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Spectrum and Network Analyzer Applications

Spectrum, logic and network analyzers are used in a wide variety of different industries and applications. Here are some of the more common applications and uses today:

Network analysis. Network protocol analyzers are used to monitor, decode and analyze data packets and traffic on a computer network traffic. Network analyzers decode the protocol used at each OSI layer in order to identify network problems.

Serial data analysis. - Digital data signals are moving to ever-increasing serial data formats. Logic analyzers (as well as oscilloscopes) are used to analyze and characterize such data formats as USB, SCSI, Ethernet, Serial ATA, Fibre Channel, FireWire, Rapid I/O, InfiniBand, Bluetooth and CAN Bus for the automotive industry.

Jitter analysis. - Today, high-bandwidth circuits have extremely fast clocks and signals. Logic analyzers are used to characterize and debug signal jitter as well as timing for clocks, clock-to-data and datastream analysis.

Power analysis. - Spectrum analyzers are used to measure and analyze the operating characteristics of power conversion devices, circuits, and line-power harmonics. Differential amplifier probes are needed on the analyzer for this application.

Time-domain reflectometry. Time Domain Reflectometry (TDR) is a way to measure impedance values and variations (such as faults) along transmission cables, cables connectors or microstrips on a circuit board. Domain analyzers are used to measure and analyze signals in the time domain (as opposed to the frequency domain.

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