GuiaRuidofase 90233

Phase Noise Guide
Agilent Technologies
PSA and ESA-E Series Spectrum Analyzers
Option 226
Manufacturing Part Number: E4440-90233

Supersedes: E4440-90233, January 2004
Printed in USA
January 2006
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Table of Contents
1. Getting Started
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Licensing the Phase Noise Personality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Installing the Phase Noise Personality on ESA Analyzers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Removing the Phase Noise Personality on ESA Analyzers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Installing the Phase Noise Personality on PSA Analyzers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Available Measurement Personality Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Loading an Optional Measurement Personality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Installing a License Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Viewing a License Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Using the Delete License Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Starting the Phase Noise Personality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
2. Using the Phase Noise Personality

Using the Phase Noise Personality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Functionality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Log Plot Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Spot Frequency Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Smoothing, Averaging and Filtering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Signal Tracking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Measurement Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Slowly Drifting Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
System Noise Floor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Display Accuracy at 10 dB Per Division. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Cancellation and Log Plot Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Background Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Log Plot Cancellation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Creating a DANL Floor Reference Trace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Example Measurement -
Using a DANL Reference for Cancellation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Creating a Signal Phase Noise Reference Trace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Using a Phase Noise Measurement for Cancellation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Saving Traces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Restoring Traces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Additional Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
3. Menu Maps
What You Will Find in This Chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Amplitude Menu - Log Plot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Amplitude Menu - Spot Frequency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
BW/Avg Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Det/Demod Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Display Menus - Log Plot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Display Menus - Monitor Spectrum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Display Menus - Spot Frequency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
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File Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Frequency/Channel Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Input Output Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Installer Menu (ESA Series of Analyzers Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Marker Menu - Log Plot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Measure Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Meas Setup Menus - Log Plot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Meas Setup Menus - Monitor Spectrum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Meas Setup Menus - Spot Frequency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Mode Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Mode Setup Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Span (X Scale) Menu - Log Plot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Span (X Scale) Menu - Monitor Spectrum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Span (X Scale) Menu - Spot Frequency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Sweep Menu - Log Plot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Sweep Menu - Spot Frequency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Trigger Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
View and Trace Menus - Log Plot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
View and Trace Menus - Monitor Spectrum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
View and Trace Menus - Spot Frequency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
4. Front-Panel Key Reference

Key Descriptions and Locations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
AMPLITUDE Y Scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Det/Demod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
FREQUENCY Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Input/Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Meas Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
MEASURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
MODE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Mode Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Preset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
SPAN X Scale. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Sweep Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Trace/View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
5. Language Reference
CALCulate Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
CALCulate:LPLot Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
CALCulate:MARKers Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
CONFigure Subsystem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Configure the Selected Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Configure Query . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
DISPlay Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Set the Display Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Control the Display Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
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FETCh Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Fetch the Current Measurement Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
FORMat Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Measurement Results format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
INITiate Subsystem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Take New Data Acquisition for Selected Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
INSTrument Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Select Application by Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Select Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
MEASure Group of Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
CONFigure, FETCh, MEASure, READ Interactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Phase Noise Log Plot Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Monitor Spectrum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Phase Noise Spot Frequency Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
MMEMory Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Load a Log Plot Reference Trace from Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Store a Log Plot Reference Trace to Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
READ Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Initiate and Read Measurement Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
SENSe Subsystem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Display Average Noise Level—Measurement Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Default Reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Frequency Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Phase Noise Log Plot Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Monitor Band/Channel Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
RF Power Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Spot Frequency Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
6. If You Have A Problem

Agilent Customer Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
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:CALCulate:LPLot:DECade:TABLe[:STATe] OFF|ON|0|1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

:CALCulate:LPLot:DECade:TABLe[:STATe]? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
:CALCulate:LPLot:MARKer:TABLe[:STATe] OFF|ON|0|1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
:CALCulate:LPLot:MARKer:TABLe[:STATe]? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
:CALCulate:LPLot:MARKer[1]|2|3|4:MODE POSition|DELTa|RMSDegree|RMSRadian|RFM
|RMSJitter|OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
:CALCulate:LPLot:MARKer[1]|2|3|4:MODE? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
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:CALCulate:LPLot:MARKer[1]|2|3|4:TRACe <tracenum> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
:CALCulate:LPLot:MARKer[1]|2|3|4:TRACe? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
:CALCulate:LPLot:MARKer[1]|2|3|4:X <number> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
:CALCulate:LPLot:MARKer[1]|2|3|4:X? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
:CALCulate:LPLot:MARKer[1]|2|3|4:Y? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
:CALCulate:LPLot:TRACe:COPY[A][B] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
:CALCulate:LPLot:TRACe:SWAP[A][B] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
:CALCulate:LPLot:TRACe[1]|2|3:MODE RAW|SMOothed|VIEW|BLANk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
:CALCulate:LPLot:TRACe[1]|2|3:MODE? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
:CONFigure:<measurement>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
:CONFigure:MONitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
:CONFigure? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
:DISPlay:MONitor:WINDow:TRACe:Y:DLINe <ampl> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
:DISPlay:MONitor:WINDow:TRACe:Y:DLINe:STATe OFF|ON|0|1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
:DISPlay:MONitor:WINDow:TRACe:Y:DLINe:STATe? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
:DISPlay:MONitor:WINDow:TRACe:Y:DLINe? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
:FETCh:<measurement>[n]? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
:FETCh:LPLot[n]?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
:FETCh:MONitor[n] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
:FETCh:SFRequency[n]? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
:FORMat:MEASure[:DATA] ASCii|REAL32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
:FORMat:MEASure[:DATA]? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
:INITiate:<measurement> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
:INSTrument:NSELect <integer> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
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:INSTrument:NSELect?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
:INSTrument[:SELect]
‘SA’|‘GSM’|‘CDMA’|‘PNOISE’|‘BLUETOOTH’|’EDGE’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
:INSTrument[:SELect] SA|PNOISE|BASIC|CDMA|CDMA2K|EDGEGSM|NADC|PDC|WCD-
MA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
:INSTrument[:SELect]? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
:MEASure:LPLot[n]? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
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:MEASure:MONitor[n] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121
:MEASure:SFRequency[n]? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122
:MMEMory:LPLot:LOAD:TRACe <tracenum>,<filename> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123
:MMEMory:LPLot:LOAD:TRACe <tracenum>,<filename> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123
:MMEMory:LPLot:STORe:TRACe <tracenum>,<filename> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124
:MMEMory:LPLot:STORe:TRACe <tracenum>,<filename> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124
:READ:<measurement>[n]?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125
:READ:LPLot[n]? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
:READ:MONitor[n] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121
:READ:SFRequency[n]? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122
[:SENSe]:DANL:METHod ATTenuator|REMoval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127
[:SENSe]:DANL:METHod? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127
[:SENSe]:DEFaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127
[:SENSe]:FREQuency:CARRier <freq> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128
[:SENSe]:FREQuency:CARRier:SEARch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128
[:SENSe]:FREQuency:CARRier:SEARch:AUTO ON|OFF|1|0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129
[:SENSe]:FREQuency:CARRier:SEARch:AUTO? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129
[:SENSe]:FREQuency:CARRier:SEARch:SPAN <freq>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129
[:SENSe]:FREQuency:CARRier:SEARch:SPAN? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129
[:SENSe]:FREQuency:CARRier:TRACk:DSPan <value> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130
[:SENSe]:FREQuency:CARRier:TRACk:DSPan?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130
[:SENSe]:FREQuency:CARRier:TRACk:INTerval <value>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130
[:SENSe]:FREQuency:CARRier:TRACk:INTerval? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130
[:SENSe]:FREQuency:CARRier:TRACk:METHod INTerval|TOLerance|BOTH . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131
[:SENSe]:FREQuency:CARRier:TRACk:METHod? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131
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[:SENSe]:FREQuency:CARRier:TRACk:TOLerance <value> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

[:SENSe]:FREQuency:CARRier:TRACk:TOLerance?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
[:SENSe]:FREQuency:CARRier:TRACk[:STATe] OFF|ON|1|0. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
[:SENSe]:FREQuency:CARRier:TRACk[:STATe]? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
[:SENSe]:FREQuency:CARRier? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
[:SENSe]:LPLot:AVERage:[:STATe] ON|OFF|1|0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
[:SENSe]:LPLot:AVERage:COUNt <integer> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
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[:SENSe]:LPLot:AVERage:COUNt?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
[:SENSe]:LPLot:AVERage:TCONtrol?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
[:SENSe]:LPLot:AVERage[:STATe]? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
[:SENSe]:LPLot:BANDwidth|BWIDth:VIDeo:RATio <numeric> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
[:SENSe]:LPLot:BANDwidth|BWIDth:VIDeo:RATio?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
[:SENSe]:LPLot:BANDwidth|BWIDth:VIDeo? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
[:SENSe]:LPLot:BANDwidth|BWIDth[:RESolution]? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
[:SENSe]:LPLot:CANCellation:DELTa <dB> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
[:SENSe]:LPLot:CANCellation:DELTa? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
[:SENSe]:LPLot:CANCellation:TRACe <tracenum> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
[:SENSe]:LPLot:CANCellation:TRACe? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
[:SENSe]:LPLot:CANCellation[:STATe] OFF|ON|0|1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
[:SENSe]:LPLot:CANCellation[:STATe]?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
[:SENSe]:LPLot:DETector[:FUNCtion]? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
[:SENSe]:LPLot:DIAG:GRAPh:Y:REFerence <level>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
[:SENSe]:LPLot:DIAG:GRAPh:Y:REFerence? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
[:SENSe]:LPLot:FILTering:NONE|LITTle|MEDium|MAXimum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
[:SENSe]:LPLot:FREQuency:OFFSet:STARt <freq> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
[:SENSe]:LPLot:FREQuency:OFFSet:STARt? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
[:SENSe]:LPLot:FREQuency:OFFSet:STOP <freq>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
[:SENSe]:LPLot:FREQuency:OFFSet:STOP? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
[:SENSe]:LPLot:FREQuency:SPAN:BANDwidth|BWIDth[:RESolution]:RATio <numeric> . . . . 136
[:SENSe]:LPLot:FREQuency:SPAN:BANDwidth|BWIDth[:RESolution]:RATio:AUTO
ON|OFF|1|0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
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[:SENSe]:LPLot:FREQuency:SPAN:BANDwidth|BWIDth[:RESolution]:RATio:AUTO? . . . . . . . .137
[:SENSe]:LPLot:FREQuency:SPAN:BANDwidth|BWIDth[:RESolution]:RATio? . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136
[:SENSe]:LPLot:METHod DANL|PN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137
[:SENSe]:LPLot:METHod? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137
[:SENSe]:LPLot:SMOoth <percentage> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137
[:SENSe]:LPLot:SMOoth? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137
[:SENSe]:MONitor:AVERage:COUNt <integer> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139
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[:SENSe]:MONitor:AVERage:COUNt? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139
[:SENSe]:MONitor:AVERage:TCONtrol EXPonential|REPeat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140
[:SENSe]:MONitor:AVERage:TCONtrol? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140
[:SENSe]:MONitor:AVERage[:STATe] OFF|ON|0|1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139
[:SENSe]:MONitor:AVERage[:STATe]?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139
[:SENSe]:MONitor:FREQuency:SPAN <freq> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140
[:SENSe]:MONitor:FREQuency:SPAN:FULL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141
[:SENSe]:MONitor:FREQuency:SPAN:ZERO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142
[:SENSe]:MONitor:FREQuency:SPAN? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140
[:SENSe]:MONitor:SWEep:POINts?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142
[:SENSe]:MONitor:SWEep:TIME <value>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142
[:SENSe]:MONitor:SWEep:TIME:AUTO ON|OFF|1|0. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143
[:SENSe]:MONitor:SWEep:TIME:AUTO? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143
[:SENSe]:MONitor:SWEep:TIME? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142
[:SENSe]:POWer[:RF]:MIXer:RANGe[:UPPer] <power>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143
[:SENSe]:POWer[:RF]:MIXer:RANGe[:UPPer]? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143
[:SENSe]:SFRequency:AVERage:COUNt <integer> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144
[:SENSe]:SFRequency:AVERage:COUNt? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144
[:SENSe]:SFRequency:AVERage:TCONtrol EXPonential|REPeat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144
[:SENSe]:SFRequency:AVERage:TCONtrol? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144
[:SENSe]:SFRequency:AVERage[:STATe] ON|OFF|1|0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144
[:SENSe]:SFRequency:AVERage[:STATe]? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144
[:SENSe]:SFRequency:BANDwidth|BWIDth:VIDeo:AUTO? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145
[:SENSe]:SFRequency:BANDwidth|BWIDth:VIDeo:RATio <numeric> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146
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[:SENSe]:SFRequency:BANDwidth|BWIDth:VIDeo:RATio? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
[:SENSe]:SFRequency:BANDwidth|BWIDth:VIDeo? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
[:SENSe]:SFRequency:BANDwidth|BWIDth[:RESolution]:AUTO?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
[:SENSe]:SFRequency:BANDwidth|BWIDth[:RESolution]?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
[:SENSe]:SFRequency:DETector[:FUNCtion]? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
[:SENSe]:SFRequency:METHod DANL|PN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
[:SENSe]:SFRequency:METHod? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
List of Commands
[:SENSe]:SFRequency:PNOFrequency <freq> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
[:SENSe]:SFRequency:PNOFrequency:AUTO ON|OFF|1|0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
[:SENSe]:SFRequency:PNOFrequency:AUTO? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
[:SENSe]:SFRequency:PNOFrequency? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
[:SENSe]:SFRequency:SOFFset <value> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
[:SENSe]:SFRequency:SOFFset:BANDwidth|BWIDth[:RESolution] :RATio <value>. . . . . . . . . 148
[:SENSe]:SFRequency:SOFFset:BANDwidth|BWIDth[:RESolution] :RATio? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
[:SENSe]:SFRequency:SOFFset? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
[:SENSe]:SFRequency:SWEep:TIME <value> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
[:SENSe]:SFRequency:SWEep:TIME:AUTO ON|OFF|1|0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
[:SENSe]:SFRequency:SWEep:TIME:AUTO? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
[:SENSe]:SFRequency:SWEep:TIME?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
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List of Commands List of Commands
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Introduction
Introduction
The Option 226 Phase Noise Measurement Personality is a
downloadable program (DLP) that is used with the PSA and ESA-E
Series spectrum analyzers to make single sideband phase noise
measurements. You need the following equipment to use the utility:
Table 1-1 Equipment/Upgrades Required for Using Option 226
analyzer Firmware B72 (Extended

Memory Option)
E4401A A.08.00 or later Required
E4402B A.08.00 or later Required
E4440A A.02.00 or later Not applicable
The following procedures describe how to install the file and access the
personality.
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Specifications
Performance specifications can be found in the “ESA Series
Specifications Guide” or the “PSA Series Specifications Guide”.
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Licensing the Phase Noise Personality
Licensing the Phase Noise Personality

In order to start using the features of the phase noise personality, it
must be licensed. To license your phase noise personality use the
following procedure.
NOTE If your analyzer came with the phase noise personality installed, you
can skip the Licensing and Installation instructions.
1. Turn on the spectrum analyzer. After the analyzer has completed the
power up sequence:
Press System, More 1 of 3, More 2 of 3, Licensing.
2. Press Option, and use the numeric key pad to enter the number of
the option. For the phase noise personality the option number is 226.
3. Press Return to go back to the licensing menu and select License Key.
Use the numeric key pad and the alpha editor softkeys to enter the
appropriate licensing keyword for your spectrum analyzer.
NOTE If a licensing keyword was not provided, get in touch with your Agilent
Technologies representative. Refer to Table 6-1 on page 152 for further
details.
4. Press Return to go back to the licensing menu. Press Activate to

enable the license for your downloadable personality.
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Installing the Phase Noise Personality on ESA Analyzers
Installing the Phase Noise Personality on ESA

Analyzers
NOTE These installation instructions apply only to ‘E’ series analyzer models
E4401B, E4402B, E4404B, E4405B and E4407B.
The phase noise personality comes on one floppy disk. To install the
utility into the spectrum analyzer use the following steps.
1. Press System.
2. Press More 1 of 3, More 2 of 3, then Personalities. The display screen
will list the personalities currently installed in your spectrum
analyzer.
3. Insert your phase noise personality floppy disk into the analyzer’s
disk drive and press Install. The installer utility will ask you to
install or verify the disk. Press Install Now to install the personality.
NOTE Previously installed versions of the phase noise personality will be

overwritten when the new personality is installed. If you try to install a
version of the personality which has already been installed, the
installation will be skipped.
4. After the installation is complete exit the installer by pressing

Exit Installer and power cycle the analyzer.
5. To verify that the phase noise personality was properly installed,

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press MODE, and check that Phase Noise is present.
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Removing the Phase Noise Personality on ESA Analyzers
Removing the Phase Noise Personality on ESA

Analyzers
NOTE These removal instructions apply only to ‘E’ series analyzers models
E4401B, E4402B, E4404B, E4405B and E4407B.
To uninstall the phase noise personality from the spectrum analyzer

use the following steps:
1. Press System, More 1 of 3, More 2 of 3, and then Personalities.
2. Press Uninstall, and using the up ⇑ and the down ⇓ arrows select the
“Phase Noise Personality” field.
3. Press Uninstall Now. The analyzer will ask you to confirm the
command by pressing Uninstall Now again. The phase noise
personality will now be uninstalled.
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Installing the Phase Noise Personality on PSA Analyzers
Installing the Phase Noise Personality on PSA

