
Trouble Shooting Guide, Advanced
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With a Spectrum Analyser set to zero span, resolution bandwidth 30 kHz, peak hold and
video bandwidth 100 kHz, it is possible to catch a narrow sample of the spectrum, as a time
waveform due to a transmitted burst.
By repeating that sample over the time- and frequency – domains for a long raw of
consecutive bursts it will be possible to measure the average of the spectrum components
selected, in a time gated measurement.
The example of such a time waveform as seen in a 30 kHz RBW offset from the carrier, is
given in Fig. 13. 2.
Fig. 13 2
Note that in this time waveform spectrum components from both the switching and the
modulation are visible.
Looking at the time axis we know that the transmitter is started before the useful burst at the
upramp.
The instrument is time gated and the START point is set to the beginning of the burst (0%).
At that part of the waveform the spectrum is still affected by the up ramp and a peak of
switching transients is visible.
The beginning of the time waveform is therefor not good for measuring the modulation
spectrum.
In the middle of the burst there is a training sequence usually called midamble, with an equal
bit pattern in every normal burst.
This part is not interesting for modulation measurements either.
dB
t
100%
90%
Averaging
period
50%
midamble
Useful part of the burst
0%
Switching transients
Max-hold level = peak of switching transients
Video average level
= spectrum due to
modulation