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LO feedthrough: The response on the display when a spectrum analyzer
is tuned to 0 Hz, i.e. when the LO is tuned to the IF. The LO feedthrough
can be used as a 0-Hz marker, and there is no frequency error.
Log display: The display mode in which vertical deflection on the display
is a logarithmic function of the voltage of the input signal. We set the
display calibration by selecting the value of the top line of the graticule,
the reference level, and scale factor in dB/div. On Agilent analyzers, the
bottom line of the graticule represents zero volts for scale factors of 10 dB/div
or more, so the bottom division is not calibrated in these cases. Modern
analyzers allow reference level and marker values to be indicated in dBm,
dBmV, dBuV, volts, and in some cases, watts. Earlier analyzers usually
offered only one choice of units, and dBm was the usual choice.
Marker: A visible indicator that we can place anywhere along the displayed
signal trace. A read out indicates the absolute value of both the frequency
and amplitude of the trace at the marked point. The amplitude value is given
in the currently selected units. Also see Delta marker and Noise marker.
Measurement range: The ratio, expressed in dB, of the maximum signal
level that can be measured (usually the maximum safe input level) to the
lowest achievable average noise level. This ratio is almost always much
greater than can be realized in a single measurement. See Dynamic range.
Mixing mode: A description of the particular circumstance that creates a
given response on a spectrum analyzer. The mixing mode, e.g. 1
+
, indicates
the harmonic of the LO used in the mixing process and whether the input
signal is above (+) or below (–) that harmonic.
Multiple responses: Two or more responses on a spectrum analyzer display
from a single input signal. Multiple responses occur only when mixing
modes overlap and the LO is swept over a wide enough range to allow
the input signal to mix on more that one mixing mode. Normally not
encountered in analyzers with preselectors.
Negative peak: The display detection mode in which each displayed point
indicates the minimum value of the video signal for that part of the
frequency span and/or time interval represented by the point.
Noise figure: The ratio, usually expressed in dB, of the signal-to-noise
ratio at the input of a device (mixer, amplifier) to the signal-to-noise ratio
at the output of the device.
Noise marker: A marker whose value indicates the noise level in a 1 Hz
noise power bandwidth. When the noise marker is selected, the sample
display detection mode is activated, the values of a number of consecutive
trace points (the number depends upon the analyzer) about the marker
are averaged, and this average value is normalized to an equivalent value
in a 1 Hz noise power bandwidth. The normalization process accounts
for detection and bandwidth plus the effect of the log amplifier when we
select the log display mode.
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