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News Release from: Rohde and Schwarz | Subject: R and S ZVA50
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 07 April 2008
Network analyser handles 50GHz
measurement
The four-port architecture of the R and S ZVA50 allows users to perform tests on balanced components.
Rohde and Schwarz' R and S ZVA50 is the world's first four-port network analyser up to 50GHz Featuring two integrated sources, the analyser makes it possible for the first time to perform measurements on multiport and balanced components in this frequency range using a single instrument
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 8 Sep 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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The R and S ZVA50 also offers features and specifications for pulsed measurements in radar and satellite applications.
The four-port architecture of the R and S ZVA50 allows users to perform tests on balanced components.
Such components are increasingly used for wired signal transmission at high data rates.
The integrated coherent sources make it possible to measure linear and nonlinear DUTs using differential stimulus signals.
The phase offset between the two signals can be selected by the user, thus allowing active components to be analysed under real conditions.
In addition, the second integrated source of the R and S ZVA50 saves money by eliminating the external generator usually required for intermodulation and mixer measurements.
This significantly simplifies operation and test setup.
Moreover, the integrated source sweeps the frequency range to be analysed 10 times faster than external solutions and thus substantially increases measurement throughput.
The R and S ZVA50 supports all conventional methods required for pulsed measurements in radar and satellite applications.
A measurement bandwidth of 15MHz combined with high sampling rates allows pulse profile measurements with a time resolution of 12.5ns.
Optimum values for dynamic range (130dB), output power (+13dBm) and measurement speed (3.5us/point) also make the R and S ZVA50 a safe investment for future applications.
The R and S ZVA50 features a number of wizards that provide the best possible support when performing complex measurement tasks.
They guide users step by step through the settings for mixer measurements, pulsed and differential measurements, or calibrations.
Up to 60,000 measurement points per trace are possible and convenient marker and analysis functions are provided for evaluating them.
A total of 100 traces can be displayed.
The R and S ZVA50 also offers versatile mathematical functions, embedding/de-embedding using virtual networks for impedance matching, as well as comprehensive calibration methods. Request a free brochure from Rohde and Schwarz ...
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