Spectrum Measurements
R&S
®
ESR
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The table contains the number of samples used in the calculation and, for each
trace, the following values:
–
Average amplitude
–
Peak amplitude
–
Crest factor
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Softkeys for CISPR APD Measurements
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CISPR specifications vs R&S
ESR specifications
The following table compares the characteristics of the R&S
ESR against the CISPR
specifications for APD measurements.
CISPR 16-1-1
R&S ESR
Dynamic range of the amplitude
> 60 dB
> 75 dB
Amplitude accuracy
better than
±
2.7 dB
< 0.2 dB (typical)
Maximum measurement time
≥
2 min
2 min (no dead time)
Minimum measurable probability
10
-7
10
-7
Amplitude level assignment
min. 2 amplitude levels with a res-
olution of 0.25 dB or better
691 levels with a resolution of
0.145
dB
Sampling rate
≥
10 MSamples
(using an RBW of 1 MHz)
16 MSamples (with RBW = 1
MHz)
4.0 MSamples (with RBW = 120
kHz)
0.26 MSamples (with RBW = 9
kHz
5.8 kSamples (with RBW = 200
Hz)
Display resolution of APD mea-
surement data
< 0.25 dB
Default: 0.145 dB for range = 100
dB
Min. 0.00145 dB for range = 1 dB
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Use the intermittent measurement if the dead time is <
1
% of the total measure-
ment time.
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Measure the probabilities corresponding to all pre-assigned levels simultaneously.
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The R&S
ESR records the probability of time for each of the 625 disturbance lev-
els.
Examples of CISPR APD
APD of the inherent noise of the R&S
ESR
The following example shows the APD of the inherent noise of the R&S
ESR (input ter-
minated by 50
Ω
.
Measurements