Analysers enhanced

Agilent has announced a series of analysis capabilities for its PSA spectrum analyser and mid-range MXA signal analyser, including the addition of up to 80 MHz analysis bandwidth to the millimetre-wave PSA spectrum analyser and 2-channel, analog baseband analysis for the N9020A MXA signal analyser.

Agilent’s addition of up to 80 MHz analysis bandwidth on the 44 and 50 GHz millimetre-wave PSAs (E4446A/E4448A) provide a 50 GHz spectrum analyser with a 14-bit, 80 MHz bandwidth digitser.

The digitisers provide a wide dynamic range for accurate signal analysis with minimum distortion.

The analog baseband analysis for the N9020A MXA signal analyser allows baseband R&D engineers, from wireless chipset to satellite communication, to use one instrument for both baseband and RF analysis. It is claimed to be the only signal analyser to offer this baseband analysis capability with 500 MSa baseband memory as standard. When combined with 89600 VSA software, R&D engineers can troubleshoot more than 50 demodulation formats at baseband or RF with just a single instrument and can run two-channel independent vector analysis to check 2-channel correlations or timings.

The PSA series spectrum analyser offers analysis up to 50 GHz with a combination of analysis bandwidth, flexibility, speed, accuracy and dynamic range.

It is available in four frequency ranges — 3.6, 8.4, 13.6 and 26.5 GHz — with a wide range of measurement applications running inside the instrument, including VSA software.