Analyzers
NOTE These installation instructions apply only to PSA analyzer models

E4440A, E4443A and E4445A.
When you install a measurement personality, you follow a two step

process.
1. Install the measurement personality firmware into the analyzer
memory. See “Loading an Optional Measurement Personality” on
page 22.
2. Enter a license key number that activates the measurement
personality. See “Installing a License Key” on page 23.
Adding additional measurement personalities requires purchasing a
retrofit kit for the desired option. The retrofit kit contains the
measurement personality firmware and a license key certificate. It
documents the license key number that is for your specific option and
analyzer serial number.
Available Measurement Personality Options
Available Personality Optionsa Option
GSM (with EDGE) measurement personality 202

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cdmaOne measurement personality BAC
NADC, PDC measurement personalities BAE
W-CDMA measurement personality BAF
cdma2000 measurement personality B78
Phase noise measurement personality 226
a. Available as of the print date of this guide.
You need two pieces of information about your analyzer to order a

retrofit kit adding an option. You need the Host ID, and the analyzer
serial number.
Required Information: Key Path:
Host ID: System, Show System

__________________
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Required Information: Key Path:
analyzer System, Show System

Serial Number:
__________________
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NOTE The analyzer must have Option B7J in order to add most of the
measurement personality options. (Basic, cdmaOne, cdma2000,
W-CDMA, GSM, EDGE, NADC, PDC.)
Loading an Optional Measurement Personality

You must load the desired option into your analyzer memory. Loading
can be done from a CD-ROM or a www location. The automated loading
program runs from your PC and comes with the firmware.
NOTE When you add a new option, or update an existing option, you will get
the updated version of all your current options since they are reloaded
simultaneously. This process may also require you to update the
analyzer core firmware so that it is compatible with the new option.
You may not be able to fit all of the available measurement

personalities in analyzer memory at the same time. The approximate
memory requirements for the options are listed below. These numbers
are worst case examples. Many options share components/libraries so
the total memory usage of multiple options may not be exactly equal to
the combined total.
Available Personality Options File Size (PSA - A.02.06)
GSM (with EDGE) measurement personality 3.3 MB
cdmaOne measurement personality 2.0 MB

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NADC measurement personalities 1.3 MB
PDC measurement personalities 1.4 MB
W-CDMA measurement personality 4.2 MBa
cdma2000 measurement personality 3.8 MBa
Phase noise measurement personality 2.6 MB
Shared measurement library 1.5 MB
a. This application uses the shared library, so you have to add its
memory requirements to this value.
You can install an updated version of firmware and your licensed

options using a LAN connection and your PC. Instructions for loading
future firmware updates are available at the following URL:
www.agilent.com/find/psa/
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Installing a License Key

To install a license key number for the selected option, use the following
procedure.
NOTE You can also use this to reinstall a license key number that has been
deleted during an uninstall process, or lost due to a memory failure
1. Press System, More, More, Licensing, Option. The Option key accesses
the alpha editor menu. Use the alpha editor to enter letters
(upper-case) and the front-panel numeric keys to enter numbers for
the option designation. Then press Enter. As you enter the option,
you will see your entry in the active function area of the display.
2. Press License Key. Enter the letters/digits of your license key. You
will see your entry in the active function area of the display. When
you have completed entering the license key number, press Enter.
3. Press Activate License.
Viewing a License Key

Measurement personalities purchased with your analyzer have been
installed and activated at the factory. You will receive a unique License
Key number with every measurement personality purchased. The
license key number is a hexadecimal number that is for your specific
measurement personality, analyzer serial number and host ID. It
enables you to install, or reactivate that particular personality.
Follow these steps to display the unique license key for a measurement
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personality that is already installed in your analyzer:
1. Press System, More, More, Licensing, Show License. The System,
Personalities key shows you if the option has been activated.
You will want to keep a copy of your license key number in a secure
location. Please enter your license key numbers below for future
reference. If you should lose your license key number, call your nearest
Agilent Technologies service or sales office for assistance.
License Key Numbers for analyzer with Serial # _________ Product #

________
For Option______________ the license key number is _____________________
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License Key Numbers for analyzer with Serial # _________ Product #

________
Using the Delete License Key

The following procedure removes the license key number for the
selected option. This will make the option unavailable for use. Please
write down the 12-digit license key number for the option before
proceeding. If you want to use that measurement personality at a later
date you will need the license key number to reactivate the personality
firmware.
NOTE Using the Delete License key does not remove the personality from the
analyzer memory, and does not free memory to be available to install
another option. If you need to free memory to install another option,
refer to the instructions for loading firmware updates located at the
URL: www.agilent.com/find/psa/
1. Press System, More, More, Licensing, Option. Pressing the Option key
will activate the alpha editor menu. Use the alpha editor to enter the
letters (upper-case) and the front-panel numeric keyboard to enter
the digits (if required) for the option, then press Enter. As you enter
the option, you will see your entry in the active function area of the
display.
2. Press Delete License to remove the license key from memory.
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Starting the Phase Noise Personality

The phase noise personality can be started easily once the program has
been licensed and installed.
Press MODE, then Phase Noise to start the utility.
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Using the Phase Noise Personality
Personality
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This chapter includes the following:
• Functionality
— Log Plot Measurements
— Spot Frequency Measurements
— Smoothing, Averaging, and Filtering
— Signal Tracking
• Measurement Considerations
— Slowly Drifting Signals
— System Noise Floor
— Display Accuracy at 10 dB Per Division
• Cancellation and Log Plot Measurements
— Creating DANL Floor Reference
— Using DANL Reference for Cancellation - Example Measurement
— Creating Signal Phase Noise Reference
— Using Signal Phase Noise Reference for Cancellation - Example
Measurement
— Saving and Restoring Reference Traces
• Other Documentation
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Functionality
Functionality
Log Plot Measurements

The log plot measurement approximates a logarithmic frequency sweep
with a set of linear sweeps that are pieced together. This gives a display
of dBc/Hz versus logarithmic frequency offset for the single sideband
measurement. Trace 1, which is the yellow trace, displays the
point-by-point data as measured. Trace 2, the cyan blue trace, displays
a smoothed version of trace 1. The amount of smoothing is determined
by the current setting of the smoothing parameter. With the default
settings, marker 1 is set to a frequency offset of 10 kHz, and the phase
noise at that frequency is displayed numerically.
NOTE The Trace numbers, trace data and marker data referred to (above)
apply if you are using the factory default settings, but these can be
changed.
If the analyzer is set up to perform single sweeps, the Measure Log Plot
softkey or the Restart key allow a measurement to be repeated with a
single key press. This is useful for seeing effects of circuit changes
where the carrier and offset frequencies of interest do not change. The
analyzer can also be set up to perform continuous sweeps. In this case a
new measurement will be started as soon as the previous one has
completed. One way of setting continuous sweeps is to press the Sweep
front panel key followed by the Sweep (Cont) softkey. The other way is to
press Meas Control and Measure (Cont).
Up to four markers can be used to display various parameters of the
measurement, although the default display only shows data for one
marker. Setting Marker Table to On allows you to view the data from all
of your markers at once.
Phase noise measurement results can be integrated over a selected
frequency range to get the total RMS (root mean squared) noise in a
given bandwidth. The frequency limits used for integration may be
selected by pressing Marker then RMS Noise. Use the RPG knob or front
panel keys to select the starting point of your frequency range, and then
select whether to display the result in radians or in degrees, or in
seconds if RMS Jitter is selected. Now you can use the RPG knob or front
panel keys to select the end point of your frequency range. The results
are displayed in radians, degrees or seconds, depending on your
previous selection.
RMS Residual FM over a specified range can also be displayed using
markers. Using a Normal marker, use the RPG knob or front panel keys
to position the marker at the start of your frequency range. Then press
Residual FM, and use the RPG knob (or the front panel keys) to position
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the second marker at the end point of your frequency range. The display
will show your frequency range and the measured RMS residual FM
over this range. RMS phase noise measurements are based on the log
plot data which is a single-sideband measurement. The RMS phase
noise results are therefore single-sideband.
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Spot Frequency Measurements

A spot frequency measurement is a single sideband measurement of the
phase error at a specified offset frequency from the main carrier signal.
The average value of the trace points displayed on the screen is
indicated by a magenta pink line. The analyzer is normally set up to
display a continuous sweep, although a single measurement can be
performed by pressing by setting the Sweep option to Single.
The analyzer can be set up to track a drifting signal by pressing
Frequency and then setting Signal Track to On. When signal tracking is
On, a trace showing the change in frequency against time is shown next
to the spot frequency trace.
Smoothing, Averaging and Filtering

Repeatability on the trace can be improved in several different ways.
Smoothing is used with log plot measurements while trace averaging is
used with spot frequency measurements. Video filtering can be used
with both types of measurements.
The smoothing process averages a number of adjacent trace points from
the raw trace, typically Trace 1, and displays the smoothed result in
second trace, typically Trace 2, for a log plot measurement. Smoothing
is faster than averaging or filtering, but less accurate than either. Loss
of accuracy is particularly noticeable when a trace has sudden changes
in amplitude, for example when a carrier has a large discrete signal
such as a spurious sideband. To smooth a trace, choose the Smoothing
softkey in Meas Setup, and then adjust it between 0.00% and 16.0%
using either the front panel keys or the RPG knob. While inside the log
plot measurement each level of smoothing can be tried without having
to make a new measurement.
Video filtering can be applied to the active trace when making
measurements. Additional video filtering can increase the accuracy and
repeatability of the measurement, but it will also make the
measurement process slower. Filtering changes the ratio of the video
bandwidth to the resolution bandwidth. Filtering is slower than
smoothing or averaging, but is more accurate than either.
The averaging process measures each frequency point multiple times,
and then calculates and plots the average value.
Signal Tracking
Signal tracking can be used in all measurements to track a slowly
drifting signal. When it is enabled (On), the measurement will follow a
slowly drifting signal by periodically reacquiring the carrier signal.
How often the analyzer will retune to the drifting signal depends on the
measurement being performed, and on analyzer settings such as
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tracking mode, drift span and tolerance. Log Plot and Monitor
Spectrum do not have tolerance or drift span settings.
If the signal is not tracked correctly (such as might happen with a
rapidly drifting signal), the analyzer may not be completely
compensating for the drift, causing the measured phase noise to appear
either higher or lower than it actually is.
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Measurement Considerations
Measurement Considerations
Slowly Drifting Signals

Spot frequency and log plot measurements can be made on slowly
drifting signals by making use of the signal tracking function, although
the measured value will be slightly inaccurate. The maximum drift rate
that can be tracked will depend on analyzer settings such as Search
Span and the tracking Mode, although it is unlikely that you will
approach these limits in practice.
System Noise Floor

The system noise floor can have a significant effect on low phase noise
measurements such as those that will typically be found at large
frequency offsets.The system noise floor can be measured using one of
two methods. For greater accuracy, use the Removal method of
measurement, and for greater convenience, use the Attenuation
method. See Cancellation and Log Plot Measurements on page 34 for
more details.
Display Accuracy at 10 dB Per Division

When the amplitude scale setting is 10 dB per division, the phase noise
measurements are most accurate in the upper half of the display. In
particular, if the measurements are occurring in the bottom 1½
divisions of the display, it is best to decrease the reference level until
the result is displayed in the upper half.
To change the scale setting to 10 dB per division, press AMPLITUDE,
then Scale/Div.
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Cancellation and Log Plot Measurements

Many phase noise measurements do not benefit from cancellation. If
the phase noise of your DUT is more than 10 dB higher then the
analyzer noise, then cancellation has almost no effect on the calculated
measurement data. The effectiveness of using the cancellation function
also has a lower limit. When the phase noise of your DUT gets very
close to the analyzer noise (within about 0.1 dB), the logarithmic nature
of the calculation results in large, invalid cancellation values. The
following table shows error cancellation values that will be applied to
the measurement results for various DUT to analyzer phase noise
ratios. Setting the threshold value limits the correction that will be
applied.
Phase Noise of Measurement Threshold ∆

DUT relative to Error Before Required for
Phase Noise of Cancellationa Maximum
Analyzer Cancellation
20 dB 0.043 dB 20.0 dB
10 dB 0.41 dB 10.41 dB
0 dB 3.01 dB 3.01 dB
−5.87 dB 6.87 dB 1.0 dB
−10 dB 10.41 dB 0.41 dB
−16.33 dB 16.43 dB 0.1 dB
−20 dB 20.04 dB 0.04 dB
−26.83 dB 26.84 dB 0.01 dB
a. Only considers error due to additive affects of analyzer noise and

DUT noise.
Background Information
When you make a phase noise measurement on a given signal, the
measurement result that you get is actually a combination of three
different noise sources. The first, of course, is the phase noise of the
signal that you are measuring. If this noise is very small, it can be
distorted or even hidden by the two other noise sources which are
generated by the analyzer itself.
The first internal noise source is the phase noise generated by the
analyzer as a side-effect of measuring an input signal. The second
source is the Displayed Average Noise Level (DANL) of the analyzer.
The DANL is the internally generated noise of the analyzer regardless
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of whether or not an input signal is present, so the DANL is derived

from the noise figure of the analyzer. The DANL Floor is broadly flat
across the spectrum and represents the absolute noise level below
which measurements cannot be made because the signal gets lost in the
analyzer noise.
If you make a measurement without any input signal, that
measurement represents the absolute noise floor (DANL) of the
analyzer. If you reference this absolute noise floor to the carrier
amplitude, the DANL floor becomes a relative limit below which phase
noise sidebands cannot be measured.
At far offset frequencies, the analyzer’s phase noise is often below the
analyzer’s noise floor (DANL). The DANL floor of an analyzer thus
limits the range over which an analyzer can measure phase noise. By
making a log plot measurement of the analyzer’s DANL noise floor, you
are able to characterize the DANL limitation on phase noise
measurements.
Log Plot Cancellation

The Log Plot measurement accuracy on low phase noise DUTs can be
improved by using the cancellation feature to remove the affects of the
analyzer’s internal noise. This is done by comparing a stored reference
measurement with the DUT’s measured phase noise.
The stored reference measurement can be generated two ways.
• If you have a signal source that has much better phase noise then
the analyzer’s phase noise, then you can measure that source and
know that the resulting trace represents the analyzer’s internal
phase noise when an input signal is present.
• If you do not have a good low-phase noise source, you can make a
reference measurement with no input signal. This gives you a
measurement of the analyzer’s noise floor (DANL).
A reference trace from a good source that is relatively free of phase
noise will let you compensate for both the phase noise and the DANL of
the analyzer. A reference trace that is derived from the DANL only
compensates for the DANL portion of the noise, but this may be
adequate for measurement conditions where the analyzer DANL is the
limiting factor (typically for offsets >1 to 10 MHz.)

