Agilent Technologies PSA Series - 2.3 BWAvg; 2.3.1 Res BW

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Hints and Tips
FAQs and Helpful Hints and Tips
Hints and Tips
So the PSA start frequency should be adjusted enough to ensure that it
is at least 1 bucket width greater than the source minimum frequency.
(Find the source minimum frequency using the PSA command
SOURce:EXTernal:FREQuency:STARt? MIN)
Example 2: Bad Source Stop Frequency
Using 50 GHz PSA (E4448A) and 44 GHz source (for example, an
E8267D):
PSA settings:
• Start Freq = 42 GHz
• Stop Freq = 44 GHz
• Sweep Points = 101
•Offset = OFF
•Harmonic = OFF
This will cause the “Freq range of ext src exceeded” error.
Reason:
The signal source must be able to sweep one “bucket’s” worth of
frequency range after the requested PSA start frequency. In this case:
But 44.02 GHz is not in the range of the signal source.
So the PSA stop frequency should be adjusted enough to ensure that it
is at least 1 bucket width less than the source maximum frequency.
(Find the source maximum frequency using the PSA command
SOURce:EXTernal:FREQuency:STOP? MAX)
Example 3: Outside Analyzer Frequency Band
Using any PSA and any source:
PSA settings:
• Start Freq = 2.5 GHz
• Stop Freq = 3.5 GHz
Source Start Freq
42E(9) 0+
44E 9() 42E 9()–
101 1–
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⎝⎠
⎛⎞
–
1
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 41.98E 9() = 41.98 GHz==
Source Stop Freq
44E 9() 0+
44E 9() 42E 9()–
101 1–
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⎝⎠
⎛⎞
+
1
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 44.02E 9() = 44.02 GHz==