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Single Box Solution Mimics 12 Satellites

Feb. 14, 2011

Model R&S SMBV100A from Rohde & Schwarz is now more than just a vector signal generator. With the addition of a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) simulator, the single-box instrument can simulate custom signal scenarios for Global Positioning System (GPS) and Galileo constellations with as many as 12 satellites in a configuration. This allows manufacturers of satellite receivers for these systems to exercise their new products with a single signal generator.

The GNSS capabilities are available as software options for the vector signal generator, which operates from 9 kHz to 3.2 GHz or 6 GHz, depending upon version.

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Jack Browne, Technical Contributor, has worked in technical publishing for over 30 years. He managed the content and production of three technical journals while at the American Institute of Physics, including Medical Physics and the Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology. He has been a Publisher and Editor for Penton Media, started the firm’s Wireless Symposium & Exhibition trade show in 1993, and currently serves as Technical Contributor for that company's Microwaves & RF magazine. Browne, who holds a BS in Mathematics from City College of New York and BA degrees in English and Philosophy from Fordham University, is a member of the IEEE.