Signal Hound BB60D 6GHz Spectrum Analyser

Signal Hound BB60D 6GHz Spectrum Analyser

The Signal Hound BB60D 6GHz spectrum analyser is a high speed real-time spectrum analyser (RTSA) and RF recorder. With a tuning range from 9kHz to 6GHz, it collects 80M samples/second, and streams I/Q data to your computer via USB3.0 at 140MB/sec.

The BB60D comes with the Spike(TM) API and spectrum analyzer application, with selectable color persistence display mode, 2-D color waterfall, spectrum emission masks, and the following analysis modules: analog/digital/WLAN modulation analysis, EMC precompliance measurements, noise figure, and interference hunting measurements.

FREQUENCY

• Range: 9 kHz to 6.0 GHz
• Streaming calibrated I/Q data: 4 kHz to 27 MHz of selectable IF bandwidth that is amplitude corrected
• Resolution Bandwidths (RBW): 10 Hz to 10 MHz
• Internal Timebase Accuracy: ±1ppm per year
• Sweep Speed (RBW ≥30 kHz): 24 GHz/sec
• VSWR: < 1.4 typical

AMPLITUDE (RBW ≤100 KHZ)

Range: +10 dBm to Displayed Average Noise Level (DANL)

Absolute Accuracy:

• ±2.0 dB (arbitrary & non-native RBW’s)
• +2.0dB/–2.6dB (native RBW’s-faster DSP)

DISPLAYED AVERAGE NOISE LEVEL

• Input Frequency Range          DANL
• 9 kHz to 500 kHz                    –140dBm/Hz
• 500 kHz to 30 MHz                 –154dBm/Hz
• 30 MHz to 6 GHz                    –158dBm/Hz + 1.0dB/GHz

RESIDUAL RESPONSES: REF LEVEL ≤ -30dBm, 0dB ATTENUATION

• Input Freq. Range     Residual Level
• 500 kHz to 6 GHz            –120dBm

LO LEAKAGE ≤ –80 dBm

PHASE NOISE AT 1 GHz

SPURIOUS & IMAGE REJECTION

(any ref level from -30dBm to +10dBm, using 5dB increments and input signal 10dB below ref level) [Auto ATTEN, ≤30kHz RBW]

• Input Frequency Range      Spurious Level
• 9kHz to 6GHz                       –50dBc

IP2 (-10dBm ref level)

IP3 (-10dBm ref level)

• +10 dBm

SYNCHRONIZATION (≤ 20MHz IBW)

• 1 PPS GPS input port enables ±50ns time stamping

OPERATING TEMPERATURE

• 32°F to 149°F (0°C to +65°C) Standard;
• –40°F to 149°F (–40°C to +65°C) for Option-1

SIZE AND WEIGHT

• 63” x 3.19” x 1.19” (219mm x 81mm x 30mm)
• Net, 1.10 lbs. (0.50 kg)

POWER

• One USB 3.0 port and one adjacent USB 2.0 or USB 3.0 port
• 6 W active, 1 W idle

CONTROL AND COMMUNICATION

• USB 3.0 serial bus

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Intel i7, 3rd generation or later with a quad core processor, Microsoft® Windows® 10 or UbuntuTM Linux, one USB 3.0 port, and one adjacent USB 2.0 or USB 3.0 port Note: RF recording using streaming I/Q bandwidths

• 8MHz requires the computer’s mass storage drive to have at least 250MB/sec of sustained write speed such as an SSD, RAID-0, or RAID-5.

See also:

BB60D_Preliminary_Datasheet_June_2022

Signal Hound Website: BB60D.