RSA5000 Series Spectrum Analyzers Datasheet

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The RSA5000 Series Real Time Signal Analyzers replace conventional instruments, offering the measurement confidence and functionality you demand for everyday tasks. The RSA5000 Series offers industry-leading real time specifications and includes best minimum signal duration for 100% probability of intercept and best real time dynamic range. With the RSA5000 Series instruments, you get the functionality of a high-performance spectrum analyzer, wideband vector signal analyzer, and the unique trigger-capture-analyze capability of a real-time spectrum analyzer – all in a single package.

Key performance specifications

+17 dBm 3rd order intercept at 2 GHz
±0.3 dB absolute amplitude accuracy to 3 GHz
Displayed average noise level: –142 dBm/Hz at 26.5 GHz, –157 dBm/Hz at 2 GHz and –150 dBm/Hz at 10 kHz
Internal Preamp available: DANL of -156 dBm/Hz at 26.5 GHz, -167 dBm/Hz at 2 GHz
Phase noise: –113 dBc/Hz at 1 GHz and –134 dBc/Hz at 10 MHz carrier frequency, 10 kHz offset
High-speed sweeps with high resolution and low noise: 1 GHz sweeps at 10 kHz RBW in <1 second
Real time spurious free dynamic range of 80 dB with HD options

Key features

Reduce Time-to-Fault and increase design confidence with Real-time Signal Processing
- Up to 3,125,000 spectrums per second, enables 100% probability of intercept for signals of 0.434 μs
- Swept DPX spectrum enables unprecedented signal discovery over full frequency range
- Advanced DPX including swept DPX, gap-free DPX spectrograms, and DPX zero span with real-time amplitude, frequency, or phase
Triggers zero in on the Problem
- DPX density™ trigger on single occurrences as brief as 0.434 μs in frequency domain and distinguish between continuous signals vs infrequent events
- Advanced time-qualified, runt, and frequency-edge triggers act on complex signals as brief as 20 ns
Capture the widest and deepest signals
- 25, 40, 85, 125, or 165 MHz acquisition bandwidths
- Spurious-free dynamic range of 80 dB over the entire acquisition bandwidth with HD options
- Acquire more than 5 seconds at 165 MHz bandwidth
Wideband preselection filter provides image free measurements in entire analysis bandwidth up to 165 MHz
More standard analysis than you expect in an everyday tool
- Measurements including channel power, ACLR, CCDF, OBW/EBW, spur search, EMI detectors
- Amplitude, frequency, phase vs. time, DPX spectrum, and spectrograms
- Correlated multi-domain displays
Performance options for best real time and dynamic range and analysis options offer added value
- High dynamic range options offer unmatched 80 dBc spurious-free analysis in the widest acquisition bandwidth
- High performance DPX offers industry-leading minimum signal duration for 100% probability of intercept
- Optional software applications to add dedicated measurements for specific applications and standards
- AM/FM/PM modulation and audio measurements (Opt. 10)
- Phase noise and jitter (Opt. 11)
- Automated settling time measurements (frequency and phase) (Opt. 12)
- More than 30 pulse measurements, acquisition of more than 200,000 pulses possible for post analysis and cumulative statistics. (Opt. 20)
- General purpose modulation analysis of more than 20 modulation types (Opt. 21)
- Simple and complete APCO Project 25 transmitter compliance testing and analysis for Phase 1 (C4FM) and Phase 2 (TDMA) (Opt. 26)
- WLAN analysis for 802.11 a/b/g/j/p, 802.11n, and 802.11ac (Opts. 23, 24, 25)
- Noise figure and gain measurements (Opt. 14)
- Bluetooth® Analysis (Opt. 27 and Opt. 31)
- Manual and automatic measurement mapping plus signal strength function provides audio tone and visual indication of received signal strength (Opt. MAP)
- LTE™ FDD and TDD Base Station (eNB) Transmitter RF measurements (Opt. 28)
- The 5G NR analysis is supported on Windows 10 (RSA5BUP Opt. 5GNR)
- Signal Classification and Survey
- EMC/EMI pre-compliance and troubleshooting (Opt. 32)

Applications

Wideband radar and pulsed RF signals
Frequency agile communications
Broadband satellite and microwave backhaul links
Education
Long Term Evolution (LTE), Cellular
5G NR Cellular base station or user equipment transmitter test
EMC/EMI pre-compliance and troubleshooting

High performance spectrum and vector signal analysis, and much more

The RSA5000 Series replaces conventional high-performance signal analyzers, offering the measurement confidence and functionality you demand for everyday tasks. A +17 dBm TOI and -157 dBm/Hz DANL at 2 GHz gives you the dynamic range you expect for challenging spectrum analysis measurements. All analysis is fully preselected and image free. You never have to compromise between dynamic range and analysis bandwidth by 'switching out the preselector'.

A complete toolset of power and signal statistics measurements are standard, including Channel Power, ACLR, CCDF, Occupied Bandwidth, AM/FM/PM, and Spurious measurements. Available Phase Noise and General Purpose Modulation Analysis measurements round out the expected set of high-performance analysis tools.

But, just being an excellent mid-range signal analyzer is not sufficient to meet the demands of today's hopping, transient signals.

The RSA5000 Series will help you to easily discover design issues that other signal analyzers may miss. The revolutionary DPX^® spectrum display offers an intuitive live color view of signal transients changing over time in the frequency domain, giving you immediate confidence in the stability of your design, or instantly displaying a fault when it occurs. Once a problem is discovered with DPX^®, the RSA5000 Series spectrum analyzers can be set to trigger on the event, capture a contiguous time record of changing RF events, and perform time-correlated analysis in all domains. You get the functionality of a high-performance spectrum analyzer, wideband vector signal analyzer, and the unique trigger-capture-analyze capability of a real-time spectrum analyzer - all in a single package.

RSA5000 EN US 37W 26274 22 — Revolutionary DPX ® spectrum display reveals transient signal behavior that helps you discover instability, glitches, and interference. Here, three distinct signals can be seen. Two high-level signals of different frequency-of-occurrence are seen in light and dark blue, and a third signal beneath the center signal can also be discerned. The DPX Density™ trigger allows the user to acquire signals for analysis only when this third signal is present. Trigger On This™ has been activated, and a density measurement box is automatically opened, measuring a signal density 7.275%. Any signal density greater than the measured value will cause a trigger event.

Discover

The patented DPX^® spectrum processing engine brings live analysis of transient events to spectrum analyzers. Performing up to 3,125,000 frequency transforms per second, transients of a minimum event duration of 0.434 μs in length are displayed in the frequency domain. This is orders of magnitude faster than swept analysis techniques. Events can be color coded by rate of occurrence onto a bitmapped display, providing unparalleled insight into transient signal behavior. The DPX spectrum processor can be swept over the entire frequency range of the instrument, enabling broadband transient capture previously unavailable in any spectrum analyzer. In applications that require only spectral information, DPX provides gap-free spectral recording, replay, and analysis of up to 60,000 spectral traces. Spectrum recording resolution is variable from 125 µs to 6400 s per line.

Trigger

Tektronix has a long history of innovative triggering capability, and the RSA Series spectrum analyzers lead the industry in triggered signal analysis. The RSA5000 Series provides unique triggers essential for troubleshooting modern digitally implemented RF systems, including time-qualified power, runt, density, frequency, and frequency mask triggers.

Time qualification can be applied to any internal trigger source, enabling capture of 'the short pulse' or 'the long pulse' in a pulse train, or, when applied to the Frequency Mask Trigger, only triggering when a frequency domain event lasts for a specified time. Runt triggers capture troublesome infrequent pulses that either turn on or turn off to an incorrect level, greatly reducing time to fault.

DPX Density™ Trigger works on the measured frequency of occurrence or density of the DPX display. The unique Trigger On This™ function allows the user to simply point at the signal of interest on the DPX display, and a trigger level is automatically set to trigger slightly below the measured density level. You can capture low-level signals in the presence of high-level signals at the click of a button.

The Frequency Mask Trigger (FMT) is easily configured to monitor all changes in frequency occupancy within the acquisition bandwidth.

A Power Trigger working in the time domain can be armed to monitor for a user-set power threshold. Resolution bandwidths may be used with the power trigger for band limiting and noise reduction. Two external triggers are available for synchronization to test system events.

Capture

Real-time capture of small signals in the presence of large signals is enabled with greater than 70 dB SFDR in all acquisition bandwidths, even up to 165 MHz (Opt. B16x). The dynamic range of the wideband acquisition system can be improved to an unmatched 80 dB with the B85HD, B125HD, and B16xHD options. Capture once - make multiple measurements without recapturing. All signals in an acquisition bandwidth are recorded into the RSA5000 Series deep memory. Record lengths vary depending upon the selected acquisition bandwidth - up to 5.36 seconds at 165 MHz, 343.5 seconds at 1 MHz, or 6.1 hours at 10 kHz bandwidth with Memory Extension (Opt. 53). Acquisitions of up to 2 GB in length can be stored in MATLAB™ Level 5 format for offline analysis.

Most spectrum analyzers use narrowband tunable band pass filters, often YIG tuned filters (YTF) to serve as a preselector. These filters provide image rejection and improve spurious performance in swept applications by limiting the number of signals present at the first mixing stage. YTF's are narrow band devices by nature and are usually limited to bandwidths less than 50 MHz. These analyzers bypass the input filter when performing wideband analysis, leaving them susceptible to image responses when operating in modes where wideband analysis is required such as for real time signal analysis.

Unlike spectrum analyzers with YTF's, Tektronix Real Time Signal Analyzers use a wideband image-free architecture guaranteeing that signals at frequencies outside of the band to which the instrument is tuned don't create spurious or image responses. This image-free response is achieved with a series of input filters designed such that all image responses are suppressed. The input filters are overlapped by greater than the widest acquisition bandwidth, ensuring that full-bandwidth acquisitions are always available. This series of filters serves the purpose of the preselector used by other spectrum analyzers, but has the benefit of always being on while still providing the image-free response in all instrument bandwidth settings and at all frequencies.

Analyze

The RSA5000 Series offers analysis capabilities that advance productivity for engineers working on components or in RF system design, integration, and performance verification, or operations engineers working in networks, or spectrum management. In addition to spectrum analysis, spectrograms display both frequency and amplitude changes over time. Time-correlated measurements can be made across the frequency, phase, amplitude, and modulation domains. This is ideal for signal analysis that includes frequency hopping, pulse characteristics, modulation switching, settling time, bandwidth changes, and intermittent signals.

The measurement capabilities of the RSA5000 Series and available options and software packages are summarized in the following section.

5G NR modulation analysis and measurements option

5G NR is among the growing set of signal standards, applications, and modulation types supported by Vector Signal Analysis (VSA) software. The VSA 5G NR analysis option provides comprehensive analysis capabilities in the frequency, time, and modulation domains for signals based on the 3GPP’s 5G NR specification.

By configuring result traces of spectrum, acquisition time, and NR specific modulation quality (e.g, EVM, frequency error, I/Q error) traces and tables, engineers can identify overall signal characteristics and troubleshoot intermittent error peaks or repeated synchronization failures.

Error Vector Magnitude (EVM) is a figure of merit used to describe signal quality. It does this by measuring the difference on the I/Q plane between the ideal constellation point of the given symbol versus the actual measured point. It can be measured in dB or % of the ideal sub-symbol, normalized to the average QAM power received, and display constellation of symbols vs ideal symbol. The EVM vs Symbol or EVM vs Time gives the EVM of OFDM symbols present in the number of symbols considered or the time within a slot.

For automated testing, SCPI remote interfaces are available to accelerate design, which enables the quick transition to the design verification and manufacturing phases.

5G NR transmitter measurements core supported features

5G NR option (RSA5BUP Opt. 5GNR) supports 5G NR modulation analysis measurements according to Release 15 and Release 16 of 3GPP’s TS38 specification, including:

Analysis of uplink and downlink frame structures
5G NR measurements and displays including
- Modulation Accuracy (ModAcc)
- Channel Power (CHP)
- Adjacent Channel Power (ACP)
- Spectrum Emission Mask (SEM)
- Occupied Bandwidth (OBW)
- Power Vs Time (PVT)²
- Error Vector Magnitude (EVM)
- Summary table with all scalar results for ModAcc, SEM, CHP, ACP, OBW, PVT, and EVM measurements
In-depth analysis and troubleshooting with coupled measurements across domains, use multiple markers to correlate results to find root-cause.
Saves reports in CSV format with configuration parameters and measurement results
Configurable parameters of PDSCH or PUSCH for each component carrier
For downlink, supported test models for FDD and TDD per 3GPP specifications

Measurement functions

Standard measurements	Description
Spectrum analyzer measurements	Channel power, Adjacent channel power, Multicarrier adjacent channel power/leakage ratio, Spectrum emissions mask, Occupied bandwidth, xdB down, dBm/Hz marker, dBc/Hz marker
Real time measurements	DPX Spectrum with density measurements, DPX Spectrogram with spectrums vs. time, Zero-Span DPX with up to 50,000 updates/sec
Time domain and statistical measurements	RF IQ vs Time, Power vs Time, Frequency vs Time, Phase vs Time, CCDF, Peak-to-Average Ratio
Spur search measurement	Up to 20 frequency ranges, user-selected detectors (Peak, Average, QP), filters (RBW, CISPR, MIL), and VBW in each range. Linear or log frequency scale. Measurements and violations in absolute power or relative to a carrier. Up to 999 violations identified in tabular form for export in .CSV format
Analog modulation analysis measurement functions	% amplitude modulation (+, -, total) frequency modulation (±Peak, +Peak, -Peak, RMS, Peak-Peak/2, frequency error) phase modulation (±Peak, RMS, +Peak, -Peak)
DPX density measurement	Measures % signal density at any location on the DPX spectrum display and triggers on specified signal density

