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News Release from: Agilent Technologies Europe | Subject: N9340A
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 05 March 2007
RF analyser majors on sensitivity and
selectivity
Handheld RF spectrum analyser claims best-in-class performance and usability from 100kHz to 3GHz.
Available now worldwide from Agilent Technologies, the N9340A is the company's first handheld RF spectrum analyser Featuring best-in-class performance and usability from 100kHz to 3GHz, the Agilent N9340A is ideal for installation and maintenance customers in a variety of industries, including wireless service providers, aerospace/defence, spectrum management authorities, and television and broadcasting
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 17 Jun 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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Spectrum analysis is fundamental to RF testing and signal characterisation, but engineers and technicians do not always have the benefit of full development laboratory facilities or a manufacturing environment in which to work.
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"Customers are assured of quality products supported by Agilent's excellent service worldwide".
"The high performance and reliability of the N9340A will help customers stay ahead of their industry".
With more wireless devices on the market requiring greater bandwidth usage, the ability to discriminate between different signals becomes more challenging.
The Agilent N9340A is designed to address this demanding environment with outstanding sensitivity and selectivity specifications.
The DANL is -124dBm with pre-amplifier off, or -144dBm with pre-amplifier on (30Hz RBW, 10MHz less than fc, less than or equal to 1.5GHz).
The phase noise is -87dBc at 30kHz offset.
The combination of excellent DANL and RBW, with faster sweep time and superior usability enable the Agilent N9340A handheld spectrum analyser to provide a good balance of price and performance for a wide range of RF field test use.
Additionally, the Agilent N9340A supports one-button measurements of occupied bandwidth, channel power and adjacent channel power ratio.
This virtually eliminates setup time in the field.
The Agilent N9340A has been optimised for field use with the following features.
As with all the newest Agilent portable field testers, operating under bright sunlight or other challenging natural lighting conditions is no problem.
The larger-than-usual 7.2in, transflective colour LCD provides a high-resolution display with a clear, bright trace.
There is no requirement to operate the tester in the shade.
Four hours of battery operating time eliminates the need for carrying additional batteries or recharging.
The graphical user interface supports 11 languages, allowing for easy operation in one's native language.
The languages supported by the Agilent N9340A are Chinese (traditional and simplified), English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish.
PC remote control is offered through the tester's USB interface, and the PC software allows users to control the spectrum analyser, even in the middle of instrument operation.
The user can conveniently generate, edit and print reports.
USB memory-stick support allows users to easily gather measurement data and transfer to a PC for reporting.
Weighing 3.5kg, including the battery, the Agilent N9340A is convenient for operation in the field, and the ergonomic soft carrying bag makes it easy to transport.
The Agilent N9340A is now available worldwide, with prices starting at approximately US $8200.
Agilent will demonstrate its handheld spectrum analyser on Booth 1863 at CTIA Wireless 2007 from 27th to 29th March 2007 in Orlando, Florida.
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