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89601B/BN-SSA Spectrum Analysis 89600 VSA Software

Technical Overviews

Keysight 89601B/BN-SSA

Spectrum Analysis

89600 VSA Software

Technical Overview

89600 VSA option SSA is no longer orderable after December 2017 because this measurement capability is now standard of 89600 VSA software with option 200 Basic VSA in shipping version 22.20 or later. Please refer to 89600 VSA software technical overview for option 200, literature number 5990-6405EN for more information.

Key Features

  •  Benchtop-class spectrum analysis in PXI form factor
  •  Compatible with PXIe VSA hardware - M9391A up to 6 GHz and M9393A up to 50 GHz
  •  High-resolution spectrum sweeps at hundreds of GHz per second
  •  Digital RF corrections for improved noise and spurious performance
  •  Fully-integrated with 89600 VSA software platform

Benchtop-Class Spectrum Analysis Plus All of the Benefits of PXI

When test plans call for spectrum measurements, PXI system developers often find themselves with difficult choices. PXI-based analyzers may offer size, speed or cost advantages over traditional benchtop models, but they can also fall short on RF performance, or suffer from software packages that lack key features or are simply awkward to use.

89600 VSA software with Option SSA eliminates the need to compromise. Based on Keysight’s PXIe vector signal analyzer hardware, it delivers lab-quality spectrum analysis well-suited for PXI-based systems ranging from product development to design validation and high-speed manufacturing test.

You can depend on this PXI spectrum analyzer because it incorporates the RF measurement expertise that Keysight has been refining and perfecting in real-world test systems for over 70 years.

Technology Overview

The 89600 VSA Spectrum Analysis software, option SSA, performs traditional spectrum measurements across any portion of the PXI hardware’s frequency range, from 1 MHz to 6 GHz (M9391A) or 9 kHz to 50 GHz (M9393A). You choose your measurement settings – such as center frequency, span, input range, RBW – just as you would with any benchtop spectrum analyzer. Based on these settings, the analyzer performs a rapid sequence of FFT-based spectrum measurements at frequency steps across the span. These results are then merged into a single, continuous spectrum.

But this is only the beginning. Depending on your settings, this spectrum is further processed to precisely replicate the results produced by a traditional swept analyzer – for example, through accurate implementations of various detector types, averaging modes or video filters. Other processing compensates front-end hardware characteristics, using sophisticated algorithms to drive down internally generated noise by 10 dB or more, or to detect and suppress internally generated images and spurs.

Unlike other stepped-FFT spectrum analyzers, 89600 option SSA insulates the user from the inherent complexity of the measurement. Critical, but low-level details such as digitizer settings, frequency step sizes and overlap amounts are automatically optimized by the software but still accessible to the advanced user. The innovative software architecture also assigns hardware acquisition and measurement processing to separate execution threads in order to maximize measurement speed.

Full-Featured Spectrum Analysis

Option SSA provides all the features you would expect in a high-end spectrum analyzer, including:

  •  Continuous frequency coverage from 1 MHz to 6 GHz (M9391A) or 9 kHz to 50 GHz (M9393A), with no hardware imposed gaps.

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