October 2014

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octoBox Isolation Measurements

octoBox Isolation
120

100

80
Isolation (dB)

Front
60
Isolation is measured with Ethernet and USB cables Left
Right
connected through octoBox data filters.
40 Back

Isolation is measured at close proximity and improves

20
drastically with a foot or two of extra distance.

0
700 800 900 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000 4500 5000 5500 6000
Frequency (MHz)

Worst case isolation is at the left side honeycomb vent (‘Left’ curve)

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Isolation Test Setup

Spectrum Analyzer
Advantest R3273 Laptop

ETH
octoBox under test USB
Log-Periodic
Amplifier Log-Periodic Amplifier RF Signal Source
Antenna
Mini-Circuits Antenna Mini-Circuits Spartant RSS-6000
Kent LP8565
ZX60-V63+ ZX60-V82+

PWR
Equipment and antenna specifications
http://www.octoscope.com/English/Products/octoBox_Stackable/octoBox_Stackable.html
http://www.testequipmentconnection.com/specs/ADVANTEST_R3273.PDF
http://www.spartant.com/download/spartant-rss-6000.pdf
http://www.minicircuits.com/pdfs/ZX60-V63+.pdf
http://www.minicircuits.com/pdfs/ZX60-V82+.pdf
http://www.wa5vjb.com/pcb-pdfs/LP8565.pdf

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Test Procedure
1. Take a reference Reference measurement
measurement with the
octoBox door open and with
TX and RX antennas in TX antenna

close proximity RX antenna

2. Close the octoBox door and

perform measurements at
different orientations of
octoBox with respect to RX
antenna, which is connected
to the Spectrum Analyzer RX antenna

3. Record and plot the Isolation measurement from back

measurements for each
orientation
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Reference Level Measurement

Ethernet cable
connected
through filter

USB cable
connected through
filter and controlling
the RF source

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Internal Antenna and Signal Generator

RF Signal Source

TX antenna

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Spectrum Analyzer Measurement

Power Amp

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Isolation Measurement at Filter Inputs

RX antenna
connected to
Spectrum
Analyzer

Ethernet and
USB cables
connected
through the
filters

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Isolation Measurement at Filter Inputs (close-up)

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Isolation Measurement at Vent (Worst Point)

‘Left’ measurement point

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Summary
• Isolation of octoBox has been measured at close proximity.
Interference is undetectable in real-life environments when
the source of interference is further away than in the
measurements shown here.
• octoBox interference is measured with data cables
connected through filters, which shows real-life
performance of octoBox.
• octoBox typical isolation is about 100 dB and worst case
isolation is better than 80 dB at close proximity.

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• View octoBox information

• http://www.octoscope.com/English/Products/octoBox_MPE/octoBox_MPE.html
• View our publications, including articles, white papers, test reports and online tutorials
• http://www.octoscope.com/English/Resources/Articles.html
• Contact
sales@octoscope.com
+1.978.222.3114

Thank you!

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