Agilent Technologies 89600 Operation, Basic operation, Sampling modes full rate and user rate

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4 Operation

4.1 Basic operation

Operation of the broadband VSA is substantially the same as that of the 89600 VSA. See the following sections for some differences or special configurations. There is an online Tutorial and Getting Started Guide under the Help/Roadmap toolbar in the 89600 software.

4.2 Sampling modes: full rate and user rate

Full rate mode

When the Sample Mode is set to full rate using the Utilities/Hardware/ADC1 /Agilent Acqiris One Channel Digitizer/Configure/Sample Mode/Edit menu path for the U1065A-001 or Utilities/Hardware/ADC1 /Agilent Acqiris Two Channel Digitizer/Configure/Sample Mode/Edit menu path for all the other models, the digitizer sample rate is fixed at the maximum for each digitizer model according to Table 4.

Table 4. Sample rates of Acqiris digitizers in full rate mode

Digitizer model

No. of channels

Full sample rate

U1066A-001 (DC440)

1

400 M

U1066A-001 (DC440)

2

400 M

U1066A-002 (DC438)

1

200 M

U1066A-002 (DC438)

2

200 M

U1065A-001 (DC222)

1

8 G

U1065A-002 (DC252)

1

8 G

U1065A-002 (DC252)

2

4 G

U1065A-004 (DC282)

1

8 G

U1065A-004 (DC282)

2

4 G

With the addition of the anti-alias lowpass filter described above, this mode is free of alias exposure zones. This means that no signal anywhere in the range of the VSA’s center frequency will alias upon the desired signal and corrupt the measurement.

There is a trade-off when using this mode. Although the digitizers have deep memories allowing long record lengths, if a longer Main Time (or Result Length for digital demodulation) is needed for more resolution in the frequency domain a different sample mode may be required. Go to the Configure menu, click on Sample Mode/Edit and select User Rate from the drop-down menu. The Main Time limit for any sample rate is shown in the operating region curves that appear in Appendix C.

NOTE: Any limitation to Main Time (or Result Length) will be indicated by the inability of the software to increase the Main Time or decrease RBW when Number of Frequency Points is increased.

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Contents Application Note Table of Contents Overview ModelFrequency Range89600 VSA software Required software revisionsInstallation for embedded operation Install 89600 VSA SoftwareInstallation for standard operation Hardware Configuration I/O between computer and digitizerFilter part number Anti-alias filters and alias exposure-free modeDigitizer model Sampling modes full rate and user rate OperationBasic operation User rate mode User rate Differences from 89600 VSA operationFull rate Time Frequency Span Operating Region Relationship of main time length, span, and sample rateOperating region curves for Agilent Acqiris digitizers Page Operating region span constraints Operating region with span and memory constraints Chs Recording limits for Acqiris digitizersModel No. Max span Setting up the Alias Exposure Zone Checker Using the Alias Exposure Zone CheckerTrace C Trace a Page Appendix a RF range Mixer If amp RemarksCharacteristic Microsoft Windows XP Professional Appendix BAppendix C PC Requirements to Run 89600 SoftwareMemory 4 Mpts For More Information Related literature listRemove all doubt

89600 specifications

Agilent Technologies, a leading player in the test and measurement sector, has developed the 89600 VSA (Vector Signal Analysis) software, a powerful tool designed for a wide variety of signal analysis applications. This software is crucial for engineers and researchers developing and testing wireless communication systems, radar technologies, and other complex signal environments.

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