For future use, this reference trace can be saved to the analyzer’s own
internal file system (the C: drive) or to a floppy disk. It can then be
automatically subtracted from any subsequent log plot measurement to
give you a more accurate result.
General Process
Step 1. Set up the analyzer as needed to measure the test signal’s phase noise.
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(i.e. Use the same frequency range as needed for your intended DUT
measurement.)
Step 2. Create and save a reference trace in Trace 3. Create either a DANL
reference or a signal phase noise reference. (See “Creating a DANL
Floor Reference Trace” on page 37 or “Creating a Signal Phase Noise
Reference Trace” on page 40.)
Step 3. Set up the analyzer so it is making a log plot measurement of the DUT’s
phase noise and turn on the cancellation using the saved reference
trace data.
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Creating a DANL Floor Reference Trace

The reference trace must cover the same frequency range as your
intended measurement.
Step 1. With the carrier signal connected, set up the analyzer to measure the
phase noise over the desired frequency range.
Step 2. Press Measure, Log Plot.
Step 3. Set up the DANL floor measurement. Press Meas Setup, Meas Type,
DANL Floor.
Step 4. Press Input/Output and DANL Method, to select either the Atten
(Attenuation) or the Removal method for making the DANL
measurement. (The Removal method will prompt you for additional
steps.)
Step 5. Press Restart. You now have a reference trace available that you can
either use immediately or save for later use. See the information about
saving and restoring traces later in this section.
Using a DANL Reference for Cancellation
Measuring a
DANL Reference
Trace
Step 1. With the test signal connected, set the analyzer to its startup condition
by pressing Preset.
Step 2. Turn filtering on and set it to the maximum level. Press Meas Setup,
Filtering and Maximum.
Step 3. Turn averaging on and set it to an appropriate level. Press Meas Setup,
Avg Number (setting to On or Off), and enter an appropriate number if
setting Averaging On.
Step 4. Select the frequency range that you want to use for your reference
trace. Press X Scale and Start Offset to specify the start of the frequency
range, and X Scale, Stop Offset to specify the end of the frequency range.
The range must be the same range that you will be measuring on your
test signal.
Step 5. Set up and make the DANL floor measurement. Press Meas Setup, Meas
Type, DANL Floor and Restart.
Step 6. Select which of the two possible methods of DANL floor measurement is
to be made. Press Input/Output and DANL Method, and then select either
the Atten (Attenuation) or the Removal method of DANL
measurement.
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Step 7. Press Restart. If you selected the Signal Removal method of DANL
measurement, you will be asked to disconnect the input signal from the
analyzer and to replace it with a 50Ω termination.
If you selected the attenuation method of measurement, the analyzer
will effectively remove the input signal by automatically setting the
attenuation to its maximum level of 70 dB. Whichever method is used,
the analyzer will go through the measurement as if a signal was still
present. The displayed average noise is measured and treated as phase
noise, and normalized to the carrier amplitude. The DANL phase noise
is then displayed as the phase noise trace.
Step 8. Once the measurement has completed, store the trace data in Trace
number 3 by pressing View/Trace, More 1 of 2, Operations and 2 -> 3. You
now have a reference trace stored in Trace 3.
Applying
Cancellation to a
Log Plot
Measurement
NOTE For a reference trace to be valid, it must be in View mode, and must
cover the same frequency range as your intended measurement.
Step 1. Go to the Cancellation menu under the Meas Setup menu. To do this,
press Meas Setup, More 1 of 2 and Cancellation.
Step 2. Select the trace that you wish to use as the reference trace (Trace 3).
Press Ref Trace until the desired trace number is underlined. Trace
number 1 is yellow, Trace number 2 is cyan blue and Trace number 3 is
magenta pink.
Step 3. Set the threshold if required, although you will not normally have to
change this value. The noise cancellation measurement compares your
current measurement with the reference trace on a point by point basis.
At each point, the current measurement has to exceed the reference
trace by at least the threshold level. If the difference between the source
trace and the reference trace is less then the threshold level, then the
source trace is assumed to be exactly the threshold level above the
reference level. To set the threshold level, press Meas Setup, More 1 of 2,
Cancellation and Threshold, and then set your threshold level in dB.
Step 4. Turn the cancellation On by pressing Meas Setup, More 1 of 2,

Cancellation and Cancellation again. Any trace that is displaying
smoothed data will change immediately to reflect the noise
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cancellation.
Table 2-1 Parameters of Interest When Performing a DANL
Measurement
Parameter Front Panel Description

Access
DANL Input/Output, Determines which of the two possible

Method DANL Method methods is used to measure the DANL
Floor.
Max Mixer Input/Output, Determines the amount of input

Level Advanced, attenuation to use, depending on the
Max Mixer Level measured carrier amplitude and the
particular offset being measured.
Blanking the (When using the The trace of the raw data (normally the
raw data default settings) yellow trace) can sometimes get in the
trace View/Trace, way when you are working with
Trace 1, Blank smoothed traces. The raw data trace can
be blanked out to leave just the
smoothed traces on display.
Trace X Scale or Y Scale Ensure that the measurement is in

Zooming single sweep, and then use the RPG
knob, the step keys or the numeric
keypad to zoom in on a particular
frequency range. As long as you are in
Single Sweep mode, you do not need to
make another measurement.
Decade Table Meas Setup, This displays a table of offset frequencies

More 1 of 2, versus amplitude. It provides an easy
Decade Table way of comparing spot amplitudes on
different traces.
Chapter 2 39
Creating a Signal Phase Noise Reference Trace

The reference trace must cover the same frequency range as your
intended measurement.
Step 1. Set up the analyzer to measure the test signal phase noise over the
desired frequency range. Press Measure, Log Plot.
Step 2. Connect a low phase noise signal source to the input of your analyzer
and set it to the desired output frequency.
Step 3. Measure the phase noise of your reference signal. Press Meas Setup,
Meas Type, Phase Noise and Restart. This measures and displays the
phase noise of your test signal.
Step 4. You now have a reference trace available that you can either use
immediately or save for later use. See the information about saving and
restoring traces later in this section.
Using a Phase Noise Measurement for Cancellation
Measuring a
Signal Phase
Noise Reference
Trace
Step 1. Set the analyzer to its startup condition by pressing Preset.
Step 2. Turn filtering on and set it to the maximum level. Press Meas Setup,
Filtering and Maximum.
Step 3. Turn averaging on and set it to an appropriate level. Press Meas Setup,
Avg Number (setting to On or Off), and enter an appropriate number if
setting Averaging On.
Step 4. Select the frequency range that you want to use for your reference
trace. Press X Scale and Start Offset to specify the start of the frequency
range, and X Scale, Stop Offset to specify the end of the frequency range.
The range must be the same range that you will be measuring on your
test signal.
Step 5. Connect a low phase noise signal source to the input of your analyzer
and set it to the desired output frequency.

Step 6. Measure the phase noise of your reference signal. Press Meas Setup,
Meas Type, Phase Noise and Restart. This measures and displays the
phase noise of your signal. If you are using the analyzer’s default
settings, the raw data is displayed by the yellow trace, and the
smoothed data is displayed by the cyan blue trace.
Step 7. Copy the smoothed trace data in Trace 2 (cyan blue) to Trace 3
(magenta pink) for later reference. Press View/Trace, More 1 of 2,
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Operations and 2 -> 3 to copy the trace data. You now have a reference
trace stored in Trace number 3.
Applying
Cancellation to a
Log Plot
Measurement
NOTE For a reference trace to be valid, it must be in View mode, and must
cover the same frequency range as your intended measurement.
Step 1. Go to the Cancellation menu under the Meas Setup menu. To do this,
press Meas Setup, More 1 of 2 and Cancellation.
Step 2. Select the trace that you wish to use as the reference trace (Trace 3).
Press Ref Trace until the desired trace number is underlined. Trace
number 1 is yellow, Trace number 2 is cyan blue and Trace number 3 is
magenta pink.
Step 3. Set the threshold if required, although you will not normally have to
change this value. The noise cancellation measurement compares your
current measurement with the reference trace on a point by point basis.
At each point, the current measurement has to exceed the reference
trace by at least the threshold level. If the difference between the source
trace and the reference trace is less then the threshold level, then the
source trace is assumed to be exactly the threshold level above the
reference level. To set the threshold level, press Meas Setup, More 1 of 2,
Cancellation and Threshold, and then set your threshold level in dB.
Step 4. Turn the cancellation On by pressing Meas Setup, More 1 of 2,

Cancellation and Cancellation again. Any trace that is displaying
smoothed data will change immediately to reflect the noise
cancellation.
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Saving Traces
All traces, including the reference traces used for noise cancellation
measurement, can be saved to floppy disk or to the analyzer’s own
internal file system (C:). All traces are saved in binary format, and their
format is independent of the analyzer on which they were saved.
NOTE Traces cannot be saved in older versions of Option 226 Phase Noise
Mode (firmware release A.07.xx or earlier).
Step 1. Select the trace you would like to save by pressing View/Trace and then
Trace. Press Trace until the trace you wish to save is underlined.
Step 2. Go to the Load/Save menu which is under the View/Trace menu, and
select the drive on which you would like to save the trace. Press
View/Trace, More 1 of 2, Load/Save and Drive.
Step 3. Enter your filename. Press View/Trace, More 1 of 2, Load/Save and

Filename, and then use the alphabetic keys to enter your filename. The
file extension .LPT will automatically be added to the filename that you
enter.
Step 4. Save the trace by pressing View/Trace, More 1 of 2, Load/Save and Save
Trace.
NOTE Traces saved using this process in a Log Plot measurement are different
than the “normal” traces on ESA and PSA. Traces saved from any other
measurement (including measurements in Spectrum Analysis Mode)
are not compatible with those saved under Log Plot measurements.
Restoring Traces
All traces, including the reference traces used for noise cancellation
measurement, can be loaded from a floppy disk or from the analyzer’s
own internal file system (C:). All traces are saved in binary format, and
their format is independent of the analyzer on which they were saved.
NOTE Traces saved in Phase Noise Mode (Option 226) with older firmware
releases may not be transportable to the newer releases.
Step 1. Select the trace you would like to replace by pressing View/Trace and
then Trace. Press Trace until the trace you wish to replace is underlined.
Step 2. Go to the Load/Save menu which is under the View/Trace menu, and
select the drive from which you would like to load the trace. Press
View/Trace, More 1 of 2, Load/Save and Drive.
Step 3. Enter your filename. Press View/Trace, More 1 of 2, Load/Save and

Filename, and then use the alphabetic keys to enter your filename. The
file extension .LPT will automatically be added to the filename that you
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enter.
Step 4. Load the trace by pressing View/Trace, More 1 of 2, Load/Save and Load
Trace. The trace is automatically set to View mode so it does not get
overwritten.
NOTE This method of saving and loading traces in a Log Plot measurement is
different from the normal method on ESA and PSA analyzers. Traces
saved from any other measurement (including measurements in
Spectrum Analysis Mode) are incompatible with those saved under Log
Plot measurements.
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Additional Information
Additional Information
The document listed below provides information on making phase noise
measurements. It can be obtained through your local Agilent
Technologies office.
Agilent Part Number Title
1000-1132 RF and Microwave Phase Noise Measurement Seminar

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Menu Maps
3 Menu Maps
This chapter provides a visual representation of the front-panel keys

and their associated menu keys. Refer to Chapter 4 , “Front-Panel Key
Reference,” on page 75 for key function descriptions.
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Menu Maps
What You Will Find in This Chapter
Menu Maps
What You Will Find in This Chapter

This chapter provides menu maps for the front panel keys having
associated menus. The key menus appear in alphabetical order as
follows:
AMPLITUDE Y Scale—Log Plot Page 47
AMPLITUDE Y Scale—Spot Frequency Page 48
BW/ Avg Page 49
Det/Demod Page 50
Display—Log Plot Page 51
Display—Monitor Spectrum Page 52
Display—Spot Frequency Page 53
File Page 54
FREQUENCY Channel Page 55
Input Output Page 56
Installer Page 57
Marker Page 58
MEASURE Page 59
Measurement Setup—Log Plot Page 60
Measurement Setup—Monitor Spectrum Page 61
Measurement Setup—Spot Frequency Page 62
MODE Page 63
Mode Setup Page 64
SPAN X Scale—Log Plot Page 65
SPAN X Scale—Monitor Spectrum Page 66
SPAN X Scale—Spot Frequency Page 67
Sweep—Log Plot Page 68
Sweep—Spot Frequency Page 69
Trig Page 70
View/Trace—Log Plot Page 71
View/Trace—Monitor Spectrum Page 72
View/Trace—Spot Frequency Page 73
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Menu Maps
Menus
Menu Maps
Menus
Amplitude Menu - Log Plot
Chapter 3 47
Menu Maps
Menus
Menu Maps
Amplitude Menu - Spot Frequency
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Menu Maps
Menus
Menu Maps
BW/Avg Menu
Chapter 3 49
Menu Maps
Menus
Menu Maps
Det/Demod Menus
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Menu Maps
Menus
Menu Maps
Display Menus - Log Plot
Chapter 3 51
Menu Maps
Menus
Menu Maps
Display Menus - Monitor Spectrum
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Menu Maps
Menus
Menu Maps
Display Menus - Spot Frequency
Chapter 3 53
Menu Maps
Menus
Menu Maps
File Menu
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Menu Maps
Menus
Menu Maps
Frequency/Channel Menu
A bar on the left of two or more softkeys indicates that the keys are a set of
mutually exclusive choices.
Chapter 3 55
Menu Maps
Menus
Menu Maps
Input Output Menu

.
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Menu Maps
Menus
Menu Maps
Installer Menu (ESA Series of Analyzers Only)
For more information on the System and Personalities menus, refer to
the ESA Spectrum Analyzers User’s Guide.
Chapter 3 57
Menu Maps
Menus
Menu Maps
Marker Menu - Log Plot
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Menu Maps
Menus
Menu Maps
Measure Menu
Chapter 3 59
Menu Maps
Menus
Menu Maps
Meas Setup Menus - Log Plot
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Menu Maps
Menus
Menu Maps
Meas Setup Menus - Monitor Spectrum
Chapter 3 61
Menu Maps
Menus
Menu Maps
Meas Setup Menus - Spot Frequency
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Menu Maps
Menus
Menu Maps
Mode Menu
Chapter 3 63
Menu Maps
Menus
Menu Maps
Mode Setup Menus
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Menu Maps
Menus
Menu Maps
Span (X Scale) Menu - Log Plot
Chapter 3 65
Menu Maps
Menus
Menu Maps
Span (X Scale) Menu - Monitor Spectrum
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Menu Maps
Menus
Menu Maps
Span (X Scale) Menu - Spot Frequency
Chapter 3 67
Menu Maps
Menus
Menu Maps
Sweep Menu - Log Plot
PSA Analyzers only ESA Analyzers only
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Menu Maps
Menus
Menu Maps
Sweep Menu - Spot Frequency
Chapter 3 69
Menu Maps
Menus
Menu Maps
Trigger Menu
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Menu Maps
Menus
Menu Maps
View and Trace Menus - Log Plot
Chapter 3 71
Menu Maps
Menus
Menu Maps
View and Trace Menus - Monitor Spectrum
V i ew /
Trace This hardkey will direct the
user to the Base Instrument
View/Trace Menu.
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Menus
Menu Maps
View and Trace Menus - Spot Frequency
Chapter 3 73
Menu Maps
Menus
Menu Maps
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Front-Panel Key Reference
4 Front-Panel Key Reference
This chapter details the front-panel keys and menu keys that appear on
the menu-maps presented in the previous chapter. The front-panel keys
are listed alphabetically and are described with their associated menu
keys. The menu keys are arranged as they appear in your analyzer
menus.
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Key Descriptions and Locations
Key Descriptions and Locations

This chapter provides information on Phase Noise mode functions only.
Some keys are described that are either not available in Spectrum
Analysis (SA) mode, or that provide functions which differ from those
provided by the same keys in SA mode. Other keys are described which
provide fewer functions than the same key in SA mode, but the
functions that are provided are identical in both modes. For those keys
not described here, refer to the PSA Series Spectrum Analyzers User’s
Guide and the ESA Series Spectrum Analyzers User’s Guide.
AMPLITUDE Y Scale Page 77
Det/Demod Page 79
Display Page 80
FREQUENCY Channel Page 81
Input/Output Page 83
Marker Page 84
Meas Setup Page 87
MEASURE Page 90
MODE Page 91
Mode Setup Page 92
Preset Page 93
SPAN X Scale Page 94
Sweep Menu Page 95
Trace/View Page 96
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AMPLITUDE Y Scale
AMPLITUDE Y Scale
Activates the reference level function, if it is available, and accesses the
amplitude menu keys. Amplitude menu keys are used for setting
functions that affect the way data on the vertical axis is displayed or
corrected.
Phase Noise When Signal Tracking is On and a Spot Frequency measurement is being
made, the screen is split vertically into two sections. The left half of the
screen displays the Phase Noise of the signal being measured, while the
right hand half, labelled ‘Delta Freq’, shows the changes in frequency of

the signal. This key allows you to control the appearance of the Phase
Noise display.
Scale/Div Sets the units per vertical graticule division on the

display.
Ref Value Sets the value of the reference line on the screen. The
reference line is shown in magenta pink.
Delta Freq When Signal Tracking is On and a Spot Frequency measurement is being
made, the screen is split vertically into two sections. The left half of the
screen displays the Phase Noise of the signal being measured, while the
right hand half, labelled ‘Delta Freq’, shows the changes in frequency of
the signal. This key allows you to control the appearance of the Delta
Freq display.
Scale/Div Sets the units per vertical graticule division on the

display.
Ref Value Sets the value of the reference line on the screen. The
reference line is shown in magenta pink.
Ref Value This allows you to set the value in dBc/Hz of a specified position on the
graticule display (see Ref Position). This softkey is only available in Log
Plot measurements.
Ref Position The reference position on each trace is indicated by a small chevron (the
‘>’ and ‘<‘ signs) at either side of the graticule. The value in dBc/Hz of
this reference position on the graticule is specified with the Ref Value
softkey. The Ref Position softkey allows you to vary the position of the
reference trace between top, center, and bottom of the graticule. This
softkey is only available in Log Plot measurements.
Top Sets the reference position to the top line of the
graticule. Its position is indicated by a small chevron on
either side of the graticule.
Ctr Sets the reference position to the center of the
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Bot Sets the reference position to the bottom line of the
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Det/Demod
Det/Demod
This hard-key is only accessible when making a Monitor Spectrum
measurement. It is grayed out at all other times. Please refer to the
PSA Series Spectrum Analyzers Reference Guide and ESA Series
Spectrum Analyzers User’s Guide for further details.
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Display
Display
This front panel key accesses the menu key that allows you to see and
setup different measurement displays.
Full Screen Extends the measurement window over the entire analyzer display,
removing the softkey menu as it does so. To restore the softkey menu,
press any key except Print, Save, or any of the data entry keys.
Tolerance Limits When you are tracking a drifting signal and the tracking mode is
Tolerance, you can choose to display or hide the lines corresponding to
the tolerance limits by using this key.
View Avg Allows you to display or hide a line on the screen showing the moving
average value. The line represents the average value of the
measurements showing on the screen.
Preferences This displays a further menu giving you control over some aspects of
the display’s appearance.
Graticule Allows you to display or hide the graticule lines on the
display.
Annotation Allows you to display or hide some of the annotation
pertaining to the current display.
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FREQUENCY Channel
Accesses the menu of frequency functions.
Carrier Freq Allows you to specify the frequency of the carrier wave whose phase
noise is to be measured. As long as the frequency you enter is within
plus or minus 5% of the carrier signal’s true frequency, the analyzer will
tune to it automatically.
Carrier Search Automatically tunes the analyzer to the strongest signal it can find. If
Search Span is set to Automatic, the search is performed from a lower

