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To help you decide if these spectrum analyzer books have information for you, here's an index of topics covered:
Accuracy; Advanced measurements; Allan variance; Alternate entry; am – example, fm combined, fm large detected, fm multitone, noise, percent; Amplifier gain, Amplitude – absolute, calibration, correction factor, detection, instantaneous, loss factor, measurement error, normalized, pulse average, relative, spectral density; Amplitude modulation – basic relationships, double sideband, frequency domain, multitone, single sideband, suppressed carrier; Angle modulation; Angular frequency; Angular velocity; Antenna factor; Appendix; Application best; Area of impulse; Arithmetic – functions, intersect; Attenuation; Averaging signal.
Band limited noise; Bandwidth – 6 dB/3 dB, choice, impulse, narrow, occupied spectrum, random noise, random noise calculated, random noise measure, ratios, relationships, resolution, shape factor, video, wide; Basic – controls, functions; Basic SA; Beat note; Bel; Bessel – functions, small argument, null, null accuracy, null amplitude change, null depth, null frequency change; Boltzman constant; Broadband signal.
Calibration amplitude; Carrier – finding, frequency, accuracy, counted, high duty factor, line, medium duty factor, null, PRF change, pulse, small duty factor, leakage, on/off; Center frequency; Central limit theorem; Channelized receiver; Circular function; Circuit response; Circuits input; CISPR; Combined amplitude; Complex conjugate; Complex notation; Complex plane; Component transfer characteristic; Compression, gain; Computation function; Computed results; Contiguous filters; Continuous distribution; Continuous spectrum; Control settings – effect of, dense & line spectra, desensitization factor, dynamic range, fine detail, intensification effects, sensitivity, shape factor, skirt selectivity, transient response ringing; Controls, basic; Convolution; Convolution, graphical; Corrected results; Correction – amplitude factors, noise, plus computation, random noise; Cost; CW – signal, single signal, signal beat note, combined signals, signals in noise, multiple signals, unequal signals, impulse; Cyclical motion.
dB; dBc/Hz; dB/div; dB/Hz normalized; dBm; dBm/Hz; DC pulse; Decibel; Decision factors; Degree of modulation of am; Delta function; Dense spectrum, resolution setting; Desensitization factor for pulse; Detector envelope, max, min, min/max; Deviation – bessel null, direct measurement, linearity, peak-to-peak; Digital modulation; Digital ratio; Digital storage – off, on/off, raster/vector; Dirac function; Direct results; Dirichlet conditions; Discrete components; Discrete pulse spectrum; Discriminator; Dispersion; Display – flatness, smoothing, update; Distortion – harmonic, large signal, measurement validity, preselector, relationships; Distribution, continuous; Drift; Duty factor; Dynamic range – accuracy enhancement, display, distortion free, intermodulation, measurement, narrow pulse, non-linearity, optimum, pulse, random noise.
Ease of use; Effective random noise BW; EMC; EMI; Energy distribution; Envelope detector; Environment, physical; Error rounding; Euler's identity; EW; Excess noise; Exponential function; External mixer, external calibration.
F (noise figure, adding gain; Fast Fourier transform; Factors, decision; FCC mask; Filters – bandwidth, bank contiguous, gaussian, synchronous, passband shape, return loss, ultimate attenuation, video; FM – argument, basic relationships, carrier null, bessel value matching, deviation, deviation/frequency, discriminator, effect on pulses, first sideband null, frequency change, index stepping, intensification effects, measurement error, measurements, modulation index, modulation linearity, multiple signals, multitone, narrowband, narrowband/wideband, order, pilot tone effect, preemphasis, remove modulation, rms deviation, signal reproduction, small index, spectrum, ultrawideband, unresolved spectrum, wideband; Force-free solution; Fourier – analysis, coefficients, examples, integrals, mathematics, relationships, series, applications, arbitrary period, complex notation, least squared error, spectral line existence, truncated, transform pair; Frequency – absolute, counter, deviation, domain, domain illustrations, identification, instantaneous, negative, response, span, start/stop, transformation; Full performance; Fundamental term.
