limit Lines see eks KA EE EA KA BA EA KAS SE AA Ke GE ee EERE ERAN 38 Operating Manual 1176 7549 02 02 12 R amp S FSV K40 Phase Noise Measurements Option R amp S FSV K40 2 1 14 2 1 15 2 1 16 2 1 17 2 1 18 2 1 19 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 3 2 1 1 4 2 1 1 5 2 1 1 1 Instrument Functions of P
111. results like trace data or markers are only valid after a sin gle sweep end synchronization Suffix lt n gt irrelevant Example INIT CONT OFF Switches to single sweep mode DISP WIND TRAC MODE AVER Switches on trace averaging SWE COUN 20 Setting the sweep counter to 20 sweeps INIT WAI Starts the measurement and waits for the end of the 20 sweeps Mode all INITiate lt n gt DISPlay State This command configures the behaviour of the display during a single sweep Suffix n irrelevant Operating Manual 1176 7549 02 02 74 R amp S FSV K40 Phase Noise Measurements Option R amp S FSV K40 2 2 8 Remote Control Parameters State ON OFF ON The display is switched on during the measurement OFF The display is switched off during the measurement Mode PHN INPut Subsystem The INPut subsystem controls the input characteristics of the RF inputs of the instru ment INPUEGAINES WE 75 IMPut PRESsleetiBhn STAT teste oe EE Re ee dea t eek dae ua egenum menus 75 INPut GAIN STATe State This command turns the 20 dB preamplifier on and off 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 This command is not available when using R amp S Digital VO Interface R amp S FSV B17 Parameters State ON OFF RST OFF Example INP GAIN STAT ON Turns the preamplifier on
112. rt Offset on page 22 Span Settings on page 22 Furthermore the Frequency submenu is displayed see chapter 2 1 3 FREQ key on page 29 2 1 5 AMPT key This key opens the General Settings dialog box and jumps directly to the Level field see Level on page 15 Furthermore a submenu with the following softkeys is displayed Level Opens the General Settings dialog box and jumps directly to the Level field see Level on page 15 Remote command SENSe POWer RLEVel on page 82 Autoscale Once Activates or deactivates the Autoscale Once function see Autoscale Once on page 17 Remote command DISPlay WINDow n TRACe t Y SCALe AUTO on page 70 Y Axis Top Opens the General Settings dialog box and jumps directly to the Y Axis Top field see Y Axis Top on page 17 Remote command DISPlay WINDow lt n gt TRACe lt t gt Y SCALe RLEVel on page 71 Y Axis Range Opens the General Settings dialog box and jumps directly to the Y Axis Range field see Y Axis Range on page 17 Remote command SENSe POWer RLEVel VERify TOLerance on page 83 21 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 21 Operating Manual 1176 7549 02 02 30 R amp S FSV K40 Phase Noise Measurements Option R amp S FSV K40 pem e UR EE EE M M EEE
113. rte 15 Recalling SE E EN reete ro eai ins 16 Mid teeesteensteeetsstnstseeteenees 26 BEER 26 I isi mer 26 Residual Calculations 19 IEC IEEE bus Eval From 19 Command description ke 47 TO c 19 Use Meas Settings i oerte rr e rte 19 K Results Recalling Key Saving ESE cM 54 RMS NV BV R Operating Manual 1176 7549 02 02 RMS detector 98 R amp S FSV K40 Index RUN CONT Key nici er ee EE IE eg 1 23 RUN SINGLE key eege terere reete 23 S Sample detector eet rero ete Raten e dtr nne 40 Saving lu c EE 26 RUE ON N EE EE ee 26 cur EE N OE IN 26 SCPI Conformity information ke ee ee 47 Settings Measurement eessen 28 Cre 26 Saving s Signal Settings ori err rrt edt percent eds 15 SIMOOUMING ES 18 WY PC EE AE OT EE 18 softkey N ET ASE EORR ASCII Trace Export m Auto AI EE EE A EE Cont Meas remote control ee ke ee Continue Single Sweep remote control M Continuous Sweep remote control Copy to remote control ee ke ee Decim Sep L Delete remote control ssssssees Edit remote control 0 0 esse ese ee ee ke ee Limit Line Select dialog box remote control Marker 1 remote control ssssesssssss Marker 1 to 4 remote control Marker 2 remote control Marker 3 remote control Marke
