WE !-lAVE ALL, AT ONE TIME OR ANOT!

-IER,
needed some of the capabilities that a
spectrum analyzer offers. Unfor-
tunately, sophisticated analyzers can
cost more than a new car! So most of
us have managed to live without the
benefits that those instruments offer.
After all, a meter, oscilloscope, fre-
quency counter, and RF pro be can
actually give quite a bit of information
about a signal environment. But none You can build a
of those instruments can depict the
total spectral content cIearIy and un-
20-600MHz
ambiguously, and give you informa- spectrum monitor
tion on modulation or spurs. FRED BAUMGARTNER
The solution is the spectrum
monitor presented here. It doesn't
have the frequency or amplitude reso- If VI' the output of the first func- plied to the horizontal oscilIoscope
lution 01' a professional version, but it tion generator, is a l-kHz triangle inputs, the CRT beam wilI sweep out
costs onJy around $200, and you'lI be wave applied to the FM input of the a horizontal line along the x-axis of
able to view the 20-600 MHz range second function generator, and if V 2 the graticule. Varying the amplitude
and compare relati ve levels. is a IO-kHz sine wave, then V 2 would of VI control s the length of the line on
The spectrum monitor has two op- be an FM sinusoid. Varying the fre- the oscilIoscope screen. By making
erating modes; you can use it to either quency of VI varies the rate of change the frequency of VI high enough and
visualIy display an amplitude spec- about the carrier frequency, and vary- experimenting with its amplitude,
trum on an oscilIoscope, or as a re- ing the amplitude of VI varies the you can make the beam occupy the
ceiver to help identify FM signals. deviation from that center frequency, whole length of the bottom of the
or the modulation index. However, graticule, and make its retrace com-
Spectrum analyzer theory while the FM waveform is needed to pletely invisible.
The function of a spectrum ana- generate a spectrum, it isn't the spec- Now take any audio filter or ampli-
lyzer is to tune across a controlIed trum itself. fier, a piece of stereo equipment, for
frequency range and display RF am- If the l-kHz triangle wave is ap- example. If you apply V 2 to this filter
plitude versus frequency on a CRT.
Frequency increases from left to right
(the + x-direction), while amplitude
increases from bottom to top (the + y-
direction). The signal being analyzed
is applied to the vertical amplifier of
TRIANGLE
GENERATOR
WAVE FM SINE
WAVE GENERATOR
II~I
an oscilIoscope, and the horizontal + ® V2 FILTER V3i :1: HORIZ
+ +
amplifier is driven by a linear ramp Vl
FM OR AMP VERT +
like a triangle or sawtooth.
OSCILLOSCOPE
The simplest spectrum analyzer re- WITHTIME
quires an oscilIoscope and two sine! BASE ON EX-
square!triangle function generators, TERMINAL SWEEP (J)
m
connected as shown in Fig. 1. The
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oscilloscope time base is set for exter- FIG. 1-BASIC SPECTAUM ANALYZER. The first function generator produces a linear m
ramp waveform (either a triangle or a sawtooth) V1• That is applied to the FM input of the s:
nal sweep, and the scope's horizontal lJl
second function generator to produce an FM sinusoid, V2, which is applied to the inputs m
input is grounded. The beam is posi- of a filler or amplifier. The output, V3, is applied to the vertical amplifier of an oscilloscope,
:Il
tioned at the bottom center of grati- the time base of which is set to external sweep. The ramp V1 is applied to the horizontal <D
CXl
cule, which wilI be the origino amplifier, and the amplitude spectrum appears on the CAT. <D

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z converter is the heart of the project. It accepts RF signals from about 55-553 MHz and tion of frequency. The voltage gain in
~ downconverts them to a standard 63-MHz constant-levellF. decibels (AdB) as a function of fre-
f-
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Ó amplifier's output V 3 to the os- shape. That is the amplitude frequen- V3 to V2. Or:
Ci cilloscope's vertical amplifier, you
«a: should see some smooth continuous
cy-response ofthe filter or amplifier, a
AdB = 20 x loglO(V 3/V 1)'
visual depiction of the amplitude of
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Note that AdB is a function of fre- the resulting FM generatÍon is also.
