Real-Time Spectrum Analyzer Technology
Tektronix' Real-Time Spectrum Analyzers provide a complete measurement solution. Today's RF signals require that time, frequency and modulation domains are all analyzed together in a single time correlated view. As a result, there is a growing requirement for tools whose capabilities mirror the time-varying nature of today's signals. You need real-time instruments that can trigger the instant the signal changes, capture the signal seamlessly, and analyze the effects of the changes in all domains. Tektronix' Real-Time Spectrum Analyzers provide a complete measurement solution.
Spectrum Analyzer — Application Information
Fundamentals of Real-Time Spectrum Analysis
This primer describes how Real-Time Spectrum Analysis works and provide a basic understanding of how it can be used to solve many measurement problems associated with capturing and analyzing modern RF signals.
Fundamentals of Digital Phosphor Technology in Real-Time Spectrum Analyzers
This primer describes the DPX™ Spectrum display and how it addresses situations involving brief, intermittent, complex and/or coincident signals.
A Matter Of Time: Today's RF Signals Call For A Different Kind Of Spectrum Analysis
This technical brief discusses the changing nature of today's RF signal. These changes call for a different kind of spectrum analysis, where it was once enough to understand frequency-domain behavior, another dimension, time, has become equally important.
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Additional Resources
- Pulsed Signal Analysis
- Transient RF Signal Analysis
- Modulation Analysis
- RFID
- UMTS/W-CDMA Design
- CDMA/CDMA2000 Design
Understanding FFT Overlap Processing A Tektronix Real-Time Spectrum Analyzer Primer
As faster time-varying frequency signals are becoming more widespread, Tektronix has responded to the need to provide more visibility of very short-time events with Real-Time Spectrum Analyzers (RTSA) employing FFT frames that can be overlapped fully. In this primer, we will show the analysis benefits of this technique. We will also explore how it works, and how you can use it most effectively to see Time-Varying RF signals with greater clarity than ever before.
Real-Time Spectrum Analyzers Selection Guide 
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Today's RF signals change over time, often unpredictably. To effectively characterize these signals, engineers need a tool that can trigger on both known and unpredictable events, capture the signals seamlessly into memory, and analyze the behavior of frequency, amplitude, and modulation parameters over time.
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