3-6 Spurious Response (Second Harmonic Distortion) Spectrum Analyzer Performance Verification
3-12 PN: 10580-00307 Rev. D MS20xxC MM
7. Connect the output of the Synthesized Signal Generator to the 50 MHz Low Pass Filter.
8. Connect the Low Pass Filter to the Spectrum Analyzer RF Input of the VNA Master.
9. Set the MG3692X output to 50.1 MHz CW, with an RF Output Level of –30 dBm.
10. Press the Amplitude hard key and then the Reference Level soft key.
11. Enter –27 and then press the dBm soft key to set Reference Level to –27 dBm.
12. Press the Atten Lvl soft key.
13. Enter 0 and then press the dB soft key to set Atten Lvl to 0 dB.
14. Press the Detection soft key and then the Peak soft key to set the instrument to Peak Detection Mode.
15. Press the Span hard key.
16. Enter 100 and then press the kHz soft key to set Span to 100 kHz.
17. Press the BW hard key and then the RBW soft key.
18. Enter 1 and then press the kHz soft key to set RBW to 1 kHz.
19. Press the VBW soft key.
20. Enter 10 and then press the Hz soft key to set VBW to 10 Hz.
Figure 3-1. Second Harmonic Distortion - Spurious Response
VNA Master
10 MHz Reference
Signal Source
Adapter
Low
Pass
Filter