114. se 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 Signal Freg A 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 Freguency Offset Fig 2 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 upda ted The range of the residual noise calculations is displayed in the results trace by two lines marker EL1 and EL2 The save recall functions for phase noise measurements using R amp S FSV K40 are the same as for the base unit For details see the Save Rcl menu description for the base unit Specifically in the R amp S FSV K40 option the following items can be saved or recalled e Current Settings all user settings for phase noise measurements e K40 Results all current trace results e All Limit Lines all defined limit lines 2 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 Operating Manual 1176 7549 02 02 26 R amp S FSV K40 Phase Noise Measurements Option R amp S FSV K40
115. se Register 93 2 2 13 5 STATus QUEStionable POWer Register 93 2 2 14 TRACe subsysteM iese ee ee ttre eer ne renee rete ee ee Re ee ee ee ke ee ee ee Re ee ee ee ke ee ee 94 2 2 15 Other Commands Referenced in this Document 94 2 2 1 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 individual 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 spectrum analysis A F spectrum analysis span gt 0 only frequency mode A T spectrum analysis zero span only time mode ADEMOD analog demodulation option R amp S FSV K7 Operating Manual 1176 7549 02 02 47 R amp S FSV K40 Phase Noise Measurements Option R amp S FSV K40 mm J UA s p Remote Control BT Bluetooth option R amp S FSV K8 CDMA CDMA 2000 base station measurements option R am
116. sed within R amp S FSV K40 Operating Manual 1176 7549 02 02 91 R amp S FSV K40 Phase Noise Measurements Option R amp S FSV K40 Remote Control Bit No Meaning 12 ACPLimit These bits are not used within R amp S FSV K40 13 PNoise This bit is set if a phase noise error occurs see chapter 2 2 13 4 STATus QUEStiona ble PNOise Register on page 93 14 Not used 15 This bit is always 0 2 2 13 3 STATus QUEStionable LIMit Register This register contains information about the observance of limit lines It can be read using the commands STATus QUEStionable LIMit CONDition and STATus QUEStionable LIMit EVENt Note that no limit lines are displayed in screen B and as such all bits in the LIMit2 reg ister will always be set to 0 Table 2 5 Meaning of the bits used in the STATus QUEStionable LIMit register Bit No Meaning 0 LIMit FAIL This bit is set if limit line 1 is violated 1 LIMit FAIL This bit is set if limit line 2 is violated 2 LIMit FAIL This bit is set if limit line 3 is violated 3 LIMit FAIL This bit is set if limit line 4 is violated 4 LIMit FAIL This bit is set if limit line 5 is violated 5 LIMit FAIL This bit is set if limit line 6 is violated 6 LIMit FAIL This bit is set if limit line 7 is violated 7 LIMit FAIL This bit is set if limit line 8 is violated 8to 14 These bits are not used
117. ssing or if some data is invalid an error message is displayed Correct the input if necessary 4 n the Select Limit Line view 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 n LIMit k COMMent on page 54 Specifies a description for the limit line CALCulate n LIMit k CONTrol DATA on page 55 Specifies the receive frequencies CALCulate lt n gt LIMit lt k gt LOWer DATA on page 57 CALCulate n LIMit k UPPer DATA on page 59 Specifies the limits for the receive frequencies 2 1 15 Detector Overview The measurement detector for the individual display modes can be selected directly by the user or set automatically by the 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 2 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
118. sts innen nns 59 CALCulate n LIMit k UPPer STATe essei eene ether nnt anth PAR Ke Ka AK ereda phat anas nano 60 nau pecu cup E c v P MM N GE Operating Manual 1176 7549 02 02 95 R amp S FSV K40 List of Commands CALCulate lt n gt LIMit lt k gt UPPer DATA CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt AQF RE EE EE OE N KEREN EREMO CALCulate lt n gt MARKer lt m gt FUNCtION ZOOM 0 RR ke RR ee Re ee Re ee ee Re ee ee ee ee 62 CALOCulate n2 MARKer m TRAQCe ee ee ee Ak ke ee ee ee Re ee sen 63 CALC late lt sn gt LG ED ER ER ER EE EO EN OO Ed 63 GALEulatesn7 MARKeremE Ys se Ee DE Ee ve di N Ge coena credi eai aUe ec rede o Beek Tung DER dae N d Ee Ra ER ede Ve bee Eg de 63 CALCulate n MARKer m STATe ee ee ke ke Re ee ee ee Re ee ee etr nnns 62 CAEGulatesn NNS OE RE EE OO ES 66 CALCulatesn MATHEEXPression DEFine sees ee esse ee ese ee ee eke ee ee ee ee ee ee Re ee eek ee ee Re ee ee ee ee nennen 66 CALCulate lt n gt SNOise lt m gt AOFF CAL Gulate n z SNOisSe m AE NEE 65 CAL Gulatesnz SNOISesm AE N OR n ride 65 CAL e EE ISSUE TE OE ME N AE AE EI N 65 GONFigure POWerAUTO EE 67 CONFigure POWer EXPected RF 2 uses Ee ctii cte ceci cg tt re eds ede e cete d s oe eke deed gee deht 67 CONFigure REFMeas ONCE on roter BEER Gee EG Wen REKE ee eub a b aether ponga Bode vae za de de Ee FREE
