Section III
GENERAL
OPERATING
INFORMATION
Model 3580A
3-147.
Adaptive
Sweep.
3-148. One
of
the inconveniences associated with low
frequency spectrum analyzers is the extremely slow sweep
rates required when using narrow bandwidths.
For
example,
to
sweep over a 200 Hz spectrum using a 1 Hz bandwidth,
the optimum sweep time setting is
50
seconds per division.
Tiris makes the overall measurement time 500 seconds or
about 8 minutes.
If
a sweep time setting
of
200 seconds per
division is used, the total measurement time
is
2,000
seconds or 33 minutes.
Table 3-5. Optimum Sweep Time Settings.
BANDWIDTH FREQ SPECTRUM OPTIMUM
SWP.
TIME
OPTIMUM
SWP.
TIME
OPTIMUM
SWP.
TIME
SETTING
SPAN/DIV
WIDTH (SMOOTHING
MIN.)
(SMOOTHING MED.)
(SMOOTHING
MAX.)
1 Hz 5
Hz
50 Hz 10
sec.
100
sec.
------
1 Hz 10 Hz 100 Hz
20
sec.
200
sec.
------
1
Hz
20 Hz 200 Hz 50
sec.
------
------
1
Hz
50 Hz 500 Hz 100
sec.
------
------
1
Hz
0.1
kHz 1 kHz 200 sec.*
------
------
3
Hz
5 Hz
50
Hz 1
sec.
10
sec.
100
sec.
3
Hz
10 Hz 100
Hz
2
sec.
20
sec.
200
sec.
3 Hz 20 Hz 200
Hz
5
sec.
50
sec.
------
3
Hz
50 Hz 500
Hz
10
sec.
100
sec.
------
3
Hz
0.1
kHz
1 kHz 20
sec.
200 sec.*
------
3
Hz
0.2 kHz 2 kHz 50
sec.
------
------
3 Hz 0.5 kHz 5 kHz 100
sec.
------ ------
3
Hz
1 kHz 10 kHz
200 sec.*
------
------
10 Hz 5
Hz
50 Hz
0.1
sec.
1
sec.
10
sec.
10 Hz 10 Hz 100
Hz
0.2
sec.
2
sec.
20
sec.
10 Hz
20 Hz 200 Hz 0.5
sec.
5
sec.
50
sec.
10 Hz 50 Hz 500 Hz
1
sec.
10
sec.
100
sec.
10
Hz
0.1
kHz
1
kHz
2
sec.
20
sec.
200 sec.*
10
Hz
0.2 kHz 2
kHz
5
sec.
50
sec.
------
10 Hz
0.5 kHz 5 kHz 10
sec.
100
sec.
------
10
Hz
1
kHz
10
kHz 20
sec.
200 sec.*
------
10
Hz
2 kHz 20 kHz 50
sec.
------
------
10
Hz
5 kHz 50 kHz 100
sec.
------
------
30
Hz
5
Hz
50 Hz
0.01
sec.**
0.1
sec.
1
sec.
30 Hz 10 Hz 100
Hz
0.02
sec.
0.2
sec.
2
sec.
30 Hz
20 Hz 200 Hz
0.05
sec.
0.5
sec.
5
sec.
30 Hz 50 Hz 500 Hz
0.1
sec.
1
sec.
10
sec.
30 Hz
0.1
kHz
1 kHz
0.2
sec.
2
sec.
20
sec.
30 Hz 0.2 kHz 2
kHz
0.5
sec.
5
sec.
50
sec.
30 Hz
0.5 kHz 5
kHz
1
sec.
10
sec.
100
sec.
30
Hz
1 kHz 10 kHz 2
sec.
20
sec.
200 sec.*
30 Hz 2 kHz 20 kHz 5
sec.
50
sec.
------
30
Hz
5 kHz 50 kHz 10
sec.
100
sec.
------
100 Hz 5 Hz
50 Hz 0.01 sec.**
0.01
sec.**
0.1
sec.
100
Hz
10 Hz 10d
Hz
0.01 sec.** 0.02
sec.
0.2
sec.
100
Hz
20 Hz
200 Hz
0.01 sec.*.* 0.05
sec.
0.5
sec.
100
Hz
50 Hz 500 Hz
0.01
sec.**
0.1
sec.
0.5
sec.
100 Hz
0.1
kHz
1
k~z
0.02
sec.
0.2
sec.
1
sec.
100
Hz
0.2 kHz 2 k z
0.05
sec.
0.5
sec.
2
sec.
100
Hz
0.5 kHz
5 kHz
O.t
sec.
1
sec.
10
sec.
100 Hz
1 kHz
10
l<Hz
0.2
sec.
2
sec.
20
sec.
100
Hz
2 kHz
20
kHz
0.5
sec.
5
sec.
50
sec.
100
Hz
5 kHz
50 kHz 1
sec.
10
sec.
100
sec.
300 Hz
5
Hz
50 Hz
0.01
sec.** 0.01 sec.**
0.01
sec.**
300 Hz 10 Hz
100
Hz
0.01
sec.**
0.01
sec.** 0.02
sec.
300
Hz
20 Hz 200 Hz
0.01
sec.** 0.01 sec.** 0.05
sec.
300 Hz 50 Hz
500 Hz
0.01
sec.**
0.01
sec.**
0.1
sec.
300 Hz
0.1
kHz 1
kHz
0.01 sec.**
0.02
sec.
0.2
sec.
300
Hz
0.2 kHz 2
kHz
0.01
sec.** 0.05
sec.
0.5
sec.
300
Hz
0.5 kHz 5
kHz
0.01
sec.**
0.1
sec.
1
sec.
300
Hz
1
kHz
10 kHz
0.02
sec.
0.2
sec.
2
sec.
300 Hz 2 kHz
20kHz
0.05
sec.
0.5
sec.
5
sec.
300 Hz
5 kHz
50 kHz
0.1
sec.
1
sec.
10
sec.
*Slowest
SWEEP
TIME
Available.
**Fastest
SWEEP
TIME
Available.
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