Measurement options	Description
AM/FM/PM modulation and audio measurements (Opt. 10)	carrier power, frequency error, modulation frequency, modulation parameters (±Peak, Peak-Peak/2, RMS), SINAD, modulation distortion, S/N, THD, TNHD
Phase noise and jitter measurements (Opt. 11)	10 Hz to 1 GHz frequency offset range, log frequency scale traces - 2: ±Peak trace, average trace, trace smoothing, and averaging
Settling Time (Frequency and Phase) (Opt. 12)	Measured frequency, Settling time from last settled frequency, Settling time from last settled phase, Settling time from trigger. Automatic or manual reference frequency selection. User-adjustable measurement bandwidth, averaging, and smoothing. Pass/Fail mask testing with 3 user-settable zones
Noise Figure and Gain measurements (Opt. 14)	Measurement displays of noise figure, gain, Y-factor, noise temperature, and tabular results. Single-frequency metering and swept-trace results are available. Support for industry-standard noise sources. Measures amplifiers and other non-frequency converting devices plus fixed local-oscillator up and down converters. Performs mask testing to user-defined limits. Built in uncertainty calculator.
Advanced pulse measurements suite (Opt. 20)	Pulse-Ogram™ waterfall display of multiple segmented captures, with amplitude vs time and spectrum of each pulse. Pulse frequency, Delta Frequency, Average on power, Peak power, Average transmitted power, Pulse width, Rise time, Fall time, Repetition interval (seconds), Repetition interval (Hz), Duty factor (%), Duty factor (ratio), Ripple (dB), Ripple (%), Droop (dB), Droop (%), Overshoot (dB), Overshoot (%), Pulse- Ref Pulse frequency difference, Pulse- Ref Pulse phase difference, Pulse- Pulse frequency difference, Pulse- Pulse phase difference, RMS frequency error, Max frequency error, RMS phase error, Max phase error, Frequency deviation, Phase deviation, Impulse response (dB), Impulse response (time), Time stamp.
General Purpose Digital Modulation Analysis (Opt. 21)	Error Vector Magnitude (EVM) (RMS, Peak, EVM vs time), Modulation error ratio (MER), Magnitude error (RMS, Peak, Mag error vs time), Phase error (RMS, Peak, Phase error vs time), Origin offset, Frequency error, Gain imbalance, Quadrature error, Rho, Constellation, Symbol table
Flexible OFDM Analysis (Opt. 22)	OFDM analysis for WLAN 802.11a/j/g and WiMAX 802.16-2004
WLAN 802.11a/b/g/j/p measurement application (Opt. 23)	All of the RF transmitter measurements as defined in the IEEE standard, as well as a wide range of additional measurements including Carrier Frequency error, Symbol Timing error, Average/peak burst power, IQ Origin Offset, RMS/Peak EVM, and analysis displays, such as EVM and Phase/Magnitude Error vs. time/frequency or vs. symbols/ subcarriers, as well as packet header decoded information and symbol table. Option 24 requires option 23. Option 25 requires option 24.
WLAN 802.11n measurement application (Opt. 24)
WLAN 802.11ac measurement application (Opt. 25)
APCO P25 compliance testing and analysis application (Opt. 26)	Complete set of push-button TIA-102 standard-based transmitter measurements with pass/fail results including ACPR, transmitter power and encoder attack times, transmitter throughput delay, frequency deviation, modulation fidelity, symbol rate accuracy, and transient frequency behavior, as well as HCPM transmitter logical channel peak ACPR, off slot power, power envelope and time alignment.
Bluetooth Basic LE TX SIG measurements (Opt. 27)	Presets for transmitter measurements defined by Bluetooth SIG for Basic Rate and Bluetooth Low Energy. Results also include Pass/Fail information. Application also provides packet header field decoding and can automatically detect the standard, including Enhanced Data Rate.
Bluetooth 5 measurements (Opt. 31)	Bluetooth SIG measurements for Bluetooth Low Energy version 5. Results also include Pass/Fail information. Application also provides Packet Header Field Decoding of LE Data Packets. Option 31 requires option 27.
LTE Downlink RF measurements (Opt. 28)	Presets for Cell ID, ACLR, SEM, Channel Power and TDD Toff Power. Supports TDD and FDD frame format and all base stations defined by 3GPP TS version 12.5. Results include Pass/Fail information. Real-Time settings make the ACLR and the SEM measurements fast, if the connected instrument has enough bandwidth.
5G NR measurements (RSA5BUP Opt. 5GNR)	Presets for Channel Power (CHP), Adjacent Channel Power (ACP), Power Vs Time (PVT)², Modulation Accuracy (including Error Vector Magnitude (EVM), Frequency Error, IQ Error), EVM vs. Symbol, Occupied Bandwidth (OBW), Spectral Emission Mask (SEM), Constellation Diagram, and summary table with scalar results.
Mapping and signal strength (Opt. MAP)	Both manual and automatic drive test are supported by built-in mapping software. Commercial off-the-shelf 3rd party GPS receiver supported via USB or Bluetooth® connection. Supports MapInfo format and scanned version maps. Also supports exporting to popular Google Earth and MapInfo map format for post analysis. Signal strength measurement provides both a visual indicator and audible tone of signal strength.
RSAVu Analysis Software	W-CDMA, HSUPA. HSDPA, GSM/EDGE, CDMA2000 1x, CDMA2000 1xEV-DO, RFID, Phase noise, Jitter, IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n WLAN, IEEE 802.15.4 OQPSK (Zigbee), Audio analysis
Signal Classification	The signal classification application enables expert systems guidance to aid the user in classifying signals. It provides graphical tools that allow you to quickly create a spectral region of interest, enabling you to classify and sort signals efficiently.
EMC/EMI Pre-compliance and troubleshooting (Opt. 32)	This option supports many predefined limit lines. It also adds a wizard for easy setup of recommended antennas, LISN, and other EMC accessories with a one-button push. When using the new EMC-EMI display, you can accelerate the test by applying the time consuming quasi peak only on failures. This display also provides a push-button ambient measurement. The Inspect tool lets you measure frequencies of interest locally, removing the need for scanning.

Specifications

All specifications are guaranteed unless noted otherwise. All specifications apply to all models unless noted otherwise.

Model overview

	RSA5103B	RSA5106B	RSA5115B	RSA5126B
Frequency range	1 Hz - 3 GHz	1 Hz - 6.2 GHz	1 Hz - 15 GHz	1 Hz - 26.5 GHz
Real-time acquisition bandwidth	25 MHz, 40 MHz, 85 MHz, 125 MHz, 165 MHz
Minimum Event Duration for 100% POI at 100% amplitude	2.7 μs at 165 MHz BW (0.434 us, Opt. 300) 2.8 μs at 85 MHz BW (0.551 us, Opt. 300) 3.0 μs at 40 MHz BW (0.79 us, Opt. 300) 3.2 μs at 25 MHz BW (0.915 us, Opt. 300)
SFDR (typical)	>75 dBc (25/40 MHz) >73 dBc (85/165 MHz) ≥ 80 dBc (Opts. B85HD, B125HD, B16xHD)
Trigger modes	Free run, Triggered, FastFrame
Trigger types	Power, Frequency mask, Frequency edge, DPX density, Runt, Time qualified

Frequency related

Reference frequency

Specification	Standard	Option PFR	Conditions
Initial accuracy at cal	± 1 x 10 ^-6	± 1 x 10 ^-7	After 10 minute warm-up
Aging per day	1 x 10 ^-8	1 x 10 ^-9	After 30 days of operation
First year aging (typical)	1 x 10 ^-6	7.5 x 10 ^-8	After 1 year of operation
Aging per 10 years		3 x 10 ^{- 7}	After 10 years of operation
Temperature drift	2 x 10 ^-6	1 x 10 ^-7	From 5 to 40 °C
Cumulative error (temperature + aging, typical)	3 x 10 ^-6	4 x 10 ^-7	Within 10 years after calibration

Reference output level: >0 dBm (internal or external reference selected), +4 dBm, typical

External reference input frequency: Every 1 MHz from 1 to 100 MHz plus 1.2288 MHz, 4.8 MHz, and 19.6608 MHz.; External input must be within ± 1 x 10 ^-6 (Std), ± 3 x 10 ^-7 (Opt PFR) to stated input

External reference input frequency requirements

Spurious level on input must be < –80 dBc within 100 kHz offset to avoid on-screen spurs

Spurious: < –80 dBc within 100 kHz offset
Input level range: –10 dBm to +6 dBm

Center frequency setting resolution: 0.1 Hz

Frequency marker readout accuracy: ±(RE × MF + 0.001 × Span + 2) Hz; (RE = Reference frequency error); (MF = Marker frequency (Hz))

Span accuracy: ±0.3% of span (Auto mode)

Trigger related

Trigger event source: RF input, Trigger 1 (front panel), Trigger 2 (rear panel), Gated, Line

Trigger setting: Trigger position settable from 1 to 99% of total acquisition length

Trigger combinatorial logic: Trigger 1 AND trigger 2 / gate may be defined as a trigger event

Trigger actions: Save acquisition and/or save picture on trigger

Power level trigger

Level range: 0 dB to –100 dB from reference level

Accuracy

For trigger levels >30 dB above noise floor, 10% to 90% of signal level

Level ≥ –50 dB from reference level: ±0.5 dB
From < –50 dB to –70 dB from reference level: ±1.5 dB

Trigger bandwidth range

At maximum acquisition bandwidth

Standard (Opt. B25): 4 kHz to 10 MHz + wide open
Opt. B40: 4 kHz to 20 MHz + wide open
Opt. B85/B16x: 11 kHz to 40 MHz + wide open

Trigger position timing uncertainty

25/40 MHz acquisition BW, 20 MHz trigger BW: Uncertainty = ±15 ns
25/40 MHz acquisition BW, Max Trigger BW: Uncertainty = ±12 ns
85/125/165 MHz acquisition BW, 60 MHz Trigger BW: Uncertainty = ±5 ns
85/125/165 MHz acquisition BW, Max Trigger BW: Uncertainty = ±4 ns

Trigger re-arm time, minimum (fast frame on)

10 MHz acquisition BW: ≤25 μs
40 MHz acquisition BW: ≤10 μs
85/125 MHz acquisition BW: ≤5 μs
165 MHz acquisition BW: ≤5 μs

Minimum event duration

25 MHz acquisition BW: 25 ns
40 MHz acquisition BW: 25 ns
85/125 MHz acquisition BW: 6.2 ns
165 MHz acquisition BW: 6.2 ns

External trigger 1

Level range: -2.5 V to +2.5 V

Level setting resolution: 0.01 V

Trigger position timing uncertainty

50 Ω input impedance

>20 MHz to 40 MHz acquisition BW: ±20 ns
>40 MHz to 80 MHz acquisition BW: ±13.5 ns
>80 MHz to 165 MHz acquisition BW: ±11 ns

Input impedance: Selectable 50 Ω/5 kΩ impedance (nominal)

External trigger 2

Threshold voltage: Fixed, TTL

Input impedance: 10 kΩ (nominal)

Trigger state select: High, Low

Trigger output

Voltage

Output current <1 mA

High: >2.0 V
Low: <0.4 V

Frequency mask trigger

Mask shape: User defined

Mask point horizontal resolution: <0.12% of span

Level range: 0 dB to –80 dB from reference level

Level accuracy³

0 to –50 dB from reference level: ±(Channel response + 1.0 dB)
–50 dB to –70 dB from reference level: ±(Channel response + 2.5 dB)

Span range: 100 Hz to 25 MHz (Opt. B25); 100 Hz to 40 MHz (Opt. B40); 100 Hz to 85 MHz (Opt. B85, B85HD); 100 Hz to 125 MHz (Opt. B125, B125HD); 100 Hz to 165 MHz (Opt. B16x, B16xHD)

Trigger position uncertainty

Span = 25 MHz (Opt. B25)

±13 μs (RBW ≥ 300 kHz)

±7 μs (Opt. 09)

Span = 40 MHz (Opt. B40)

±13 μs (RBW ≥ 300 kHz)

±6 μs (Opt. 09)

Span = 85 MHz (Opt. B85)

±10 μs (RBW ≥ 1 MHz)

±3 μs (Opt. 09)

Span = 165 MHz (Opt. B16x)

±9 μs (RBW ≥ 1 MHz)

±3 μs (Opt. 09)

Minimum signal duration for 100% probability of trigger at 100% amplitude

Frequency-Mask and DPX signal processing (Option 300 with Option 09)					Minimum signal duration, 100% probability of intercept, Frequency-Mask and DPX density trigger (μs)⁴
Span (MHz)	RBW (kHz)	FFT Length (points)	Spectrums / sec		Option 300 + Option 09
Span (MHz)	RBW (kHz)	FFT Length (points)	Standard	Option 300 + Option 09	Full amplitude	-3 dB
165 MHz	20000	1024	390,625	3,125,000	0.434	0.334
	10000	1024	390,625	3,125,000	0.557	0.349
	1000	1024	390,625	3,125,000	2.7	0.662
	300	2048	195,313	195,313	13.1	6.1
	100	8192	48,828	48,828	44.5	23.4
	30	32768	12,207	12,207	161.9	91.7
	25	32768	12,207	12,207	178.0	93.6
125 MHz	10000	1024	390,625	3,125,000	0.551	0.348
	1000	1024	390,625	3,125,000	2.7	0.662
	500	1024	390,625	3,125,000	5.1	1.2
	300	2048	195,313	195,313	13.1	6.1
	100	4096	97,656	97,656	44.5	13.2
	30	16384	24,414	24,414	120.9	50.7
	20	32768	24,414	24,414	201.9	96.5
85 MHz	10000	1024	390,625	3,125,000	0.55	0.348
	1000	1024	390,625	3,125,000	2.7	0.662
	500	1024	390,625	3,125,000	5.1	1.2
	300	1024	390,625	3,125,000	8.3	1.9
	100	4096	97,656	97,656	34.2	13.2
	30	16384	24,414	24,414	121.0	50.7
	20	16384	24,414	24,414	161.0	55.6
40 MHz	5000	1024	390,625	3,125,000	0.79	0.377
	1000	1024	390,625	3,125,000	2.7	0.663
	300	1024	390,625	3,125,000	8.3	1.9
	100	2048	195,313	195,313	29.1	8.1
	30	4096	97,656	97,656	90.4	21.8
	20	8192	48,828	48,828	140.7	36.3
	10	16384	24,414	24,414	281.3	72.6
25 MHz	3800	1024	390,625	3,125,000	0.915	0.392
	1000	1024	390,625	3,125,000	2.7	0.664
	300	1024	390,625	3,125,000	8.3	1.9
	200	1024	390,625	3,125,000	12.3	2.8

Frequency-Mask and DPX signal processing				Minimum signal duration, 100% probability of intercept, Frequency-Mask and DPX density trigger (μs)⁴
Span (MHz)	RBW (kHz)	FFT Length (points)	Spectrums / sec	Standard		Opt. 09
Span (MHz)	RBW (kHz)	FFT Length (points)	Spectrums / sec	Full amplitude	-3 dB	Full amplitude	-3 dB
165 MHz	20000	1024	390,625	15.5	15.4	2.7	2.6
	10000	1024	390,625	15.6	15.4	2.8	2.6
	1000	1024	390,625	17.8	15.7	5.0	2.9
	300	2048	195,313	23.4	16.3	13.1	6.1
	100	8192	48,828	44.5	23.4	44.5	23.4
	30	32768	12,207	161.9	91.7	161.9	91.7
	25	32768	12,207	178.0	93.6	178.0	93.6
125 MHz	10000	1024	390,625	15.6	15.4	2.8	2.6
	1000	1024	390,625	17.8	15.7	5.0	2.9
	500	1024	390,625	20.2	15.9	7.4	3.1
	300	2048	195,313	23.4	16.3	13.1	6.1
	100	4096	97,656	44.5	23.4	34.2	13.2
	30	16384	24,414	120.9	50.7	120.9	50.7
	20	32768	24,414	201.9	96.5	201.9	96.5
85 MHz	10000	1024	390,625	15.6	15.4	2.8	2.6
	1000	1024	390,625	17.8	15.7	5.0	2.9
	500	1024	390,625	20.2	15.9	7.4	3.1
	300	1024	390,625	23.4	16.3	10.6	3.5
	100	4096	97,656	44.5	23.4	34.2	13.2
	30	16384	24,414	121.0	50.7	121.0	50.7
	20	16384	24,414	161.0	55.6	161.0	55.6
40 MHz	5000	1024	390,625	15.8	15.4	3.0	2.6
	1000	1024	390,625	17.8	15.7	5.0	2.9
	300	1024	390,625	23.3	16.3	10.5	3.5
	100	2048	195,313	39.4	18.3	29.1	8.1
	30	4096	97,656	90.4	21.8	90.4	21.8
	20	8192	48,828	140.7	36.3	140.7	36.3
	10	16384	24,414	281.3	72.6	281.3	72.6
25 MHz	3800	1024	390,625	16.0	15.4	3.2	2.6
	1000	1024	390,625	17.7	15.7	4.9	2.9
	300	1024	390,625	23.4	16.3	10.6	3.5
	200	1024	390,625	27.4	16.8	14.6	4.1

