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Product Overview

Application

The RSA3303B, RSA3308B, and RSA3408B can perform real-time analysis for
the following purposes:

Signal quality analysis of analog and digital modulation

Understanding frequency and spectral occupancy behavior over time

Capture and characterization of undesired, unknown, or interfering signals

Device/system design or operational diagnostic measurement

Getting answers to elusive EMI problems

VCO/synthesizer design

RFID device characterization

General purpose digital modulation vector signal analysis (Option)

Spectrum monitoring

Radar measurements

Characterization, troubleshooting, and veri

fi

cation of wireless designs

(RSA3000B Series Options):

GSM/EDGE

W-CDMA

HSDPA

cdma2000 1x

cdma2000 1xEV-DO

TD-SCDMA

WLAN 802.11a/b/g/n (RSA3408B only)

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RSA3303B, RSA3308B, and RSA3408B User Manual

Summary of Contents for RSA3303B

Page 1: ...RSA3303B RSA3308B and RSA3408B Real Time Spectrum Analyzers ZZZ User Manual xx This document applies to firmware version 1 0 and above www tektronix com 071 2395 00...

Page 2: ...in this publication supersedes that in all previously published material Specifications and price change privileges reserved TEKTRONIX and TEK are registered trademarks of Tektronix Inc Additional tra...

Page 3: ...duties taxes and any other charges for products returned to any other locations This warranty shall not apply to any defect failure or damage caused by improper use or improper or inadequate maintena...

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Page 5: ...n of Other Applications 14 Calibration 15 Cal Menu 15 Calibrating Gain 16 Calibrating Center Offset 17 Calibrating DC Offset 17 Calibrating IF Flatness RSA3408B Only 18 Display Brightness Adjustment 1...

Page 6: ...re 16 Front panel 21 Figure 17 Rear panel 22 Figure 18 Side panel 24 Figure 19 Operation with mouse and keyboard 25 Figure 20 Display screen configuration RSA3408B shown 26 Figure 21 Status display RS...

Page 7: ...RSA3300B RBW Resolution Bandwidth 49 Table 19 Trace and display line 50 Table 20 Display 50 Table 21 RSA3408B Measurement function 51 Table 22 RSA3300B Measurement function 51 Table 23 Analog demodul...

Page 8: ...aking connections to the input or output terminals of the product ensure that the product is properly grounded Observe All Terminal Ratings To avoid fire or shock hazard observe all ratings and markin...

Page 9: ...could result in damage to this product or other property Symbols and Terms on the Product These terms may appear on the product DANGER indicates an injury hazard immediately accessible as you read th...

Page 10: ...General Safety Summary vi RSA3303B RSA3308B and RSA3408B User Manual...

Page 11: ...to this user manual the following documentation is available for your analyzer The most recent versions of these manuals are available on the Tektronix Web site www tektronix com RSA3408B Programmer M...

Page 12: ...g with a colon as in MODE DEMOD VIEW SCALE MARKERS SELECT For example Press the MODE DEMOD key Menu and on screen form titles are printed in the manual in the same case initial capitals as they appear...

Page 13: ...asurement span and 36 MHz vector span RSA3300B 50 Hz to 3 GHz measurement span and 15 MHz vector span Real time analysis for seamless capture of time varying RF signals DPX spectrum display makes it e...

Page 14: ...rfering signals Device system design or operational diagnostic measurement Getting answers to elusive EMI problems VCO synthesizer design RFID device characterization General purpose digital modulatio...

Page 15: ...ke sure that there is no damage on the surface 2 Open the box check that the product has no damage If you find any damaged or missing components contact your local Tektronix representative 3 It is rec...

Page 16: ...Installation Figure 1 Setting up the stand 4 RSA3303B RSA3308B and RSA3408B User Manual...

Page 17: ...00 W RSA3408B The Specifications section contains additional information on power and environmental requirements See page 37 Specifications CAUTION Use only power cords that are approved for the count...

Page 18: ...ront panel lights up in orange 2 Turn on the power switch ON STANDBY on the lower left of the front panel The LED next to the power switch changes to green Figure 4 Front panel power switch ON STANDBY...

Page 19: ...n the gain calibration routine See page 16 Calibrating Gain CAUTION Never apply signals with a combined amplitude greater than 30 dBm to the RF INPUT connector Signals greater than 30 dBm can permanen...

Page 20: ...nalyzer 2 Display the spectrum of the calibration signal a Press the S A key on the front panel and then press the Spectrum Analyzer side key b Press the PRESET key on the front panel to reset the ana...

Page 21: ...MHz RSA3300B and the amplitude should be approximately 20 dBm c Press the MARKER SETUP key on the front panel and then the Markers side key to select Off Check that the marker disappears 4 Check the...

