Specifications
Table 28: Trigg
er
Characteristic Description
Trigger Mode, Type, & Source,
nominal
Modes:
Free Run (Triggered by the end of the preceding acquisition)
Triggered (Triggered by Event)
Fast Fram e (T
riggered by Event, sequential storage of acquisitions)
Types:
Single (one acquisition from one trigger)
Continuous
(repeated acquisitions from repeating triggers)
Sources:
RF Input
Trigger 1 (
Front)
Trigger 2/ Gate (Rear)
Gated (Logical AND of the selected edge [rising or falling] of TRIG 1 and the selected
level [LOW
or HIGH] of TRIG 2)
Line
Trigger E
vent Types
Power Level (IF Span BW after RBW and VBW filters)
Frequency Mask
DPX Stat
istics Tr igger
Runt Trigger (applies to Power Level Trigger)
Time-Qualified Trigger
Holdof
f Trigger
Trigger E vent Delay R ange, nominal 20 ns to 60 s
Trigger Event Delay Resolution,
nominal
20 ns
Trigger Event Delay Uncertainty,
nominal
±20 ns
Pre/Post Trigger Setting, nominal Trigger Position is set-able within 1% to 99% of Total Data Length
Power Trigger Level Range, nominal
0 dB to –100 dB from Reference Level
Power Trigger Level Resolution,
nominal
0.1 dB
Power Trigger Level Accuracy
±0.5 dB (level –50 dB from Reference Level) for trigger levels >30 dB above the noise floor
±1.
5 dB (from –50 dB to –70 dB from Reference Level) for trigger levels >30 dB above
the noise floor
This applies when the Trigger Level is between 10% and 90% of the signal amplitude
Power Trigger Position Timing
Uncertainty, typical
±12 ns for 25 MHz Acq BW using no trigger RBW
±1
5 ns for 25 MHz Acq BW using 20 M Hz trigger RBW
±4 ns for 85/125/165 MHz Acq BW using no trigger RBW
±5 ns for 85/125/165 MHz Acq BW using 60 MHz trigger RBW
Power Trigger Bandwidth setting,
nominal
Not an independent setting. This is set by the "Time D omain Bandwidth" control.
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