Keysight Technologies X-Series signal analysers

Keysight Technologies has launched the X-Series of signal analysers, which includes five models: the N9040B UXA, N9030B PXA, N9020B MXA, N9010B EXA and the N9000B CXA. The series includes a multitouch user interface (UI) that streamlines measurement set-up in two touches or less, while support for gesture-driven controls, such as pinching, dragging and swiping, makes analysis more intuitive.

To help developers create next-generation devices, the UXA offers frequency coverage to 44 or 50 GHz and integrated 1 GHz analysis bandwidth. The PXA offers benchmark phase noise performance of -136 dBc/Hz at 1 GHz, 10 kHz offset and real-time bandwidth of 510 MHz with spurious-free dynamic range greater than 75 dBc over the full span. To characterise signal interactions in dense radar environments, these two models also support real-time data streaming at up to 255 MHz bandwidth with 16-bit resolution at 300 MSa/s. When coupled with a data recorder from X-COM Systems, the analysers support real-time acquisition with up to 15 TB (>3 h) of capture memory.

X-Series applications with multitouch simplify complex operations with ready-to-use measurements for pulse analysis, analog demodulation, noise figure, phase noise, LTE/LTE-Advanced and W-CDMA. The pulse application accelerates the development and verification of chirped wideband signals, such as those used in advanced radars. Updates to the LTE/LTE-A application simplify characterisation of systems that use carrier aggregation by supporting 256 QAM and providing visible configuration of all component carriers.