limit of 100Hz to an upper limit of the analyzer’s maximum
capabilities. When Search Span is set to Manual, the search is performed
within the frequency range specified in Search Span, centered on the
current carrier frequency.
Search Span Determines the spectral range that a Carrier Search will search for a
signal. This key toggles between Automatic and Manual settings, and
when set to Manual, allows you to enter a frequency range manually.
When Search Span is set to Automatic, the search is performed from a
lower limit of 100Hz to an upper limit of the analyzer’s maximum
capabilities. When Search Span is set to Manual, the search is performed
within the frequency range specified here, centered on the current
carrier frequency.
Signal Track Specifies whether or not the analyzer automatically tracks a slowly
drifting signal.
On When Signal Track is set to On, the analyzer repeatedly
measures the frequency of the carrier signal to check
for any change that might have occurred, and retunes
to the new frequency if necessary.
Off When this is set to Off, the analyzer makes its
measurement at a fixed frequency.
NOTE The repeated realignment with the signal when tracking is On causes
measurements to take longer than when tracking is Off.
Tracking Displays a menu which allows you to control exactly how signal
tracking is performed.
Drift Span Specifies the span, as a percentage of the carrier
frequency, within which the frequency drift will be
tracked. For example, if a Drift Span of 12% is specified,
the signal will be tracked as long as it remains within
plus or minus 6% of the most recent frequency
measurement.The drift span is limited to a maximum
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of 50 MHz.
Mode Displays a menu which allows control over how signal
tracking operates. You can select from three modes of
operation - Interval, Tolerance or a combination of the
two.
Interval The analyzer will retune to the carrier
signal after every Interval number of
measurements have been made.
Tolerance The analyzer will retune to the carrier
signal whenever one phase noise
measurement differs from the average

value by Tolerance percent.
Both This is a combination of Interval and
Tolerance modes. The analyzer will
retune to the carrier signal after every
Interval number of measurements or
whenever the latest phase noise
measurement deviates from the
average by Tolerance percent,
depending on which occurs first.
Interval The analyzer will retune to the carrier signal after
every Interval number of measurements have been
made.
Tolerance +/- The analyzer will retune to the carrier signal whenever
one phase noise measurement differs from the average
value by Tolerance percent. The tolerance limits are
displayed on the screen by parallel green lines.
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Input/Output
Input/Output
Displays a menu that allows you to control how noise levels are to be
measured and gives you access to the advanced menu.
DANL Method Allows you to select one of two alternative methods of measuring the
Displayed Average Noise Level (DANL).
Atten Attenuation method attenuates any incoming signal to

such an extent that it is almost lost within the
background noise. The noise level can then be

measured.
Removal The Removal method of measuring DANL requires the

input signal to be physically disconnected from the
analyzer before the noise level is measured. The
analyzer will tell you when to remove or disconnect the
signal, and when to reconnect it afterwards.
NOTE Every analyzer generates some noise of its own. By measuring this
noise level, you can compensate for it and thus obtain more accurate
phase noise measurements. The Attenuation method of DANL
measurement is accurate enough for most purposes and is generally
more convenient, but the Removal method is the more accurate.
Advanced Gives you access to the Advanced menu of Input functions.
Max Mixer Level Allows you to control the maximum signal level at the
mixer. For wide offset (greater than 1 MHz) phase noise
measurements, increasing the maximum mixer level
towards its compression point maximizes the
measurement range.
Input/Output Displays the basic spectrum analyzer’s Input/Output menu. Refer to

the PSA Series Reference Guide or the ESA User’s Guide for more
information.
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Marker
Marker
Displays a menu that allows you to set each of the four markers to
mark, or display, a particular measurement.
Select Marker Allows you to select one of the four possible markers. Having selected
one of the markers, use the other softkeys on this menu to specify the
type of marker or measurement.
Normal Sets the specified marker to be a normal marker. That is, it marks the
point of the frequency offset that you specify, and then the analyzer
measures and displays the phase noise at this point.
Delta A delta marker is actually a pair of markers. By pressing Delta, you set
a pair of markers at your current frequency offset. One of this pair of
marker (indicated by an ‘R’ on the display) is fixed while the second of
the pair can be moved using your RPG knob or the numeric keys. The
frequency difference and the phase noise difference between these two
points is displayed.
RMS Noise Displays a second menu allowing access to three RMS noise functions.
An RMS Noise marker is actually a pair of markers. By pressing RMS
Noise Degrees, you set a pair of markers at your current frequency
offset. One of this pair of markers (indicated by an ‘R’ on the display) is
fixed while the second of the pair can be moved using your RPG knob or
the numeric keys.
RMS Noise Degrees The root mean square (RMS) of the phase noise
between these two points is calculated, and is
displayed in degrees.
RMS Noise Radians The root mean square (RMS) of the phase noise
between these two points is calculated, and is
displayed in radians.
RMS Noise Jitter The root mean square (RMS) of the jitter between
these two points is calculated, and is displayed in
units of time, typically in picoseconds (‘ps’ or 10-12
sec) or femtosecond (‘fs’ or 10-15 sec).
Residual FM A Residual FM marker is actually a pair of markers. By pressing

Residual FM, you set a pair of markers at your current frequency offset.
One of this pair of markers (indicated by an ‘R’ on the display) is fixed
while the second of the pair can be moved using your RPG knob or the
numeric keys. The root mean square (RMS) of the residual FM between
these two points is calculated and displayed.
Off Switches the specified marker off.
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Marker Trace Allows you to select which of the three traces your currently selected
marker is applied to.
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Marker
Marker Table Allows you to display all of the data from all of your markers in a
tabular form. For every marker you have set, the table will show the
number of the trace to which it has been applied, the marker’s position
on the X axis, and its measured Y axis value. As an aid to
interpretation, each marker’s trace number is displayed in the same
color as the trace itself, that is yellow for Trace 1, cyan blue for trace 2
and magenta pink for trace 3.
On Sets the marker table on. The table is displayed
beneath the graticule.
Off Sets the marker table display off.
Marker All Off Switches all markers off. All markers are removed from the graticule
display, and if the marker table is also being displayed, all entries will
be removed from it.
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Meas Setup
Meas Setup
Displays a menu that allows you to enter custom setup parameters for a
measurement. The setup menu displayed depends on whether the
Monitor Spectrum, Spot Frequency or the Log Plot measurement was
selected in the MEASURE menu. Some keys are the same as in the basic
Spectrum Analyzer mode. Refer to the PSA Reference Guide and the
ESA User’s Guide for more information on these keys.
Avg Number Allows you to specify the number of measurements that will be
averaged. After the specified number of average counts, the Avg Mode

setting determines the averaging action. You can also set the averaging
function to On or Off.
On Enables the measurement averaging.
Off Disables the measurement averaging.
Avg Mode Allows you to select the type of termination control used for the
averaging function. This determines the averaging action after the
specified number of measurements (average count) is reached.
Exp After the average count is reached, each successive
data acquisition is exponentially weighted and
combined with the existing average.
NOTE PSA Analyzers only: The Exponential average mode is not available
when Phase Noise optimization f Mode is On (see PhNoise Opt f) and
the spot frequency offset is between 40 kHz and 60 kHz.
Repeat After the average count is reached, the averaging is

reset and a new average is started.
Restore Meas Sets up the analyzer parameters for the measurement using the factory
Defaults default analyzer settings. (This only affects measurement parameters
for this measurement and does not affect any mode parameters.) If you
have made any manual changes to the measurement parameters,
restoring the measurement defaults will ensure valid measurements.
Meas Type Provides the menu keys that allow you specify whether you want to
measure the phase noise of a signal or the DANL floor of the analyzer.
Phase Noise Specifies that the analyzer is to measure the phase
noise of an input signal.
DANL Floor Specifies that the analyzer’s DANL (Displayed Average
Noise Level) Floor level is to be measured.
Spot Offset Determines the frequency offset at which the phase noise is to be
measured.
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Table Index The analyzer can hold and display the last 101 phase noise
measurements. A subset of 22 of these 101 measurement values can be
viewed as a table by selecting the Numerical option from the View/Trace
menu. By specifying the Table Index, you can determine which of the
measurement results are displayed. Your selected measurement,
referred to by its Table Index number, is highlighted in yellow.
Advanced Provides access to the Advanced menu of setup functions.
PhNoise Opt f Applies to the PSA series spectrum analyzers only.

Used to select the offset frequency (measured relative
to the carrier signal) at which the analyzer switches
internal filters to make its phase noise measurement. If

set to Auto, the analyzer will repeat the phase noise
measurement with the crossover frequency both above
and below your measurement offset, and will display
the more accurate of the two measurements. You
cannot improve on the measurement’s accuracy by
setting this to Manual, but you can improve the speed of
the measurement.
NOTE The analyzer uses one of two different filters when measuring phase
noise. One filter gives more accurate results at small offsets, and the
other filter is more accurate at larger offsets. You can manually specify
whether you wish the crossover point between these two filters to be
above or below your measurement offset. If you make two
measurements on the same signal, one with the crossover point below
your measurement offset and the other one with it above your signal,
the lower figure will be the more accurate. The PhNoise Opt f softkey
only works on PSA analyzers as ESA analyzers use the same internal
filter for all measurements.
RBW/Spot Offset The resolution bandwidth is specified as a percentage

of the spot offset frequency. This key allows you to
specify that percentage figure.
Smoothing Allows you to specify the amount of smoothing done to the trace after
the measurement has been performed. The amount of smoothing can be
varied between 0.00% and 16.0%. By default, both the trace of the raw
data and the smoothed trace are displayed
Filtering Allows you to specify whether or not to apply filtering to the signal. If
you do select filtering, there are four levels from which you can select -
none, little, medium and maximum.
None No filtering is performed. The video bandwidth to

resolution bandwidth ratio (VBW/RBW) is fixed at
1.000.
Little A small amount of filtering is performed. The video
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bandwidth to resolution bandwidth ratio (VBW/RBW)

is fixed at 0.300.
Medium A moderate amount of filtering is performed. The video
bandwidth to resolution bandwidth ratio (VBW/RBW)
is fixed at 0.100.
Maximum A large amount of filtering is performed. The video
bandwidth to resolution bandwidth (VBW/RBW) is
fixed at 0.030.
NOTE Smoothing is faster than Filtering. However, there is a risk with

smoothing that you might hide sudden changes in amplitude that might

occur over a very small frequency range.
Decade Table Allows you to toggle the Decade Table On and Off. The Decade Table is a
table of measurements which shows, for each of the analyzer’s three
traces (3 max.), the value in dBc/Hz at the point where the traces cross
each decade line on the display.
Cancellation If you have acquired a DANL trace from the analyzer, or a trace taken
from a very clean source at the same frequency range that you are
measuring, then you can automatically subtract this from your
measurement. This softkey displays a submenu allowing you to perform
this type of automatic noise cancellation.
Cancellation Allows you to switch the automatic noise cancellation
feature On or Off.
Ref Trace Allows you to specify which of the three traces holds the
reference trace data. This data is automatically
subtracted from your phase noise measurement when
Cancellation is switched On.
NOTE In order for a trace to be used as a Ref Trace, it must be in Reference

(View) mode, and must cover the same range of frequencies as those
currently being measured.
Threshold Allows you to specify the threshold level for noise

cancellation. This value represents the minimum
difference that must exist at each frequency point
between the reference trace and the measured trace for
one to be subtracted from the other.
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MEASURE
Accesses menu keys that allow you to make Monitor Spectrum, Spot
Frequency and Log Plot measurements.
Monitor Displays the frequency spectrum.

Spectrum
Spot Frequency Measures the phase noise of the input signal at one discrete frequency
offset.
Log Plot Displays a logarithmic plot of the measured phase noise over a range of
frequency offsets.
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MODE
Accesses menu keys allowing you to select the measurement mode of
your analyzer. Additional measurement personality software must be
installed and activated in the analyzer for the other mode softkeys to be
labeled and functional.
Spectrum Accesses the spectrum analyzer menu keys and associated functions.
Analysis
Phase Noise Accesses the Phase Noise measurement personality menu keys and

associated functions. This allows you to setup and make valid Phase
Noise measurements.
NOTE This menu will have additional entries if other personalities have been
installed, for example GSM Option BAH or cdmaOne Option BAC.
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Mode Setup
Mode Setup
Accesses a menu allowing you to view information about the Phase
Noise application and to set the phase noise measurement parameters
back to their factory default settings.
Properties Displays the Phase Noise application version number.
Restore Mode Sets up the spectrum analyzer’s parameters for the mode using the
Setup Defaults factory default mode settings.
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Preset
Provides a convenient starting point for making most measurements.
Depends on the preset type setting (user, mode, or factory) in the
System keys. If the preset type is set to Factory, pressing Preset results
in an immediate analyzer preset to the factory defaults. If it is set to
User, pressing Preset accesses a menu that allows you choose your
preset settings from either the factory default values or the settings you
have previously defined as the User preset state.

User Preset Restores the analyzer to a user defined state. The state was defined
from the System menu when the Power On/Preset function was selected
and Save User Preset was pressed. If you did not save a user state, then
the current power-up state is stored as the user preset file for use when
Preset is pressed.
Factory Preset A full factory preset is executed so the analyzer is returned to the
factory default state. The preset type can be set to Factory from the
Power On/Preset function in the System menu.
Mode Preset Restores the mode defaults of the current mode, or of the mode that was
in use when the analyzer was turned off or powered down. See the PSA
Series Reference Guide or the ESA User’s Guide for more details.
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SPAN X Scale
Start Offset Allows you to specify the offset frequency at which your Log Plot
measurement will start.
Stop Offset Allows you to specify the offset frequency at which your Log Plot
measurement will stop.
Scale/Div Although the Spot Frequency display appears to be showing a

continuously moving plot, it is actually made up of a number of discrete
individual measurements plotted over time. This softkey allows you to

specify how many measurements will be plotted between each
successive division on the graticule.
NOTE Scale/Div affects both the phase noise display and the delta freq display
simultaneously.
Ref Value This applies to the Spot Frequency measurement only. The analyzer
stores up to 101 measurement values which it updates continually.
These values are then used to generate the plot on the screen. If you are
displaying fewer than the full 101 measurements (in other words, you
have set Scale/Div (above) to less than 10), you can use this softkey to
specify the measurement number with which your display is to start.
NOTE Ref Value affects both the phase noise display and the delta freq display
simultaneously.
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Sweep Menu
Sweep Time Allows you to specify the sweep time for your measurement or to let the
analyzer set it automatically. This is grayed out in Log Plot
measurements as the best setting is automatically calculated for each
linear segment.
Sweep Specifies whether the analyzer sweeps (or measures) continually, or

whether it performs a single sweep and then stops.
Single The analyzer performs one single measurement and

then stops. You have to press the Restart button every
time you want to make another measurement.
Cont The analyzer continuously measures the signal it is
receiving and repeatedly updates the plots and the
measurements.
Points Allows you to specify the number of data points used to generate the
display (ESA analyzers only).
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Trace/View
Accesses the view menu keys that allow you to set the way
measurement result information is displayed. The menu options will
vary depending on the measurement that is selected under the Measure
menu.
Graphical Measurement data is displayed graphically, and only the most recent
measurement value is displayed numerically. If signal tracking has
been switched on, a graphical display of the change in frequency is
shown alongside the phase noise plot.
Numerical A subset of 22 of the 101 measurements is shown in a table to the left of

the display. The phase noise plot is still shown, but the delta frequency
display is removed, regardless of whether signal tracking is switched on
or off.
Trace Allows you to select any of the three traces to then specify its
characteristics.
Raw The trace selected in Trace (above) records and displays the raw
measurement data.
Smoothed The trace selected in Trace (above) records and displays the smoothed
measurement data.
Reference (View) The trace selected in Trace (above) is set to Reference (View). You can see
its display on the screen. Trace 1 displays in yellow, Trace 2 in cyan
blue, and Trace 3 in magenta pink.
Blank The trace selected in Trace (above) is blanked out on the screen so you
can no longer see it.
Operations Selects a menu allowing you to move data between traces.

1 -> 2 Copies the data in Trace 1 to Trace 2.
1 <-> 2 Swaps the data in Trace 1 and Trace 2.
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NOTE When data is stored in a trace, that trace is set to Reference (View)
mode.
Load/Save Accesses a menu allowing you to load stored trace data to the analyzer,
and to save trace data to files.
Trace Specifies which of the three traces you wish to save or
load.
Drive Specifies which drive (that is, which disk) you wish to
load data from or store data to. ‘Drive A:’ is a floppy
disk and ‘C:’ is the analyzer’s hard disk.