Advanced triggers

DPX density trigger

Density range

0 to 100% density

Horizontal range

0.25 Hz to 25 MHz (Opt. B25)

0.25 Hz to 40 MHz (Opt. B40)

0.25 Hz to 85 MHz (Opt. B85, B85HD)

0.25 Hz to 125 MHz (Opt. B125, B125HD)

0.25 Hz to 165 MHz (Opt. B16x, B16xHD)

Minimum signal duration for 100% probability of trigger

See minimum signal duration for 100% probability of trigger at 100% amplitude table

Frequency edge trigger

Range: ±(½ × (ACQ BW or TDBW if TDBW is active))
Minimum event duration: 6.2 ns (ACQ BW = 165 MHz, no TDBW, Opt. 16x); 6.2 ns (ACQ BW = 85 MHz, no TDBW, Opt. B85); 25 ns (ACQ BW = 40 MHz, no TDBW, Opt. B40); 25 ns (ACQ BW = 25 MHz, no TDBW, Opt. B25)
Timing uncertainty: Same as power trigger position timing uncertainty

Runt trigger

Runt definitions: Positive, Negative
Accuracy (for trigger levels >30 dB above noise floor, 10% to 90% of signal level): ±0.5 dB (level ≥ -50 dB from reference level); ±1.5 dB (from < -50 dB to -70 dB from reference level)

Time qualified triggering

Trigger types and source: Time qualification may be applied to: Level, Frequency mask, DPX Density, Runt, Frequency edge, Ext. 1, Ext. 2
Time qualification range: T1: 0 to 10 seconds; T2: 0 to 10 seconds
Time qualification definitions: Shorter than T1; Longer than T1; Longer than T1 AND shorter than T2; Shorter than T1 OR longer than T2

Holdoff trigger

Range: 0 to 10 seconds

Acquisition related

A/D converter: 200 MS/s, 16 bit (Option B25, B40, B85, B16x); 400 MS/s, 14 bit (Option B85, B16x); 200 MS/s and 400 MS/s, 16 bit (Opt B85HD, B125HD, B16xHD)

Acquisition memory size: 1 GB (4 GB, opt. 53)

Minimum acquisition length: 64 samples

Acquisition length setting resolution: 1 sample

Fast frame acquisition mode⁵: Up to 1 Million records can be stored in a single acquisition (for pulse measurements and spectrogram analysis (with option 53))

Memory depth (time) and minimum time domain resolution

Acq. BW (max span)	Sample rate (for I and Q)	Record length (Std.)	Record length (Opt. 53)	Time resolution
165 MHz	200 MS/s	1.34 s	5.37 s	5 ns
85 MHz	200 MS/s	1.34 s	5.37 s	5 ns
80 MHz	100 MS/s	2.68 s	10.74 s	10 ns
40 MHz	50 MS/s	4.77 s	19.09 s	20 ns
25 MHz	50 MS/s	4.77 s	19.09 s	20 ns
20 MHz	25 MS/s	4.77 s	38.18 s	20 ns
10 MHz	12.5 MS/s	19.09 s	76.35 s	80 ns
5 MHz	6.25 MS/s	38.18 s	152.71 s	160 ns
2 MHz ⁶	3.125 MS/s	42.9 s	171.8 s	320 ns
1 MHz	1.563 MS/s	85.9 s	343.6 s	640 ns
500 kHz	781.25 kS/s	171.8 s	687.2 s	1.28 μs
200 kHz	390.625 kS/s	343.6 s	1374.4 s	2.56 μs
100 kHz	195.313 kS/s	687.2 s	2748.8 s	5.12 μs
50 kHz	97.656 kS/s	1374.4 s	5497.6 s	10.24 μs
20 kHz	48.828 kS/s	2748.8 s	10955.1 s	20.48 μs
10 kHz	24.414 kS/s	5497.6 s	21990.2 s	40.96 μs
5 kHz	12.207 kS/s	10955.1 s	43980.5 s	81.92 μs
2 kHz	3.052 kS/s	43980.4 s	175921.8 s	328 μs
1 kHz	1.526 kS/s	87960.8 s	351843.6 s	655 μs
500 Hz	762.9 S/s	175921.7 s	703687.3 s	1.31 ms
200 Hz	381.5 S/s	351843.4 s	1407374.5 s	2.62 ms
100 Hz	190.7 S/s	703686.8 s	2814749.1 s	5.24 ms

Displays and measurements

Frequency views

Spectrum (amplitude vs linear or log frequency)

DPX^® spectrum display (live RF color-graded spectrum)

Spectrogram (amplitude vs frequency over time)

Spurious (amplitude vs linear or log frequency)

Phase noise (phase noise and Jitter measurement) (Opt. 11)

Time and statistics views

Amplitude vs time

Frequency vs time

Phase vs time

DPX amplitude vs time

DPX frequency vs time

DPX phase vs time

Amplitude modulation vs time

Frequency modulation vs time

RF IQ vs time

Time overview

CCDF

Peak-to-Average ratio

Settling time, frequency, and phase (Opt. 12) views: Frequency settling vs time, Phase settling vs time

Noise figure and gain (Opt. 14) views

Noise figure vs. frequency

Gain vs. frequency

Noise figure, gain at a single frequency

Y-factor vs. frequency

Noise temperature vs. frequency

Uncertainty calculator

Results table of all measurements

Advanced Pulse Analysis

Pulse results table

Pulse trace (selectable by pulse number)

Pulse statistics (trend of pulse results, FFT of time trend and histogram)

Cumulative Statistics, Cumulative Histogram and Pulse-Ogram

Digital demod (Opt. 21) views

Constellation diagram

EVM vs time

Symbol table (binary or hexadecimal)

Magnitude and phase error versus time, and signal quality

Demodulated IQ vs time

Eye diagram

Trellis diagram

Frequency deviation vs time

Flexible OFDM analysis (Opt. 22) views

Constellation, scalar measurement summary

EVM or power vs carrier

Symbol table (binary or hexadecimal)

Frequency offset analysis: Signal analysis can be performed either at center frequency or the assigned measurement frequency up to the limits of the instrument's acquisition and measurement bandwidths.

WLAN 802.11a/b/g/j/p measurement application (Opt. 23)

WLAN Power vs time, WLAN symbol table, WLAN constellation, Spectrum emission mask

Error vector magnitude (EVM) vs symbol (or time), vs subcarrier (or frequency)

Mag error vs symbol (or time), vs subcarrier (or frequency)

Phase error vs symbol (or time), vs subcarrier (or frequency)

Channel frequency response vs symbol (or time), vs subcarrier (or frequency)

Spectral flatness vs symbol (or time), vs subcarrier (or frequency)

WLAN 802.11n measurement application (Opt. 24)

WLAN Power vs time, WLAN symbol table, WLAN constellation, Spectrum emission mask

Error vector magnitude (EVM) vs symbol (or time), vs subcarrier (or frequency)

Mag error vs symbol (or time), vs subcarrier (or frequency)

Phase error vs symbol (or time), vs subcarrier (or frequency)

Channel frequency response vs symbol (or time), vs subcarrier (or frequency)

Spectral flatness vs symbol (or time), vs subcarrier (or frequency)

WLAN 802.11ac measurement application (Opt. 25)

WLAN Power vs time, WLAN symbol table, WLAN constellation, Spectrum emission mask

Error vector magnitude (EVM) vs symbol (or time), vs subcarrier (or frequency)

Mag error vs symbol (or time), vs subcarrier (or frequency)

Phase error vs symbol (or time), vs subcarrier (or frequency)

Channel frequency response vs symbol (or time), vs subcarrier (or frequency)

Spectral flatness vs symbol (or time), vs subcarrier (or frequency)

APCO P25 measurement application (Opt. 26)

RF output power, operating frequency accuracy, modulation emission spectrum,

unwanted emissions spurious, adjacent channel power ratio, frequency deviation,

modulation fidelity, frequency error, eye diagram, symbol table, symbol rate accuracy,

transmitter power and encoder attack time, transmitter throughput delay, frequency deviation vs. time,

power vs. time, transient frequency behavior, HCPM transmitter logical channel peak adjacent channel power ratio,

HCPM transmitter logical channel off slot power, HCPM transmitter logical channel power envelope,

HCPM transmitter logical channel time alignment, cross-correlated markers

Bluetooth Measurements (Opt. 27 and Opt. 31)

Peak power, average power, adjacent channel power or inband emission mask,

-20dB bandwidth, frequency error, modulation characteristics including ΔF1avg (11110000),

ΔF2avg (10101010), ΔF2 > 115 kHz, ΔF2/ΔF1 ratio, frequency deviation vs. time with packet

and octet level measurement information, carrier frequency f0, frequency offset (Preamble

and Payload), max frequency offset, frequency drift f₁-f₀, max drift rate f_n-f₀

and f_n-f_n-5, center frequency offset table and frequency drift table, color-coded

symbol table, packet header decoding information, eye diagram, constellation diagram,

editable limits.

LTE Downlink RF measurements (Opt. 28): Adjacent Channel Leakage Ratio (ACLR), Spectrum Emission Mask (SEM), Channel Power, Occupied Bandwidth, Power vs Time is for uplink only displaying Transmitter OFF power for TDD signals and LTE constellation diagram for PSS, SSS with Cell ID, Group ID, Sector ID and Frequency Error.

5G NR Uplink/Downlink measurements (RSA5BUP Opt. 5GNR): Channel Power (CHP), Adjacent Channel Power (ACP), Power vs Time (PVT)², Modulation Accuracy (including Error Vector Magnitude (EVM), Frequency Error, IQ Error), EVM vs. Symbol, Occupied Bandwidth (OBW), Spectral Emission Mask (SEM), Constellation Diagram, and summary table with scalar results.

EMC pre-compliance and troubleshooting Opt. 32: EMC-EMI display, Pre-compliance Setup Wizard, Measure Ambient, Re-measure Spot, Report. Troubleshooting tools: Inspect, Harmonic Markers, Level Target, Compare Traces, Persistence display

Bandwidth related

Resolution bandwidth

Resolution bandwidth range (spectrum analysis): 0.1 Hz to 5 MHz (10 MHz with Opt. B85, 20 MHz with Opt. B16x) (1, 2, 3, 5 sequence, Auto-coupled), or user selected (arbitrary)
Resolution bandwidth shape: Approximately Gaussian, shape factor 4.1:1 (60:3 dB) ±3%, typical
Resolution bandwidth accuracy: ±0.5% (Auto-coupled RBW mode)
Alternative resolution bandwidth types: Kaiser window (RBW, Gaussian), –6 dB mil, CISPR, Blackman-Harris 4B window, Uniform (none) window, Flat-top (CW ampl.) window, Hanning window

Video bandwidth

Video bandwidth range: 1 Hz to 10 MHz plus wide open
RBW/VBW maximum: 10,000:1
RBW/VBW minimum: 1:1 plus wide open
Resolution: 5% of entered value
Accuracy (typical): ±10%

Time domain bandwidth (amplitude vs time display)

Time domain bandwidth range: At least 1/10 to 1/10,000 of acquisition bandwidth, 1 Hz minimum
Time domain BW shape: 20 MHz (60 MHz, Opt. B85/B16x), shape factor <2.5:1 (60:3 dB) typical
Time domain bandwidth accuracy: ≤10 MHz, approximately Gaussian, shape factor 4.1:1 (60:3 dB), ±10% typical
1 Hz to 20 MHz, and (>20 MHz to 60 MHz Opt. B85/B16x), ±10%

Minimum settable spectrum analysis RBW vs. span

Frequency span	RBW
>10 MHz	100 Hz
>1.25 MHz to 10 MHz	10 Hz
≤1 MHz	1 Hz
≤100 kHz	0.1 Hz

Spectrum display

Traces: Three traces + 1 math waveform + 1 trace from spectrogram for spectrum display

Detector: Peak, –Peak, Average (VRMS), ±Peak, Sample, CISPR (Avg, Peak, Quasi-peak average (of logs))

Trace functions: Normal, Average, Max hold, Min hold, Average (of logs)

Spectrum trace length: 801, 2401, 4001, 8001, 10401, 16001, 32001, 64001 points

Sweep speed (typical-mean)

RBW = auto, RF/IF optimization: minimize sweep time

Opt. B25: 2000 MHz/s
Opt. B40: 3300 MHz/s
Opt. B85: 8000 MHz/s (RSA5103B/RSA5106B); 6000 MHz/s (RSA5115B/RSA5126B)
Opt. B16x: 11000 MHz/s (RSA5103B/RSA5106B); 8000 MHz/s (RSA5115B/RSA5126B)

Minimum FFT Length vs. Trace Length (Independent of Span and RBW)

Trace length (points)	Minimum FFT length
801	4001
1024	8192
2401	10401
4096	16384

DPX related

DPX® digital phosphor spectrum processing

Characteristic	Performance
Spectrum processing rate (RBW = auto, trace length 801)	390,625 per second
Spectrum processing rate (RBW = auto, trace length 801) (Option 300 with Option 09)	3,125,000 per second for Span/RBW ratio ≤ 333
	390,625 per second for Span/RBW ratio > 333
DPX bitmap resolution	201 × 801
DPX bitmap color dynamic range	2³³ levels
Marker information	Amplitude, frequency, and signal density on the DPX display
Minimum signal duration for 100% probability of detection (Max-hold on)	See minimum signal duration for 100% probability of trigger at 100% amplitude table
Span Range (Continuous processing)	100 Hz to 25 MHz (Opt. B25) (40 MHz with Opt. B40) (85 MHz with Opt. B85, B85HD) (125 MHz with Opt. B125, B125HD) (165 MHz with Opt. B16x, B16xHD)
Span range (Swept)	Up to instrument frequency range
Dwell time per step	50 ms to 100 s
Trace processing	Color-graded bitmap, +Peak, –Peak, average
Trace length	801, 2401, 4001, 10401
Resolution BW accuracy (Auto-Coupled)	±0.5%

Resolution BW Range vs. Acquisition Bandwidth (DPX^®)

Acquisition bandwidth	RBW (Min)	RBW (Max)
165 MHz	25 kHz	20 MHz
85 MHz	12.9 kHz	10 MHz
40 MHz	6.06 kHz	10 MHz
25 MHz	3.79 kHz	3.8 MHz
20 MHz	3.04 kHz	3.04 MHz
10 MHz	1.52 kHz	1.52 MHz
5 MHz	758 Hz	760 kHz
2 MHz	303 Hz	304 kHz
1 MHz	152 Hz	152 kHz
500 kHz	75.8 Hz	76 kHz
200 kHz	30.3 Hz	30.4 kHz
100 kHz	15.2 Hz	15.2 kHz
50 kHz	7.58 Hz	7.6 kHz
20 kHz	3.03 Hz	3.04 kHz
10 kHz	1.52 Hz	1.52 kHz
5 kHz	758 Hz	760 Hz
2 kHz	0.303 Hz	304 Hz
1 kHz	0.152 Hz	152 Hz
500 Hz	0.1 Hz	76 Hz
200 Hz	0.1 Hz	30.4 Hz
100 Hz	0.1 Hz	15.2 Hz

Stability

Residual FM: <2 Hz_p-p in 1 second (95% confidence, typical).

