Keysight’s New Network Analyzers with High Performance Signal Generators Simplify and Speed Complex Measurements
June 24 2020 - 11:00AM
Business Wire
Enables customers to take accurate measurements
with less phase noise interference
Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS), a leading technology
company that helps enterprises, service providers and governments
accelerate innovation to connect and secure the world, has enhanced
the company’s performance network analyzers (PNA and PNA-X) to
deliver greater flexibility and accuracy while speeding and
simplifying required measurements.
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Keysight Technologies has enhanced the
company’s performance network analyzers, PNA and PNA-X, to deliver
greater flexibility and accuracy while speeding and simplifying
required measurements. (Photo: Business Wire)
Network analyzers are indispensable test instruments in the
radio frequency and microwave industry. They provide measurement
capabilities to characterize a wide range of devices, components
and systems. However, measurements for active devices, including
noise figure, gain compression and IMD, can be complex, especially
on modern high-frequency devices.
Keysight’s enhanced PNA and PNA-X network analyzers contain a
proprietary low-spurious direct digital synthesis (DDS) source,
enabling customers to take accurate measurements with less phase
noise interference. With the clean source signals, customers can
perform two-tone IMD measurements with close tone spacing
previously only possible with high-performance analog signal
generators. The new DDS sources also enhance the performance of a
wide range of software applications, including modulation
distortion, SMC with phase, and I/Q converter measurements, to
provide exceptional speed in mixer/frequency converter
characterization. Offering a third radio frequency (RF) source up
to 13.5 GHz on the PNA-X simplifies measurement setup by taking the
place of an external signal generator to drive local
oscillators.
“Keysight understands that when engineers are characterizing
complex active devices, it can take days,” stated Joe Rickert, vice
president and general manager of high frequency measurement R&D
for Keysight’s communications solutions group. “Our new PNA family
delivers the right mix of speed and performance to reduce these
test times, enabling faster insight with simplified measurement
setups and the accuracy they need to improve their designs.”
Keysight’s PNA (high performing, cost effective network
analyzer) and PNA-X (an integrated and flexible single-connection
microwave test engine for measuring active devices) provide the
following key customer benefits:
- Simplified test stations by replacing racks and stacks of
equipment
- Reduced test time with a wide range of single-connection
measurement applications
- Accurate linear and nonlinear device characterization using
advanced error correction
- Accelerated insight into component behavior using a multi-touch
display and intuitive user interface
Commenting on an example of Keysight’s new PNA capabilities, “I
am extremely pleased to see the results of Keysight’s new PNA-X
network analyzer on phase and group delay measurements,” stated
Antonella Di Pace, test engineer at Viasat Inc. “The improvements
implemented by Keysight are truly amazing and address my needs
without question.”
About Keysight Technologies
Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS) is a leading technology
company that helps enterprises, service providers and governments
accelerate innovation to connect and secure the world. Keysight's
solutions optimize networks and bring electronic products to market
faster and at a lower cost with offerings from design simulation,
to prototype validation, to manufacturing test, to optimization in
networks and cloud environments. Customers span the worldwide
communications ecosystem, aerospace and defense, automotive,
energy, semiconductor and general electronics end markets. Keysight
generated revenues of $4.3 in fiscal year 2019. More information is
available at www.keysight.com.
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