119. surements Option R amp S FSV K40 mm m c S GQ J gc Remote Control t irrelevant Parameters Value Range 200 to 200 RST 0 Default unit dB Example DISP TRAC Y RLEV OFFS 10dB Manual operation See Trace Offset on page 18 2 2 5 FETCh Subsystem The FETCh subsystem contains commands for reading out results of complex mea surement tasks This subsystem is closely linked to the CONFigure and SENSe sub systems EETERPNOSSRFME nonoa ee ed ee es oe ee ee WE DE OE GEE GE DE Oe Ge ee ee ee alee 72 SR CT 72 FETCHPNOISERMS RE RENE RAGE NE Ee DE Oe GR ER EO aa KERE AE DR N ee ee AD Ge GE dian 72 FETCh PNOise RFM Returns the measured Residual FM result for the specified trace Example FETC PNO1 RFM Returns the Residual FM result for Trace Usage Query only Mode PHN 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 Operating Manual 1176 7549 02 02 72 R amp S FSV K40 Phase Noise Measurements Option R amp S FSV K40 sr POO
120. tactical elements SCPI has therefore specified a series of definitions which are used in the tables of commands In the tables these established definitions are indicated in angled brackets lt gt and is briefly explained in the following For details see the chapter SCPI Command Structure in the base unit description 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 adding 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 o
121. that bit has a negative transition 1 to 0 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 0 Example STAT QUES PNO NTR 65535 All condition bits are summarised in the Event register when a positive transition occurs Mode PHN Operating Manual 1176 7549 02 02 87 R amp S FSV K40 Phase Noise Measurements Option R amp S FSV K40 mmm O m Remote Control STATus QUEStionable PNOise EVENt This command queries the contents of the EVEN section of the STATus QUEStionable PNOise register Readout deletes the contents of the EVEN section Which events can occur is described in chapter 2 2 13 Status Report ing System on page 89 Usage Query only Mode PHN STATus QUEStionable LIMit EVENt STATus QUEStionable POWer EVENt The EVENt part indicates whether an event has occurred since the last reading It only indicates events passed on by the transition filters It is permanently updated by the instrument This part can only be read by the user Reading the register clears it Possible events are described in chapter 2 2 13 3 STATus QUEStionable LIMit Register on page 92 chapter 2 2 13 5 STATus QUEStionable POWer Register on page 93 Usage Query only SCPI confirmed Mode PHN
122. the IF path is overloaded IFOVL is displayed 3to7 Not used 8 OVERIoad Screen B This bit is set if the RF input is overloaded OVLD is displayed 9 UNDerload Screen B This bit is set if the RF input is underloaded UNLD is displayed 10 IF OVerload Screen B This bit is set if the IF path is overloaded IFOVL is displayed 11 14 Not used 15 This bit is always 0 Operating Manual 1176 7549 02 02 93 R amp S FSV K40 Phase Noise Measurements Option R amp S FSV K40 2 2 14 2 2 15 Remote Control TRACe subsystem TRACe lt n gt DATA This command returns the current phase noise trace results as a comma separated list Suffix lt n gt 1 4 window For applications that have only one measurement screen the suffix is irrelevant Usage Query only Mode PHN Other Commands Referenced in this Document SENSe JAVERagesn COUN ee ie ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee nLDsU 94 SENSe AVERage n COUNt lt NoMeasurements gt This command defines the number of measurements which contribute to the average value 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 comma
