
Measurements
R&S
®
FSW
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The displayed noise level of a signal analyzer depends on its noise figure, the selected
RF attenuation, the selected reference level, the selected resolution and video band-
width and the detector.
For details see:
●
chapter 6.4.1.2, "RF Attenuation"
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chapter 6.4.1.1, "Reference Level"
●
chapter 6.5.1.1, "Separating Signals by Selecting an Appropriate Resolution Band-
width"
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chapter 6.5.1.2, "Smoothing the Trace Using the Video Bandwidth"
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chapter 7.3.1.1, "Mapping Samples to Sweep Points with the Trace Detector"
This measurement example shows the different factors influencing the S/N ratio.
Table 5-2: Signal generator settings (e.g. R&S SMU)
Frequency
128 MHz
Level
-95 dBm
1. Preset the R&S
FSW.
2. Set the center frequency to
128 MHz
.
3. Set the span to
100 MHz
.
4. Set the reference level to
-30
dBm
.
The signal is measured with the auto peak detector and is completely hidden in the
intrinsic noise of the R&S
FSW.
Fig. 5-1: Sine wave signal with low S/N ratio
Basic Measurements