Filename Displays the alphabetic editor allowing you to specify
the name of the file that you wish to load or save. The
file extension .LPT is automatically added to the name
you type.
Save Trace Saves the trace that you selected to the filename and
drive (disk) that you specified. The filename has the
extension .LPT added automatically.
Load Trace Takes the filename from the drive (disk) that you
specified, and loads the data into the trace that you
have selected.
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These commands are only available when the Phase Noise mode has
been selected using analyzer :SELect or analyzer :NSELect. If the
Phase Noise mode is selected, commands that are unique to another
mode are not available.
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CALCulate Subsystem
CALCulate Subsystem
This subsystem is used to perform post-acquisition data processing. In
effect, the collection of new data triggers the CALCulate subsystem. In
this instrument, the primary functions in this subsystem are markers
and limits.
The SCPI default for data output format is ASCII. The format can be
changed to binary with FORMat:DATA which transports faster over the
bus.
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CALCulate Subsystem
CALCulate:LPLot Subsystem
The Log Plot measurement shows a graph of the phase noise power
plotted against the log of the frequency offset from the carrier.
Decade Table On/Off

:CALCulate:LPLot:DECade:TABLe[:STATe] OFF|ON|0|1
:CALCulate:LPLot:DECade:TABLe[:STATe]?
The decade table shows the measured values for each plot at every
point where the trace(s) cross(es) a decade line on the display. This
command turns the decade table display on or off.
Example: CALC:LPLot:DEC:TABLE ON
Remarks: The LPLot keyword must be specified in the command.
Front Panel
Access: Marker, More, Decade Table
Copy Trace A to Trace B

:CALCulate:LPLot:TRACe:COPY[A][B]
Copies the contents of one trace [A] to another trace [B].
Remarks: There are no spaces in the command. In other
words, :COPY12 is a valid command that would copy
Trace 1 to Trace 2. :COPY1 2 would be invalid as it
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contains a space.
Front Panel
Access: View/Trace, Menu 1 of 2, Operations
Trace Mode
:CALCulate:LPLot:TRACe[1]|2|3:MODE RAW|SMOothed|VIEW|BLANk
:CALCulate:LPLot:TRACe[1]|2|3:MODE?
This determines the type of trace stored and displayed in the selected
trace.
Factory Preset: Trace 1: Raw
Trace 2: Smoothed
Trace 3: Blank
Range: Raw, Smoothed, View or Blank
Front Panel
Access: Trace, Trace[1|2|3], Raw|Smoothed|View|Blank
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Swap Trace A and Trace B

:CALCulate:LPLot:TRACe:SWAP[A][B]
Swaps the contents of two traces, [A] and [B]. Trace [A] data moves to
Trace [B], while Trace [B] data moves to Trace [A].
Remarks: There are no spaces in the command. In other
words, :SWAP12 is a valid command that would swap
Trace 1 to Trace 2 data. :SWAP1 2 would be invalid as
it contains a space.
Front Panel
Access: View/Trace, Menu 1 of 2, Operations
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CALCulate:MARKers Subsystem
Marker Mode
:CALCulate:LPLot:MARKer[1]|2|3|4:MODE
POSition|DELTa|RMSDegree|RMSRadian|RFM
|RMSJitter|OFF
:CALCulate:LPLot:MARKer[1]|2|3|4:MODE?
This command specifies the calculation mode for each of the four
markers.
• POSition - Sets the specified marker to be a ‘normal’ marker. That is,
it measures the phase noise at your specified frequency offset.
• DELTa - Sets the specified marker to measure the difference in
frequency between the first and the second marker.
• RMSDegree - Sets the specified marker to measure the RMS of the
phase noise between the first and the second marker. The result is
displayed in degrees.
• RMSRadian - Sets the specified marker to measure the RMS of the
phase noise between the first and the second marker. The result is
displayed in radians.
• RFM - Sets the specified marker to measure the RMS of the residual
FM between the first and the second marker. The result is displayed
in Hertz.
• RMSJitter - Sets the specified marker to measure the RMS of the
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jitter between the first and the second marker. The result is
displayed in units of time.
• OFF - Sets the marker off
Example: CALC:LPLot:MARK:MODE RMSD
Front Panel
Access: Marker
Marker Table On/Off

:CALCulate:LPLot:MARKer:TABLe[:STATe] OFF|ON|0|1
:CALCulate:LPLot:MARKer:TABLe[:STATe]?
Turns the marker table display on or off.
Example: CALC:LPLot:MARK:TABLE ON
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Front Panel
Access: Marker, More 1 of 2, Marker Table
Marker Trace
:CALCulate:LPLot:MARKer[1]|2|3|4:TRACe <tracenum>
:CALCulate:LPLot:MARKer[1]|2|3|4:TRACe?
This command specifies the trace on which the specified marker will be
placed.
Example: CALC:LPLot:MARK:TRAC 3
Front Panel
Access: Marker, Select Marker, Marker Trace
Marker X Value
:CALCulate:LPLot:MARKer[1]|2|3|4:X <number>
:CALCulate:LPLot:MARKer[1]|2|3|4:X?
This command positions the selected marker at the specified position on
the X-axis.
Range: Graph Start Offset and Stop Offset frequencies.
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Factory Preset: All four markers are preset to 10 kHz

Example: CALC:LPLot:MARK:X 2.5 MHz
Front Panel
Access: Marker
Marker Y Value
:CALCulate:LPLot:MARKer[1]|2|3|4:Y?
This command queries and returns the current Y value for the selected
marker. The value is returned in the Y-axis units of the current trace
(typically dBc/Hz).
Range: -200.0 to 200.0 dBc/Hz, dB/Hz, Radians or Degrees,
depending on the type of marker.
Example: CALC:LPLot:MARK3:Y?
Front Panel
Access: Marker
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CONFigure Subsystem
CONFigure Subsystem
The CONFigure commands are used with several other commands to
control the measurement process. The full set of commands are
described in the section “MEASure Group of Commands” on page 115.
Selecting measurements with the CONFigure/FETCh/MEASure/READ
commands sets the instrument state to the defaults for that
measurement and to make a single measurement. Other commands are
available for each measurement to allow you to change: settings, view,
limits, etc. Refer to:
SENSe:<measurement>, SENSe:CHANnel, SENSe:CORRection,
SENSe:DEFaults, SENSe:DEViation, SENSe:FREQuency,
SENSe:PACKet, SENSe:POWer, SENSe:RADio, SENSe:SYNC
CALCulate:<measurement>, CALCulate:CLIMits
DISPlay:<measurement>
TRIGger
The INITiate[:IMMediate] or INITiate:RESTart commands will initiate
the taking of measurement data without resetting any of the
measurement settings that you have changed from their defaults.
Configure the Selected Measurement

:CONFigure:<measurement>
A CONFigure command must specify the desired measurement. It will
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set the instrument settings for that measurement’s standard defaults,

but should not initiate the taking of data. The available measurements
are described in the MEASure subsystem.
NOTE PSA analyzers only

If CONFigure initiates the taking of data, the data should be ignored.
Other SCPI commands can be processed immediately after sending
CONFigure. You do not need to wait for the CONF command to
complete this 'false' data acquisition.
Configure Query
:CONFigure?
The CONFigure query returns the name of the current measurement.
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DISPlay Subsystem
DISPlay Subsystem
The DISPlay controls the selection and presentation of textual,
graphical, and TRACe information. Within a DISPlay, information may
be separated into individual WINDows.
Set the Display Line

:DISPlay:MONitor:WINDow:TRACe:Y:DLINe <ampl>
:DISPlay:MONitor:WINDow:TRACe:Y:DLINe?
Defines the level of the display line, in the active amplitude units if no
units are specified.
Factory Preset: 2.5 divisions below the reference level
Range: 10 display divisions below the reference level to the
reference level
Default Unit: Current active units
Front Panel
Access: Display, Display Line
Control the Display Line
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:DISPlay:MONitor:WINDow:TRACe:Y:DLINe:STATe OFF|ON|0|1
:DISPlay:MONitor:WINDow:TRACe:Y:DLINe:STATe?
Turns the display line on or off.
Factory Preset: Off
Front Panel
Access: Display, Display Line
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FETCh Subsystem
FETCh Subsystem
The FETCh? queries are used with several other commands to control
the measurement process. These commands are described in the section
on the “MEASure Group of Commands” on page 115. These commands
apply only to measurements found in the MEASURE menu.
This command puts selected data from the most recent measurement
into the output buffer (new data is initiated/measured). Use FETCh if
you have already made a good measurement and you want to look at
several types of data (different [n] values) from the single
measurement. FETCh saves you the time of re-making the
measurement. You can only fetch results from the measurement that is
currently active.
If you need to make a new measurement, use the READ command,
which is equivalent to an INITiate[:IMMediate] followed by a FETCh.
:FETCh <meas>? will return valid data only when the measurement is
in one of the following states:
idle
initiated
paused
Fetch the Current Measurement Results

:FETCh:<measurement>[n]?
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A FETCh? command must specify the desired measurement. It will

return the valid results that are currently available, but will not
initiate the taking of any new data. You can only fetch results from the
measurement that is currently selected. The code number n selects the
kind of results that will be returned. The available measurements and
data results are described in the “MEASure Group of Commands” on
page 115.
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FORMat Subsystem
FORMat Subsystem
The FORMat subsystem sets a data format for transferring numeric
and array information.
Measurement Results format

:FORMat:MEASure[:DATA] ASCii|REAL32
:FORMat:MEASure[:DATA]?
This command controls the format of measurement data that is
transferred to a remote user. The REAL and ASCII formats will format
trace data in the current amplitude units.
ASCII - Amplitude values are in ASCII, in amplitude units,
separated by commas. ASCII format requires more memory than the
binary formats. Therefore, handling large amounts of this type of
data, will take more time and storage space.
Real32 - Binary 32-bit real values in amplitude unit, in a definite
length block. Transfers of real data are done in a binary block
format.
A definite length block of data starts with an ASCII header that begins
with # and indicates how many additional data points are following in
the block. Suppose the header is #512320.
• The first digit in the header (5) tells you how many additional
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digits/bytes there are in the header.
• The 12320 means 12 thousand, 3 hundred, 20 data bytes follow the
header.
• Divide this number of bytes by your selected data format bytes/point,
that is divide by 4 for real32. In this example, if you are using real32
then there are 3080 points in the block.
Factory Preset: ASCII
Front Panel Access: Not Applicable. This is a remote command only.
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INITiate Subsystem
INITiate Subsystem
The INITiate subsystem is used to start a trigger for a measurement.
These commands only initiate measurements from the MEASURE
front panel key or the “MEASure Group of Commands” on page 115.
Refer also to the TRIGger and ABORt subsystems for related
commands.
Take New Data Acquisition for Selected Measurement

:INITiate:<measurement>
This command initiates a trigger cycle for the measurement specified,
but does not return data. The valid measurement names are described
in the MEASure subsystem.
If your selected measurement is not currently active, the instrument
will change to the measurement in your INIT:<meas> command and
initiate a trigger/measurement cycle.
This command is not available for the one-button measurements in the
Spectrum Analysis mode.
Example: INIT:ACP
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INSTrument Subsystem
This subsystem includes commands for querying and selecting
instrument measurement (personality option) modes.
Select Application by Number

:INSTrument:NSELect <integer>
:INSTrument:NSELect?
Select the measurement mode by its instrument number. The actual
available choices depends upon which applications are installed in the
instrument.
ESA analyzers only
1 = SA
3 = GSM
4 = CDMA (cdmaOne)
14 = PNOISE (Phase Noise)
202 = GSM EDGE
228 = BLUETOOTH
PSA analyzers only
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1 = SA
4 = CDMA (cdmaOne)
5 = NADC
6 = PDC
8 = BASIC
9 = WCDMA (3GPP)
10 = CDMA2K (cdma2000)
13 = EDGEGSM
14 = PNOISE (phase noise)
NOTE If you are using the SCPI status registers and the analyzer mode is
changed, the status bits should be read, and any errors resolved, prior
to switching modes. Error conditions that exist prior to switching modes
cannot be detected using the condition registers after the mode change.
This is true unless they recur after the mode change, although
transitions of these conditions can be detected using the event registers.
Changing modes resets all SCPI status registers and mask registers to
their power-on defaults. Hence, any event or condition register masks
must be re-established after a mode change. Also note that the power
up status bit is set by any mode change, since that is the default state
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after power up.
Example: INST:NSEL 4
Factory Preset: Persistent state with factory default of 1
Range: 1 to x, where x depends upon which applications are
installed.
Front Panel
Access: Mode
Select Application
ESA Series:
‘SA’|‘GSM’|‘CDMA’|‘PNOISE’|‘BLUETOOTH’|’EDGE’
PSA Series:
SA|PNOISE|BASIC|CDMA|CDMA2K|EDGEGSM|NADC|PDC|WCDMA
:INSTrument[:SELect]?
Select the measurement mode. The actual available choices depend
upon which modes (measurement applications) are installed in the
instrument. A list of the valid choices is returned with the INST:CAT?
query.
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Once an instrument mode is selected, only the commands that are valid
for that mode can be executed.
1 = SA (PSA analyzers only)
4 = CDMA (cdmaOne)
5 = NADC
6 = PDC
8 = BASIC
9 = WCDMA (3GPP)
10 = CDMA2K (cdma2000)
13 = EDGEGSM
14 = PNOISE (phase noise)
NOTE If you are using the status bits and the analyzer mode is changed, the
status bits should be read, and any errors resolved, prior to switching
modes. Error conditions that exist prior to switching modes cannot be
detected using the condition registers after the mode change. This is
true unless they recur after the mode change, although transitions of
these conditions can be detected using the event registers.
Changing modes resets all SCPI status registers and mask registers to
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their power-on defaults. Hence, any event or condition register masks

must be re-established after a mode change. Also note that the power
up status bit is set by any mode change, since that is the default state
after power up.
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Example: ESA Series analyzers: INST:SEL ‘CDMA’

Example: PSA Series analyzers: INST:SEL CDMA
Factory Preset: Persistent state with factory default of Spectrum
Analyzer mode.
Front Panel
Access: Mode
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MEASure Group of Commands

This group includes the CONFigure, FETCh, MEASure, and READ
commands that are used to make measurements and return results.
The different commands can be used to provide fine control of the
overall measurement process, like changing measurement parameters
from their default settings. Most measurements should be done in
single measurement mode, rather than measuring continuously.
PSA analyzers only
The SCPI default for the format of any data output is ASCII. The
format can be changed to binary with FORMat:MEASure:DATA which
transports faster over the bus.
CONFigure, FETCh, MEASure, READ Interactions

These commands are all inter-related. See Figure 5-1 on page 116.
Measure Commands
:MEASure:<measurement>[n]?
This is a fast single-command way to make a measurement using the
factory default instrument settings. These are the settings and units
that conform to the Mode Setup settings (e.g. radio standard) that you
have currently selected.
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• Stops the current measurement (if any) and sets up the instrument
for the specified measurement using the factory defaults.
• Initiates the data acquisition for the measurement.
• Blocks other SCPI communication, waiting until the measurement is
complete before returning results.
• If the function does averaging, it is turned on and the number of
averages is set to 10 (ESA analyzers only).
• After the data is valid it returns the scalar results, or the trace data,
for the specified measurement. The type of data returned may be
defined by an [n] value that is sent with the command.
The scalar measurement results will be returned if the optional [n]
value is not included, or is set to 1. If the [n] value is set to a value
other than 1, the selected trace data results will be returned. See
each command for details of what types of scalar results or trace
data results are available.
ASCII is the default format for the data output. The binary data
formats should be used for handling large blocks of data since they
are smaller and faster than the ASCII format. Refer to the
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FORMat:DATA command for more information.

If you need to change some of the measurement parameters from the
factory default settings you can set up the measurement with the
CONFigure command. Use the commands in the
SENSe:<measurement> and CALCulate:<measurement> subsystems
to change the settings. Then you can use the READ? command to
initiate the measurement and query the results.
See Figure 5-1.
If you need to repeatedly make a given measurement with settings
other than the factory defaults, you can use the commands in the
SENSe:<measurement> and CALCulate:<measurement> subsystems
to set up the measurement. Then use the READ? command to initiate
the measurement and query results.
Measurement settings persist if you initiate a different measurement
and then return to a previous one. Use READ:<measurement>? if you
want to use those persistent settings. If you want to go back to the
default settings, use MEASure:<measurement>?.
Figure 5-1 Measurement Group of Commands

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Configure Commands
:CONFigure:<measurement>
This command stops the current measurement (if any) and sets up the
instrument for the specified measurement using the factory default
instrument settings. It sets the instrument to single measurement
mode but should not initiate the taking of measurement data unless
INIT:CONTinuous is ON. After you change any measurement settings,
the READ command can be used to initiate a measurement without
changing the settings back to their defaults. On ESA analyzers, the
CONFigure command also turns the averaging function on and sets the
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number of averages to 10 for all measurements.

