Reference Trace, Reference Line And Reference Level - Rohde & Schwarz FSVA3000 User Manual

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Storing the normalized reference trace as a transducer factor
The (inverse) normalized reference trace can also be stored as a transducer factor for
use in other R&S FSV/A applications that do not support external generator control.
The normalized trace data is converted to a transducer with unit dB and stored in a file
with the specified name and the suffix .trd under c:\r_s\instr\trd. The fre-
quency points are allocated in equidistant steps between the start and stop frequency.
This is useful, for example, to determine the effects of a particular device component
and then remove these effects from a subsequent measurement which includes this
component.
For an example see
surement results using calibration"
Note that the normalized measurement data is stored, not the original reference trace!
Thus, if you store the normalized trace directly after calibration, without changing any
settings, the transducer factor will be 0 dB for the entire span (by definition of the nor-
malized trace).

Reference trace, reference line and reference level

Reference trace
The calibration results are stored internally on the R&S FSV/A as a reference trace.
For each measured sweep point the offset to the expected values is determined. If nor-
malization is activated, the offsets in the reference trace are removed from the current
measurement results to compensate for the inherent distortions.
Reference line
The reference line is defined by the
"External Generator" > "Source Calibration" settings. It is similar to the
Level
this reference line only affects the y-axis scaling in the diagram, it has no effect on the
expected input power level or the hardware settings.
The reference line determines the range and the scaling of the y-axis, just as the refer-
ence level does.
The normalized reference trace (0 dB directly after calibration) is displayed on this ref-
erence line, indicated by a red line in the diagram. By default, the reference line is dis-
played at the top of the diagram. If you shift the reference line, the normalized trace is
shifted, as well.
Shifting the reference line (and normalized trace)
You can shift the reference line - and thus the normalized trace - in the result display by
changing the
If the DUT inserts a gain or an attenuation in the measurement, this effect can be
reflected in the result display on the R&S FSV/A. To reflect a power offset in the mea-
surement trace, change the
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"How to remove the effects of a particular component from mea-
defined in the "Amplitude" settings. However, as opposed to the reference level,
Reference Position
on page 391.
Reference Value
or the Reference
Reference Value.
Common measurement settings
Data input and output
and Reference Position
Reference
Value.
in the
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