Tektronix RSA7100B wideband signal analyzer offers real-time spectrum analysis up to 800 MHz bandwidth and simultaneous streaming of seamless data at full bandwidth. It enables researchers in communications, Radar and Electronic Warfare to create next-generations designs.

Unlike other “Real-Time” spectrum analyzers, the full line of Tektronix Real-Time Spectrum Analyzers is capable of simultaneously displaying frequency, time, and modulation domain displays, so you can analyze and measure RF signals faster.
IQFlowTM streaming to various hardware interfaces, plus a software API, provide the speed and flexibility you need to perform real-time DSP algorithms
Ideal for use as a drop-in system for RF capture, record and playback with 2+ hours of RAID memory

The RSA7100B wideband signal analyzer offers real time spectrum analysis up to 800 MHz bandwidth, simultaneous streaming to multiple interfaces for record (up to 2 hours) and playback of seamless data at full bandwidth.

Key features

• 16 kHz to 14/26.5 GHz frequency range
• High performance spectrum analysis for advanced design verification with -134 dBc/Hz phase noise at 1 GHz, 10 kHz offset and typical amplitude accuracy of 0.5 dB at 10 GHz
• Standard 320 MHz real time bandwidth; standard internal preamplifier to 3.6 GHz
• Industry's best real time performance: 232 nsec for 100% Probability of Intercept at full signal level
• Available 800 MHz acquisition bandwidth at frequencies > 3.6 GHz for advanced Radar, communications and spectrum management requirements
• Industry-leading time-qualified triggers which enable capture of events at desired pulse widths > 10 µs, ideal for capturing dynamic test environments
• IQFlowTM provides continuous streaming of IQ data at full 800 MHz bandwidth from the device to one or more clients, including LVDS, 40 GbE, and a software API that provides the speed and flexibility needed to perform real-time digital Signal Processing (DSP) algorithms
• Streaming capture to internal RAID of over 2 hours at full 800 MHz bandwidth enables environment recording and analysis of long event sequences
• DataVu-PC software for analysis of recorded events of any length includes ability to mark events of interest, export waveforms to other formats and perform pulse analysis with export of Pulse Descriptor Word (PDW) information
• Simultaneous streaming and real time analysis for live monitoring of recording events ensures you are getting the data you need
• Efficient fast-frame capture with dead time eliminated optimizes memory and analysis so you can analyze longer test sequences
• Standard measurements including channel power, ACLR, CCDF, OBW/EBW, spurious search and amplitude/frequency/phase versus time provide a complete toolset for development work
• Internal GPS receiver, 1PPS and IRIG-B AM/DC are available for precise time stamping of events
• Standard real time DPX(R) spectrogram technology lets you see short-duration signals on a color-coded display. See the transients and interference your conventional spectrum analyzer is not showing you.
• SignalVu-PC vector signal analysis software provides a wide variety of analysis packages, including modulation, pulse, WLAN, phase noise, and frequency/phase settling measurements.

Applications

• Advanced radar/EW design evaluation
• Environment evaluation, monitoring, and recording
• Wideband communications design
• Spectrum management
• Electromagnetic environmental effects (E3)
• Military range testing and field operations

Discover through color
The patented DPX® spectrum processing engine brings live analysis of transient events to spectrum analyzers. Transients of a minimum event duration of 0.232 µs in length are displayed in the frequency domain. This is orders of magnitude faster than swept analysis techniques. The large amount of data is color coded by rate of occurrence onto a bitmapped display, providing unparalleled insight into transient signal behavior. The DPX spectrum processor can be swept over the entire frequency range of the instrument, enabling broadband transient capture previously unavailable in any spectrum analyzer.

The RSA7100B gives you the power to imagine new solutions
The RSA7100B is a high performance spectrum analyzer focused on wideband analysis and signal recording. By separating the RF acquisitions from the compute engine, a graphics processor can be used in place of previously-required FPGA designs for real time processing.

You can harness the power of this CPU/GPU combination in your own simulations and designs, using the instrument as a powerful workstation.

The RSA7100B is designed for engineers working on the latest wideband designs in communications, radar and electronic warfare and for technicians who need to capture and analyze long-event sequences for wideband systems at the test range.

Analysis of signals is enabled with two software packages. SignalVu-PC for real time, spectrum and vector signal analysis, and DataVu-PC for analysis of the very large file sets produced when recording wideband signals.

SignalVu-PC software offers rich analysis capability
The RSA7100B operates with SignalVu-PC, a powerful program used as the basis of Tek's spectrum analyzers. SignalVu-PC offers a deep analysis capability including real time spectrum analysis and a wide variety of application packages. A programmatic interface to SignalVu-PC is provided, offering all measurements and settings to external programs.