quency, not time. That ratio (or the The minimum frequency for a tri-
log of it) is called the amplitude spec- angular waveform corresponds to the
trum of a signal, and is a plot of how a negative-most point of each cycle,
filter, amplifier, or any other elec- and the maximum frequency to its
tronic component responds to varia- positive-most point. The frequency
tions in frequency. range for a sawtooth waveform goes
from minimum to maximum during
Tuner/converter principies its long rise time, with a sharp retrace
The previous example was at audio at the end of a cycle. In both cases, the
frequencies, while the spectrum duration of each ramp must occupy
monitor discussed here works at RE the entire length of the x-axis of the
Certain variations in the previous idea CRT graticule.
are necessary to make spectral analy- The spectrum monitor uses a com-
sis practical at such frequencies. An mercially available tuner/converter
RF spectrum analyzer ordinarily uses normally found in TV's, VCR's, and
a sawtooth wave rather than a triangle cable converters to down-convert nor-
wave as the horizontal scanning wave- mal RF to a standard 63-MHz con-
form, sihce that waveshape is easier to stant-Ievel IF, tunable over the desired
generate at RE AIso, rather than gen- frequency range. As mentioned ear-
erating an FM sinusoid as the driving lier, there are two distinct operating
waveform which generates the spec- modes; you can either observe a sig-
tral response, most spectrum ana- nal in sweep mode regardless of mod-
Iyzers use a tuned receiver to scan ulation type, or you can demodulate
FM using the internal FM receiver IC.
over a frequency range.
The real object behind using a tri- There are all sorts of ways to obtain
of the parts are readily available. If
you use the Zenith tuner discussed
here, enough information is provided
regarding its internal circuitry and pi-
nouts so that you shouldn'thave any
real difficulty. Without proper test
gear and some reasonable familiarity
with RF electronics, you shouldn't
use a different model.
The spectrum monitor can be made
to work with a wide variety of tuners,
including those that use bipolar sup-
plies or need negative tuning volt-
ages. The important tuner charac-
teristic to look for is continuous
tuning. Many tuners also have band
switching, like those for TV's and
VCR's, although they require a switch
to supply band-change voltages.
AIso, there may be gaps in frequency
coverage, like between channels 5
and 6, or between the VHF and UHF
bands. Cable converters use those (f)
m
spaces, so a cable-ready set or cable "1J
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m
tuner probably won't have that prob- s:
lem. However, they may not tune all of lJl
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angle or sawtooth waveform is that tuner/converters from cable convert- 470-850 MHz). Ideally, the tuner
their slopes are essentially linear, so ers and TV or VCR front ends; the rest should reach at least 550 or 600 MHz.
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lE TV Channel 3 (63 MHz) is popu-
lar, but Channel 4 (69 MHz) is suit-
able and within the range of the
~ project. Also, you'lI want relatively
z stabk gain characteristics and few im-
~ ages or spurs.
}:) Some adjustment of the spectrum
~ monitor may be necessary for use
Ó with yourtuner. Automatic Gain Con-
o trol (AGC) voltages can be brought
< suitable tuner; a block diagram is
a: out to a front panel control to set RF
gain, or tied to a voltage representing
full gain. Measuring the local os-
cillator output with a frequency coun-
ter will enable you to calculate the
center frequency.
Zenith SX tuner/converter
The Zenith SX series tuner/con-
verter (part number 175-2292A) used
in the prototype is representative of a
shown in Fig. 2. It can be bought with
the kit described in the Parts List, or
directIy from Zenith Corp. It contains
both up- and down-converter sec-
tions, and fits into a 4.25- x 2.78- x
1.05-inch aluminum shell with one
"F" -type and two RCA-type jacks.
The "F"-typejack (15) is the RFIN,
with a frequency range of
55.25-553.25 MHz. One RCA-type
jack (J2) is the 63-MHz IFOUT, and the
second (17) is the PRESCALE output,
continued on page 64
 l' 2 INCHES
LF TRANSMITTER
SPECTRUM MONITOR
continued from page 42
which isn't used here.
