Detection is the first step in understanding and resolving any problem relating to time-variant signals. As new applications utilize wireless transmission, new channels crowd into available bandwidth, and RF systems become digital-based, engineers need better tools to help them find and interpret complex behaviors and interactions.
Tektronix’ patented Digital Phosphor technology, standard in our RSA6100A Series Real-Time Spectrum Analyzers, reveals signal details that are completely missed by conventional spectrum analyzers and vector signal analyzers. The DPX® Spectrum’s live RF display shows signals never seen before, giving users instant insight and greatly accelerating discovery and diagnosis.
Revolutionary DPX spectrum display reveals transient signal behavior that helps you discover instability, glitches and interference.
Infrequently occurring transient is seen in detail. The frequency of occurrence is color-graded, indicating the infrequent transient event in blue and the noise background in red.
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Performing >48,000 frequency transforms per second, transients as brief as 24 ∝s in length are displayed in the frequency domain. This is a 1000-fold improvement over swept analysis techniques. Events can be color coded by rate of occurrence onto a bitmapped display, providing unparalleled insight into transient signal behavior.
DPX Spectrum display after
5 seconds. Bitmap color mapping is “Spectral”, to emphasize infrequent signals with hot colors. MaxHold trace is indicated in yellow.
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