H7215A/B-169 Spectrum Analysis Measurements One-Day Course

Audience: Test Engineers, Technicians and Managers who are using spectrum analyzers.

This one-day course presented by Agilent Technologies, Inc. is designed to provide the theoretical fundamentals and in depth hands-on experience on practical spectrum analysis measurements. The content is focused on Agilent’s new X-Series spectrum analyzers, MXA N9020A and EXA N9010A. This course will briefly cover our high performance spectrum analyzer PSA E4440A.

What you will Learn

• Gain basic operation skills for the X-Series and PSA Spectrum Analyzers
• Understand the fundamental block diagram and technical specifications of a spectrum analyzer
• Understand dynamic range considerations
• Gain experience evaluating measurement accuracy
• Practical lab experience

Prerequisites

• None

Outline

• Spectrum analyzer fundamentals
• Sensitivity, resolution, accuracy
• Block diagram
• Demonstrations of spectrum analyzer theoretical concepts
  • Tune, zoom, measure
  • Resolving equal and unequal amplitude signals
  • Noise sidebands
  • Measurement of small signals
  • Dynamic range analysis
• Spectrum, modulation, S/N measurements and more
• Measurement uncertainties and errors
• Demonstrations of modulation measurements
  • AM/FM measurements
  • AM/FM demodulation
  • Pulsed RF measurements
• Simplifying complex measurements
• For complete course details, click on the Education Datasheet below