The CONFigure? query returns the current measurement name.
Fetch Commands
:FETCh:<measurement>[n]?
This command puts selected data from the most recent measurement
into the output buffer. Use FETCh if you have already made a good
measurement and you want to return several types of data (different [n]
values, e.g. both scalars and trace data) from a single measurement.
FETCh saves you the time of re-making the measurement. You can only
FETCh results from the measurement that is currently active, it will
not change to a different measurement.
If you need to get new measurement data, use the READ command,
which is equivalent to an INITiate followed by a FETCh.
The scalar measurement results will be returned if the optional [n]
value is not included, or is set to 1. If the [n] value is set to a value other
than 1, the selected trace data results will be returned. See each
command for details of what types of scalar results or trace data results
are available. The binary data formats should be used for handling
large blocks of data since they are smaller and transfer faster than the
ASCII format. (FORMat:DATA)
FETCh may be used to return results other than those specified with
the original READ or MEASure command that you sent.
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Read Commands
:READ:<measurement>[n]?
• Does not preset the measurement to the factory default settings. For
example, if you have previously initiated the ACP measurement and
you send READ:ACP? it will initiate a new measurement using the
same instrument settings.
• Initiates the measurement and puts valid data into the output
buffer. If a measurement other than the current one is specified, the
instrument will switch to that measurement before it initiates the
measurement and returns results.
For example, suppose you have previously initiated the ACP
measurement, but now you are running the channel power
measurement. Then you send READ:ACP? It will change from
channel power back to ACP and, using the previous ACP settings,
will initiate the measurement and return results.
• Blocks other SCPI communication, waiting until the measurement is
complete before returning the results.
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If the optional [n] value is not included, or is set to 1, the scalar

measurement results will be returned. If the [n] value is set to a
value other than 1, the selected trace data results will be returned.
See each command for details of what types of scalar results or trace
data results are available. The binary data formats should be used
when handling large blocks of data since they are smaller and faster
than the ASCII format. (FORMat:DATA)
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Phase Noise Log Plot Measurement

This measures the phase noise of a signal at a specified frequency range
offset from the main carrier signal. The results are plotted on a graph of
phase noise power against the log of the offset frequency. You must be in
the Phase Noise mode to use this command. Use INSTrument:SELect to
set the mode.
The general functionality of CONFigure, FETCh, MEASure, and READ
are described at the beginning of this section. See the SENSe:LPLot
commands for more measurement related commands.
:FETCh:LPLot[n]?
:READ:LPLot[n]?
:MEASure:LPLot[n]?
Front Panel
Access: Measure, Log Plot
After the measurement is selected, press

Restore Meas Defaults to restore factory defaults.
Measurement Results Available
n Results Returned
0 No return value.
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not specified or n=1 Returns seven comma-separated scalar values corresponding to the
following measurement results:
1. Carrier Power (dBm)

2. Carrier Frequency (Hz)
3. RMS Phase Noise over the entire smoothed trace (degrees)
4. RMS Phase Noise over the entire smoothed trace (radians)
5. Residual FM over the entire smoothed trace (Hz)
6. Spot Noise at the Start Offset Frequency (dBc/Hz)
7. Spot Noise at the Stop Offset Frequency (dBc/Hz)
n=2 Returns three comma-separated scalar values corresponding to the

following measurement values:
1. Number of x/y value pairs in Trace 1

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n Results Returned
n=3 Returns a comma-separated list of the data points from Trace 1. The
number of data points in the trace depends on the implementation and the
frequency range being measured. This can be found by using
the :LPLOT2? command (above):
n=6 Returns a comma-separated list of the data points which represent the
values found on each trace at each decade offset frequency. The points in
the list are returned in the following order: Frequency Offset, Trace
number 1 (yellow) amplitude, Trace number 2 (cyan blue) amplitude and
Trace number 3 (magenta pink) amplitude. Any data points that do not
have an associated trace, or any data points that not covered by aa
particular frequency will return SCPI_NAN. The total number of values
listed can be calculated by multiplying the number of decades by 4, and
adding 4.
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Monitor Spectrum
This measures the power levels across the specified spectral band using
one of three traces. By default, the analyzer’s entire range is measured.
are described at the beginning of this section. See the SENSe:MONitor
commands for more measurement related commands.
:CONFigure:MONitor
:FETCh:MONitor[n]
:READ:MONitor[n]
:MEASure:MONitor[n]
Front Panel
Access: Measure, Monitor Band/Channel
After the measurement is selected, press

Restore Meas Defaults to restore factory defaults.
n Results Returned
not specified or Trace 1 data

n=1
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2 Trace 2 data
3 Trace 3 data
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Phase Noise Spot Frequency Measurement

This measures the phase noise of a signal at a specified frequency offset
from the main carrier signal. You must be in the Phase Noise mode to
use this command. Use INSTrument:SELect to set the mode.
are described at the beginning of this section. See the
SENSe:SFRequency commands for more measurement related
commands.
:FETCh:SFRequency[n]?
:READ:SFRequency[n]?
:MEASure:SFRequency[n]?
Front Panel
Access: Measure, Spot Frequency
After the measurement is selected, press Restore Meas

Defaults to restore factory defaults.
n Results Returned
0 No return value.
not specified or n=1 Returns six comma-separated scalar values corresponding to the following
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measurement results:
1. Carrier Power (dBm)

2. Carrier Frequency (Hz)
3. Initial carrier frequency (Hz)
4. Carrier frequency delta (Hz)
5. Upper or right SSB (Single Side Band) noise (dBc/Hz)
6. Average SSB (Single Side Band) noise (dBc/Hz)
n=2 Returns 101 comma-separated scalar values representing a trail of the

measured phase noise of the carrier signal.

measured carrier frequencies.

measured carrier powers.
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MMEMory Subsystem
MMEMory Subsystem
The purpose of the MMEMory subsystem is to provide access to mass
storage devices such as internal or external disk drives. If mass storage
is not specified in the filename, the default mass storage specified in the
MSIS command will be used.
NOTE Refer also to :CALCulate and :TRACe subsystems for more trace and
limit line commands (ESA analyzers only).
Agilent ESA analyzers use two types of mass storage devices:

• 3.5 inch disk drive (high density, 1.44 MBytes formatted) designated
“A:”
• Part of flash memory and treated as a device designated “C:”
The MMEMory command syntax term <file_name> is a specifier having
the form: drive:name.ext, where the following rules apply:
• “drive” is “A:” or “C:”
• “name” is a DOS file name of up to eight characters, letters (A-Z, a-z)
and numbers (0-9) only (lower case letters are read as uppercase)
• “ext” is an optional file extension using the same rules as “name,”
but consists of up to three characters total. (The default file
extension will be added if it is not specified.)
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Load a Log Plot Reference Trace from Disk
:MMEMory:LPLot:LOAD:TRACe <tracenum>,<filename>
:MMEMory:LPLot:LOAD:TRACe <tracenum>,<filename>
Loads the contents of a data file to one of the traces. You must specify
the complete file name and path, for example A:\mytrace.lpt.
Example: :MMEM:LPL:LOAD:TRAC 2,“C:MYTRACE.lpt”
Remarks: See also the command
MMEMory:LPLot:STORe:TRACe<tracenum>,<filenam
e>
Front Panel
Access: View/Trace, More 1 of 2, Load/Save, Drive
View/Trace, More 1 of 2, Load/Save, Filename
View/Trace, More 1 of 2, Load/Save, Load Trace
Remarks: Three separate actions have to be performed when

using the front panel keys to save a file. First the drive
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has to be specified. Then the file name has to be

specified. Finally you have to use the Load Trace
softkey to load the data to your specified trace.
The two options when specifying the drive are A: (a
standard floppy disk) or C: (the analyzer’s internal
memory).
Store a Log Plot Reference Trace to Disk

:MMEMory:LPLot:STORe:TRACe <tracenum>,<filename>
:MMEMory:LPLot:STORe:TRACe <tracenum>,<filename>
Stores the contents of one of the traces to disk or to the analyzer’s own
internal file system for loading at a later time. You must specify the
complete file name and path, for example A:\mytrace.lpt.
Example: :MMEM:LPL:STOR:TRAC 2,“C:MYTRACE.LPT”
Remarks: See also the command
:MMEMory:LPLot:LOAD:TRACe<tracenum>,
filename>
Front Panel
Access: View/Trace, More 1 of 2, Load/Save, Drive
View/Trace, More 1 of 2, Load/Save, Filename
View/Trace, More 1 of 2, Load/Save, Save Trace

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Remarks: Three separate actions have to be performed when

using the front panel keys to save a file. First the
volume has to be specified. Then the file name has to be
specified. Finally you have to use the Save Trace
softkey to save the data to your specified file.
The two options when specifying the volume are A: (a
standard floppy disk) or C: (the instrument’s internal
memory).
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READ Subsystem
READ Subsystem
The READ? commands are used with several other commands and are
documented in the section on the “MEASure Group of Commands” on
page 115.
Initiate and Read Measurement Data

:READ:<measurement>[n]?
A READ? query must specify the desired measurement. It will cause a
measurement to occur without changing any of the current settings and
will return any valid results. The code number n selects the kind of
results that will be returned. The available measurements and data
results are described in the “MEASure Group of Commands” on page
115.
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SENSe Subsystem
These commands are used to set the analyzer state parameters so that
you can measure a particular input signal. Some SENSe commands are
only for use with specific measurements found under the MEASURE
key menu or the “MEASure Group of Commands” on page 115. The
measurement must be active before you can use these commands.
The SCPI default for the format of any data output is ASCII. The
format can be changed to binary with FORMat:DATA which transports
faster over the bus.
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Display Average Noise Level—Measurement Method

[:SENSe]:DANL:METHod ATTenuator|REMoval
[:SENSe]:DANL:METHod?
Specifies which of the two possible methods of measuring DANL is to be
used. Setting the Mode to Attenuator causes the analyzer to attenuate
any input signal to such a degree that it disappears into the
background noise. The noise level can then be measured. Setting the
Mode to Removal requires that the input cable be physically
disconnected form the analyzer before the measurement is made.
Factory Preset: Attenuator
Remarks: Removal is the more accurate method of measuring
DANL, but Attenuator is generally more convenient
and is suitable for most purposes.
Front Panel
Access: Input/Output, DANL Method
Default Reset
[:SENSe]:DEFaults
Restores personality Mode Setup defaults.
Front Panel
Access:
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Mode Setup
Remarks: This command sets all the SENSe defaults but has no
effect on the MEASure default settings. Use the
CONFigure:<measurement> command to set
measurement defaults.
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Frequency Commands
Carrier Frequency
[:SENSe]:FREQuency:CARRier <freq>
[:SENSe]:FREQuency:CARRier?
Specifies the frequency of the carrier.
Factory Preset: 50 MHz
Range: ESA E4401B: 9 kHza to 1.58 GHz
ESA E4402B: 9 kHza to 3.10 GHz
PSA E4443A: 3 Hz to 6.78 GHz
a 100 Hz with Option UKB
Front Panel
Access: FREQUENCY/Channel
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Carrier Search
[:SENSe]:FREQuency:CARRier:SEARch
Automatically searches for and tunes to the strongest signal within the
currently specified search span.
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Remarks: When Search Span is set to Auto, the analyzer searches

the entire spectrum above 100 Hz. When Search Span
is set to manual, the search is limited to the currently
specified frequency span centered on the current
carrier frequency.
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Search Span Automatic

[:SENSe]:FREQuency:CARRier:SEARch:AUTO ON|OFF|1|0
[:SENSe]:FREQuency:CARRier:SEARch:AUTO?
Specifies whether automatic setting of the frequency span is set to On
or Off. When Search Auto is set to On, the analyzer searches the entire
spectrum above 100 Hz. When Search Auto is set to Off, the search is
limited to the currently specified frequency span centered on the
current carrier frequency.
Factory Preset: On
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Search Span
[:SENSe]:FREQuency:CARRier:SEARch:SPAN <freq>
[:SENSe]:FREQuency:CARRier:SEARch:SPAN?
Specifies the frequency range within which the analyzer will search for
a carrier wave.
Factory Preset: 10 kHz
Range: 100 Hz to 200 MHz
Remarks: This is only applicable when automatic search span
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([:SENSe]:FREQuency:CARRier:SEARch:AUTO) is set
to Off.
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Signal Tracking
[:SENSe]:FREQuency:CARRier:TRACk[:STATe] OFF|ON|1|0
[:SENSe]:FREQuency:CARRier:TRACk[:STATe]?
Specifies whether or not the analyzer tracks a slowly drifting signal.
When signal tracking is Off, the analyzer measures at a fixed frequency,
When signal tracking is On, the analyzer repeatedly measures the
frequency of the carrier signal to check for any change that might have
occurred, and retunes to the new frequency if necessary.
Factory Preset: Off
Remarks: The repeated realignment of the carrier signal when
signal tracking is On causes measurements to take
longer than when signal tracking is Off.
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Signal Tracking Drift Span

[:SENSe]:FREQuency:CARRier:TRACk:DSPan <value>
[:SENSe]:FREQuency:CARRier:TRACk:DSPan?
Specifies the span, as a percentage of the carrier frequency, within
which the frequency drift will be measured. For example, if a drift span
of 12% is specified, the signal will be tracked as long as it remains
within plus or minus 6% of the most recent frequency measurement.
Factory Preset: 10%
Range: 10% to 25%
Remarks: Only available when signal tracking is On and the Spot
Frequency measurement is running.
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Signal Tracking Interval

[:SENSe]:FREQuency:CARRier:TRACk:INTerval <value>
[:SENSe]:FREQuency:CARRier:TRACk:INTerval?
Specifies how often the analyzer retunes to a drifting carrier signal. If
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signal tracking is On and Tracking Mode is set to Interval or to Both,

this value specifies the number of individual phase noise measurements
that will be made before the analyzer retunes to the carrier signal.
Factory Preset: 10
Range: 1 to 100
Remarks: Only available when signal tracking is On, the Spot
Frequency measurement is running and Tracking Mode
is set to Interval or to Both.
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Signal Tracking Mode

[:SENSe]:FREQuency:CARRier:TRACk:METHod
INTerval|TOLerance|BOTH
[:SENSe]:FREQuency:CARRier:TRACk:METHod?
Specifies how signal tracking operates. When Tracking Method is set to
Interval, the carrier frequency is checked every INTERVAL number of
measurements. When Tracking Method is set to Tolerance, the carrier
frequency is checked whenever the most recent phase error
measurement deviates from the average measurement by
TOLERANCE dBc/Hz. The two modes can be combined by specifying
BOTH. In this case, retuning occurs either when INTERVAL
measurements have been made or when a measurement deviates from
the average by TOLERANCE dBc/Hz, depending on which happens
first.
Factory Preset: Tolerance
Range: Interval|Tolerance|Both
Remarks: Only available when signal tracking is On and the Spot
Frequency measurement is running.
Front Panel
Access: FREQUENCY/Channel, Tracking
Signal Tracking Tolerance
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[:SENSe]:FREQuency:CARRier:TRACk:TOLerance <value>
[:SENSe]:FREQuency:CARRier:TRACk:TOLerance?
Specifies when the analyzer retunes to a drifting carrier signal. If
signal tracking is On and Tracking Mode is set to Tolerance or to Both,
the analyzer retunes to the carrier wave every time a measurement is
made that differs from the previous measurement by TOLERANCE
dBc/Hz.
Factory Preset: 10 dBc/Hz
Range: 0 dBc/Hz to 40 dBc/Hz
Remarks: Only available when signal tracking is On, the Spot
Frequency measurement is running and Tracking Mode
is set to Tolerance or to Both.
Front Panel
Access: FREQUENCY/Channel, Tracking
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Phase Noise Log Plot Measurements

Commands for querying the log plot measurement results and for
setting to the default values are found in the “MEASure Group of
Commands” on page 115. The equivalent front panel keys for the
parameters described in the following commands are found under the
Meas Setup key when the Log Plot measurement has been selected from
the MEASURE key menu.
Log Plot Number of Averages

[:SENSe]:LPLot:AVERage:COUNt <integer>
[:SENSe]:LPLot:AVERage:COUNt?
Specifies the number of measurements made when calculating the
average result.
Factory Preset: 10
Range: 1 to 1000
Remarks: You must be in the Phase Noise mode to use this
command. Use analyzer:SELect to set the mode.
Front Panel
Access: Meas Setup
Log Plot Average State

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[:SENSe]:LPLot:AVERage:[:STATe] ON|OFF|1|0
[:SENSe]:LPLot:AVERage[:STATe]?
Switches averaging on or off.
Factory Preset: Off (Front panel preset)
On (:CONFigure via SCPI)
Front Panel
Access: Meas Setup
Log Plot Averaging Mode Termination Control

[:SENSe]:LPLot:AVERage:TCONtrol?
Queries and returns the type of termination control used for the
averaging function. This determines the averaging action after the
specified number of acquisitions (average count) is reached.
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REPeat - After reaching the average count, the averaging is reset

and a new average is started.
Factory Preset: REPeat
Remarks: The Average Mode will always be set to Repeat.
Log Plot Resolution Bandwidth

[:SENSe]:LPLot:BANDwidth|BWIDth[:RESolution]?
Queries and returns the resolution bandwidth.
Default Unit: Hz
Front Panel
Access: BW/Avg, Res BW
Log Plot Video Bandwidth

[:SENSe]:LPLot:BANDwidth|BWIDth:VIDeo?
Queries the video bandwidth.
Default Unit: Hz
Front Panel
Access: BW/Avg, Video BW
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Log Plot Video to Resolution Bandwidth Ratio
[:SENSe]:LPLot:BANDwidth|BWIDth:VIDeo:RATio <numeric>
[:SENSe]:LPLot:BANDwidth|BWIDth:VIDeo:RATio?
Specifies the ratio of the video bandwidth to the resolution bandwidth.
Factory Preset: 1.0
Range: 0.001 to 10
Front Panel
Access: BW/Avg, VBW/RBW
DANL Cancellation Delta Threshold

[:SENSe]:LPLot:CANCellation:DELTa <dB>
[:SENSe]:LPLot:CANCellation:DELTa?
You can specify a minimum difference that must exist between the
DANL reference trace and the current measurement before any
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cancellation will be performed. This command allows you to specify that

minimum value.
Range: 0.001 dB - 5 dB
Example: LPLot:CANC:DELT 2
Remarks: The cancellation delta is applied on an individual point
by point basis.
Front Panel
Access: Meas Setup, More, Cancellation
DANL Cancellation On/Off

