Keysight Technologies announced the Keysight N9042B UXA solution of X-Series signal analyzers, which facilitates testing the possibilities of millimeter wave (mmWave) innovations for 5G, aerospace, defense, and satellite communications applications.
The new Keysight N9042B UXA X-Series signal analyzer delivers extensive analysis bandwidth and deep active range to help service customers overcome the most demanding challenges in mmWave applications including tight design schedules and margins, complex modulation and rigorous standards.
“Understanding signal loyalty is critical to product capabilities in the 5G, aerospace and defense, satellite, and automotive radar markets,” said Kiran Unni, vice president for industrial technologies practice at Frost & Sullivan. “At mmWave frequencies, signals are more susceptible to disturbances that affect signal quality, such as IQ modulation glitches, phase rumble, distortion, signal-to-rumble ratio, linearity in amplitude and phase. For designers and manufacturers, addressing these challenges is vital when characterizing and testing the real possibilities of mmW products.”
The Keysight N9042B UXA X-Series signal analyzer offers the following key benefits:
• Ensures designs meet the latest standards with ready-to-use measurement applications and signal analysis software.
• Clearly displays signals with a preset sweep from 2Hz to XNUMX GHz and with up to XNUMX GHz of analysis bandwidth.
• Test the real possibilities of 5G New Radio (NR) transmitters with advanced Failure Vector Magnitude Measurement (EVM).
• Quickly finds out-of-band or spurious emissions in radar designs with higher Average Displayed Noise Level (DANL).
• Develops high data rate satellite communication designs with a four GHz corrected analysis bandwidth.
“With the increasing demand for data, higher frequencies and greater bandwidth, Keysight signal analyzer and generation solutions embody our deep experience in design and mmW measurements for the latest 5G wireless standards, radar, aerospace, defense, satellite and also communications research,” said Joe Rickert, vice president and general manager of high-frequency R&D for Keysight's suite of communications solutions. “We are delighted to cooperate with our service customers on their test and measurement needs to accelerate industry innovations.”
Test Application Software
To ensure that designs meet the latest standards through ready-to-use test applications in mobile communications, wireless connectivity, and aerospace/defense, Keysight has integrated PathWave X-Series test applications with Keysight's signal analyzer. the X-Series UXA. These applications facilitate complex tasks and offer repeatable results. In addition to this, PathWave XNUMX Vector Signal Analysis software, a complete set of tools for vector signal analysis and demodulation, offers support for more than XNUMX signal standards and modulation genres, and enables users to service customers to explore each and every facet of a signal and optimize their most advanced designs.
Mobile Communications
Testing 5G components and devices to 3GPP standards for 5G NR Rel-fifteen and Rel-XNUMX requires a solution with higher bandwidth capabilities, sensitivity, and accuracy.
The N9042B signal analyzer tests the real possibilities of transmitter designs with EVM measurements and 5G NR signal analysis software that performs uplink and downlink transmitter measurements with the push of a button.
Satellite Communications
Current satellite communication systems require a complex approach for the characterization of high-bandwidth components. Customers of the service need to characterize amplifiers and components in greater bandwidths than what the final application requires. The N9042B UXA X-Series signal analyzer provides extensive analysis bandwidth and a preset frequency range that helps service customers characterize the capabilities of their satellite designs.
The N9042B UXA X-Series signal analyzer solution enables service customers to achieve high levels of accuracy thanks to:
• Keysight's innovative V3050A Signal Analyzer Frequency Extender offers unparalleled accuracy in measuring wide-bandwidth signals at very high frequencies. It offers astonishing sensitivity, and a preset frequency range of up to one hundred and ten GHz, long active range, and a built-in interface with the N9042B UXA signal analyzer.
• El Vernier caliper Receiver Keysight, RCal, corrects system transmission losses and frequency response up to a XNUMX GHz IF bandwidth without the need for an external vector network analyzer, cabling, or shape measurement plane characterization Handbook. The RCal fits in the palm of your hand and transparently transfers factory-accuracy calibration data to the Keysight X-Series signal analyzer via a USB connection, reducing the effort and difficulty required to improve signal accuracy. receiver test system.
• Its companion, Keysight's VXG Microwave Signal Generator, delivers tremendous power output with ultra-low phase noise and high bandwidth for demanding wireless applications such as aerospace and defense. The VXG's dual channel architecture allows you to quickly switch jammer and jammer test configurations to dual channel MIMO with beamforming.