Phase related

Phase noise sidebands

dBc/Hz at specified center frequency (CF)

	CF = 10 MHz	CF = 1 GHz	CF = 2 GHz	CF = 6 GHz	CF = 10 GHz	CF = 20 GHz
Offset	Typical	Spec/Typical	Typical	Typical	Typical	Typical
1 kHz	–128	–103/–107	–107	–104	–99	–95
10 kHz	–134	–109/–113	–112	–108	–108	–106
100 kHz	–134	–112/–117	–115	–114	–108	–106
1 MHz	–135	–130/–139	–137	–135	–128	–125
6 MHz	–140	–137/–146	–142	–147	–145	–140
10 MHz	NA	–137/–146	–142	–147	–147	–144

Integrated phase (RMS), typical

Integrated from 1 kHz to 10 MHz.

Measurement frequency	Integrated phase, radians
1 GHz	1.01 × 10^–3
2 GHz	1.23 × 10^–3
6 GHz	1.51 × 10^–3
10 GHz	2.51 × 10^–3
20 GHz	3.27 × 10^–3

Typical phase noise performance as measured by Opt. 11.

Amplitude

Specifications excluding mismatch error

Measurement range: Displayed average noise level to maximum measurable input

Input attenuator range: 0 dB to 55 dB, 5 dB step

Maximum safe input level

Average continuous: +30 dBm (RF ATT ≥10 dB, preamp off)
Average continuous: +20 dBm (RF ATT ≥10 dB, preamp on)
Pulsed RF: 50 W (RF ATT ≥30 dB, PW <10 μs, 1% duty cycle)

Maximum measurable input level

Average continuous: +30 dBm (RF ATT: Auto)
Pulsed RF: 10 W (RF Input, RF ATT: Auto, PW <10 μs, 1% duty cycle repetitive pulses)

Max DC voltage: ±5 V

Log display range: 0.01 dBm/div to 20 dB/div

Display divisions: 10 divisions

Display units: dBm, dBmV, Watts, Volts, Amps, dBuW, dBuV, dBuA, dBW, dBV, dBV/m, and dBA/m

Marker readout resolution, dB units: 0.01 dB

Marker readout resolution, Volts units: Reference-level dependent, as small as 0.001 μV

Reference level setting range: 0.1 dB step, –170 dBm to +50 dBm (minimum ref. level –50 dBm at center frequency <80 MHz)

Level linearity: ±0.1 dB (0 to –70 dB from reference level)

Amplitude accuracy

Absolute amplitude accuracy at calibration point: ±0.31 dB (100 MHz, –10 dBm signal, 10 dB ATT, 18 °C to 28 °C)

Input attenuator switching uncertainty: ±0.3 dB (RSA5103B/RSA5106B); ±0.15 dB (RSA5115B/RSA5126B)

Absolute amplitude accuracy at center frequency, 95% confidence⁷

10 MHz to 3 GHz: ±0.3 dB
3 GHz to 6.2 GHz (RSA5106B/15B/26B): ±0.5 dB
6.2 GHz to 15 GHz (RSA5115B/26B): ±0.75 dB
15 GHz to 26.5 GHz (RSA5126B): ±0.9 dB

VSWR

Typical
RSA5103B / RSA5106B ⁸
Frequency range	Preamp OFF (95% confidence)	Preamp ON (Typical)	Preamp ON, 0 dB attenuation (Typical)
>10 kHz to 10 MHz	<1.6	--	--
>10 MHz to 2.0 GHz	<1.1	<1.2	<1.5
>2 GHz to 3 GHz	<1.25	<1.4	<1.6
>3 GHz to 5 GHz	<1.25	<1.4	<1.4
>5 GHz to 5.5 GHz	<1.3	<1.4	<1.4
>5.5 GHz to 6.2 GHz	<1.3	<1.4	<1.75

Typical
RSA5115B / RSA5126B⁸
Frequency range	Preamp OFF (95% confidence)	Preamp ON (Typical)	Preamp ON, 0 dB attenuation (Typical)
>10 kHz to 10 MHz	<1.6	--	--
10 MHz to 3.0 GHz	<1.3	<1.4	<1.9
>3.0 GHz to 6.2 GHz	<1.3	<1.5	<1.9
>6.2 GHz to 11 GHz	<1.5	<1.8	<1.9 (RSA5115B) <2.25 (RSA5126B)
>11 GHz to 15 GHz	<1.5	<1.8	<1.9
>15 GHz to 22 GHz	<1.5	<1.8	<1.9
>22 GHz to 25 GHz	<1.7	<2.0	<1.9
>25 GHz to 26.5 GHz	<1.7	<2.0	<2.1

Frequency response

18 °C to 28 °C, atten. = 10 dB, preamp off

10 MHz to 32 MHz (LF band): ±0.2 dB
10 MHz to 3 GHz: ±0.35 dB
>3 GHz to 6.2 GHz (RSA5106B): ±0.5 dB
>6.2 GHz to 15 GHz (RSA5115B): ±1.0 dB
>15 GHz to 26.5 GHz (RSA5115B): ±1.2 dB

5 °C to 40 °C, all attenuator settings (typical, preamp off)

100 Hz to 32 MHz (LF band): ±0.8 dB
9 kHz to 3 GHz: ±0.5 dB
1 MHz to 3 GHz (RSA5115B/26B): ±0.5 dB
>3 GHz to 6.2 GHz (RSA5106B): ±1.0 dB
>6.2 GHz to 15 GHz (RSA5115B/26B): ±1.0 dB
>15 GHz to 26.5 GHz (RSA5126B): ±1.5 dB

5 °C to 40 °C, (RSA5103B/RSA5106B Opt. 50) (typical, preamp on, atten.=10 dB)

1 MHz to 32 MHz (LF band): ±0.8 dB
1 MHz to 3 GHz: ±0.8 dB
>3 GHz to 6.2 GHz (RSA5106B): ±1.3 dB

5 °C to 40 °C, (RSA5115B / RSA5126B Opt. 51) (typical, preamp on, atten.=10 dB)

1 MHz to 3 GHz: ±0.8 dB
>3 GHz to 6.2 GHz: ±1.3 dB
>6.2 GHz to 15 GHz: ±1.5 dB
>15 GHz to 26.5 GHz (RSA5126B): ±2.0 dB

Noise and distortion

3^rd order intermodulation distortion at 2.13 GHz ⁹

RSA5103B / RSA5106B: –84 dBc
RSA5115B / RSA5126B: –80 dBc

3rd order intermodulation distortion – typical⁹

Note: 3rd order intercept point is calculated from 3rd order intermodulation performance.

Frequency range	3^rd order intermodulation distortion, dBc (typical)		3^rd order intercept, dBm (typical)
Frequency range	RSA5103B/5106B	RSA5115B/5126B	RSA5103B/5106B	RSA5115B/5126B
10 kHz to 32 MHz (LF band)	–75	–75	+12.5	+12.5
1 MHz to 120 MHz	–70	–70	+10	+10
>80 MHz to 300 MHz	–76	–76	+13	+13
>300 MHz to 6.2 GHz	–84	–82	+17	+16
>6.2 GHz to 15 GHz	--	–72	--	+11
15 GHz to 26.5 GHz	--	–72	--	+11

3rd order intermodulation distortion (preamp ON) – typical⁹

Note: 3rd order intercept point is calculated from 3rd order intermodulation performance.

Frequency range	3^rd order intermodulation distortion, dBc (typical)		3^rd order intercept, dBm (typical)
Frequency range	RSA5103B/5106B	RSA5115B/5126B	RSA5103B/5106B	RSA5115B/5126B
1 MHz to 32 MHz (LF band)	-75	-75	-12.5	-12.5
1 MHz to 120 MHz	-70	-80	-15	-10
>120 MHz to 300 MHz	-75	-80	-12.5	-10
>300 MHz to 3.0 GHz	-80	-90	-10	-5
>3.0 GHz to 6.2 GHz	-90	-90	-5	-5
>6.2 GHz to 15 GHz	--	-80	--	-10
>15 GHz to 126.5 GHz	--	-80	--	-10

RSA5103B / RSA5106B 2^nd harmonic distortion¹⁰

10 MHz to 1 GHz: < –80 dBc
>1 GHz to 3.1 GHz: < –83 dBc

RSA5115B / RSA5126B 2^nd harmonic distortion¹⁰

10 MHz to 500 MHz: < –80 dBc
>500 MHz to 1 GHz: < –74 dBc
>1 GHz to 3.1 GHz: < –74 dBc
>3.1 GHz to 7.5 GHz: < –85 dBc
>7.5 GHz to 13.25 GHz: < –85 dBc

RSA5103B / RSA5106B displayed average noise level¹¹, preamp off

Frequency range	Spec, dBm/Hz	Typical , dBm/Hz
LF Band (all models)
1 Hz to 100 Hz	--	–129
>100 Hz to 2 kHz	–124	–143
>2 kHz to 10 kHz	–141	–152
>10 kHz to 32 MHz	–150	–153
RF band
9 kHz to 1 MHz	–108	–111
>1 MHz to 10 MHz	–136	–139
>10 MHz to 2 GHz	–153	–157
>2 GHz to 3 GHz	–152	–156
>3 GHz to 4 GHz (RSA5106B)	–151	–155
>4 GHz to 6.2 GHz (RSA5106B)	–149	–153

RSA5115B / RSA5126B displayed average noise level, preamp off¹¹

Frequency range	Spec, dBm/Hz	Typical , dBm/Hz
LF Band (all models)
1 Hz to 100 Hz		–129
>100 Hz to 2 kHz	–124	–143
>2 kHz to 10 kHz	–141	–152
>10 kHz to 32 MHz	–150	–153
RF band
>1 MHz to 10 MHz	–136	–139
>10 MHz to 3 GHz	–152	–155
>3 GHz to 4 GHz	–151	–155
>4 GHz to 6.2 GHz	–149	–152
>6.2 GHz to 13 GHz	–146	–149
>13 GHz to 23 GHz	–144	–147
>23 GHz to 26.5 GHz (RSA5126B)	–140	–143

Preamplifier performance (Opt. 50)

Frequency range: 1 MHz to 3.0 GHz or 6.2 GHz (RSA5106B)
Noise figure at 2 GHz: 7 dB
Gain at 2 GHz: 20 dB (nominal)

Preamplifier performance (Opt. 51)

Frequency range: 1 MHz to 15 GHz or 26.5 GHz (RSA5115B or RSA5126B)
Noise figure at 15 GHz: <10 dB
Noise figure at 26.5 GHz: <13 dB
Gain at 10 GHz: 20 dB (nominal)

Displayed Average Noise Level¹¹, preamp on (Opt. 50)

Frequency range	Specification	Typical
LF band
1 MHz to 32 MHz	–158 dBm/Hz	–160 dBm/Hz
RF band
1 MHz to 10 MHz	–158 dBm/Hz	–160 dBm/Hz
>10 MHz to 2 GHz	–164 dBm/Hz	–167 dBm/Hz
>2 GHz to 3 GHz	–163 dBm/Hz	–165 dBm/Hz
>3 GHz to 6.2 GHz (RSA5106B)	–162 dBm/Hz	–164 dBm/Hz

Displayed average noise level¹¹, preamp on (Opt. 51)

Frequency range	Specification	Typical
RF band
1 MHz to 10 MHz	–158 dBm/Hz	–160 dBm/Hz
>10 MHz to 2 GHz	–164 dBm/Hz	–167 dBm/Hz
>2 GHz to 3 GHz	–163 dBm/Hz	–165 dBm/Hz
>3 GHz to 4 GHz	–160 dBm/Hz	–163 dBm/Hz
>4 GHz to 6.2 GHz	–159 dBm/Hz	–162 dBm/Hz
>6.2 GHz to 13 GHz	–159 dBm/Hz	–162 dBm/Hz
>13 GHz to 23 GHz	–157 dBm/Hz	–160 dBm/Hz
>23 GHz to 26.5 GHz	–153 dBm/Hz	–156 dBm/Hz

Residual response

Input terminated, RBW = 1 kHz, attenuator = 0 dB, reference level –30 dBm

500 kHz to 32 MHz, LF band: < –100 dBm (typical)
1 MHz to 80 MHz, RF band: < –75 dBm (typical)
>80 MHz to 200 MHz: < –95 dBm (typical)
>200 MHz to 3 GHz: –95 dBm
>3 GHz to 6.2 GHz (RSA5106B / RSA5115B / RSA5126B): –95 dBm
>6.2 GHz to 15 GHz (RSA5115B / RSA5126B): –95 dBm
>15 GHz to 26.5 GHz (RSA5126B): –95 dBm

Image response, up to 165 MHz bandwidth

Ref = –30 dBm, attenuator = 10 dB, RF input level = –30 dBm, RBW = 10 Hz.

100 Hz to 30 MHz: < –75 dBc
30 MHz to 3 GHz: < –75 dBc
>3 GHz to 6.2 GHz (RSA5106B): < –70 dBc
>6.2 GHz to 15 GHz (RSA5115B / RSA5126B): < –76 dBc
>15 GHz to 26.5 GHz (RSA5126B): < –72 dBc

Spurious response with signal at CF, offset ≥400 kHz¹²

	Span ≤25 MHz (Opt. B25)		Span ≤40 MHz (Opt. B40) ¹³		Opt. B85/B125/B16x¹³		Opt. B85HD, B125HD, B16xHD¹³
	Swept spans >25 MHz		Swept spans >40 MHz		40 MHz < span ≤ 160 MHz		40 MHz < span ≤160 MHz
Frequency	Specification	Typical	Specification	Typical	Specification	Typical	Typical
10 kHz to 32 MHz (LF band)	–80 dBc	–85 dBc	--	--	--	--	--
30 MHz to 3 GHz	–73 dBc	–80 dBc	–73 dBc	–80 dBc	–73 dBc	–75 dBc	–80 dBc
>3 GHz to 6.2 GHz (RSA5106B / RSA5115B / RSA5126B)	–73 dBc	–80 dBc	–73 dBc	–80 dBc	–73 dBc	–75 dBc	–80 dBc
6.2 GHz to 15 GHz (RSA5115B / RSA5126B)	–70 dBc	–80 dBc	–70 dBc	–80 dBc	–70 dBc	–73 dBc	–80 dBc
15 GHz to 26.5 GHz (RSA5126B)	–66 dBc	–76 dBc	–66 dBc	–76 dBc	–66 dBc	–73 dBc	–76 dBc

Spurious response with signal at CF (10 kHz ≤ offset < 400 kHz, Span = 1 MHz)¹²

Frequency	Typical
10 kHz to 32 MHz (LF band)	–75 dBc
30 MHz to 3 GHz	–75 dBc
3 GHz to 6.2 GHz (RSA5106B)	–75 dBc
6.2 GHz to 15 GHz (RSA5115B / RSA5126B)	–75 dBc
15 GHz to 26.5 GHz (RSA5126B)	–68 dBc

Spurious response with signal at Half-IF (3.532.75 GHz): <–80 dBc (RF input level, –30 dBm)

Spurious response with signal, other than CF (typical)

