Virtual VNA Operates To 8 GHz

July 21, 2010

Russian supplier Planar LLC has designed the model OBZOR-804/1, a "virtual" vector network analyzer created for operation on a personal computer (PC). The hardware/software combination uses the processing power and display capabilities of the PC in place of a dedicated rack-mount instrument to make two-port scattering-parameter (S-parameter) measurements of magnitude and phase from 300 kHz to 8 GHz. The test instrument provides a variety of analysis capabilities in the frequency and time domains.

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Jack Browne

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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.