123. urement Operating Manual 1176 7549 02 02 82 R amp S FSV K40 Phase Noise Measurements Option R amp S FSV K40 mm m H d ger Remote Control This command is synonymous with SENSe FREQuency VERify STATe on page 80 Parameters State ON OFF RST ON Example SENS POW RLEV VER 1 Specifies that frequency and level verification is to be performed Usage SCPI confirmed 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 80 or SENSe POWer RLEVel VERify STATe on page 82 command is set to ON Parameters PowerTolerance numeric value RST 10 dB Example SENS POW RLEV TOLerance 5DB Sets the level tolerance for the verification measurement to 1 dB Usage SCPI confirmed Mode PHN Manual operation See Level Tolerance on page 16 See Y Axis Range on page 17 See Y Axis Range on page 30 SENSe POWer TRACk State Switches the automatic level control on and off Parameters State ON OFF RST ON Example
124. urements Option R amp S FSV K40 pesce eu uU cu EE EE M REA EE NE ee Eg Instrument Functions of Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 All available detectors can be selected If the detector is automatically selected the sample detector is used see chapter 2 1 15 Detector Overview on page 40 This mode is not available for statistics measurements Remote 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 Note 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 displayed trace no longer matches the current instrument setting 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 Remote command DISP TRAC MODE VIEW see DISPlay WINDow lt n gt TRACe lt t gt MODE on page 68 Blank Trace 1 Trace 2 Trace 3 Hides the selected trace Remote command DISP TRAC OFF see DISPlay WINDow lt n gt TRACe lt t gt STATe on page 68 Smoothing Trace 1 Trace 2
125. ute Frequency inc Absolute dBc Hz Upper Comment Upper limit line for spectrum Frequency Limits dBc Hz 1 MHz 10 dBc Hz 30 MHz O dBc Hz 100MHz 0 dBc Hz 300 MHz 10 dBc Hz 1 GHz 5 dBc Hz Delete 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 alohanumeric 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 alphanu meric characters is allowed Frequency Receive frequencies in Hz Limit Limits for the receive frequencies in dBc Hz Operating Manual 1176 7549 02 02 39 R amp S FSV K40 Phase Noise Measurements Option R amp S FSV K40 Instrument Functions of Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 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 val ues 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 3 When you have entered all required values press the Save softkey If data is mi
126. view 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 Set tings view See Overview of General Settings for details Operating Manual 1176 7549 02 02 27 R amp S FSV K40 Phase Noise Measurements Option R amp S FSV K40 pem m EE EE EE EE M M M M Hs Instrument Functions of Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 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 Over view 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 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 Meas Settings Switches to the first field in the RBW column for the subspan in the Measurement Settings view This softk
127. ys of the Lines Menu LINES key R amp S FSV K40 on page 37 e chapter 2 1 10 Softkeys of the Marker Menu MKR key R amp S FSV K40 on page 35 Operating Manual 1176 7549 02 02 11 R amp S FSV K40 Phase Noise Measurements Option R amp S FSV K40 pee m M O EE EE SE ER EE a Instrument Functions of Phase Noise Measurements R amp S FSV K40 chapter 2 1 11 Softkeys of the Marker To Menu MKR gt key R amp S FSV K40 on page 37 The Trigger Meas Config Input Output and Marker Functions menus are not available for Phase noise measurements Further information e chapter 2 1 1 4 Measurement Settings and Results Display on page 24 e chapter 2 1 15 Detector Overview on page 40 e chapter 2 1 18 Trace Mode Overview on page 44 e chapter 2 1 16 Selecting the Appropriate Filter Type on page 41 e chapter 2 1 17 List of Available RRC and Channel Filters on page 42 e chapter 2 1 19 ASCII File Export Format on page 45 Tasks e chapter 2 1 1 1 Overview of General Settings on page 13 e chapter 2 1 1 2 Overview of Measurement Settings on page 20 e chapter 2 1 1 3 Running Measurements on page 23 e chapter 2 1 13 Working with Limit Lines on page 38 e chapter 2 1 14 Editing Limit Lines on page 39 2 1 1 Measurements and Results 13 2 1 1 1 Overview of General Geitngs ees ee Re AR eee 13 2 1 1 2 Overview of Measu

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