Frequency	Span ≤25MHz, swept spans >25MHz	Opt. B40, Span ≤40MHz, swept spans >40 MHz ¹⁴	Opt. B85, 40MHz < Span ≤ 85 MHz¹⁴	Opt. B16x, 85MHz < Span ≤ 165 MHz^14,¹⁵	Opt. B85HD, B125HD, B16xHD, 40 MHz < span ≤160 MHz¹⁴
1 MHz - 32 MHz (LF Band)	–80 dBc	--	--	--	--
30 MHz - 3 GHz	–80 dBc	–80 dBc	–76 dBc	–73 dBc	-80 dBc
3 GHz - 6.2 GHz (RSA5106B)	–80 dBc	–80 dBc	–76 dBc	–73 dBc	-80 dBc
6.2 GHz - 15 GHz (RSA5115B)	–80 dBc	–80 dBc	–73 dBc	–73 dBc	-80 dBc
15 GHz - 26.5 GHz (RSA5126B)	–76 dBc	–76 dBc	–73 dBc	–73 dBc	-76 dBc

Local oscillator feed-through to input connector (attenuator = 10 dB): < –60 dBm (RSA5103B / RSA5106B); < –90 dbm (RSA5115B / RSA5126B)

Adjacent channel leakage ratio dynamic range

Measured with test signal amplitude adjusted for optimum performance (CF = 2.13 GHz)

		ACLR, typical
Signal type, measurement mode		Adjacent	Alternate
3GPP downlink, 1 DPCH
	Uncorrected	–69 dB	–70 dB
	Noise corrected	–75 dB	–77 dB

IF frequency response and phase linearity, includes all preselection and image rejection filters¹⁶

Measurement frequency (GHz)	Acquisition bandwidth	Amplitude flatness (Spec)	Amplitude flatness (Typ, RMS)	Phase linearity (Typ, RMS)
0.001 to 0.032 (LF band)	≤20 MHz	±0.4 dB	0.3 dB	0.5°
Opt. B25
0.01 to 6.2 ¹⁷	≤300 kHz	±0.1 dB	0.05 dB	0.1°
0.03 to 6.2	≤25 MHz	±0.3 dB	0.2 dB	0.5°
Opt. B40
0.03 to 6.2	≤40 MHz	±0.3 dB	0.2 dB	0.5°
Opt. B85/B85HD
0.07 to 3.0	≤85 MHz	±0.5 dB	0.3 dB	1.5°
>3.0 to 6.2	≤85 MHz	±0.5 dB	0.4 dB	1.5°
Opt. B125/B125HD
0.07 to 6.2	≤125 MHz	±1.0 dB	0.70 dB	1.5°
Opt. B16x/B16xHD
0.07 to 6.2	≤165 MHz	±0.5 dB	0.4 dB	1.5°

RSA5115B / RSA5126B IF frequency response and phase linearity

Includes all preselection and image rejection filters ¹⁶

Measurement frequency (GHz)	Span	Amplitude flatness (Spec)	Amplitude flatness (Typ, RMS)	Phase linearity (Typ, RMS)
6.2 to 26.5	≤300 kHz	±0.10 dB¹⁷	0.05 dB	0.2°
6.2 to 26.5	≤25/40 MHz	±0.50 dB	0.40 dB	1.0°
6.2 to 26.5	≤80 MHz	±0.75 dB	0.70 dB	1.5°
6.2 to 26.5	≤125 MHz	±1.0 dB	0.70 dB	1.5°
6.2 to 26.5	≤165 MHz	±1.0 dB	0.70 dB	1.5°

DPX zero-span performance

Zero-span amplitude, frequency, phase performance (nominal)

Measurement BW range

100 Hz to maximum acquisition bandwidth of instrument

Time domain BW (TDBW) range

At least 1/10 to 1/10,000 of acquisition bandwidth, 1 Hz minimum

Time domain BW (TDBW) accuracy

±1%

Sweep time range

100 ns (minimum)

2000 s (maximum, Measurement BW >80 MHz)

Time accuracy

±(0.5% + Reference frequency accuracy)

Zero-span trigger timing uncertainty (Power trigger)

±(Zero-span sweep time/400) at trigger point

DPX frequency display range

±100 MHz maximum

DPX phase display range

±200 degrees maximum

DPX waveforms/s

50,000 triggered waveforms/s for sweep time ≤20 μs

DPX spectrogram trace detection: +Peak, –Peak, Avg (V_RMS)

DPX spectrogram trace length: 801 to 10401

DPX spectrogram memory depth: Trace length = 801: 60,000 traces; Trace length = 2401: 20,000 traces; Trace length = 4001: 12,000 traces; Trace length = 10401: 4,600 traces

Time resolution per line: User settable 125 µs to 6400 s

Maximum recording time vs line resolution: 7.5 seconds (801 points/trace, 125 μs/line) to 4444 days (801 points/trace, 6400 s/line)

Digital IQ Output (Opt. 65)

Connector type: MDR (3M) 50 pin × 2

Data output

Data is corrected for amplitude and phase response in real time

Data format: I data: 16 bit LVDS; Q data: 16 bit LVDS

Control output: Clock: LVDS, Max 50 MHz (200 MHz, Opt. B85, B16x) DV (Data valid), MSW (Most significant word) indicators, LVDS

Control input: IQ data output enabled, connecting GND enables output of IQ data

Clock rising edge to data transition time (Hold time): 8.4 ns (typical, Opt. B25 or B40), 1.58 ns (typical, Opt. B85 or B16x)

Data transition to clock rising edge (Setup time): 8.2 ns (typical, Opt. B25 or B40), 1.54 ns (typical, Opt. B85 or Opt. B16x)

Zero-span analog output (Opt. 66)

General information: Option 66 provides for a real-time analog representation of the detected output of the analyzer. This output is available when either the DPX spectrum or DPX zero span function is used in spans up to the maximum acquisition bandwidth. The bandwidth of the analog output is adjustable using the resolution bandwidth control of the DPX spectrum analyzer, or can be made independent of the spectrum analyzer. The output is "OFF" when the instrument is in swept spectrum analyzer mode, as it does not correspond to the output of the swept output

Connector type: BNC - Female

Output impedance: On: 50 Ω, Off: 5 kΩ

Output voltage

Typical: 1.0V @ 0 dBm input; 0 dBm reference level, 10 dB/div vertical scale, measured into a 50 Ω load. Full-scale voltage is relative to reference level.

Maximum: 1.25 V

Accuracy: ± 5% of full-scale voltage

Slope: 10 mV/dB; 10 dB/div vertical scale, measured into a 50 Ω load. Slope will vary with vertical scale setting.

Output range log fidelity: > 60 dB @ 1 GHz CF

Output log accuracy: ± 0.75 dB within range

Output delay accuracy

RF Input to Analog Out: ± (1 μs + 10%)

Output bandwidth: Up to maximum RBW

Continuous output: Continuous output for spans up to the maximum real-time acquisition bandwidth of the instrument.; Output is disabled for swept spans.

Output reverse power protection: ±20 V

AM/FM/PM and direct audio measurement (Opt. 10)

Analog demodulation

Carrier frequency range (for modulation and audio measurements): (1/2 × audio analysis bandwidth) to maximum input frequency
Maximum audio frequency span: 10 MHz

Audio filters

Low pass (kHz): 0.3, 3, 15, 30, 80, 300, and user-entered up to 0.9 × audio bandwidth
High pass (Hz): 20, 50, 300, 400, and user-entered up to 0.9 × audio bandwidth
Standard: CCITT, C-Message
De-emphasis (μs): 25, 50, 75, 750, and user-entered
File: User-supplied .TXT or .CSV file of amplitude/frequency pairs. Maximum 1000 pairs

FM Modulation Analysis (Modulation Index >0.1)

FM measurements: Carrier Power, Carrier Frequency Error, Audio Frequency, Deviation (+Peak, -Peak, Peak-Peak/2, RMS), SINAD, Modulation Distortion, S/N, Total Harmonic Distortion, Total Non-harmonic Distortion, Hum and Noise
Carrier power accuracy (10 MHz to 2 GHz, -20 to 0 dBm input power): ±0.85 dB
Carrier frequency accuracy (deviation: 1 to 10 kHz): ±0.5 Hz + (transmitter frequency × reference frequency error)
FM deviation accuracy (rate: 1 kHz to 1 MHz): ±(1% of (rate + deviation) + 50 Hz)
FM rate accuracy (deviation: 1 to 100 kHz): ±0.2 Hz

Residuals (FM) (rate: 1 to 10 kHz, deviation: 5 kHz)

THD: 0.10%
Distortion: 0.7%
SINAD: 43 dB

AM modulation analysis

AM measurements: Carrier Power, Audio Frequency, Modulation Depth (+Peak, –Peak, Peak-Peak/2, RMS), SINAD, Modulation Distortion, S/N, Total Harmonic Distortion, Total Non-harmonic Distortion, Hum and Noise
Carrier power accuracy (10 MHz to 2 GHz, –20 to 0 dBm input power): ±0.85 dB
AM depth accuracy (rate: 1 to 100 kHz, depth: 10% to 90%): ±0.2% + 0.01 × measured value
AM rate accuracy (rate: 1 kHz to 1 MHz, depth: 50%): ±0.2 Hz

Residuals (AM)

THD: 0.16%
Distortion: 0.13%
SINAD: 58 dB

PM modulation analysis

PM measurements: Carrier Power, Carrier Frequency Error, Audio Frequency, Deviation (+Peak, -Peak, Peak-Peak/2, RMS), SINAD, Modulation Distortion, S/N, Total Harmonic Distortion, Total Non-harmonic Distortion, Hum and Noise
Carrier power accuracy (10 MHz to 2 GHz, -20 to 0 dBm input power): ±0.85 dB
Carrier frequency accuracy (deviation: 0.628 rad): ±0.02 Hz + (transmitter frequency × reference frequency error)
PM deviation accuracy (rate: 10 to 20 kHz, deviation: 0.628 to 6 rad): ±100% × (0.005 + (rate / 1 MHz))
PM rate accuracy (rate: 1 to 10 kHz, deviation: 0.628 rad): ±0.2 Hz

Residuals (PM) (rate: 1 to 10 kHz, deviation: 0.628 rad)

THD: 0.1%
Distortion: 1%
SINAD: 40 dB

Direct audio input

Audio measurements: Signal power, Audio frequency (+Peak, –Peak, Peak-Peak/2, RMS), SINAD, Modulation distortion, S/N, Total harmonic distortion, Total non-harmonic distortion, Hum and Noise
Direct input frequency range (for audio measurements only): 1 Hz to 156 kHz
Maximum audio frequency span: 156 kHz
Audio frequency accuracy: ±0.2 Hz
Signal power accuracy: ±1.5 dB

Residuals (Rate: 1 to 10 kHz, Input level: 0.316 V)

THD: 0.1%
Distortion: 0.1%
SINAD: 60 dB

Phase noise and jitter measurement (Opt. 11)

Carrier frequency range: 1 MHz to maximum instrument frequency

Measurements: Carrier power, Frequency error, RMS phase noise, Jitter (time interval error), Residual FM

Residual Phase Noise: See Phase noise specifications

Phase noise and jitter integration bandwidth range: Minimum offset from carrier: 10 Hz; Maximum offset from carrier: 1 GHz

Number of traces: 2

Trace and measurement functions: Detection: average or ±Peak; Smoothing Averaging; Optimization: speed or dynamic range

Settling time, frequency, and phase (Opt. 12)¹⁸

Settled frequency uncertainty

95% confidence (typical), at stated measurement frequencies, bandwidths, and # of averages

	Frequency uncertainty at stated measurement bandwidth
Measurement frequency, averages	85 MHz	10 MHz	1 MHz	100 kHz
1 GHz
Single measurement	2 kHz	100 Hz	10 Hz	1 Hz
100 averages	200 Hz	10 Hz	1 Hz	0.1 Hz
1000 averages	50 Hz	2 Hz	1 Hz	0.05 Hz
10 GHz
Single measurement	5 kHz	100 Hz	10 Hz	5 Hz
100 averages	300 Hz	10 Hz	1 Hz	0.5 Hz
1000 averages	100 Hz	5 Hz	0.5 Hz	0.1 Hz
20 GHz
Single measurement	2 kHz	100 Hz	10 Hz	5 Hz
100 averages	200 Hz	10 Hz	1 Hz	0.5 Hz
1000 averages	100 Hz	5 Hz	0.5 Hz	0.2 Hz

Settled phase uncertainty

95% confidence (Typical), at stated measurement frequencies, bandwidths, and # of averages

	Frequency uncertainty at stated measurement bandwidth
Measurement frequency, averages	85 MHz	10 MHz	1 MHz
1 GHz
Single measurement	1.00°	0.50°	0.50°
100 averages	0.10°	0.05°	0.05°
1000 averages	0.05°	0.01°	0.01°
10 GHz
Single measurement	1.50°	1.00°	0.50°
100 averages	0.20°	0.10°	0.05°
1000 averages	0.10°	0.05°	0.02°
20 GHz
Single measurement	1.00°	0.50°	0.50°
100 averages	0.10°	0.05°	0.05°
1000 averages	0.05°	0.02°	0.02°

Gain and Noise Figure (Option 14)

Measurements (tabular): Noise Figure, Gain, Y-Factor, Noise Temperature, P-Hot, P-Cold

Measurements (displays): Noise Figure, Gain, Y-Factor, Noise Temperature, Uncertainty Calculator

Single frequency measurements: When Single Frequency mode is selected, each display acts as a meter and single-value readout for each selected trace in the measurement

Measurement configurations: Direct, Up-Converter, Down-Converter

Frequency modes: Single Frequency, Swept (Center+Span or Start-Stop), Frequency Table; 1 to 999 measurement points

Noise source: Constant ENR or tabular entry; entry fields for noise source model and type

Noise sources supported: NoiseCom NC346 series and similar models from other manufacturers

Noise source control: +28 V switched output, rear panel

External gain/loss tables: 3 tables or constants available for gain or loss

Measurement control settings: Source settling time, reference temperature, RBW(50 Hz to 10 MHz), Average count(1 to 100)

Instrument input control settings: Attenuator value, Preamp On/Off

Trace controls: 3 traces per display: Ave(V_RMS), Max-hold, Min-hold trace functions

Display scaling: Auto or manual: Auto resets scale after each measurement

Markers: Up to 5 markers on any trace; Absolute and Delta marker functions

Limit mask testing: Positive and negative limits may be applied to noise figure, gain, Y-factor traces; limits and Pass/Fail indicated on screen

Uncertainty calculator: Provides noise figure and gain measurement uncertainty based on user-entered values for ENR, external preamp, external preamp, and spectrum analyzer parameters

Application preset for Noise Figure and Gain: Sets the analyzer to measure Gain, Noise Figure, and the Measurement Table. Sets attenuation to zero, preamplifier ON, and acquisition mode to best for minimum noise

Performance

Specification	Description
Frequency range	10 MHz to maximum frequency of instrument (nominal)
Noise figure measurement range	0 to 30 dB (nominal)
Gain measurement range	-10 to 30 dB (nominal)
Noise figure and gain measurement resolution	0.01 dB (nominal)
Noise figure measurement error	±0.1 dB (typical) ¹⁹
Gain measurement error	±0.1 dB (typical) ¹⁹

Note: These conditions for Noise Figure and Gain specifications apply: Operating temperature 18 to 28 deg. C, after 20 minute warmup with internal preamp ON, immediately after internal alignment. Specified error includes only the error of the spectrum analyzer. Uncertainty from errors in ENR source level, external amplifier gain, low SN ratio and measurement system mismatch are not included, and can all be estimated using the uncertainty calculator included in the software.

