Measurements and Result Displays
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The measurement results are displayed as traces in the diagram area. Up to six active
traces at any time are possible. Each of those may have a different setup and thus
show different aspects of the measurement results.
In the default state, the application shows two traces. A yellow one and a blue one.
Both result from the same measurement data, but have been evaluated differently. On
the first trace, smoothing has been applied, the second one shows the raw data.
For more information on trace smoothing see
Chapter 4.5, "Trace Averaging"
Figure 3-1: Overview of the phase noise result display
The figure above shows a phase noise curve with typical characteristics. Frequency
offsets near the carrier usually have higher phase noise levels than those further away
from the carrier. The curve has a falling slope until the thermal noise of the DUT has
been reached. From this point on, it is more or less a straight horizontal line.
Remote command:
Residual Noise
The residual noise display summarizes the residual noise results in a table.
For more information on the residual noise results see
Chapter 4.2, "Residual Effects"
The table consists of up to four rows with each row representing a different integration
interval. Each row basically contains the same information with the exception that the
first row always shows the results for the first trace and the other rows with custom
integration ranges the results for any one trace.
The residual noise information is made up out of several values.