Heterodyne spectrum analyser
Spectrum analysis involves moving narrow bandwidth filter front the signal analysed.SPECTRUM ANALYSER
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Spectrum Analyser
Spectrum analysis can used measure the band, detect disturbance lines, quantify phase
jitter direct reading, check the steps, determine the rated frequency, search for residual lines
for comparison, etc. The narrower the filter, the finer the analysis and the closer you
get the shape the line analysed (because the filter itself resembles line).
Block diagram heterodyne spectrum analyser
The analytical filter
The analytical filter also called the resolution filter. However, because
o the difficulty producing narrow bandwidth filter with adjustable mid-band frequency, the problem is
avoided "heterodyning".
With this technique, the bandwidth filter has fixed id-band frequency and the signal analysed is
modified modulation, that the different frequency components are successively modulated the frequency
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wider filter. achieve this, multiplier used which outputs the sum and the difference the frequencies applied the
two inputs, resulting from the trigonometric relation:
cos(a)cos(b) (1/2)[cos(a+b) cos(a-b)].e. The narrowness the
filter limits the amount data that can supply per second, which means that, obtain large number of
measurement points (i. Using different reasoning, could
also said that signal passing through extremely narrow filter can only come out pure sine wave,
represented line!
It tempting use narrower filter analyse signal, but compromises need made