Pulse measurements (Opt. 20)

Measurements: Average on power, Peak power, Average transmitted power, Pulse width, Rise time, Fall time, Repetition interval (seconds), Repetition rate (Hz), Duty factor (%), Duty factor (ratio), Ripple (dB), Ripple (%), Droop (dB), Droop (%), Overshoot (dB), Overshoot (%), Pulse frequency, Delta frequency, Pulse-Ref Pulse frequency difference, Pulse-Ref Pulse Phase difference, Pulse-Pulse frequency difference, Pulse-Pulse phase difference, RMS frequency error, Max frequency error, RMS phase error, Max phase error, Frequency deviation, Phase deviation, Impulse response (dB), Impulse response (time), Time stamp

Minimum pulse width for detection: 150 ns (Opt. B25/B40), 50 ns (Opt. B85/B16x)

Number of pulses²⁰: 1 to 200,000; offline analysis of more than 40,000 continuous pulses is recommended using fast frame mode and fast save option

System rise time (typical): <40 ns (Opt. B25), <25 ns (Opt. B40), <12 ns (Opt. B85), <7 ns (Opt. B16x)

Pulse measurement accuracy: Signal conditions: Unless otherwise stated, Pulse width >450 ns (150 ns, Opt. B85/B16x), S/N Ratio ≥30 dB, Duty cycle 0.5 to 0.001, Temperature 18 °C to 28 °C

Impulse response

Measurement range: 15 to 40 dB across the width of the chirp

Measurement accuracy (typical): ±2 dB for a signal 40 dB in amplitude and delayed 1% to 40% of the pulse chirp width ²¹

Impulse response weighting: Taylor window

Pulse measurement performance

Pulse amplitude and timing (typical)

Average on power²²: ±0.3 dB + Absolute amplitude accuracy
Average transmitted power²²: ±0.4 dB + Absolute amplitude accuracy
Peak power²²: ±0.4 dB + Absolute amplitude accuracy
Pulse width: ±0.25% of reading
Duty factor: ±0.2% of reading

Frequency and phase error referenced to nonchirped signal

At stated frequencies and measurement bandwidths ²³, typical, 95% confidence

Bandwidth	CF	RMS frequency error	Pulse to pulse frequency	Pulse to pulse delta frequency	Pulse to pulse phase
25 MHz	2 GHz	±2.5 kHz	±15 kHz	±500 Hz	±0.2°
	10 GHz	±2.5 kHz	±20 kHz	±1.5 kHz	±0.5°
	20 GHz	±3.5 kHz	±25 kHz	±2 kHz	±0.8°
40 MHz	2 GHz	±3.5 kHz	±20 kHz	±1 kHz	±0.2°
	10 GHz	±5 kHz	±30 kHz	±2 kHz	±0.5°
	20 GHz	±7.5 kHz	±40 kHz	±3 kHz	±0.8°
60 MHz	2 GHz	±8 kHz	±50 kHz	±1.5 kHz	±0.3°
	10 GHz	±15 kHz	±75 kHz	±3 kHz	±0.5°
	20 GHz	±20 kHz	±100 kHz	±4 kHz	±0.8°
85 MHz	2 GHz	±15 kHz	±100 kHz	±2 kHz	±0.3°
	10 GHz	±20 kHz	±125 kHz	±3 kHz	±0.5°
	20 GHz	±25 kHz	±175 kHz	±4 kHz	±0.8°
160 MHz	2 GHz	±20 kHz	±100 kHz	±4.5 kHz	±0.3°
	10 GHz	±25 kHz	±125 kHz	±6 kHz	±0.5°
	20 GHz	±40 kHz	±175 kHz	±8 kHz	±0.8°

Frequency and phase error referenced to a linear chirp

At stated frequencies and measurement bandwidths ²⁴, typical

Bandwidth	CF	RMS frequency error	Pulse to pulse frequency	Pulse to pulse phase
25 MHz	2 GHz	±5 kHz	±15 kHz	±0.25°
	10 GHz	±8 kHz	±20 kHz	±0.5°
	20 GHz	±10 kHz	±25 kHz	±0.8°
40 MHz	2 GHz	±5 kHz	±20 kHz	±0.25°
	10 GHz	±8 kHz	±30 kHz	±0.5°
	20 GHz	±10 kHz	±50 kHz	±0.8°
60 MHz	2 GHz	±25 kHz	±125 kHz	±0.3°
	10 GHz	±30 kHz	±150 kHz	±0.5°
	20 GHz	±30 kHz	±150 kHz	±0.8°
85 MHz	2 GHz	±25 kHz	±125 kHz	±0.3°
	10 GHz	±30 kHz	±150 kHz	±0.5°
	20 GHz	±30 kHz	±175 kHz	±0.8°
160 MHz	2 GHz	±35 kHz	±125 kHz	±0.3°
	10 GHz	±40 kHz	±150 kHz	±0.5°
	20 GHz	±40 kHz	±200 kHz	±0.8°

Digital modulation analysis (Opt. 21)

Modulation formats: π/2DBPSK, BPSK, SBPSK, QPSK, DQPSK, π/4DQPSK, D8PSK, D16PSK, 8PSK, OQPSK, SOQPSK, CPM, 16/32-APSK, 16/32/64/128/256QAM, MSK, GMSK, 2-FSK, 4-FSK, 8-FSK, 16-FSK, C4FM

Analysis period: Up to 81,000 samples

Filter types

Measurement filters: Square-root raised cosine, Raised cosine, Gaussian, Rectangular, IS-95, IS-95 EQ, C4FM-P25, Half-sine, None, User defined
Reference filters: Raised cosine, Gaussian, Rectangular, IS-95, SBPSK-MIL, SOQPSK-MIL, SOQPSK-ARTM, none, user defined

Alpha/B*T range: 0.001 to 1, 0.001 step

Measurements: Constellation, Error Vector Magnitude (EVM) vs. Time, Modulation error ratio (MER), Magnitude error vs. Time, Phase error vs. Time, Signal quality, Symbol table, Rho; FSK only: Frequency deviation, Symbol timing error

Symbol rate range: 1 kS/s to 100 MS/s (modulated signal must be contained entirely within acquisition BW of the instrument)

QPSK residual EVM²⁵

100 kHz symbol rate: <0.35%
1 MHz symbol rate: <0.35%
10 MHz symbol rate: <0.4%
30 MHz symbol rate (Opt. B40/B85/B16x): <0.75%
60 MHz symbol rate (Opt. B85/B16x): <1.0%
120 MHz symbol rate (Opt. B16x): <1.5%

Offset QPSK residual EVM²⁵

100 kHz symbol rate, 200 kHz measurement BW: <0.5%
1 MHz symbol rate, 2 MHz measurement BW: <0.5%
10 MHz symbol rate, 20 MHz measurement BW: <1.1%

256 QAM residual EVM²⁶

10 MHz symbol rate: <0.4%
30 MHz symbol rate (Opt. B40/B85/B16x): <0.6%
60 MHz symbol rate (Opt. B85/B16x): <0.6%
120 MHz symbol rate (Opt. B16x): <1.0%

S-OQPSK (MIL) residual EVM²⁷

4 kHz symbol rate, 64 kHz measurement bandwidth, CF = 250 MHz: <0.3%
20 kHz symbol rate, 320 kHz measurement bandwidth, CF = 2 GHz: <0.5%
100 kHz symbol rate, 1.6 MHz measurement bandwidth, CF = 2 GHz: <0.5%
1 MHz symbol rate, 16 MHz measurement bandwidth, CF = 2 GHz: <0.5%

S-OQPSK (ARTM) residual EVM²⁷

4 kHz symbol rate, 64 kHz measurement bandwidth, CF = 250 MHz: <0.3%
20 kHz symbol rate, 320 kHz measurement bandwidth, CF = 2 GHz: <0.4%
100 kHz symbol rate, 1.6 MHz measurement bandwidth, CF = 2 GHz: <0.4%
1 MHz symbol rate, 16 MHz measurement bandwidth, CF = 2 GHz: <0.4%

S-BPSK (MIL) residual EVM²⁸

4 kHz symbol rate, 64 kHz measurement bandwidth, CF = 250 MHz: <0.25%
20 kHz symbol rate, 320 kHz measurement bandwidth, CF = 2 GHz: <0.5%
100 kHz symbol rate, 1.6 MHz measurement bandwidth, CF = 2 GHz: <0.5%
1 MHz symbol rate, 1.6 MHz measurement bandwidth, CF = 2 GHz: <0.5%

CPM (MIL) residual EVM²⁸

4 kHz symbol rate, 64 kHz measurement bandwidth, CF = 250 MHz: <0.3%
20 kHz symbol rate, 320 kHz measurement bandwidth, CF = 2 GHz: <0.4%
100 kHz symbol rate, 1.6 MHz measurement bandwidth, CF = 2 GHz: <0.4%
1 MHz symbol rate, 16 MHz measurement bandwidth, CF = 2 GHz: <0.4%

2/4/8/16 FSK residual RMS FSK error²⁹

2FSK, 10 kHz symbol rate, 10 kHz frequency deviation, CF = 2 GHz: <0.3%

4/8/16FSK, 10 kHz symbol rate, 10 kHz frequency deviation, CF = 2 GHz: <0.4%

Adaptive equalizer

Type: Linear, decision-directed, feed-forward (FIR) equalizer with co-efficient adaptation and adjustable convergence rate

Modulation types supported: BPSK, QPSK, OQPSK, π/2DBPSK, π/4DQPSK, 8PSK, 8DPSK, 16DPSK, 16/32/64/128/256QAM

Reference filters for all modulation types except OQPSK: Raised cosine, rectangular, none

Reference filters for OQPSK: Raised cosine, half sine

Filter length: 3 to 2001 taps

Taps/Symbol: raised cosine, half sine: 1, 2, 4, 8

Taps/Symbol: rectangular filter, no filter: 1

Equalizer controls: Off, train, hold, reset

Flexible OFDM (Opt. 22)

Recallable standards: WiMAX 802.16-2004, WLAN 802.11 a/g/j

Parameter settings: Guard interval, subcarrier spacing, channel bandwidth

Advanced parameter settings

Carrier detect: 802.11, 802.16-2004 - Auto-detect; Manual select BPSK; QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM

Channel estimation: Preamble, Preamble + Data

Pilot tracking: Phase, Amplitude, Timing

Frequency correction: On, Off

Summary measurements

Symbol clock error, Frequency error, Average power, Peak-to-Average, CPE

EVM (RMS and peak) for all carriers, plot carriers, data carriers

OFDM parameters: Number of carriers, Guard interval (%), Subcarrier spacing (Hz), FFT Length

Power (Average, Peak-to-Average)

Displays: EVM vs symbol, vs subcarrier; Subcarrier power vs symbol, vs subcarrier; Mag error vs symbol, vs subcarrier; Phase error vs symbol, vs subcarrier; Channel frequency response

Residual EVM: -49 dB (WiMAX 802.16-2004, 5 MHz BW); -49 dB (WLAN 802.11g, 20 MHz BW); Signal input power optimized for best EVM

WLAN IEEE802.11a/b/g/j/p (Opt. 23)

Modulation formats: DBPSK (DSSS-1M), DQPSK (DSSS-2M), CCK 5.5M, CCK 11M , OFDM (BPSK, QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM)

Measurements and displays

Burst index, Burst power, Peak to average burst power, IQ origin offset, Frequency error, Common pilot error, Symbol clock error

RMS and Peak EVM for Pilots/Data, Peak EVM located per symbol and subcarrier

Packet header format information

Average power and RMS EVM per section of the header

WLAN power vs time, WLAN symbol table, WLAN constellation

Spectrum emission mask, spurious

Error Vector Magnitude (EVM) vs symbol (or time), vs subcarrier (or frequency)

Mag error vs symbol (or time), vs subcarrier (or frequency)

Phase error vs symbol (or time), vs subcarrier (or frequency)

WLAN channel frequency response vs symbol (or time), vs subcarrier (or frequency)

WLAN spectral flatness vs symbol (or time), vs subcarrier (or frequency)

Residual EVM - 802.11b (CCK-11 Mbps)

RMS-EVM over 1000 chips, EQ On

Signal input power optimized for best EVM

2.4 GHz:: 1%(–40 dB) typical, 0.9% (–40.9 dB) typical-mean

Residual EVM - 802.11a/g/j (OFDM, 20 MHz, 64-QAM)

RMS-EVM averaged over 20 bursts, 16 symbols each

Signal input power optimized for best EVM

2.4 GHz: –49 dB typical, –50 dB typical-mean
5.8 GHz: –49 dB typical, –50 dB typical-mean

WLAN IEEE802.11n (Opt. 24)

Modulation formats: OFDM (BPSK, QPSK, 16 or 64QAM)

Measurements and displays

Burst index, Burst power, Peak to average burst power, IQ origin offset, Frequency error, Common pilot error, Symbol clock error

RMS and Peak EVM for Pilots/Data, Peak EVM located per symbol and subcarrier

Packet header format information

Average power and RMS EVM per section of the header

WLAN power vs time, WLAN symbol table, WLAN constellation

Spectrum emission mask, spurious

Error Vector Magnitude (EVM) vs symbol (or time), vs subcarrier (or frequency)

Mag error vs symbol (or time), vs subcarrier (or frequency)

Phase error vs symbol (or time), vs subcarrier (or frequency)

WLAN channel frequency response vs symbol (or time), vs subcarrier (or frequency)

WLAN spectral flatness vs symbol (or time), vs subcarrier (or frequency)

Residual EVM - 802.11n (40 MHz, 64-QAM)

RMS-EVM over averaged over 20 bursts, 16 symbols each

Signal input power optimized for best EVM

5.8 GHz: –48 dB typical, –48.5 dB typical-mean

WLAN IEEE802.11ac (Opt. 25)

Modulation formats: OFDM (BPSK, QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM, 256QAM)

Measurements and displays

Burst index, Burst power, Peak to average burst power, IQ origin offset, Frequency error, Common pilot error, Symbol clock error

RMS and Peak EVM for Pilots/Data, Peak EVM located per symbol and subcarrier

Packet header format information

Average power and RMS EVM per section of the header

WLAN power vs time, WLAN symbol table, WLAN constellation

Spectrum emission mask, spurious

Error Vector Magnitude (EVM) vs symbol (or time), vs subcarrier (or frequency)

Mag error vs symbol (or time), vs subcarrier (or frequency)

Phase error vs symbol (or time), vs subcarrier (or frequency)

WLAN channel frequency response vs symbol (or time), vs subcarrier (or frequency)

WLAN spectral flatness vs symbol (or time), vs subcarrier (or frequency)

Residual EVM - 802.11ac

RMS-EVM averaged over 20 bursts, 16 symbols each

Signal input power optimized for best EVM

5.8 GHz (80 MHz, 256-QAM): –48 dB typical, –48.5 dB typical-mean
5.8 GHz (160 MHz, 256-QAM): –45 dB typical, –45.5 dB typical-mean

EMC pre-compliance and troubleshooting (Opt. 32)

