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Jessica Patterson 2020.08.31

Welcome back to the Spectrum Analysis Basics blog series. In part 3, I went over detector types and how spectrum analyzers gather and display data, including average detection. In this blog, I’ll go o

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#Spectrum Analyzers #Measurement Fundamentals

RF + Microwave

Jessica Patterson 2020.07.31

In Part 2 of the spectrum analysis basics blog series, I went over the block diagram of a classic spectrum analyzer and introduced the concept of the envelope detector. This time, I’ll go over more de

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#Signal Analyzers #Spectrum Analyzers

RF + Microwave

Jessica Patterson 2020.05.28

In my last blog, I talked about types of spectrum analyzers, frequency and time domain basics, and a few applications of spectrum analyzers. In this blog, I’ll go over the block diagram of a spectrum

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#Spectrum Analyzers #Signal Analyzers #Measurement Fundamentals

RF + Microwave

Jessica Patterson 2020.05.01

Spectrum Analysis Basics, Part 1 – What is a spectrum analyzer? The concept of spectrum analysis is a little daunting. From simple amplitude and frequency measurements to complex, application-specific

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#Signal Analyzers #Spectrum Analyzers #Measurement Fundamentals

RF + Microwave

Jessica Patterson 2020.03.26

What is mmwave? Welcome to the world of 5G. In that world, networks will heavily utilize millimeter-Wave frequency spectrum bands. These bands, above 24 GHz, have the ability to support large bandwidt

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#5G #mmWave

RF + Microwave

Jessica Patterson 2020.02.21

Why would I need both a signal analyzer and signal source? You probably know that if you have a source, you need an analyzer to characterize it. To even see what signal your device is producing requir

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#Spectrum Analyzers #Signal Generators

Jessica Patterson

Spectrum Analysis Fundamentals, Part 4: Video Filtering and Trace Averaging

Spectrum Analysis Basics - Part 3: Detector Types

Spectrum Analysis Basics - Part 2: What's in a spectrum analyzer?

Spectrum Analysis Basics, Part 1 - What is a Spectrum Analyzer?

The Low Down on High Frequency - mmWave Myths

Spectrum Analyzers and Signal Generators: Do I need both?