Page 22: ...on the keypad 5 Check the reference level a Press the AMPLITUDE key on the front panel b Make sure that the reference level is set to 0 dBm with the Ref Level side key Check that 0 dBm is displayed o...

Page 23: ...isplay a Press the S A key on the front panel b Press the S A with Spectrogram side key Check that the spectrogram is displayed on the lower side of the screen See Figure 10 c Press the RUN STOP key o...

Page 24: ...t 10 seconds after the last power off When you press the front panel ON STANDBY switch the analyzer starts a shutdown process including a Windows shutdown to preserve settings and then power off The L...

Page 25: ...turn on the principal power switch again 4 Turn on the front panel power switch When Scan Disk Appears If the analyzer was not shut down properly Windows Scan Disk may run when you turn on the analyz...

Page 26: ...The analyzer incorporates Windows XP as the operating system Some combinations of internal measurement applications and external applications may cause deterioration in the basic performance or confli...

Page 27: ...contains the following controls Calibrate All Performs all possible calibration operations Calibrate Gain Calibrates the internal gain steps See page 16 Calibrating Gain Calibrate Center Offset This...

Page 28: ...g the internal signal generator Run this internal calibration routine as required when you boot the analyzer or when UNCAL uncalibrated is displayed during operation Allow the analyzer to warm up for...

Page 29: ...ar panel connectors set the IQ input signal level to zero externally Figure 13 Center offset To run the center offset calibration do the following 1 Press the CAL key on the front panel 2 Press the Ca...

Page 30: ...flatness using the internal signal generator It optimizes the flatness of gain and phase within the IF bandwidth automatically This calibration is recommended in digital modulation analysis To run the...

Page 31: ...rn the general purpose knob to adjust the brightness The setting range is 0 to 100 Confirming Performance The electrical characteristics described in Appendix A Specifications can be checked only by o...

Page 32: ...Calibration 20 RSA3303B RSA3308B and RSA3408B User Manual...

Page 33: ...ntrols connectors display and menu operation Interface Maps Controls and Connectors The following Figures show the controls and connectors on the front the side and the rear panels Figure 16 Front pan...

Page 34: ...impedance 50 Maximum capacity of non breakdown input 30 dBm 6 Preamplifier power source Provides power source for a preamplifier optional accessory See Table 30 on page 57 7 General purpose knob Chang...

Page 35: ...NC connector for trigger signal input output See Table 16 on page 48 5 421 MHz IF OUT connector RSA3408B only 50 BNC connector for 421 MHz IF Intermediate Frequency output 6 GPIB connector Used to con...

Page 36: ...occur 2 Disk drive Saves and loads data and settings A 3 5 inch 2HD 1 44MB or 2DD 720KB disk formatted for MS DOS can be used 3 LAN Ethernet connector 10 100BASE T connector Connects this instrument...

Page 37: ...r numeric input field Home Caret move Moves the caret to the beginning of an input field End Caret move Moves the caret to the end of an input field Backspace Alphanumeric input Deletes the character...

Page 38: ...micro 10 6 Press ENTER to complete entry of the value N or n key Alphanumeric input nano 10 9 Press ENTER to complete entry of the value Display Screen The following Figure shows the elements of the d...

Page 39: ...eform or the measurement results Multiple views can be displayed on one display screen depending on the measurement mode 8 Measurement function display area Displays the measurement function currently...

Page 40: ...er condition the acquired data is stored in the pre trigger region until the trigger event occurs Thereafter it is stored in the post trigger region See Figure 22 Figure 22 Pre and post trigger region...

Page 41: ...A modulation analysis Demod or time analysis Time as shown in the table below Figure 24 Setup display RSA3408B shown Table 4 Setup display Item Description Mode Frequency Indicates the center frequenc...

Page 42: ...icates time to acquire a block of data It can be set in the Timing menu Demod and Time Menu Operations This section describes basic operations of the analyzer menus and how to select menu items and in...

Page 43: ...Functional Overview Figure 25 Examples of menu item display NOTE When the setting is prohibited or is not available the item is displayed in gray RSA3303B RSA3308B and RSA3408B User Manual 31...

Page 44: ...ent is performed Move to sub menu If the label is followed by you can move to a lower level menu by pressing the associated side key Move between pages When the number of menu items is greater than se...

Page 45: ...and down keys have the same functions as the general purpose knob except the step size the amount per click by which the general purpose knob changes a setting value or the amount per press for the u...

Page 46: ...keypad 3 Confirm the input by pressing the unit key or ENTER key The confirmed value is immediately reflected to the analyzer settings and display Press the Cancel Back side key to cancel the change C...

Page 47: ...so set with two side keys in the Frequency Channel menu See Figure 31 Center Freq Step Same As C F Useful for quickly locating harmonics of a signal seen at the center frequency Center Freq Step Same...