Gain – compression, and distortion, and level accuracy, and signal level; Gaussian distribution; Gaussian filter; Gaussian response; Gray scale.
Harmonic – amplitudes, conversion, distortion, motion, pulse, terms, zeros; Harmonics, infinite; Histogram for random noise.
IEC specifications; IEEE specifications; IF feedthrough; Image; Imaginary numbers; Impulse – approximation, area, BW, BW measurement, BW vs video BW, energy, fourier transform, frequency, function, noise, pseudo, signal vs video BW, strength, symbolic; Incidental fm; Index of modulation; Initial phase; Input circuits; Input noise equivalent; Input overload; Instrument factors; Intercept point; Intermodulation – frequency counter, large input, resolution, source isolation, third order; Internal noise correction; Intersect function.
Keypad entry.
Large signal; Line spectrum; Line spectrum, pulse; Linear time-invariant circuit; Lobe, main; Long pulse, CW; Low level measurements.
Making measurements; Markers, random noise; Max hold; Mean output power; Measurement – adjustment, advanced, ease/accuracy, interval, limitations, low level signal, problem, procedure, sequence interaction, time; Menu entry; Millimeter wave; Missing pulses; Mixed signal classes; Mixed signals; Mixer – external, spurious output; Modulation index; Modulation sidebands; Modulation theory; Multi-level results.
Narrow BW; Narrowband fm; Narrowband signals; Narrow pulse – dynamic range, on/off; Negative frequency; Network response; Noise – amplitude-BW scaling, averaging, averaging in place, band limited, change with BW, combined, excess, internal correction, impulsive, other, power, probability density, sidebands, compare oscillators, dBc/Hz, direct measure, graphs, SA internal, specifications, spec comparison, source addition, thermal, vs bandwidth; Noise figure – calculations, cascade, Y factor; Normalized amplitude; Null-to-null difference.
Objective, real; Occupied spectrum BW; On/off ratio; Optimum – dynamic range, resolution, signal level; Orthogonal functions – examples, geometric illustration, set; Oscillator comparison, frequency difference; Oscillatory; Overload, input; Overshoot.
Peak and rms; Peak find; Peak hold; Performance levels; Per Hz computation; Per Hz measure; Phaselock; Phase noise – actual performance, close to carrier, direct measures, double/single sideband, double/single sided, indirect measurement, indirect procedures, measurement calibration, measures comparison, narrow filter, physical environment, SA limitations, transfer calibration; Power curve; Power rms; Power spectral density; Preamplifier; Preselector – distortion, loss, peaking, preset, procedure, wideband, wide BW; PRF; Probability distribution; Procedures, alternate; Pulse – absolute amplitude, area, average amplitude, carrier few cycles, carrier line, carrier via markers, carrier via nulls, demodulated, desensitization factor, display loss, duty factor, dynamic range, frequency counter, frequency measurement, harmonics, line spectrum, lobe width, low PRF; mathematics, measurement, modulating, narrow, narrow on/off, on/off ratio, peak amplitude, rectangle, resolution, sensitivity, shape, signal, time-frequency diagram, sine squared, spectrum dc/rf ratio, spectrum errors, spectrum negative frequencies, real and imaginary parts, spectrum shape, spectrum width, stretcher, theory and measurement, train, trapezoid, triangle, video filter, vs CW, width; Pulsed carrier, fm, sideband noise compute, sidebands, rf, rf sensitivity, sideband noise at half PRF, signals, signal sensitivity, spectrum amplitude; Pulsewidth.
Quadratic components; Quasi-peak.