There are two PC-board plugs sup-
plied with the tuner. One is a two-pin
version, PL5, used for A/B SWITCH,
which along with C1 is unused. The
other is a Single-Inline-Pin (SIP)
plug, PL6, which connects to most of
the pinouts. Pin 1 (black) of PL2 is
ground, pin 2 (green) is the SECOND
LOCAL OSCILLATOR + 12-volt supply
(unused), pin 3 (orange) is the UP-
CONVEIUER + 12-voltsupply, pin 4 (vi-
olet) is the FIRST LOCAL-OSCILLATOR
TUNING VOLTAGE, and pin 5 (yellow) is
the AUTOMATI~ FREQUENCY CONTROL
(AFC) voltage for tuning the second
local oscillator over the range
517-617 MHz. Pin 6 is not wired.
Even though the up- and down-
converter supplies are labeled as nom-
inally needing + 12 volts, + 10 volts
proved to be adequate. The AFC po-
tential on pin 5 of PL2 should nomi-
nally be + 2.5 volts, to keep the
second local oscillator at 567 MHz.
Enough information is provided to let
you look into suitable replacements if
you can't get this version, or want to
experiment with others.
Spectrum monitor operation
The block diagram of the spectrum
monitor is shown in Fig. 3. It can
operate using either 12-volts AC or
~ + 12-volts DC, and provision is also
z made for optional Ni-Cd batteries. An
~ RF signal over the frequency range
t> 55.25-553.25 MHz is applied to the
~ Zenith tuner via J5. The tuner will
w
Ó down-convert to a 63-MHz IF, the
o center frequency being adjusted using
~ R18, and the sweep width using R20;
64
' I
FOIL PATTERN. LF CONVERTER
the IF exits the tuner via 12. It is then
fed to an FM receiver IC that acts as
detector/demodulator. The input reso-
nant frequency of the IC is adjusted
using trimmer capacitor C26.
The output of the detector/demod-
ulator IC is applied simultaneously to
a discrete NPN transistor preamplifier
and an op-amp buffer/impedance
con verter. The preamplifier output
goes to an IC power amplifier and
speaker, the volume being adjusted
using R12. This is the FM-receiver
audio output, letting you listen to FM
broadcast stations, TV audio, two-
way FM communications, etc.
The buffer/impedance converter is
part of the vertical output section, and
is followed by a two-pole low-pass
filter which suppresses any signal am-
plitude overshoots, preventing the
spectrum monitor from forcing the
oscilloscope beam off the graticule.
That's followed by a vertical offset
clipper and oscilloscope driver ampli-
fier, which is adjusted using R4. The
output of this amplifier is fed to the
VEIU OUT jack 13.
Note that S2 feeds power to either
the audio amplifier for receiver opera-
tion, or IC7 for sweep operation in
spectrum monitor mode. The two op-
erating modes are mutually exclusive;
you can't use the monitor to simulta-
neously observe a region of the RF
spectrum, and listen to whatever sta-
tion is at the center frequency of the
display. However, it is a simple matter
to switch between modes.
The horizontal circuitry begins
with a horizontal oscillator, which
also acts as a line-voltage syn-
chronizer. When the spectrum
monitor is powered by 6O-Hz AC, the
12-volts AC from the secondary ofTl
FOIL PATTERN.
is coupled into the horizontal os-
cillator, locking it to the 6O-Hzpower-
line frequency automatically. When
12-volts DC is applied directly to 11,
synchronization to 60 Hz becomes
impossible, so the horizontal os-
cillator will be free running.
The horizontal-oscillator waveform
then passes through a network that
generates the sawtooth waveform
used for horizontal scan/retrace. That
sawtooth is amplified by a horizontal
driver and appears at HORIZ OUT jack
J4. The sweep frequency is adjusted
using R32, but the adjustment is
effective only when the spectrum
monitor is operated using AC.
Circuit description
The complete schematic of the
spectrum monitor is shown in Fig. 4.
