Pico Technology PicoVNA 106 vector network analyser

The PicoVNA 106 is a USB-controlled, professional and laboratory-grade 300 kHz to 6 GHz vector network analyser.

Despite its small size, the instrument has a full-function, minimal-error, ‘Quad RX’ four-receiver architecture. This supports both 8- and 12-term calibration without the uncorrectable switching errors and delays of traditional three-receiver designs. The instrument supports convenient calibration methods such as ‘enhanced isolation correction’ and ‘unknown thru’.

The analyser has a dynamic range of up to 118 dB at 10 Hz and only 0.005 dB RMS trace noise at its maximum bandwidth of 140 kHz. It can gather all four S-parameters at just 190 µs per frequency point. The analyser is suitable for for classrooms, small businesses and amateur workshops, while also able to meet the needs of the microwave laboratory and expert. It comes with bias-Ts for the convenient injection of a bias or test stimulus.