[:SENSe]:LPLot:CANCellation[:STATe] OFF|ON|0|1
[:SENSe]:LPLot:CANCellation[:STATe]?
This allows you to switch the noise cancellation feature on or off. The
cancellation feature allows a previously made measurement of the
instrument’s DANL noise floor to be automatically subtracted from the
current measurement.
Example: LPLot:CANC ON
Remarks: The DANL of the instrument must first be measured
and stored in a reference trace before the cancellation
feature can be used.
Front Panel
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Access: Meas Setup, More 1 of 2, Cancellation
DANL Cancellation Reference Trace

[:SENSe]:LPLot:CANCellation:TRACe <tracenum>
[:SENSe]:LPLot:CANCellation:TRACe?
This allows you to change the trace that is used to store the DANL
noise floor reference data for use in the DANL cancellation feature.
Range: 1 - 3
Example: LPLot:CANC:TRAC 2
Remarks: This reference trace must be in View mode and must
cover the same frequency range as that being
measured.
Front Panel
Access: Meas Setup, More, Cancellation
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Log Plot Type of Detection

[:SENSe]:LPLot:DETector[:FUNCtion]?
Queries and returns the detection mode.
Front Panel
Access: Det/Demod, Detector
Log Plot Diagnostic of Y-axis Reference Level

[:SENSe]:LPLot:DIAG:GRAPh:Y:REFerence <level>
[:SENSe]:LPLot:DIAG:GRAPh:Y:REFerence?
Sets and queries the Y-axis reference level.
Note that diagnostic commands may be changed suddenly, without
notification.
Default Unit: dBc/Hz
Example: LPL:DIAG:GRAP:Y:REF -50
Front Panel
Access: Amplitude
Log Plot Filtering

[:SENSe]:LPLot:FILTering:NONE|LITTle|MEDium|MAXimum
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This sets the video bandwidth/resolution bandwidth to one of four
predetermined values (1.0, 0.3, 0.1 and 0.03).
Factory Preset: None (VBW/RBW ratio = 1.000)
Remarks: You cannot query this command. To find out the current
setting, query the VBW/RBW parameter. See “Log Plot
Video Bandwidth” on page 133.
Front Panel
Access: Meas Setup, Filtering
Log Plot Start Offset

[:SENSe]:LPLot:FREQuency:OFFSet:STARt <freq>
[:SENSe]:LPLot:FREQuency:OFFSet:STARt?
Specifies the frequency offset at which the measurement starts. The
frequency is measured relative to the carrier signal, and refers only to
the upper sideband.
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Factory Preset: ESA - 10 kHz without Option 1DR

ESA - 100 Hz with Option 1DR
PSA - 100 Hz
Range: 10 times smallest RBW to 1 decade less than Stop Offset
Front Panel
Access: Span/X Scale
Log Plot Stop Offset

[:SENSe]:LPLot:FREQuency:OFFSet:STOP <freq>
[:SENSe]:LPLot:FREQuency:OFFSet:STOP?
Specifies the frequency offset at which the measurement stops. The
frequency is measured relative to the carrier signal, and refers only to
the upper sideband.
Factory Preset: 1 MHz
Range: 1 decade greater than Start Offset to nine decades
greater than Start Offset (but limited by analyzer’s
range).
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Front Panel
Access: Span/X Scale
Log Plot Span to Resolution Bandwidth Ratio

[:SENSe]:LPLot:FREQuency:SPAN:BANDwidth|BWIDth[:RESolution]
:RATio <numeric>
:RATio?
PSA Command only. Specifies the ratio of the span to the resolution
bandwidth.
Factory Preset: 106
Range: 2 to 1000
Front Panel
Access: BW/Avg, Span/RBW
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Log Plot Span to Resolution Bandwidth Ratio Mode

:RATio:AUTO ON|OFF|1|0
:RATio:AUTO?
PSA Command only. Specifies whether the ratio of the span to the
resolution bandwidth is set automatically.
Factory Preset: Auto
Remarks: When set to On or 1, the front panel will display ‘Auto’.
When set to Off or 0, the front panel will display ‘Man’.
Front Panel
Access: BW/Avg, Span/RBW
Log Plot Measurement Type

[:SENSe]:LPLot:METHod DANL|PN
[:SENSe]:LPLot:METHod?
Determines whether you are measuring the phase noise of a signal or
the noise floor (DANL) of the analyzer. Measuring the phase noise of a
signal is the default, and is the intended use of the measurement.
However, it can be useful to measure the noise floor of the analyzer so
that you can compensate for this in your measurement. See
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“[:SENSe]:DANL:METHod ATTenuator|REMoval” on page 127 for
more details on the two different types of noise floor measurement.
Factory Preset: PN
Remarks: When measuring the phase noise of a signal, some of
the measured phase noise is due to thermal noise
generated by the analyzer itself. By measuring the
analyzer’s internal noise, it can be compensated for,
thus giving more accurate results.
You must be in the Phase Noise mode to use this
Front Panel
Access: Meas Setup
Log Plot Smooth Trace

[:SENSe]:LPLot:SMOoth <percentage>
[:SENSe]:LPLot:SMOoth?
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Specifies the amount of smoothing that is done after the measurement

has been completed. The smoothing function is a lot faster than
filtering, but it can cause errors if the noise changes rapidly with
respect to frequency for example when there are discrete signals
present, such as harmonic spurs.
Factory Preset: 4%
Range: 0% to 16%
Remarks: Changing the Smooth Trace parameter forces the
smooth trace to be recalculated. This forces all results
to be recalculated. There is therefore no need to
perform a full restart.
Front Panel
Access: Meas Setup
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Monitor Band/Channel Measurement

Commands for querying the monitor band/channel measurement
results and for setting to the default values are found in the “MEASure
Group of Commands” on page 115. The equivalent front panel keys for
the parameters described in the following commands, are found under
the Meas Setup key, after the Monitor Band/Channel measurement has
been selected from the MEASURE key menu.
Monitor Band/Channel—Average Count

[:SENSe]:MONitor:AVERage:COUNt <integer>
[:SENSe]:MONitor:AVERage:COUNt?
Set the number of data acquisitions that will be averaged. After the
specified number of average counts, the averaging mode (terminal
control) setting determines the averaging action.
Factory Preset: 10
Range: 1 to 1,000
Remarks: For ESA: You must be in the Bluetooth, cdmaOne, GSM
or Phase Noise mode to use this command. Use
analyzer:SELect to set the mode.
For PSA: You must be in the Phase Noise mode to use
this command. Use analyzer:SELect to set the mode.
Front Panel
Access: Meas Setup, Avg Number
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Monitor Band/Channel—Averaging State
[:SENSe]:MONitor:AVERage[:STATe] OFF|ON|0|1
[:SENSe]:MONitor:AVERage[:STATe]?
Turn averaging on or off.
Factory Preset: On for GSM, Bluetooth.
Off for cdmaOne and Phase Noise.
Front Panel
Access: Meas Setup, Avg Number
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Monitor Band/Channel—Averaging Termination Control

[:SENSe]:MONitor:AVERage:TCONtrol EXPonential|REPeat
[:SENSe]:MONitor:AVERage:TCONtrol?
Select the type of termination control used for the averaging function.
This determines the averaging action after the specified number of data
acquisitions (average count) is reached.
Exponential - After the average count is reached, each successive
data acquisition is exponentially weighted and combined with the
existing average.
Repeat - After reaching the average count, the averaging is reset and
a new average is started.
Factory Preset: Exponential
Front Panel
Access: Meas Setup, Avg Mode
Monitor Band/Channel—Frequency Span

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[:SENSe]:MONitor:FREQuency:SPAN <freq>
[:SENSe]:MONitor:FREQuency:SPAN?
Set the frequency span. Setting the span to 0 Hz puts the analyzer into
zero span.
NOTE In ESA analyzers only, the maximum span is limited to 5 MHz

whenever the resolution bandwidth is set to a value of less than 1 kHz.
This limitation does not apply to PSA analyzers.
Factory Preset: ESA E4401B: 1.5 GHz

ESA E4402B: 3.0 GHz
ESA E4404B: 6.7 GHz
ESA E4405B: 13.2 GHz
PSA E4443A: 6.78 GHz
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Range: ESA E4401B: 100 Hz to 1.58 GHz
ESA E4402B: 100 Hz to 3.10 GHz
Default Unit: Hz
Front Panel
Access: SPAN/X Scale, Span
or SPAN/X Scale, Zero Span
Monitor Band/Channel—Full Frequency Span

[:SENSe]:MONitor:FREQuency:SPAN:FULL
Set the frequency span to full scale.
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ESA E4402B: 3.0 GHz
ESA E4404B: 6.7 GHz
Front Panel
Access: SPAN/X Scale, Full Span
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Monitor Band/Channel—Zero Frequency Span

[:SENSe]:MONitor:FREQuency:SPAN:ZERO
Set the frequency span to zero.


ESA E4402B: 3.0 GHz
ESA E4404B: 6.7 GHz
Front Panel
Access: SPAN/X Scale, Zero Span
Monitor Band/Channel—Trace Points

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[:SENSe]:MONitor:SWEep:POINts?
Allows you to query the number of trace points.
Factory Preset: 601
Range: Always 601
Front Panel
Access: Sweep
Monitor Band/Channel—Sweep Time

[:SENSe]:MONitor:SWEep:TIME <value>
[:SENSe]:MONitor:SWEep:TIME?
Specifies the sweep time of the measurement.
Factory Preset: 14.6 ms (automatically calculated)
Range: PSA only: 1 ms to 6 ksecs
ESA only: 4 ms to 4 ksecs
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Front Panel
Access: Sweep
Monitor Band/Channel—Time Mode

[:SENSe]:MONitor:SWEep:TIME:AUTO ON|OFF|1|0
[:SENSe]:MONitor:SWEep:TIME:AUTO?
Specifies whether the sweep time is set automatically or manually.
Remarks: If set to AUTO, the sweep time will be affected by the
RBW setting.
Front Panel
Access: Sweep
RF Power Commands
RF Mixer Maximum Power

[:SENSe]:POWer[:RF]:MIXer:RANGe[:UPPer] <power>
[:SENSe]:POWer[:RF]:MIXer:RANGe[:UPPer]?
Specifies the maximum power at the input mixer.
Factory Preset: 4 dBm
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Range: –100 dBm to 10 dBm
Default Unit: dBm
Front Panel
Access: Input/Output, Advanced, Max Mixer Lvl [PSA]
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Spot Frequency Measurements

Commands for querying the spot frequency measurement results and
for setting to the default values are found in the “MEASure Group of
Commands” on page 115. The equivalent front panel keys for the
parameters described in the following commands, are found under the
Meas Setup key, after the Spot Frequency measurement has been
selected from the MEASURE key menu.
Spot Frequency Number of Averages

[:SENSe]:SFRequency:AVERage:COUNt <integer>
[:SENSe]:SFRequency:AVERage:COUNt?
Specifies the number of measurements made when calculating the
average result.
Factory Preset: 10
Range: 1 to 1000
Front Panel
Access: Meas Setup
Spot Frequency Average State

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[:SENSe]:SFRequency:AVERage[:STATe] ON|OFF|1|0
[:SENSe]:SFRequency:AVERage[:STATe]?
Switches averaging On or Off.
Factory Preset: Off
Front Panel
Access: Meas Setup
Spot Frequency Averaging Mode Termination Control

[:SENSe]:SFRequency:AVERage:TCONtrol EXPonential|REPeat
[:SENSe]:SFRequency:AVERage:TCONtrol?
Select the type of termination control used for the averaging function.
This determines the averaging action after the specified number of
acquisitions (average count) is reached.
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Exponential - Each successive data acquisition after the average

count is reached, is exponentially weighted and combined with the
existing average.
Repeat - After reaching the average count, the averaging is reset and
a new average is started.
Factory Preset: Exponential
Front Panel
Access: Meas Setup
Spot Frequency Resolution Bandwidth

[:SENSe]:SFRequency:BANDwidth|BWIDth[:RESolution]?
Queries and returns the resolution bandwidth.
Front Panel
Spot Frequency Resolution Bandwidth Automatic

[:SENSe]:SFRequency:BANDwidth|BWIDth[:RESolution]:AUTO?
Queries the resolution bandwidth mode. This is only available in the
Language Reference
Monitor Spectrum measurement.
Front Panel
Spot Frequency Video Bandwidth

[:SENSe]:SFRequency:BANDwidth|BWIDth:VIDeo?
Queries the video bandwidth.
Front Panel
Spot Frequency Video Bandwidth Automatic

[:SENSe]:SFRequency:BANDwidth|BWIDth:VIDeo:AUTO?
Queries the video bandwidth mode.
Remarks: This command is not available in Spot Frequency and
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Log Plot measurements, and the soft key is grayed out.

Front Panel
Spot Frequency Video to Resolution Bandwidth Ratio

[:SENSe]:SFRequency:BANDwidth|BWIDth:VIDeo:RATio <numeric>
[:SENSe]:SFRequency:BANDwidth|BWIDth:VIDeo:RATio?
Specifies the ratio of the video bandwidth to the resolution bandwidth.
Factory Preset: 1.0
Range: 0.001 to 10
Front Panel
Access: BW/Avg, VBW/RBW
Spot Frequency Type of Detection

[:SENSe]:SFRequency:DETector[:FUNCtion]?
Queries and returns the detection mode.
Factory Preset: Average
Front Panel
Access: Det/Demod, Detector
Language Reference
Spot Frequency Measurement Type

[:SENSe]:SFRequency:METHod DANL|PN
[:SENSe]:SFRequency:METHod?
Determines whether you are measuring the phase noise of a signal or
the noise floor of the analyzer itself. The noise floor is referred to as
DANL (displayed average noise level). Measuring the phase noise of a
signal is the default, and is the intended use of the measurement.
However, if your phase noise level is low, it can be useful to measure the
noise floor of the analyzer so that you can compensate for this in your
measurement. See “[:SENSe]:DANL:METHod ATTenuator|REMoval”
on page 127 for more details on the two different types of noise floor
measurement.
Factory Preset: Phase Noise
Front Panel
Access: Meas Setup, Meas Type
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Spot Frequency Phase Noise Optimization

PSA analyzers only
[:SENSe]:SFRequency:PNOFrequency <freq>
[:SENSe]:SFRequency:PNOFrequency?
The PSA spectrum analyzer has two different filters which it can use to
measure the phase noise. One filter is better suited to phase noise at
small offsets, and the other is better suited to larger offsets. Use this
command to specify the cross-over point from one filter to the other.
Range: 40 kHz to 60 kHz
Remarks: This is only valid on the PSA series spectrum
analyzers.
If you are measuring phase noise at a frequency offset
between 40 kHz and 60 kHz, you can make one
measurement with :PNOFrequency greater than your
measurement’s offset and one with :PNOFrequency
smaller. The lower of the two phase noise figures is the
more accurate.
Language Reference
Front Panel
Access: Meas Setup, Advanced, PhNoise opt f
Spot Frequency Phase Noise Optimization Mode

PSA analyzers only
[:SENSe]:SFRequency:PNOFrequency:AUTO ON|OFF|1|0
[:SENSe]:SFRequency:PNOFrequency:AUTO?
The PSA spectrum analyzer has two different filters which it can use to
measure the phase noise. One filter is better suited to phase noise at
small offsets, and the other is better suited to larger offsets. This
command specifies whether the crossover point from one filter to the
other is controlled automatically or is under manual control.
Factory Preset: On
Remarks: This is only valid on the PSA series spectrum
analyzers.
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Remarks:
Front Panel
Access: Meas Setup, Advanced, PhNoise opt f
Spot Frequency Offset

[:SENSe]:SFRequency:SOFFset <value>
[:SENSe]:SFRequency:SOFFset?
Specifies the frequency offset at which the phase noise is to be
measured.
Range: PSA series: 100 Hz to 100 MHz
ESA series with Opt. 1DR: 100 Hz to 100 MHz
ESA series without Opt. 1DR: 10 kHz to 100 MHz
Front Panel
Access: FREQUENCY/Channel, Tracking, Tolerance
Resolution Bandwidth/Spot Frequency Offset Percent

Language Reference
[:SENSe]:SFRequency:SOFFset:BANDwidth|BWIDth[:RESolution]
:RATio <value>
[:SENSe]:SFRequency:SOFFset:BANDwidth|BWIDth[:RESolution]
:RATio?
The Resolution Bandwidth is specified as a percentage of the offset
frequency. This command allows you to specify this percentage value.
Factory Preset: 10
Range: 1 to 30
Front Panel
Access: Meas Setup, more, Advanced, RBW/Spot Offset %
Spot Frequency Sweep Time

[:SENSe]:SFRequency:SWEep:TIME <value>
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SENSe Subsystem
[:SENSe]:SFRequency:SWEep:TIME?
Specifies the sweep time of the measurement.
Factory Preset: 5 ms
Range: 1 ms to 1 s
Front Panel
Access: Sweep
Spot Frequency Sweep Time Mode