Page 48: ...Functional Overview 36 RSA3303B RSA3308B and RSA3408B User Manual...

Page 49: ...or those characteristics Characteristics apply to both the RSA3408B and RSA3300B analyzers except where noted Unless otherwise stated the following tables of electrical characteristics and features ap...

Page 50: ...d term shows the uncertainty due to the limited bin number Because more than 500 bins are available in the frequency display 0 5 bin uncertainty corresponds to 0 001 The third term shows the residual...

Page 51: ...kHz 100 dBc Hz Carrier offset 100 kHz span 1 MHz 105 dBc Hz Carrier offset 1 MHz span 5 MHz 125 dBc Hz Table 8 RSA3300B Noise sideband Description Characteristics Noise sideband Offset Frequency 1000...

Page 52: ...Bc Hz 138 dBc Hz 138 dBc Hz 1 kHz 10 kHz 20 kHz 30 kHz 100 kHz 1 MHz 5 MHz 7 MHz Frequency 6000 MHz Typical RSA3308B only 90 dBc Hz 107 dBc Hz 108 dBc Hz 108 dBc Hz 115 dBc Hz 131 dBc Hz 133 dBc Hz 13...

Page 53: ...100 kHz 1 MHz 5 MHz 7 MHz 10 MHz Frequency 1000 MHz Typical 107 dBc Hz 112 dBc Hz 112 dBc Hz 112 dBc Hz 115 dBc Hz 135 dBc Hz 140 dBc Hz 140 dBc Hz 140 dBc Hz 1 kHz 10 kHz 20 kHz 30 kHz 100 kHz 1 MHz...

Page 54: ...3 GHz RF attenuation 10 dB 1 4 3 GHz to 8 GHz RF attenuation 10 dB RSA3308B and RSA3408B only Maximum input level Maximum DC voltage 0 2 V RF RSA3303B RF1 to 3 5 V Baseband 5 V Option 03 IQ input Maxi...

Page 55: ...5 dB 100 kHz to 40 MHz 1 2 dB 40 MHz to 3 5 GHz 1 7 dB 3 5 GHz to 6 5 GHz 1 7 dB 5 GHz to 8 GHz Typical 0 3 dB 100 kHz to 40 MHz 0 5 dB 40 MHz to 3 5 GHz 1 0 dB 3 5 GHz to 6 5 GHz 1 0 dB 5 GHz to 8 GH...

Page 56: ...nt 0 dB attenuation 20 to 30 C 0 3 dB Baseband at 10 MHz 10 dBm signal 0 5 dB at 50 MHz 20 dBm signal Input attenuator setting uncertainty 0 5 dB at 50 MHz Level linearity in display range 0 2 dB 0 to...

Page 57: ...dBm Hz 5 GHz to 8 GHz RSA3300B ACLR 3GPP down link test model 1 16 ch 60 dB 5 MHz offset 63 dB 10 MHz offset Typical 66 dB 5 MHz offset 70 dB 10 MHz offset Local feed through to input connector Typica...

Page 58: ...6 5 GHz RSA3308B 85 dBm Span 3 GHz RF3 5 to 8 GHz RSA3308B 85 dBm Span 3 GHz RSA3408B Spurious response Span 10 MHz Reference level 0 dBm RBW 50 kHz Baseband 25 MHz 73 dBc Signal frequency 25 MHz Sign...

Page 59: ...ps 36 MHz span RF 51 2 Msps 20 MHz span 25 6 Msps 10 MHz span 12 8 Msps 5 MHz span 6 4 Msps 2 MHz span 2 56 Msps 1 MHz span 1 28 Msps 500 kHz span 640 ksps 200 kHz span 256 ksps 100 kHz span 128 ksps...

Page 60: ...odes 20 MHz span Baseband 25 6 Msps 15 MHz span RF RF1 to 3 25 6 Msps 10 MHz span 12 8 Msps 5 MHz span 6 4 Msps 2 MHz span 3 2 Msps 1 MHz span 1 6 Msps 500 kHz span 800 ksps 200 kHz span 320 ksps 100...

Page 61: ...ng uncertainty 2 sample points Power External trigger Table 17 RSA3408B RBW Resolution Bandwidth Characteristics Description Filter shape Gaussian Rectangle Root Nyquist Setting range 1 Hz to 10 MHz M...

Page 62: ...pan 1 kHz 500 kHz Span 500 Hz 200 kHz Span 200 Hz 100 kHz Span 100 Hz 50 kHz Span 50 Hz 20 kHz Span 20 Hz 10 kHz Span 10 Hz 5 kHz Span 5 Hz 2 kHz Span 2 Hz 1 kHz Span 1 Hz 500 Hz Span 1 Hz 200 Hz Span...

