Agilent Technologies recently announced the launch of a new accessory, UNY, designed for the PSG series of RF and microwave signal generators. This new accessory provides industry-leading near-end and reference phase noise and is ideal for R&D test engineers working on defense electronics and wireless communications systems.
The product was demonstrated at the European Microwave Week 2010, held from September 26 to October 1 at CNIT in La Défense, France. Agilent Technologies demonstrated the PSG series signal generator based on the UNY option as well as other products and services at booth 62/46. These products and services are suitable for wireless communications, radar, radio frequency technology, high frequency semiconductors, electromagnetic fields, military and commercial radio frequency, microwave and millimeter wave electronics and applications.
The UNY option's low-noise performance enables engineers to characterize and test high-performance devices and receivers faster than ever before. For example, at a 1 GHz carrier frequency, the absolute single-sideband (SSB) phase noise at 10 kHz offset is -142 dBc/Hz (-146 dBc/Hz is typical). Industry-leading reference phase noise enables engineers to more accurately evaluate receiver adjacent channel performance. Extremely low near-carrier phase noise improves the sensitivity of the equipment, allowing more efficient measurement tasks for high-performance radar systems.
The UNY option also provides selectable phase noise settings for optimal phase noise at the near end (less than 150 kHz) or the far end (greater than 150 kHz). Such a flexible setup allows engineers to optimize their phase noise performance for specific applications.
Guy Séné, vice president and general manager of Agilent’s Microwave and Communications Group, said: “Characterizing and testing high-performance devices and receivers is an extremely challenging task for engineers who develop and test defense electronics and wireless communications systems. "The new PSG option provides greater accuracy and sensitivity, greatly simplifying this task and continuing Agilent's tradition of innovation in RF and microwave test applications to meet the needs of the aerospace, defense and communications sectors."
The PSG Series RF and microwave signal generators provide superior test signals with the power and performance engineers require. Whether you are testing the functionality and parameters of RF and microwave wireless systems, analyzing their component parts, or simply using a continuous wave signal as a local oscillator, the PSG Series can do it all. Agilent's PSG family now includes the world's first microwave vector signal generator up to 44 GHz, the first microwave analog signal generator up to 67 GHz (operating up to 70 GHz), and the first operating frequency from 10 MHz to Microwave analog signal generator that breaks through the 1-watt output power barrier in 20 GHz.