Tektronix has added the RSA5000 series signal analyser to its mid-range signal analysers. In spectrum management, radar, electronic warfare, radio communications and EMI/EMC, traditional analysers are unable to trigger on transient problems and the maximum available acquisition bandwidth in the mid-range is just 40MHz. The RSA5000 has advanced time, amplitude, and DPX trigger functions with swept DPX to discover and capture intermittent and rapidly changing signals in up to 85MHz bandwidth (i.e. Bluetooth, Zigbee, RFID and WLAN). The DPX Live RF spectrum display catches very short duration transients missed by conventional spectrum analysers, claims the company. The Swept DPX engine can collect up to 292,000spectrum update/s over the bandwidth, up to 85 MHz, and can sweep the DPX across the input range i.e., up to 6.2 GHz. DPX measures spectral transients as brief as 5.8µs. To capture transients for analysis, the analyser offers frequency mask, frequency-edge, density, time-qualified and runt triggers. Cross domain triggering between multiple instruments can isolate hardware and software anomalies. A seamless time record of RF frequencies can be captured into deep memory for up to 7s at 85MHz bandwidth. Automatic pulse measurement and detection support multiple measurements on the same set of data.