EMC pre-compliance and troubleshooting

Standards: EN55011, EN55012, EN55013, EN55014, EN55015, EN55025, EN55032, EN60601, DEF STAN, FCC Part 15, FCC Part18, MIL-STD 461G
Features: EMC-EMI display, Wizard to setup accessories and limit lines, Inspect, Harmonic Markers, Level Target, Compare Traces, Measure Ambient, Report generation, Re-measure Spot
Detectors: +Peak, Avg, Avg (of logs), Avg (VRMS), CISPR QuasiPeak, CISPR Peak, CISPR Average, CISPR Average of Logs, MIL +Peak, DEF STAN Avg, DEF STAN Peak
Limit lines: Up to 3 Limit Lines with corresponding margins
Resolution BW: Set per standard or user definable
Dwell time: Set per standard or user definable
Report format: PDF, HTML, MHT,RTF, XLSX, Image File format
Accessory type: Antenna, Near Field Probe, Cable, Amplifier, Limiter, Attenuator, Filter, Other
Correction format: Gain/Loss Constant, Gain/loss table, Antenna Factor
Traces: Save/recall up to 5 traces, Math trace (trace1 minus trace2), Ambient trace

APCO P25 (Option 26)

Modulation formats: Phase 1 (C4FM), Phase 2 (HCPM, HDQPSK)

Measurements and displays

RF output power, operating frequency accuracy, modulation emission spectrum,

unwanted emissions spurious, adjacent channel power ratio, frequency deviation,

modulation fidelity, frequency error, eye diagram, symbol table, symbol rate accuracy,

transmitter power and encoder attack time, transmitter throughput delay, frequency

deviation vs. time, power vs. time, transient frequency behavior, HCPM transmitter logical

channel peak adjacent channel power ratio, HCPM transmitter logical channel off slot power,

HCPM transmitter logical channel power envelope, HCPM transmitter logical channel time alignment

Residual modulation fidelity

Phase 1 (C4FM): ≤1.0% typical

Phase 2 (HCPM): ≤0.5% typical

Phase 2 (HDQPSK): ≤0.4% typical

Adjacent channel power ratio ³⁰

25 kHz offset from the center and bandwidth of 6 kHz: Phase 1 (C4FM): -74 dBc typical; Phase 2 (HCPM): -74 dBc typical; Phase 2 (HDQPSK): -75 dBc typical

62.5 kHz offset from the center and bandwidth of 6 kHz: -75 dBc typical

Bluetooth (Options 27 and 31)

Modulation formats Bluetooth: Basic Rate, Bluetooth Low Energy, Enhanced Data Rate - Revision 4.2, Bluetooth® 5 when option 31 is enabled

Measurements and displays

Peak power, average power, adjacent channel power or inband emission mask,

-20 dB bandwidth, frequency error, modulation characteristics including ΔF1avg (11110000),

ΔF2avg (10101010), ΔF2 > 115 kHz, ΔF2/ΔF1 ratio, frequency deviation vs. time with packet and octet

level measurement information, carrier frequency f0, frequency offset (Preamble and Payload), max

frequency offset, frequency drift f₁-f₀, max drift rate f_n-f₀ and f_n-f_n-5, center frequency

offset table and frequency drift table, color-coded symbol table, packet header decoding information,

eye diagram, constellation diagram

Output power (average and peak)

Level uncertainty: Refer to instrument amplitude and flatness specification
Measurement range: > -70 dBm

Modulation characteristics (ΔF₁avg, ΔF₂avg, ΔF₂avg/ ΔF₁avg, ΔF₂max ≥115 kHz)

Deviation range: ± 280 kHz
Deviation uncertainty (at 0 dBm): < 2 kHz + instrument freq. uncertainty
Measurement resolution: 10 Hz
Measurement range: Nominal channel frequency ±100 kHz

Initial Carrier Frequency Tolerance (ICFT)

Measurement uncertainty (at 0 dBm): <1 kHz + instrument frequency uncertainty
Measurement resolution: 10 Hz
Measurement range: Nominal channel frequency ±100 kHz

Carrier frequency drift

Supported measurements: Max freq. offset, drift f₁- f₀, max drift f_n-f₀, max drift f_n-f_n-5 (50 μs)
Measurement uncertainty: < 1 kHz + instrument frequency uncertainty
Measurement resolution: 10 Hz
Measurement range: Nominal channel frequency ±100 kHz

In-band emissions and ACP

Level uncertainty: Refer to instrument amplitude and flatness specification

LTE Downlink RF measurements (Opt. 28)

Standard Supported: 3GPP TS 36.141 Version 12.5

Frame Format supported: FDD and TDD

Measurements and Displays Supported: Adjacent Channel Leakage Ratio (ACLR), Spectrum Emission Mask (SEM), Channel Power, Occupied Bandwidth (OBW), Error Vector Magnitude (EVM), Modulation Accuracy, Adjacent Channel Power (ACP), Power vs. Time is for uplink only showing Transmitter OFF power for TDD signals and LTE constellation diagram for PSS, SSS with Cell ID, Group ID, Sector ID, and Frequency Error.

ACLR with E-UTRA bands (Nominal, with Noise Correction)

1st Adjacent Channel: 73 dB
2nd Adjacent Channel: 74 dB

5G NR Uplink/Downlink measurements (RSA5BUP Opt. 5GNR)

Standard supported

TS 38.141-1 for BS and 38.521-1 for UE

Modulation accuracy

Sec 6.5.2 for BS and Sec 6.4.2 for UE.

ACP

Sec 6.6.3 for BS and Sec 6.5.2.4 for UE

Frame format supported

Uplink (FDD and TDD)

Downlink (FDD and TDD)

Measurements and displays supported

Channel Power (CHP), Adjacent Channel Power (ACP), Power Vs Time (PVT)², Modulation Accuracy (including Error Vector Magnitude (EVM), Frequency Error, IQ Error), EVM vs. Symbol, Occupied Bandwidth (OBW), Spectral Emission Mask (SEM), Constellation Diagram, and summary table with scalar results.

EVM (typical)

1 GHz	3.5 GHz	5 GHz	7 GHz
0.40%	0.41%	0.46%	0.53%

For RSA5100B Series Spectrum Analyzers: ≤44.4 dB rms EVM from 1 GHz to 7 GHz

ACLR (typical)

<-48dBc for 1GHz to 7 GHz , 100 MHz CC1, 256 QAM, -9 dBm to -27 dBm channel power, within -1 dB of full scale.

Mapping and field strength (Option MAP)

RF field strength

Signal strength indicator: Located at right-side of display
Measurement bandwidth: Up to 165 MHz, dependent on span and RBW setting
Tone type: Variable frequency

Mapping

Map types directly supported

Pitney Bowes MapInfo (*.mif), Bitmap (*.bmp), Open Street Maps (.osm)

Saved measurement results

Measurement data files (exported results)

Map file used for the measurements

Google earth KMZ file

Recallable results files (trace and setup files)

MapInfo-compatible MIF/MID files

Analog modulation analysis accuracy (typical)

AM: ±2% (0 dBm input at center, carrier frequency 1 GHz, 10 to 60% modulation depth)

FM: ±1% of span (0 dBm input at center); (Carrier frequency 1 GHz, 400 Hz/1 kHz Input/Modulated frequency)

PM: ±3° (0 dBm input at center); (Carrier frequency 1 GHz, 1 kHz/5 kHz Input/Modulated frequency)

Inputs and outputs

Front panel

Display: Touch panel, 10.4 in. (264 mm)
RF input connector: N-type female, 50 Ω (RSA5103B, RSA5106B); N-Type Female Planar Crown (RSA5115B); 3.5mm Female Planar Crown (RSA5126B)
Trigger out: BNC, High: >2.0 V, Low: <0.4 V, Output current 1 mA (LVTTL)
Trigger in: BNC, 50 Ω/5 kΩ impedance (nominal), ±5 V max input, -2.5 V to +2.5 V trigger level
USB ports: (2) USB 2.0
Audio: Speaker

Rear panel

10 MHz REF OUT: 50 Ω, BNC, >0 dBm
External REF IN: 50 Ω, 10 MHz, BNC
Trig 2 / gate IN: BNC, High: 1.6 to 5.0 V, Low: 0 to 0.5 V
GPIB interface: IEEE 488.2
LAN interface ethernet: RJ45, 10/100/1000BASE-T
USB ports: (2) USB 2.0
VGA output: VGA compatible, 15 DSUB
Audio out: 3.5 mm headphone jack
Noise source drive: BNC, +28 V, 140 mA (nominal); Turn ON time: 100 μs, Turn OFF time: 500 μs
Digital I and Q out: 2 connectors, LVDS (Opt. 65)
Analog Zero Span Out: 1 connector, BNC (Opt. 66)

General characteristics

Temperature range

Operating: +5 °C to +40 °C
Storage: –20 °C to +60 °C

Warm-up time: 20 minutes

Altitude

Operating: Up to 3000 m (approximately 10,000 ft.)
Nonoperating: Up to 12,190 m (40,000 ft.)

Relative humidity

Operating and nonoperating: +40 °C at 95% relative humidity, meets intent of EN 60068-2-30.³¹

Vibration

Operating (except when equipped with option 56 removable SSD): 0.22G_RMS . Profile = 0.00010 g² /Hz at 5-350 Hz, -3 dB/Octave slope from 350-500 Hz, 0.00007 g² /Hz at 500 Hz, 3 Axes at 10 min/axis
Nonoperating: 2.28G_RMS . Profile = 0.0175 g² /Hz at 5-100 Hz, -3 dB/Octave slope from 100-200 Hz, 0.00875 g² /Hz at 200-350 Hz,-3 dB/Octave slope from 350-500 Hz, 0.006132 g² /Hz at 500 Hz, 3 Axes at 10 min/axis

Shock

Operating: 15 G, half-sine, 11 ms duration, three shocks per axis in each direction (18 shocks total)
Nonoperating: 30 G, half-sine, 11 ms duration, three shocks per axis in each direction (18 shocks total)

Data storage: Internal HDD (Opt. 61), USB ports, removable SSD (Opt. 60)

Power

Power requirements

90 V_AC to 264 V_AC, 50 Hz to 60 Hz

90 V_AC to 132 V_AC, 400 Hz

Power consumption: 400 W max

EMC and safety compliance

Safety: UL 61010-1:2004; CSA C22.2 No.61010-1-04

Electromagnetic compatibility, complies with: EU council EMC Directive 2004/108/EC; EN61326, CISPR 11, Class A; ACMA (Australia/New Zealand); FCC 47CFR, Part 15, Subpart B, Class A (USA)

Physical characteristics

With feet

Dimensions (with feet)

Height: 282 mm (11.1 in.)
Width: 473 mm (18.6 in.)
Depth: 531 mm (20.9 in.)

Weight: 29 kg (64.7 lb.) With all options.

Ordering information

Models

RSA5103B: Real Time Signal Analyzer, 1 Hz to 3 GHz
RSA5106B: Real Time Signal Analyzer, 1 Hz to 6.2 GHz
RSA5115B: Real Time Signal Analyzer, 1 Hz to 15 GHz
RSA5126B: Real Time Signal Analyzer, 1 Hz to 26.5 GHz

All Include: Quick-start Manual (Printed), Application Guide, Printable Online Help File, Programmer's manual (on CD), power cord, BNC-N adapter, Front Cover.

RSA5115B also includes: Planar Crown RF Input Connector - Type N Female PN 131-4329-00

RSA5126B also includes: Planar Crown RF Input Connector - 3.5 mm Female

Note: Please specify power plug and language options when ordering.

Warranty

One year

Options, accessories, and upgrades

Options

Product	Options	Description
RSA5103B		Real Time Signal Analyzer, 1 Hz to 3 GHz
RSA5106B		Real Time Signal Analyzer, 1 Hz to 6.2 GHz
RSA5115B		Real Time Signal Analyzer, 1 Hz to 15 GHz
RSA5126B		Real Time Signal Analyzer, 1 Hz to 26.5 GHz
	Opt. B25	25 MHz Acquisition Bandwidth (no-cost option)
	Opt. B40	40 MHz Acquisition Bandwidth
	Opt. B85	85 MHz Acquisition Bandwidth
	Opt. B125	125 MHz Acquisition Bandwidth
	Opt. B16x	165 MHz Acquisition Bandwidth
	Opt. B85HD	85 MHz Acquisition Bandwidth, High Dynamic Range
	Opt. B125HD	125 MHz Acquisition Bandwidth, High Dynamic Range
	Opt. B16xHD	165 MHz Acquisition Bandwidth, High Dynamic Range
	Opt. 300	High performance real time (Opt. 09 required)
	Opt. 09	Enhanced Real Time
	Opt. 10	AM/FM/PM Modulation and Audio Measurements (Opt. 300 required)
	Opt. 11	Phase Noise / Jitter Measurement
	Opt. 12	Settling Time (Frequency and Phase)
	Opt. 14	Noise Figure and Gain (Internal preamp recommended)
	Opt. 20	Pulse Measurements
	Opt. 21	General Purpose Modulation Analysis
	Opt. 22	Flexible OFDM Analysis
	Opt. 23	WLAN 802.11a/b/g/j/p measurement application
	Opt. 24	WLAN 802.11n measurement application (requires opt 23)
	Opt. 25	WLAN 802.11ac measurement application (requires opt 24)
	Opt. 26	APCO P25 measurement application
	Opt. 27	Bluetooth Basic LE Tx Measurements
	Opt. 28	LTE Downlink RF measurements
	Opt. 31	Bluetooth 5 Measurements (requires opt 27)
	Opt. 32	EMC pre-compliance and troubleshooting
	Opt. MAP	Mapping and signal strength
	Opt. 50	Internal Preamp, 1 MHz to 3/6.2 GHz, RSA5103B/5106B only
	Opt. 51	Internal Preamp, 1 MHz to 15/26.5 GHz, RSA5115B/5126B only
	Opt. 53	Memory Extension, 4 GB Acquisition Memory Total
	Opt. 60³²	Removable SSD, incompatible with Opt. 61
	Opt. 61³²	Internal HDD, incompatible with Opt. 60 (no cost option)
	Opt. 65	Digital I and Q outputs
	Opt. 66	Zero-span analog output
	Opt. 6566	Digital I and Q outputs and Zero-span analog output
	Opt. PFR	Precision Frequency Reference
	Opt. 54	Signal Classification and Survey

International power plugs

Opt. A0: North America power plug (115 V, 60 Hz)
Opt. A1: Universal Euro power plug (220 V, 50 Hz)
Opt. A2: United Kingdom power plug (240 V, 50 Hz)
Opt. A3: Australia power plug (240 V, 50 Hz)
Opt. A4: North America power plug (240 V, 50 Hz)
Opt. A5: Switzerland power plug (220 V, 50 Hz)
Opt. A6: Japan power plug (100 V, 50/60 Hz)
Opt. A10: China power plug (50 Hz)
Opt. A11: India power plug (50 Hz)
Opt. A12: Brazil power plug (60 Hz)
Opt. A99: No power cord

Language options

Opt. L0: English manual
Opt. L3: Japanese manual
Opt. L5: Simplified Chinese manual
Opt. L7: Russian manual

Service options

Opt. C3: Calibration Service 3 Years
Opt. C5: Calibration Service 5 Years
Opt. CA1: Single Calibration or Functional Verification
Opt. D1: Calibration Data Report
Opt. D3: Calibration Data Report 3 Years (with Opt. C3)
Opt. D5: Calibration Data Report 5 Years (with Opt. C5)
Opt. G3: Complete Care 3 Years (includes loaner, scheduled calibration, and more)
Opt. G5: Complete Care 5 Years (includes loaner, scheduled calibration, and more)
Opt. R5: Repair Service 5 Years (including warranty)

Recommended accessories

RTPA2A Spectrum Analyzer Probe Adapter compatibility: Supports TekConnect^® probes.; Compatibility: P7225 - 2.5 GHz Active Probe, P7240 - 4 GHz Active Probe, P7260 - 6 GHz Active Probe, P7330 - 3.5 GHz Differential Probe, P7350 - 5 GHz Differential Probe, P7350SMA - 5 GHz Differential SMA Probe, P7340A - 4 GHz Z-Active Differential Probe, P7360A - 6 GHz Z-Active Differential Probe, P7380A - 8 GHz Z-Active Differential Probe, P7380SMA - 8 GHz Differential Signal Acquisition System, P7313 - >12.5 GHz Z-Active Differential Probe, P7313SMA - 13 GHz Differential SMA Probe, P7500 Series - 4 GHz to 20 GHz TriMode Probes

SignalVu-PC: Software based on the RSA5000 Series Real Time Spectrum Analyzers puts the power of your RTSA signal analysis tools on your Windows 64-bit PC. Performs measurements on stored signals from RSA3000/5000/6000 series, RSA306/306B, RSA500A/600A series, RSA7100A, and MDO4000B/C oscilloscope RF captures.

