Real-Time Analyzers Grab 110-MHz BW

Sept. 20, 2006

The latest Real-Time Spectrum Analyzers from Tektronix, the 9-kHz to 6.2-GHz model RSA6106A and 9-kHz-to-14-GHz model RSA6114A offer advanced triggering capabilities with the power of capturing instantaneous bandwidths as wide as 110 MHz while simultaneously achieving a spurious-free dynamic range of 73 dB. The instruments offer a 10.4-inch XGA touch screen display and patented DPX(TM) waveform image processor technology.With the combination, the analyzers can produce live RF spectrum displays some 1000 times faster than conventional swept-tuned spectrum analyzers. The DPX technology, which employs a parallel-processing architecture to continuously convert time-domain information into the frequency domain, processes more than 48,000 spectrum measurements per second, compared to about 50 per second for conventional spectrum analyzers. For more information on the RTSAs, visit the Tektronix web site at www.tek.com.

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Jack Browne

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Jack Browne, Technical Contributor, has worked in technical publishing for over 30 years. He managed the content and production of three technical journals while at the American Institute of Physics, including Medical Physics and the Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology. He has been a Publisher and Editor for Penton Media, started the firm’s Wireless Symposium & Exhibition trade show in 1993, and currently serves as Technical Contributor for that company's Microwaves & RF magazine. Browne, who holds a BS in Mathematics from City College of New York and BA degrees in English and Philosophy from Fordham University, is a member of the IEEE.