R3131 Spectrum Analyzer Operation Manual
2.2.12 Intermodulation
Setting the measurement conditions
This changes the analyzer settings so that the input signal is displayed more clearly.
6. Press FREQ, 2, 0, 0 and MHz.
A center frequency of 200 MHz is set.
7. Press SPAN, 1 and kHz.
A frequency span of 1 kHz is set.
8. Press BW, RBW AUTO/MNL, 1, 0 and kHz.
The RBW is set to 10 kHz. The attenuator level default setting is 10 dB, which
makes the input to the mixer -20 dBm (= -10 dBm - 10 dBm). Since the mixer
level exceeds the distortion limit, spurious peaks (3 and 4) appear in addition to
the normal peaks (1 and 2).
ADVANTEST R3131
REF 0.0 dBm
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ATT 10dB A_wrt B_blnk
NormNorm Full Span
SPAN 2
L000 MHz .Zero Span
CENTER 200.000 MHz
*RBW 3 kHz VBW 1 kHz
SPAN 1.000 MHz Last Span
SWP 670 ms
Figure 2-47 Screen Display Showing Intermodulation Distortion
Changing the attenuator
9. Press LEVEL, ATT AUTOIMNL, 3, 0 and GHz (dB).
The attenuator level is set to 30 dB.
Under these conditions, the mixer input level is -40 dBm, and spurious peaks
(peaks 3 and 4 in Figure 2-47) are not produced.
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