Agilent Technologies 8560E User Manual page 118

Making Measurements
Example 9: Adjacent Channel Power Measurement
The ACP leakage ratio displayed as MAX ACP is for either the lower or
upper adjacent channel, whichever has the higher power. In other
words, MAX ACP is the least negative of the dB numbers displayed as
LOW and UP.
Stepping Through a Burst Signal ACP Measurement
In this example, we will be making a measurement on a PDC (personal
digital cellular) mobile transmitter. You will need to provide a signal to
the spectrum analyzer either by connecting a radio directly, or by
coupling a signal from the radio via an antenna. The MKK method is
one of the standards used for PDC radios, the two bandwidth method
(specified in the RCR-27 document) is another. We will use the two
bandwidth method in this example.
Signal transmission formats are measured using different standards
and parameter settings. Table shows the relationship between some of
the formats and their measurement requirements.
Table 2-5
Format Specifi- Meas Method
cation
Mobile
NADC IS-54 Gated
PDC RCR-27B 2 BW
PDC MKK Peak
PHS ** Peak
RCR-28
Analog FM/25 Analog
kHz
Analog FM/12.5 Analog
kHz
When making NADC measurements, use root-raised-cosine frequency weighting with T=41 µs and α=0.35. T=42 µs is
*
specified for NADC measurements, but 41 µs is used due to number rounding limitations of the spectrum analyzer.
† The weighting function is turned off, therefore T and α are not applicable.
‡
The 2BW method is described in the following section about PDC measurements.
§
The 8560 E-Series and EC-Series documentation refers to the channels that are offset by 300 kHz,600 kHz, and 900 kHz
as the adjacent channels, first alternate channels and second alternate channels. The RCR-28 standard does not have a
name for the channels at 300 kHz offset, and it calls the 600 kHz and 900 kHz offsets the adjacent channels and the first
alternate channels, respectively.
**
The RCR-28 standard is discussed further in the following section about PHS measurements.
The maximum input to the spectrum analyzer should not exceed +30
CAUTION
dBm (1 W) with greater than or equal to 10 dB attenuation.
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This correction to x1 through x4 will help the spectrum analyzer
results agree with measuring receiver results, because a
measuring receiver is specified to have a −6 dB response at the
channel edges.
Channel
Spacing
Base
Analog 30 kHz
‡ Analog 50 kHz
Analog 50 kHz
Peak 300 kHz
Analog 25 kHz
Analog 12.5 kHz
Channel # Alt Burst
Bandwidth Chnls Period
33 kHz 2 20 ms
21 kHz 1 20 ms
21 kHz 1 20 ms
192 kHz § 5 ms
2
16 kHz 0 n/a
8.5 kHz 0 n/a
Burst Weighting
Width
6.43 ms √COS *
6.52 ms †
OFF
6.52 ms †
OFF
625 µs
†
OFF
n/a †
OFF
n/a †
OFF
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