Radar performance; Radian frequency; Random noise – absolute measures, adding powers, addition, arbitrary shape, averaging, bandwidth, accuracy, area under curve, calculated, effective, measurement, measurement error, measurement examples, resolution, ratio, correlation, correction factor, correction factors, detectors, detector examples, distortion, dynamic range, error message, histogram, input limitations, insufficient averaging, intelligent markers, intercept point, internal, interval to SA, measurement, nature of, normalized amplitude, peak/average ratio, peak function, per Hz, phase amplitude, rectangle shape, relative level, rms/avg values, safe levels, sine/cosine terms, s/n, signal identify, signals, spectrum shape, trapezoid shape, triangle shape, vertical display law, video filter, volts; Random signals; Raleigh distribution; Real Objective; Real signals; Receiver – channelized, superheterodyne; Reciprocal spreading; Reference level; Relative – amplitude, frequency; Repetition rate lines; Residual response; Resolution – bandwidth, BW 3/6 dB, BW switching error, calculation, distortion, effect of, equal signals, optimum, setting, shape factor, signal, unequal signals; Resolved sinewaves; Response, CW; Response of circuits; Response, spurious; Results – computed, corrected, direct, multi-level, requirements; Return loss; RFI; Rms power; Root hertz; Rounding errors.
Sample mode; Sawtooth waves; Sensitivity – CW, Calculation, for pulse, improvement, loss function; Shape factor; Sideband noise – 20LogN, accuracy, am, am/fm, amplitude, am reference tone, carrier, comparison, dB/octave, fm reference tone, frequency offset, from PRF, from pulse modulation, high PRF harmonic, low noise SA, near carrier, on skirt, other measures, phase and amplitude, power line, PRF jitter, PRF midpoint, pulse carrier, pulsed correlation notch, pulsed signal separation, pulse duty factor, pulse lines, pulse rate, result factors, sinx/x, stored, vs carrier level, vs pulse harmonic nr, with video filter; Sidebands modulation; Signals – 1 dB notch, 3 dB notch, averaging, broadband, change normalized, classes, identify, intercept, logarithmic average, types, mixed classes, multiply, narrowband, random, random noise, real, recognition, resolution, smoothing, unequal; Sine integral; Sinewave – generation, infinite duration, properties; Sinewaves resolved; Sinx/x; S/n; SNA – circuit adjust, dynamic range, frequency change, insertion loss, interference sweep, spurious passband; Sinusoid in frequency domain; Softkey entry; S+N = 2N; Span; Spectral – density, intensity, line; Spectra – comparison, subtraction, analysis, intensity; Spectrum – amplitude, analysis, analyzer, advanced level, basic, choice, enhanced performance, full performance, sweeping, BW occupied, continuous, dense, features, manipulation, pulse width, recognition, shape, shape/BW ratio, sharp nulls, theory; Spectrum analyzer, sweeper synchronized; Spurious – broadband signal, free span, mixer output, responses; Squarewave – configuration, even harmonics, harmonics, on carrier, symmetry; Stability; Steady state response; Superheterodyne – arrangement, equations, receiver; Superposition; Suppressed carrier am; Sweep – rate, time; Sweeping signal; Sweeping signal spectrum; Swept if spurious responses; Swept front-end spurious responses; Symbols; Synchronized receiver; Synchronous filter.
T/t; Telemetry subcarriers; Theory and measurement; Thermal noise; Third order IM; Three dB/6 dB; Time – domain, frequency diagram, newton, absolute, position, skill, variable circuit, sweep; Total harmonic distortion; Total power; Tracking generator; Transducers; Transient response; Triangle pulse; Trigonometric notation; Tuned filter system; Two-two response; Types of instruments; Types of measurements.
Uncalibrated; Unequal signals; Unit impulse.
Vector rotation; Vertical display; Vestigial sideband; Video – bandwidth, BW coupled, BW on/off, BW wide/narrow, BW wide, filter, with EMI, with pulse; Volts/Hz; VSWR.
Waveform analysis; White noise.
Zero span.
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