Telecom test and measurement company Keysight Technologies added the M9485A VNA PXIe multiport vector network analyzer.

Keysight is targeting wireless component manufacturing of front-end modules, switches and filters used in mobile phones and base stations with the launch of the industry’s highest performance PXIe multiport vector network analyzer.

The multiport architecture provides measurement speed up to 30 percent faster than competing offerings. It promises frequency coverage of 1 MHz to 9 GHz. Customers can configure their choice of port count. Saving money and fast re-configuration are the other benefits.

The multiport capability is up to 24 ports, said Keysight. All receivers measure all S-parameters at once. When measuring multiport devices, this configuration reduces the sweep time as compared to a switch matrix-based solution. These capabilities speed test by improving both productivity and throughput, while also minimizing space.

“With our 24-port PXIe VNA, a 24-port device only requires 24 sweeps versus 264 sweeps with a 4-port VNA and a switch matrix. That reduces sweep time more than 10 times,” said Akira Nukiyama, vice president and general manager, Keysight’s Component Test Division, Kobe.

The M9485A PXIe multiport VNA provides fast speed (5 msec at 201 points with 2-port calibration) and wide dynamic range (up to 142 dB dynamic range). The VNA delivers low trace noise (0.001-dBrms at 10 kHz IFBW) and high stability (0.005 dB/°C).

Keysight Technologies said that the price of M9485A PXIe multiport VNA with 12-port configuration is $120,000, while 24-port configuration will be priced at $197,000 (including the M9018A PXIe chassis and M9037A controller).

Baburajan K
[email protected]