Product Description | General Information |
Software Architecture
The operating software of the Signature Signal Analyzer is based on the Microsoft® .Net platform and takes full advantage of the Windows® XP Professional operating system. All of the user interface constructs are based on the Windows model so that a new user who is familiar with Windows applications can learn to operate the instrument very quickly.
The fact that the Signature’s main software is a Windows application also means that users can write their own programs in languages such as Visual Basic to run on the embedded PC and customize the operation of the instrument. Commercially available software, such as Microsoft Office and MATLAB from The MathWorks, can also interact with the instrument’s programming and measurement data.
In order to maximize the responsiveness of the system, additional control programs run on dedicated microcomputers in most of the system’s modules. These programs receive their instructions from the embedded PC through an internal network, but can operate autonomously to provide high speed hardware
When used as a standalone instrument, the 8 GHz analyzer can perform the following measurements:
•All typical spectrum analysis, including channel power, carrier to noise ratio, conformance to spectral mask, peak signal frequency, and amplitude
•All typical vector signal measurements, such as constellation and vector plots, carrier leakage, I/Q imbalance, and quadrature error
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When configured with one external source, the 8 GHz analyzer can perform the following network measurements:
•Frequency Response
•Return Loss
•Group Delay
•1 dB Compression
When configured with two external sources, the 8 GHz analyzer can perform the same set of measurements, as well as perform the following network measurements:
•Conversion Loss
•Group Delay (frequency translating devices)
•Intermodulation Distortion
•2nd Order Intercept
•3rd Order Intercept
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