Procedure - Keysight Technologies X Series Manual

Displayed Average Noise Level (DANL)

Procedure

Procedure
1. Configure the equipment as shown in
2. Press Mode, Spectrum Analyzer, Mode Preset on the analyzer.
3. Set up the signal analyzer by pressing:
4. Press Restart, then wait for Average/Hold to display 20/20.
5. Press View/Display, Display, then press Display Line, On.
6. Rotate the knob and set the display line at the average amplitude of the
7. Confirm that the measurement is performed on the analyzer noise floor
Ignore the residual response if one appears when taking the measurement.
NOTE
8. Enter the value of the display line as the Measured Average Noise Level at
9. Normalize the measured value to a 1 Hz BW by adding 30 dB to the
The 30 dB value is added because the formula used to calculate the value of
NOTE
the noise power in a 1 Hz BW when measured with a 1 kHz BW is:
10.Enter the normalized value of the displayed average noise level in
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FREQ Channel, Center Freq, 10, MHz
Input/Output, RF Input, RF Coupling, select DC (except Options
543, 544, and 550)
SPAN X Scale, Span, 10, kHz
AMPTD Y Scale, –70, dBm
AMPTD Y Scale, Attenuation, MechAtten, 0, dB
BW, Res BW, 1, kHz
BW, Video BW, 100, Hz
Meas Setup, Average/Hold, Number, 20, Enter
Trace/Detector, Trace Average
Single
displayed noise floor by visual inspection.
and not on a residual response within the displayed 10 kHz span.
10 MHz column in Table
measured value.
Normalized Noise = 10 Log (BW 2/BW 1) where BW 2 is the 1 kHz BW we
measure and BW 1 is 1 Hz BW to which we want to normalize.
Therefore, 10 Log (1000) = 30 dB, so the noise floor will be 30 dB lower in a
1 Hz BW.
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Figure 2-1
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Table
Chapter 2