The spectrum monitor uses 12-volts
AC or + 12-volts DC, allowing opera-
tion from a car battery, or a plug-in 12-
volt AC adapter. It also can operate off
of a Ni-Cd power pack.
Diode DI is the power rectifier for
12-volts AC, D2 and resistor R1 pro-
vide a charging path for the Ni-Cd
cells, and SI is an SPST ON/OFF
switch. While a full-wave rectifier
would be much easier to filter, it
would prevent AC/DC compatibility.
The filter is composed of R2 and ca-
pacitors C1 and C2. AIso, C3 samples
AC to synchronize the sweep os-
cillator to 60 Hz. The three voltage
regulators provide regulated + 10-
volts DC to the tuner, and + 5-volts
DC to the sweep circuits. The
TDA7000 receiver uses +4.5 volts;
the drop across D3 provides +4.3
volts, which is adequate.
While the 555 timer (IC5) is con-
continued on page 92
 + lO-volts DC. Reversing D4 and D5 R34. Finally, D6 routes the blanking/
SPECTRUM MONITOR allows current to be passed in the re- sync pulse to the vertical section
continued from page 64 verse direction, and the Zener voltage (IC7-a and IC7-b) for vertical retrace.
of D5 could be changed if needed. Note that D6 may need to be shorted
figured as an astable, its real purpose The horizontal sweep generator pro- or left out for faster vertical retrace,
is to function as an additional voltage duces both sawtooth and pulse wave- although some oscilloscopes will ex-
source. It works in conjunction with forms, and can be externally perience vertical overshoot as a result.
T2, a 3:1 toroidal auto-transformer, to synchronized. You'll have to experiment with what-
provide the tuning voltage. Most The purpose of D9, 010, and R33 ever oscilloscope you use, in order to
tuner/converters need 0-25 volts for is to allow the negative and positive decide.
full-range control. The primary of T2 slopes to be set independently. Note True "Z" -axis control (blanking or
is supplied by the + 10 volts from that R33 is in series with D9, but that brightness) is difficult to obtain on
IC3, and the 143.056-kHz oscillation there's no comparable resistor in se- many oscilloscopes. If yours permits
superposes ari additional 20 volts, ries with DIO. Thus, R33 extends the external blanking control, it's avail-
producing 30 volts across C31. The duration of the sawtooth waveform able as a positive pulse from pin 8 of
duty cycle is very low to conserve up-ramp so the CRT beam fits on the IC7-c. This pulse drives the CRT
power. Next, D5, a 25-volt Zener, horizontal axis ofthe graticule. Then, beam vertically off the screen during
clamps and regulates the tuning volt- DIO permits a steep, rapid discharge, retrace and turns the vertical amplifier
age, and R18 controls the tuning volt- minimizing the sawtooth waveform off, preventing retrace from being
age for the first local oscillator in the fall time and permitting fast horizon- seen.
tuner. tal retrace. Sweep-frequency potenti- The Signetics TDA7000, IC6, is a
For tuners requiring negative or ometer R32 allows the time constant complete FM receiver on a chip. The
multiple voltages, T2 will have to be to be varied. tank LI-C26 for the Volt-
modified. For a different maximum Zener-diodes 07 and D8 clamp the age-Controlled Oscillator (VCO) on
amplitude required, change the ratio output of the oscillations from IC7-c, pin 6 is the only RF adjustment. Only
of T2, and for a negative voltage, D7 the negative-going direction, and L2, C15, and C16 are required on IC5
reverse D4 and D5 and also the non- D8 the positive-going direction. as external components to create the
tap terminal s on the auto-transformer. Then, IC7-d buffers the sawtooth RF input filter and perform matching.
This will force the auto-transformer to generated across C39, and IC7-c If the IF is 45 MHz, the value of Ll
generate negative-going pulses, switches C39 from charge to di s- may need to be increased. By altering
which will be superposed upon the charge based on the feedback through Ll, any IF from 30-110 MHz may be

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plifies the circuitry for many tuned spectrum monitor. In the former, the 8Case (3LED,2Button,Key)
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26.80
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