- Keysight Technologies announced a single box multi-channel solution for wideband mmWave measurements.
- The new functionality to Keysight UXR-Series of oscilloscopes delivers analysis capabilities for wideband measurements up to 110 GHz.
In recent years, mmWave and RF technologies have pushed frequencies above 100 GHz, with wide bandwidth needs easily reaching 10s of GHz. Technologies such as 802.11ay (WiGig), 802.11ad (gigabit wireless), satellite communications, radar, and 5G, have frequencies that reach well into the mmWave spectrum. Traditionally, measurements at these frequencies required a mixture of instruments and impairment causing down-converters or the need to purchase an 1mm input oscilloscope with 80 to 110 GHz of bandwidth.
Keysight’s mmWave Wideband Analyzer and UXR-Series oscilloscopes enable dynamic wideband analysis for frequencies of up to 110 GHz, and offers:
– An unique bandwidth model that matches typical RF equipment, in which the price correlates with the analysis bandwidth needed – eliminating the need to purchase the full frequency range the oscilloscope hardware supports.
– The ability to configure optional 5 GHz or 10 GHz analysis bandwidth windows within and above the UXR’s natively licensed bandwidth – limited only by the hardware’s maximum supported frequency range.
– Hardware accelerated DDC to decimate oscilloscope captures in real-time enabling deep captures exceeding several seconds of time and accelerating processing up to 100x faster than non-decimated measurements.
– Availability of >2 GHz of Digital Down Conversion (DDC) analysis bandwidth that can be used in conjunction with available mmWave frequency extension options to extend DDC accelerated frequency ranges as high as 110 GHz.
– Signal integrity with error vector magnitude (EVM) below 0.6 percent for 5G new radio (NR) FR2 tests and 1 percent for 802.11ay technologies, i.e. EVM measurements taken now reflect the true device under test (DUT) performance, without impairments caused by noise of the measurement system.
Keysight’s mmWave Wideband Analyzer and UXR-Series Oscilloscopes are available now, at a starting price of US $170,000
