HEWLETT

PACKARD

MODEL 356lA
DYNAMIC SIGNAL ANALYZER
OPERATING MANUAL

To help minimize the possibility of electrical fire or shock

hazards, do not expose this instrument to rain or excessive
moisture.

Manual Part Number 03561-90001

Microfiche Part Number 03561-90051

0 Copyright by Hewlett-Packard Company 1983

PO. Box 69, Marysville, Washington, U.S.A., 98270
Printed: March 1984 Printed in U.S.A
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-hp-3561A DYNAMIC SIGNAL ANALYZER OPERATING MANUAL
PREFACE

The -hp. Model 3561A is a single channel Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) signal
analyzer covering the frequency range to 100 kHz. The -hp-3561A measurement
capabilities include magnitude, phase, and time displays in a narrow band, l/3 OC-
tave, or full octave format. Narrow band data can be captured and stored in the
time buffer for processing with alternate setups without acquiring new data.
Resolution in the narrow band mode is 250 Hz for a full 100 kHz display span and
25.6 pHz for the 0.01 Hz display span. The -hp-3561A measures input signals from
f27 dBV (22.39 Vrms) down to -51 dBV (+2.82 mVrms). The 80 dB dynamic
range of the -hp.3561A allows measurement of signals where the signal of interest
exists in the presence of large unwanted signals.

The signal processing capabilities of the -hp.3561A include urns averaging, rms ex-
ponential weighting averaging, and time averaging. The peak hold mode captures
the maximum amplitude of the signal while the overload reject mode allows exclu-
sion of measurements from the averaging process that overload the input circuits.

The -hp-3561A math operations can be applied to measurement data for additional
processing of the data. The math functions include the four basic math operations
plus integration and differentiation.

Marker analysis modes include not only absolute and relative marker position
values, but also tracking of the peak signal in a display, computation of power in a
frequency band, and display of multiple markers for analysis of harmonic freqwn-
ties. and analysis of the modulation sidebands of a carrier frequency.

The display formats include the display of single traces, simultaneous display of
two traces either in a top-bottom format or a front-back format, or the display of
up to 60 traces in a map type format, Display units are user definable. Both linear
or logarithmic scaling of the display is available.