Page 63: ...purious Analog Demod mode I Q versus Time AM depth FM deviation PM deviation Time mode I Q versus Time Power versus Time Frequency versus Time CCDF Table 22 RSA3300B Measurement function Characteristi...

Page 64: ...rd setup PDC PHS NADC TETRA GSM CDPD and Bluetooth Measurement functions Constellation EVM I Q versus Time Eye diagram Symbol table AM AM AM PM CCDF PDF Display format Vector diagram Symbol Locus disp...

Page 65: ...quency 3 GHz 0 5 0 5 0 6 0 9 1 8 100 kHz 1 MHz 4 MHz 10 MHz 20 MHz Center frequency 5 GHz 0 7 0 7 0 9 1 6 2 4 100 kHz 1 MHz 4 MHz 10 MHz 20 MHz RSA3300B QPSK EVM EVM Typical Symbol rate Center frequen...

Page 66: ...quency 3 GHz 0 6 0 6 0 6 0 9 1 8 100 kHz 1 MHz 4 MHz 10 MHz 20 MHz Center frequency 5 GHz 0 7 0 7 0 9 1 6 2 4 100 kHz 1 MHz 4 MHz 10 MHz 20 MHz RSA3300B 4 DQPSK EVM EVM Typical Symbol rate Center freq...

Page 67: ...nter frequency 5 GHz 0 9 0 5 0 7 1 3 2 0 100 kHz 1 MHz 4 MHz 10 MHz 20 MHz RSA3300B 16QAM EVM EVM Typical Symbol rate Center frequency 1 GHz 0 9 0 5 1 2 2 2 100 kHz 1 MHz 4 MHz 10 MHz Center frequency...

Page 68: ...Digital phosphor spectrum processing DPX Characteristics Description Spectrum processing rate Typical 48 000 per second span independent Minimum signal duration for 100 probability of intercept Typica...

Page 69: ...indows XP System bus PCI Storage medium Hard disk 40 GB 2 5 inch IDE RSA3408B 20 GB 2 5 inch IDE RSA3300B Floppy disk 1 44 MB 3 5 inch Interface Printer port USB GPIB IEEE 488 2 LAN 10 100 BASE T IEEE...

Page 70: ...output data before correction Amplitude 1 5 dB 36 MHz span 1 2 dB 20 MHz span Phase 100 36 MHz span 15 20 MHz span Figure 32 Definition of the setup and hold time Table 31 Power requirements Characte...

Page 71: ...erating 10 to 40 C Nonoperating 20 to 60 C Relative humidity Operating and nonoperating 20 to 80 no condensation maximum wet bulb temperature 29 C Altitude Operating Up to 3000 m 10000 ft Nonoperating...

Page 72: ...and flicker 1 This product is intended for use in nonresidential areas only Use in resdential areas may cause electromagnetic interference 2 Emissions which exceed the levels required by this standar...

Page 73: ...product Typically the internal environment inside a product is considered to be the same as the external Products should be used only in the environment for which they are rated Pollution Degree 1 No...

Page 74: ...performed on circuits not directly connected to MAINS Overvoltage Category Overvoltage Category II as defined in IEC 61010 1 Digital IQ Output Connector Pin Assignment RSA3408B Option 05 Only Figure 3...

Page 75: ...I output data bit 7 LVDS 12 GND 37 GND Ground 13 EXT_I8 38 EXT_I8 I output data bit 8 LVDS 14 EXT_I9 39 EXT_I9 I output data bit 9 LVDS 15 EXT_I10 40 EXT_I10 I output data bit 10 LVDS 16 EXT_I11 41 EX...

Page 76: ...to GND IQ output enable 26 GND Ground 2 GND 27 GND Ground 3 EXT_Q0 28 EXT_Q0 Q output data bit 0 LVDS 4 EXT_Q1 29 EXT_Q1 Q output data bit 1 LVDS 5 EXT_Q2 30 EXT_Q2 Q output data bit 2 LVDS 6 EXT_Q3...

Page 77: ...a bit 10 LVDS 16 EXT_Q11 41 EXT_Q11 Q output data bit 11 LVDS 17 GND 42 GND Ground 18 EXT_Q12 43 EXT_Q12 Q output data bit 12 LVDS 19 EXT_Q13 44 EXT_Q13 Q output data bit 13 LVDS 20 EXT_Q14 45 EXT_Q14...

Page 78: ...Appendix A Specifications 66 RSA3303B RSA3308B and RSA3408B User Manual...

Page 79: ...ain 16 IF flatness 18 I IF flatness calibration 18 Installation 3 Interface maps 21 IQ digital IQ output Option 05 23 K Key lock 28 Keyboard operation 25 Keypad 22 using 33 M Manuals list vii Map inte...

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