SPECTRAN V6 Tracking Generator

Quote from AdminTC on 25/03/2021, 13:34

The SPECTRAN V6 Tracking Generator block is a powerful but simple to use tracking generator for the SPECTRAN V6.

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Left hand side Input:

• IQ (connect to SPECTRAN V6 IQ-Stream)
  
• TX (connect to SPECTRAN V6 Tx)

Right hand side Output:

• Spectrum
• Sweep

 

If you dock the Spectrum Zoom block you get an additional view with more flexibility:

After setting up your mission (see below) you need to start a standard setup calibration:

• First of all make sure only to use high quality test cable connected to Rx1 and Tx
• Add a through connector (connect Rx1 with Tx )
• Now start the calibration measurement and generate a new reference trace by selecting Mode->"ref" from the SPECTRAN V6 Tracking generator controls. Wait for a few seconds so that enough data is captured.
• Now change to Mode -> "-ref" and you should get a stable flat trace. This shows that the system is now calibrated.
• Remove the through connector and connect the DUT instead

You now get a steady measurement of the cable damping or filter rejection in dB.

 

Attached Screenshot shows the rejection measurement of a WiFi band pass filter over the complete 6GHz frequency range:

 

You can zoom into the measurement at any time to get/see more details:

 

Typical Mission Setup (simple setup):