[:SENSe]:SFRequency:SWEep:TIME:AUTO ON|OFF|1|0
[:SENSe]:SFRequency:SWEep:TIME:AUTO?
Specifies whether the sweep time is set automatically or manually.
Front Panel
Access: Sweep
Language Reference
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Language Reference
150 Chapter 5
6 If You Have A Problem
If You Have A Problem
151
Agilent Customer Assistance
Agilent Customer Assistance

By internet, phone, or fax, get assistance with all your test and
measurement needs.
Table 6-1 Contacting Agilent
Online assistance: http://www.agilent.com/find/assist
United States Latin America Canada Europe

(tel) 1 800 452 4844 (tel) (305) 269 7500 (tel) 1 877 894 4414 (tel) (+31) 20 547 2323
(fax) (305) 269 7599 (fax) (905) 282-6495 (fax) (+31) 20 547 2390
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(tel) 0 800 738 378 (tel) (+81) 426 56 7832 (tel) 1 800 629 485
(fax) (+64) 4 495 8950 (fax) (+81) 426 56 7840 (fax) (+61) 3 9210 5947
Asia Call Center Numbers
Country Phone Number Fax Number
Singapore 1-800-375-8100 (65) 836-0252
Malaysia 1-800-828-848 1-800-801664
Philippines (632) 8426802 (632) 8426809

1-800-16510170 (PLDT 1-800-16510288 (PLDT
Subscriber Only) Subscriber Only)
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(662) 661-3999 (within Bangkok)
Hong Kong 800-930-871 (852) 2506 9233
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of China 10800-650-0021
India 1-600-11-2929 000-800-650-1101

152 Chapter 6
Index
Index
A Carrier Search, 81 marker, 103
active license key, 23 carrier search Delta Freq
how to locate, 23 search span, 81 AMPLITUDE Y Scale, 77
advanced functions carrier signal Ref Value, 77
Meas Setup, 88 tracking drift, 129, 130, 131 Scale/Div, 77
Agilent Technologies URL, 2 carrier signal frequency, 128 demodulation functions, 79
Amplitude menu map, 47, 48, 49 carrier signal search, 128, 129 Det/Demod
AMPLITUDE Y Scale carrier signal search span, 129 front-panel key, 79
Delta Freq, 77 changing detection mode, 135, 146
front-panel key, 77 instrument settings, 126 detection type, 135, 146
Phase Noise, 77 Channel menu map, 54, 55 disk drive commands, 123
Ref Position, 77 characteristics, 16 Display, 80
Ref Value, 77 Choose Option key, 23 Annotation, 80
AMPLITUDE Y Scale menu, 47, commands front-panel key, 80
48, 49 CONFigure, 116 Full Screen, 80
Annotation FETCh, 117 Graticule, 80
Display, 80 MEASure, 115 menu, 80
applications, selecting, 111, 112 READ, 117 Preferences, 80
ASCII data format, 109 compatibility, 16 Tolerance Limits, 80
average CONFigure command use, 115 View Avg, 80
counts, 144 CONFigure commands, 116 display
spot frequency, 144 continuous measurement, 95 display line, 107
average count continuous sweep, 95 display average noise level, 127
log plot, 132 copy trace display commands, 107
average mode, 87 log plot, 101 Display menu map, 50, 51, 52, 53
Averages copying the utility to memory, 18, drift span, 81
viewing, 80 20 drifting signals, 33, 129, 130, 131
averaging, 31 current measurement, 106 tracking, 81, 82
log plot, 132
monitor band/channel, 139, 140 D E
spot frequency, 144 DANL, 127 equipment required, 16
Avg Mode key, 87 measuring, 83 example measurement
Avg Number spot frequency, 146 DANL floor reference, 37
Meas Setup, 87 DANL cancellation, 134 noise cancellation, 37, 40
delta, 133 signal phase noise reference, 40
B DANL floor
bandwidth log plot, 34 F
resolution BW, 145 DANL floor noise measurement, Factory Preset key, 93
setting resolution BW, 133, 145 87 FETCh command use, 115
setting video BW, 133, 145 DANL floor reference FETCh commands, 117
span ratio, 136, 137 example measurement, 37 files
video BW, 145 DANL measurement, 137 traces, 123, 124
video BW ratio, 133, 146 DANL method, 83 Filtering
begin measurement, 110 attenuation, 83 Little, 88
blank trace, 96 removal, 83 Maximum, 89
both DANL noise Medium, 89
tracking mode, 82 measuring, 83 None, 88
data format, 109 filtering, 31
C data from measurements, 115 log plot, 135
decade table, 101 Meas Setup, 88
cancellation Meas Setup, 89
Meas Setup, 89 format, data, 109
default settings frequency
reference trace, 89 restoring, 87, 92
threshold, 89 carrier search, 128, 129
default values, setting remotely, carrier search span, 129
cancellation on log plot 116
measurements, 34 carrier signal, 128
defaults, 127 span, 140, 141, 142
Carrier Freq key, 81 delta, 84 start offset, 135
153
Index Index
stop offset, 136 J Max Mixer Level, 83

FREQUENCY Channel jitter max mixer level
front-panel key, 81 noise, 84 input, 83
FREQUENCY Channel menu input/output, 83
map, 54, 55 L Maximum
frequency error, 84 Filtering, 89
frequency span Little maximum power to mixer, 143
full, 141 Filtering, 88 Meas, 87
setting, 140 load/save, 97 Meas Setup
zero, 142 loading advanced functions, 88
front-panel key traces from file, 123 Avg Number, 87
AMPLITUDE Y Scale, 77 loading files, 97 cancellation, 89
Det/Demod, 79 loading trace data, 97 decade table, 89
Display, 80 log plot, 90, 101 filtering, 88
FREQUENCY Channel, 81 average count, 132 Meas Type, 87
Input, 83 copy trace, 101 Monitor Spectrum, 60, 61, 62
Input/Output, 83 DANL floor, 34 PhNoise Opt f, 88
Marker, 84 filtering, 135 RBW/spot offset, 88
Meas Setup, 87 method, 137 reference trace, 89
MEASURE, 90 phase noise, 132 Restore Meas Defaults, 87
MODE, 91 resolution bandwidth, 133 smoothing, 88
Mode Setup, 92 smooth trace, 138 spot offset, 87
Preset, 93 span/rbw ratio, 136, 137 table index, 88
SPAN X Scale, 94 start offset, 135 threshold, 89
Sweep Menu, 95 stop offset, 136 Meas Setup front-panel key, 87
Trace/View swap traces, 102 Meas Type
View/Trace. See front panel key trace mode, 101 Meas Setup, 87
Trace/View video bandwidth, 133 meas type
Full Screen video/rbw ratio, 133 DANL floor, 87
Display, 80 log plot - averaging mode, 132 phase noise, 87
log plot measurement, 119, 132 measure, 90
G log plot measurements, 29 MEASure command use, 115
log plot noise cancellation, 35 MEASure commands, 115
graphical view, 96
Graticule MEASURE front-panel key, 90
M MEASURE menu map, 58, 59
Display, 80
GSM Mode defaults, 127 making measurements, 115 measurement, 90
Marker, 84 initiate, 110
All Off, 86 log plot, 132
I
marker, 103, 104 query current, 106
initiate measurement, 110 delta, 84 spot frequency, 144
Input, 83 normal, 84 measurement format, 109
max mixer level, 83 off, 84 measurement modes
Input front-panel key, 83 Residual FM, 84 selecting, 111, 112
Input/Output RMS noise, 84 measurement points, 95
Advanced, 83 RMS noise degrees, 84 measurements
Max Mixer Level, 83 RMS noise jitter, 84 CONF/FETC/MEAS/READ
max mixer level, 83 RMS noise radians, 84 commands, 115
input/output, 83 select marker, 84 getting results, 115
Input/Output front-panel key, 83 table, 86 log plot, 119
Install Now key, 23 trace, 85 monitor band/channel, 121, 139
Installer menu map, 56, 57 trace number, 104 setting default values remotely,
installing the utility, 18, 20 X axis position, 104 116
instrument configuration, 111 Y axis position, 104 spot frequency, 122
interval Marker front-panel key, 84 Medium
tracking mode, 81, 82 marker table, 103 Filtering, 89
markers, 103 memory commands, 123
mass storage commands, 123 menu map
154
Index
Index
Amplitude, 47, 48, 49 noise cancellation, 134 mode setup, 92
Channel, 54, 55 delta, 133
Display, 50, 51, 52, 53 example measurement, 37, 40 R
FREQUENCY Channel, 54, 55 log plot, 35 raw trace, 96
Installer, 56, 57 noise floor RBW, 148
MEASURE, 58, 59 checking, 33 RBW/spot offset
Mode Setup, 64 noise jitter, 84 Meas Setup, 88
Monitor Spectrum, 60, 61, 62 None READ command use, 115
Noise Cal, 63 Filtering, 88 READ commands, 117
SPAN X Scale, 65, 66, 67 normal, 84 real number data format, 109
Sweep, 68, 69 numerical view, 96 Ref Position
Trace, 71, 72, 73 AMPLITUDE Y Scale, 77
Trig, 70 O Ref Value
View/Trace, 71, 72, 73 offset AMPLITUDE Y Scale, 77
method spot frequency, 148 Delta Freq, 77
log plot, 137 offset start Phase Noise, 77
spot frequency, 146 log plot, 135 Ref Value key
mixer offset stop remote command, 135
maximum input power, 143 log plot, 136 Reference (View) trace, 96
mixer level operations on traces, 96 reference level
maximum, 83 optimization log plot measurement, 135
mode spot frequency, 147 reference trace
phase noise, 91 cancellation, 89
MODE front-panel key, 91 DANL floor, 37
P
Mode Preset key, 93 Meas Setup, 89
Mode Setup performance specifications, 16
personalities signal phase noise, 40
Restore Mode Setup Defaults, Residual FM, 84
92 selecting, 111, 112
Phase Noise Resolution Bandwidth, 148
mode setup resolution bandwidth
properties, 92 AMPLITUDE Y Scale, 77
Ref Value, 77 log plot, 133
Mode Setup front-panel key, 92 on/off, 145
Mode Setup menu map, 64 phase noise
degrees, 103 setting, 133, 145
monitor spot frequency, 145
sweep time, 142, 143 frequency, 103
jitter, 103 Restore Meas Defaults
trace points, 142 Meas Setup, 87
monitor band/channel - average log plot, 132
radians, 103 Restore Mode Setup Defaults
count, 139 Mode Setup, 92
monitor band/channel - averaging spot frequency, 144
phase noise cancellation, 89 results format, 109
state, 139 RMS noise, 84
monitor band/channel - averaging phase noise measurement, 87,
119, 122 RMS noise degrees, 84
termination control, 140 RMS noise jitter, 84
monitor band/channel phase noise measurement
information, 44 RMS noise radians, 84
measurement, 121, 139 RMS phase noise, 29
monitor band/channel phase noise mode, 91
See also MON PhNoise Opt f
Meas Setup, 88 S
Monitor Spectrum, 90
Meas Setup, 60, 61, 62 points sample measurement
menu map, 60, 61, 62 sweep, 95 DANL floor reference, 37
moving data between traces, 96 position noise cancellation, 37, 40
marker, 103, 104 signal phase noise reference, 40
N Preferences saving files, 97
Display, 80 saving trace data, 97
noise preset Scale/Div
measuring, 83 factory, 93 Delta Freq, 77
Noise Cal menu map, 63 mode, 93 search
Noise cancellation user, 93 carrier signal, 128, 129
example measurement, 35, 37, Preset front-panel key, 93 Search Span, 81
40 properties search span
155
Index Index
carrier signal, 129 spot frequency measurements, 31 tracking a drifting signal, 129,
See “Log Plot Video Bandwidth” spot offset 130, 131
on page 658., 135 Meas Setup, 87 tracking interval, 130
select marker, 84 start measurement, 110 tracking mode, 131
SENSe defaults, 127 start offset both, 82
setting log plot, 135 interval, 81, 82
Avg Mode, 87 state tolerance, 82
carrier frequency, 81 changing, 126 tracking signals, 81, 82
carrier search, 81 stop offset drift span, 81
signal phase noise reference log plot, 136 tolerance, 82
example measurement, 40 storing tracking tolerance, 131
Signal tracking, 81 traces to file, 124 trigger measurement, 110
Signal tracking mode, 82 swap traces
both, 82 log plot, 102 U
interval, 81, 82 sweep, 95 Uninstall Now, 24
tolerance, 82 continuous, 95 URL (Agilent Technologies), 2
single frequency measurements, points, 95 User Preset key, 93
31 single, 95 using cancellation with log plog
single measurement, 95 Sweep Menu front-panel key, 95 measurements, 34
single sweep, 95 Sweep menu map, 68, 69 using the utility, 29
smooth trace sweep time, 95
log plot, 138 monitor, 142, 143
V
smoothed trace, 96 spot frequency, 149
smoothing, 31 system noise floor, 33 video bandwidth
Meas Setup, 88 log plot, 133
span T on/off, 145
carrier signal search, 129 setting, 133, 145
table spot frequency, 145
Span key marker, 86
ref value, 94 video/resolution bandwidth ratio,
Table 7-1 on page 137, 17 133, 146
scale/div, 94 table index
start offset, 94 log plot, 133
Meas Setup, 88 spot frequency, 146
stop offset, 94 threshold
span setting, 140, 141, 142 View averages, 80
cancellation, 89 View Avg
SPAN X Scale front-panel key, 94 Meas Setup, 89
SPAN X Scale menu map, 65, 66, Display, 80
tolerance view commands, 107
67 tracking drift, 82
span/resolution bandwidth ratio, View/Trace
tracking mode, 82 blank trace, 96
136, 137 Tolerance Limits
log plot, 136, 137 graphical view, 96
Display, 80 load/save, 97
specifications, 16 trace, 85, 96
spectrum, monitor, 90 numerical view, 96
blank, 96 operations, 96
spot frequency, 90 marker number, 104
average, 144 raw trace, 96
Reference (View), 96 Reference (View) trace, 96
average number of counts, 144 trace format, 109
DANL, 146 smoothed trace, 96
trace mode trace, 96
method, 146 log plot, 101
offset, 148 View/Trace front-panel key. See
trace points Trace/View front-panel key
optimization, 147 monitor, sweep
phase noise, 144 View/Trace menu map, 71, 72, 73
trace points, 142
resolution bandwidth, 145 Trace/View front-panel key
sweep time, 149 traces
X
video bandwidth, 145 loading from file, 123 X axis position
video/rbw ratio, 146 moving data between, 96 marker, 104
spot frequency - averaging mode, storing to file, 124
144 tracking, 129 Y
spot frequency measurement, drift span, 130
122, 144 Y axis position
marker, 104
156
Index
Index
Z
zero span, 142
157
Index Index
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Phase Noise Guide

Manufacturing Part Number: E4440-90233

Where to Find the Latest Information

2. Using the Phase Noise Personality

4. Front-Panel Key Reference

6. If You Have A Problem

:CALCulate:LPLot:DECade:TABLe[:STATe] OFF|ON|0|1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

[:SENSe]:FREQuency:CARRier:TRACk:TOLerance <value> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

analyzer Firmware B72 (Extended

E4401A A.08.00 or later Required

E4402B A.08.00 or later Required

E4404B A.08.00 or later Required

E4405B A.08.00 or later Required

E4407B A.08.00 or later Required

E4440A A.02.00 or later Not applicable

E4443A A.02.00 or later Not applicable

E4445A A.02.00 or later Not applicable

Licensing the Phase Noise Personality

4. Press Return to go back to the licensing menu. Press Activate to

Installing the Phase Noise Personality on ESA

NOTE Previously installed versions of the phase noise personality will be

4. After the installation is complete exit the installer by pressing

5. To verify that the phase noise personality was properly installed,

press MODE, and check that Phase Noise is present.

Removing the Phase Noise Personality on ESA

To uninstall the phase noise personality from the spectrum analyzer

Installing the Phase Noise Personality on PSA

NOTE These installation instructions apply only to PSA analyzer models

When you install a measurement personality, you follow a two step

Available Measurement Personality Options

Available Personality Optionsa Option

GSM (with EDGE) measurement personality 202

cdmaOne measurement personality BAC

NADC, PDC measurement personalities BAE

W-CDMA measurement personality BAF

cdma2000 measurement personality B78

Phase noise measurement personality 226

a. Available as of the print date of this guide.

You need two pieces of information about your analyzer to order a

Required Information: Key Path:

Host ID: System, Show System

Required Information: Key Path:

analyzer System, Show System

Loading an Optional Measurement Personality

You may not be able to fit all of the available measurement

Available Personality Options File Size (PSA - A.02.06)

GSM (with EDGE) measurement personality 3.3 MB

cdmaOne measurement personality 2.0 MB

NADC measurement personalities 1.3 MB

PDC measurement personalities 1.4 MB

W-CDMA measurement personality 4.2 MBa

cdma2000 measurement personality 3.8 MBa

Phase noise measurement personality 2.6 MB

Shared measurement library 1.5 MB

You can install an updated version of firmware and your licensed

Installing a License Key

Viewing a License Key

License Key Numbers for analyzer with Serial # _________ Product #

For Option______________ the license key number is _____________________

For Option the license key number is _______

For Option the license key number is _______

For Option the license key number is _______

For Option the license key number is _______

For Option the license key number is _______

For Option the license key number is _______