
Chapter 1
11
Getting Started
Option 215 Limitations
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Now we can work out the external source’s start frequency using the
following equation:
Finally we can calculate the external source’s stop frequency using the
following equation:
So if you specify on your PSA Series analyzer that you want to sweep
from 2.85 GHz to 3.0 GHz using 601 points, the signal source itself will
actually sweep from 2.84975 GHz to 3.00025 GHz.
Bucket Width (in Hz)
PSA Frequency Span (Hz)
PSA number of Sweep Points
1
–
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
=
Bucket Width (in Hz)
150,000,000
601
1
–
------------------------------
250,000 Hz
=
=
PSA Start Frequency
Sweep Offset
Bucket Width
–
+
Harmonic Number
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2,850,000,000
0.00
250,000
–
+
1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
=
2,849,750,000 2.84975
GHz
=
=
PSA Stop Frequency
Sweep Offset
Bucket Width
+
+
Harmonic Number
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3,000,000,000
0.00
250,000
+
+
1
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
=
3,000,250,000
3.00025
GHz
=
=