Additional Removable Hard Drive: Order RSA5BUP Opt. SSD. This is an additional solid-state drive for instrument with Option 56 installed. (Windows 7 and instrument software preinstalled).

DC Block: Order 119-7902-00. 9 kHz-18 GHz. Type N Male to Type N Female. Voltage Rating: 50 V DC Max. Insertion Loss 0.9 dB. Aeroflex model 7003.

EMI-NF-PROBE: Near Field Probe set

Noise source: NoiseCom NC346C Series. Provides supported sources up to 55 GHz in a variety of connector types and ENR values. Contact NoiseCom for full information and to order: http://noisecom.com

131-4329-xx: Planar Crown RF Input Connector - 7005A-3 Type-N Female

600 Ω BNC pass-through: Required for higher-speed noise figure measurements when ordering RSA5UP Opt 14 for RSA5000A. POMONA 4119-600 RF/COAXIAL ADAPTER, BNC PLUG-BNC JACK. Contact Pomona Electronics and distributors worldwide to order: http://pomonaelectronics.com

131-9062-xx: Planar Crown RF Input Connector - 7005A-6 3.5 mm Female

131-8822-xx: Planar Crown RF Input Connector - 7005A-7 3.5 mm Male

131-8689-xx: Planar Crown RF Input Connector – 7005A-1 SMA Female

015-0369-xx: RF Adapter – N (male) to SMA (male)

119-6599-xx: Power Attenuator – 20 dB, 50 W, 5 GHz

Transit Case: 016-2026-xx

RSA56KR: Rackmount Retrofit

Additional Quick-start Manual (Paper): 071-3224-xx

Additional Application Examples Manual (Paper): 071-3283-xx

EMC accessories available from Com-Powerwww.com-power.com:

CLCE-400: RF current probe 10 kHz to 400 MHz
ABF-900A: Biconical antenna 25 MHz to 300 MHz
ALC-100: Compact Log Periodic antenna 300 MHz to 1 GHz
PAM-103: Preamplifier 1 MHz to 1 GHz
AT-812: Antenna Tripod 0.8 to 1.5m height range

EMC accessories available from Tekboxwww.tekbox.com:

TBPS01: Near field probe set, H20, H10, H5, and E5
TBCP1-150: RF current monitoring probe 10 kHz to 250 MHz
TBLC08: Line impedance stabilization network (LISN) 50uH AC
TBOH01: Line impedance stabilization network (LISN) 5uH DC
TBFL1: Transient limiter 150 kHz to 30 MHz
TBWA2: Near field probe amplifier 20 dB

RSA5BUP – Upgrade options for the RSA5100B series

RSA5BUP	Option description	HW or SW	Factory calibration required?
Opt. PFR	Precision Frequency Reference	HW	Yes
Opt. SSD	Additional removable solid-state drive for units equipped with Option 56. Minimum capacity 480 GB. Windows 7 and instrument software preinstalled.	HW	No
Opt. 50	Internal Preamp 1 MHz to 3 GHz (RSA5103B) or 1 MHz to 6.2 GHz (RSA5106B)	HW	Yes
Opt. 51	Internal Preamp 1 MHz to 15 GHz (RSA5115B) or 1 MHz to 26.5 GHz (RSA5126B)	SW	No
Opt. 53	Memory Extension, 4 GB Acquisition Memory total	HW	No
Opt. 54	Signal Classification and Survey	SW	No
Opt. 65	Digital I and Q outputs	HW	No
Opt. 66	Zero-span analog output	HW	No
Opt. 6566	Digital I and Q outputs and Zero-span analog output	HW	No
Opt. 60	Removable Solid-State Drive (460 GB), incompatible with Opt. 61	HW	No
Opt. 61	Internal HDD (160 GB), incompatible with Opt. 60	HW	No
Opt. 09	Enhanced Real Time	SW	No
Opt. 10	AM/FM/PM Modulation and Audio Measurements (requires opt 300)	SW	No
Opt. 11	Phase Noise / Jitter Measurements	SW	No
Opt. 12	Settling Time (Frequency and Phase)	SW	No
Opt. 14	Noise Figure and Gain (Internal preamp recommended)	SW	No
Opt. 20	Pulse Measurements	SW	No
Opt. 21	General Purpose Modulation Analysis	SW	No
Opt. 22	Flexible OFDM Analysis	SW	No
Opt. 23	WLAN 802.11a/b/g/j/p measurement application	SW	No
Opt. 24	WLAN 802.11n measurement application (requires opt 23)	SW	No
Opt. 25	WLAN 802.11ac measurement application (requires opt 24)	SW	No
Opt. 26	APCO P25 measurement application	SW	No
Opt. 27	Bluetooth Basic LE Tx Measurements	SW	No
Opt. 28	LTE Downlink RF measurements	SW	No
Opt. 5GNR	5G NR Uplink/Downlink RF Power, Bandwidth, Demodulation, and Error Vector Magnitude measurements³³	SW	No
Opt. 31	Bluetooth 5 Measurements (requires opt 27)	SW	No
Opt. 32	EMC pre-compliance and troubleshooting	SW	No
Opt. MAP	Mapping and signal strength	SW	No
Opt. B40	40 MHz Acquisition Bandwidth (from 25 MHz BW)	SW	No
Opt. B85	85 MHz Acquisition Bandwidth (from 25 MHz BW)	HW	Yes
Opt. B85E	85 MHz Acquisition Bandwidth (from 40 MHz BW)	HW	Yes
Opt. B16x	165 MHz Acquisition Bandwidth (from 25 MHz BW)	HW	Yes
Opt. B16xE	165 MHz Acquisition Bandwidth (from 40 MHz BW)	HW	Yes
Opt. B16xH	165 MHz Acquisition Bandwidth (from 85 MHz BW)	SW	No
Opt. B125	125 MHz acquisition bandwidth (from 25 MHz BW)	HW	Yes
Opt. B125E	125 MHz acquisition bandwidth (from 40 MHz BW)	HW	Yes
Opt. B125H	125 MHz acquisition bandwidth (from 85 MHz BW)	SW	No
Opt. B125HD-125	High dynamic range, 125 MHz acquisition bandwidth (from 125 MHz BW)	HW	Yes
Opt. B125HD-25	High dynamic range, 125 MHz acquisition bandwidth (from 25 MHz BW)	HW	Yes
Opt. B125HD-40	High dynamic range, 125 MHz acquisition bandwidth (from 40 MHz BW)	HW	Yes
Opt. B125HD-85	High dynamic range, 125 MHz acquisition bandwidth (from 85 MHz BW)	HW	No
Opt. B16xHD-125	High dynamic range, 165 MHz acquisition bandwidth (from 125 MHz BW)	HW	No
Opt. B16xHD-165	High dynamic range, 165 MHz acquisition bandwidth (from 165 MHz BW)	HW	No
Opt. B16xHD-25	High dynamic range, 165 MHz acquisition bandwidth (from 25 MHz BW)	HW	Yes
Opt. B16xHD-40	High dynamic range, 165 MHz acquisition bandwidth (from 40 MHz BW)	HW	Yes
Opt. B16xHD-85	High dynamic range, 165 MHz acquisition bandwidth (from 85 MHz BW)	HW	No
Opt. B16xK	165 MHz acquisition bandwidth (from 125 MHz BW)	HW	No
Opt. B85HD-25	High dynamic range, 85 MHz acquisition bandwidth (from 25 MHz BW)	HW	Yes
Opt. B85HD-40	High dynamic range, 85 MHz acquisition bandwidth (from 40 MHz BW)	HW	Yes
Opt. B85HD-85	High dynamic range, 85 MHz acquisition bandwidth (from 85 MHz BW)	HW	No
Opt. 300	High performance real time (requires opt 09)	HW	No

² PVT supports Uplink frame structure only.

³ For masks >30 dB above noise floor.

⁴ Values displayed by the instrument may differ by 0.1 μs

⁵ Exact number depends on Bandwidth, Sample Rate, Acquisition time. Achieved up to 200,000 pulses

⁶ In spans ≤2 MHz, higher resolution data is stored.

⁷ 18 °C to 28 °C, Ref Level ≤ -15 dBm, Attenuator Auto-coupled, Signal Level -15 dBm to -50 dBm. 10 Hz ≤ RBW ≤ 1 MHz, after alignment performed.

⁸ Atten. = 10 dB, CF set within 200 MHz of VSWR frequency

⁹ Each signal level –25 dBm, Ref level –20 dBm, Attenuator = 0 dB, 1 MHz tone separation.

¹⁰ –40 dBm at RF input, attenuator = 0, preamp off, typical

¹¹ Measured using 1 kHz RBW, 100 kHz span, 100 averages, minimum noise mode, input terminated, log-average detector and trace function.

¹² RF input level = –15 dBm, Attenuator = 10 dB, Mode: Auto. Input signal at center frequency. Center Frequency > 90 MHz, Opt. B40/B85/B16x. For acquisition bandwidth 15 - 25 MHz with signals at center frequency and at ±(37.5 MHz to 42.5 MHz): 65 dBc.

¹³ CF> 150 MHz for Opt.B40 / B85 / B16x / B85HD / B125HD / B16xHD

¹⁴ CF ≥ 150 MHZ for Opt. B40 / B85 / B125 / B16x.

¹⁵ -70 dBc for input signals 20 MHz above or below instrument center frequency.

¹⁶ Amplitude flatness and phase deviation over the acquisition BW, includes RF frequency response. Attenuator setting: 10 dB.

¹⁷ High dynamic range mode selected.

¹⁸ Measured input signal level > –20 dBm, Attenuator: Auto

¹⁹ For (ENR of noise source) > (measured noise figure + 4 dB)

²⁰ Actual number depends on time length, pulse bandwidth and instrument configuration.

²¹ Chirp width 100 MHz, pulse width 10 μs, minimum signal delay 1% of pulse width or 10/(chirp bandwidth), whichever is greater, and minimum 2000 sample points during pulse on-time.

²² Pulse width >300 ns (100 ns, Opt. B85/B16x) SNR ≥30 dB

²³ Pulse ON Power ≥ -20 dBm, Signal peak at reference Level, Attenuator = Auto, t _meas - t _reference ≤ 10 ms, Frequency estimation: Manual. Pulse-to-Pulse measurement time position excludes the beginning and ending of the pulse extending for a time = (10 / Measurement BW) as measured from 50% of the t _(rise) or t _(fall) . Absolute frequency error determined over center 50% of pulse.

²⁴ Signal type: Linear chirp, Peak-to-Peak chirp deviation: ≤0.8 Measurement BW, Pulse ON Power ≥ -20 dBm, Signal peak at reference Level, Attenuator = 0 dB, t_meas - t_reference ≤ 10 ms, Frequency estimation: Manual. Pulse-to-Pulse measurement time position excludes the beginning and ending of the pulse extending for a time = (10 / Measurement BW) as measured from 50% of the t_(rise) or t_(fall). Absolute frequency error determined over center 50% of pulse.

²⁵ CF = 2 GHz, Measurement filter = Root raised cosine, Reference filter = Raised cosine, Analysis length = 200 symbols.

²⁶ CF = 2 GHz, Measurement filter = Root raised cosine, Reference filter = Raised cosine, Analysis length = 400 symbols 20 averages.

²⁷ Reference Filter: MIL STD Measurement Filter: none.

²⁸ Reference Filter: MIL STD.

²⁹ Reference filter: None, Measurement filter: None.

³⁰ Measured with test signal amplitude adjusted for optimum performance if necessary. Measured with Averaging, 10 waveforms.

³¹ Frequency amplitude response may vary up to ±3 dB at +40 °C and greater than 45% relative humidity.

³² Must order either Opt. 60 or 61.

³³ The 5GNR license is available as a standalone item, not as an option to your hardware, therefore it is considered a post-purchase upgrade and not installed at the time of purchase of the instrument.

	Tektronix is ISO 14001:2015 and ISO 9001:2015 certified by DEKRA.
	Product(s) complies with IEEE Standard 488.1-1987, RS-232-C, and with Tektronix Standard Codes and Formats.
	Bluetooth is a registered trademark of Bluetooth SIG, Inc.
	LTE is a trademark of ETSI.

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Frequency related

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Power level trigger

External trigger 1

External trigger 2

Trigger output

Frequency mask trigger

Advanced triggers

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Displays and measurements

Bandwidth related

Spectrum display

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Stability

Phase related

Amplitude

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Frequency response

Noise and distortion

DPX zero-span performance

Digital IQ Output (Opt. 65)

Zero-span analog output (Opt. 66)

AM/FM/PM and direct audio measurement (Opt. 10)

Phase noise and jitter measurement (Opt. 11)

Settling time, frequency, and phase (Opt. 12)18

Gain and Noise Figure (Option 14)

Pulse measurements (Opt. 20)

Pulse measurement performance

Digital modulation analysis (Opt. 21)

Adaptive equalizer

Flexible OFDM (Opt. 22)

WLAN IEEE802.11a/b/g/j/p (Opt. 23)

WLAN IEEE802.11n (Opt. 24)

WLAN IEEE802.11ac (Opt. 25)

EMC pre-compliance and troubleshooting (Opt. 32)

APCO P25 (Option 26)

Bluetooth (Options 27 and 31)

LTE Downlink RF measurements (Opt. 28)

5G NR Uplink/Downlink measurements (RSA5BUP Opt. 5GNR)

Mapping and field strength (Option MAP)

Analog modulation analysis accuracy (typical)

Inputs and outputs

General characteristics

Power

EMC and safety compliance

Physical characteristics

Ordering information

Models

Warranty

Options, accessories, and upgrades

Options

International power plugs

Language options

Service options

Recommended accessories

RSA5BUP – Upgrade options for the RSA5100B series

Settling time, frequency, and phase (Opt. 12)¹⁸