30MHz digital demodulation for Aeroflex 3280A Series Spectrum Analyzers added as standard feature

Designed as general-purpose instruments that provide performance far beyond the price tag, the 3280A Series spectrum analyzers are accurate, flexible, and easy-to-use. By including a 30MHz digital demodulator as standard, the 3280A Series provides even more functionality for the price - offering frequency coverage from 3Hz to 26.5GHz, impressive RF and microwave specifications, exceptional connectivity, and many ease-of-use features at an affordable price.

The 3280A Series maintains the extremely high level of accuracy as its predecessor, ±0.15dB up to 3GHz. Other performance features include an excellent local oscillator (LO) phase noise <-115dBm/Hz, 1GHz / 10kHz offset and +18dBm third order intermodulation (TOI) performance. Digital intermediate frequency (IF) offers resolution bandwidths from 5MHz to 1Hz.

The Windows® XP operating system, internal hard drive and built-in CD-ROM make the 3280A Series easy to operate and allows for a wide range of interfaces, including LAN access, USB interface, RS-232, IEEE 488 (GPIB) and VGA outputs. Centronics parallel ports are provided for printer, mouse, and keyboard connectivity. An optional removable hard drive is available for when the instrument is used in a secure area.

The 3280A Series has a large 10.4 inch LCD display with ample viewing area, so data can be easily seen - even in split screen mode, or with multiple windows open. Three traces can be displayed per window and as many as nine markers can be selected with a marker table viewable in an alternate window.

Built-in functions can simplify the evaluation of many common measurements and the 3280A Series offers several of these, including: channel power, adjacent channel power, occupied bandwidth, spectrum emission mask, TOI measurement, harmonic distortion, X dB down, and phase noise measurement.