Munich, June 29, 2009
Rohde & Schwarz has enhanced its R&S FSV signal and spectrum analyzer family to handle measurements up to 40 GHz.
Manufacturers of satellite, radar or military communications systems operating in this frequency range can now benefit from the R&S FSV's unique measurement speed, high sensitivity and convenient touch-screen user interface. New options for noise figure and phase noise measurements are available for characterizing components such as amplifiers and oscillators. For scalar network analysis, the R&S FSV provides an internal tracking generator up to 7 GHz. Microwave generators can be connected to attain frequencies up to 40 GHz.
Like all members of the signal and spectrum analyzer family launched in 2008, the R&S FSV40 features outstanding sensitivity, dynamic range and measurement speed. The low inherent noise of –139 dBm (1 Hz) at 40 GHz combined with a +18 dBm third-order intercept (TOI) allows measurement of spurious emissions without inherent distortions at high sensitivity even at high signal levels. The R&S FSV40 offers exceptional speed: It measures a 1 GHz span at 1 kHz resolution bandwidth in 2.5 s – compared with the 1000 s required by the preceding generation in this class. Measurement speed with remote control is also impressive – 1000 measurements/s – which means the R&S FSV40 ensures high throughput in production. The convenient touch screen and the on-screen keyboard make manual alignments easier.
Rohde & Schwarz is offering the R&S FSV-K30 option for noise figure and gain measurements on receiver frontends, amplifier components and system modules. Adding this option makes an additional noise figure test assembly unnecessary. The R&S FSV-K40 option measures single sideband phase noise on oscillators. This means that a single instrument – the R&S FSV – can determine the key parameters of an oscillator: output power, frequency and frequency stability.
Together, the R&S FSV-B9 and -B10 options transform the R&S FSV into a scalar network analyzer. The internal R&S FSV-B9 tracking generator covers the range from 100 kHz to 7 GHz. For higher frequencies, the analyzer uses external signal generators as tracking generators that are connected via the R&S FSV-B10 option in order to measure two-port devices. This option also makes it easy to perform measurements on frequency-converting DUTs as well as measurements on frequency dividers and multipliers.
The new R&S FSV40, which covers up to 40 GHz, as well as the options for noise figure measurements (R&S FSV-K30), phase noise measurements (R&S FSV-K40), tracking generator (R&S FSV-B9) and external generator control (R&S FSV-B10) are now available from Rohde & Schwarz.
