Never Miss a Signal

Today’s RF designs utilise rapidly changing and pulsing signals that are difficult to consistently capture on traditional swept spectrum analysers. The Rigol RSA5000 delivers a class leading 7.45µsec 100% probability of intercept meaning that any pulse with a duration of greater than 7.45µsec will be captured and accurately displayed.

Isolate & Capture

IoT Device proliferation means more traffic crowding the available spectrum making identifying and isolating signals of interest critically important. The Rigol RSA5000 includes advanced trigger capabilities making this task easier.

Frequency Mask Trigger captures and displays data when the signal crosses inside or outside of the masked region allowing the engineer to focus on critical signals and ignore interfering ones.

Power Trigger allows the engineer to trigger and display only when a power level is exceeded within the real-time span.

Trigger Input & Output allow the engineer to time correlate RF events with other system elements to quickly find root cause of system problems.

IF Output recreates the real-time bandwidth on a 430MHz carrier for further analysis.

Visualize & Analyse

Complex modulating and pulsing signals require advanced visualisation tools to identify patterns and debug designs. The Rigol RSA5000 provides 7 Realtime Visualization modes to look at signal behaviour versus power, frequency and time. 6 markers, 4 trace types, and trace math capabilities allow engineers to quickly analyse and understand signal behaviour across the entire span.

7 Display Views

Normal Display – Similar view to traditional analysers. Traces, Cursors for traditional measurement. Simple Data view for initial investigation.

Density Display – Colour map represents signal probability at each frequency and power level. See time varying signals with the Real-time span. Separate superimposed “hidden” signals. Resolution of signals on same frequency band.

Spectrogram Display – Observe signal changes over time. Analyse frequency hopping patterns. Characterise PLL Lock and Settle time. Identify sources of interference.

Density and Spectrogram Display – Combine the insights of the Density Display with changes over time. See pulsing signals inside crowded spectrum. Separate WiFi from Bluetooth and other traffic.

Power v Time (PvT) Display – Display the RF Power for the Real-time span over a defined time period. Evaluate the duration of pulsing signals. Investigate ASK and other amplitude modulations by monitoring power level changes. Determine the timing of pulsing signals.

PvT and Spectrum Display – Display the RF Power for the Real-time span over a defined time period along with the frequency. View not only the RF power, but time correlate the Frequency Data.

PvT and Spectrogram – Display the RF Power for the Real-time span over a defined time period along with the frequency and time. View not only the RF power, but time correlate the Frequency Data. Observe the frequency and power change over time.

RSA5000 Real-time Spectrum Analysers

High performance Swept Spectrum Analyser

  • 2GHz and 6.5GHz Models with available TG
  • 1ms Full Span Sweep
  • 1Hz RBW
  • Low Noise Floor as low as -165dBm

Superior Real-time Performance

  • Up to 40MHz Real-time Bandwidth
  • 45µsec 100% POI
  • 7 Visualization Modes
  • Advanced Triggering

Flexible User Interface

  • 1” Capacitive Touch Screen Display
  • USB Keyboard/Mouse
  • Knob and Softkey Controls
  • HDMI Out
  • USB/LAN support

Features and Benefits

Product Feature Customer Benefit
DANL as low as -165 dBm with       optional preamp View lower powered signals (harmonics, interference sources) and ease trouble-shooting in swept and real-time mode.
1 Hz Minimum Resolution Bandwidth (RBW) Provides high resolution to separate signals with close frequencies enabling easier signal identification for characterisation and advanced measurements.
1 ms full span sweep Utilise the fast 1 millisecond full span sweep to quickly identify signals of interest.
Up to 40 MHz of Real-Time BW View wider band and hopping signals at one time without additional setup making identifying and analysing signals of interest faster and easier.
7.45 µs 100% POI Capture pulsed transmissions as short as 7.45 µs with guaranteed capture and power accuracy.
7 Real-Time Visualization Modes Advanced debugging and analysis with combinations of Normal, Density, Spectrogram, and Power vs Time visualizations.
Powerful triggering capabilities Identify specific signals of interest with frequency mask, power triggers, or use external triggers to time correlate digital signals for additional analysis.
Tracking Generator and VSWR measurements Use the optional tracking generator to test cables, antennas, filters, and active components. VSWR automates standing wave parameter measurements.
Flexible usability options Use front panel buttons, touch screen, keyboard/mouse/monitor, and PC based software control in any combination to match the application and customer preference.
EMI filters and detectors Standard 6 dB filters for EMI bandwidths as well as Quasi Peak detectors.

If you would like more information, arrange a demonstration or receive a quote for the Rigol RSA5000 Series; you can contact us via email or call us on 01582 764334.

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