Keysight Announces Signal Generator with Frequency Support up to 110 GHz
Published2022.05.12 13:43
▲Keysight Technologies M9484C VXG signal generator (Photo courtesy of Keysight Technologies)
Expanding portfolio with real-time capabilities supporting wireless communications applications
Reduce system setup complexity and achieve accurate multi-channel measurements.
Keysight held a press conference on the 12th to introduce its strategy for the domestic 5G and 6G markets and how its new signal generator will simplify testing of 5G base stations and user equipment.
The newly released M9484C VXG vector signal generator expands Keysight's VXG series portfolio with real-time capabilities to support demanding wireless communications applications.
The new product, equipped with the V3080A vector signal generator frequency extender, extends the frequency range up to 110 GHz, addressing the requirements of the latest standards.
New 5G, 6G research, satellite communications, and radar applications use a wide range of frequencies, including up to millimeter wave (mmWave) spectrum.
Testing these areas requires signal generation equipment capable of generating millimeter-wave signals at very high bandwidths.
The newly announced signal generator helps customers reduce the complexity of their test system setup. Helps achieve accurate and repeatable multi-channel measurements on a single device.
A key feature is its scalable architecture, enabling implementation of the most demanding wideband and multi-channel test signals at frequencies up to 110 GHz. It generates test signals with radio frequency (RF) bandwidths up to 5 GHz, and with the V3080A vector signal generator frequency extender, it supports a frequency range from 9 kHz to 54 GHz and up to 110 GHz.
It also features fully integrated, calibrated, and synchronized features that deliver low phase noise and minimize measurement uncertainty. Low error vector magnitude (EVM) and distortion at high output power overcome excessive path loss at millimeter-wave frequencies. To accurately characterize test devices, advanced direct digital synthesis (DDS) technology enhances RF performance and enables precise multi-channel/multi-instrument synchronization and test application triggering.
The final key feature is real-time signal processing and comprehensive signal generation, which enable complex test scenarios and simplify the test complexity of receiver and performance testing. Using PathWave signal generation software, it supports real-time MIMO fading for all 3GPP 5G New Radio (NR) mandatory base station conformance tests and simplifies complex receiver test scenarios with eight virtual signal emulations per RF channel.
When asked about Keysight Technologies' domestic business strategy, Lee Seon-woo, CEO of Keysight Technologies, stated, "Active collaboration is occurring across various segments in the Korean market. We will drive ecosystems. We will pursue ecosystem drives that create markets with customers who are forming early markets, and we will serve as a link to connect these established markets."
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