RF Signal Analyzers Accelerate Wideband Wireless Design and Validation
It’s getting harder than ever to complete validation of wireless systems: greater bandwidths, higher frequencies, and complex multi-antenna architectures conspire to make it nearly impossible for signal analyzers to capture everything in one pass. Multiple test runs take time, cost money, and risk leaving signal anomalies hidden until late in development cycles.
With an eye toward giving engineers a road to faster, more certain design validations, Keysight Technologies has launched two new signal analyzers: the Pro XA6 SA6320A for wideband and mmWave work up to 67 GHz, and the Expert XA5 SA6210A for dual-receiver MIMO and cross-correlated, error-vector-magnitude (ccEVM) analysis up to 32 GHz in a single platform.
These signal analyzers address design-validation challenges by enabling engineers to accelerate design, debugging, and validation workflows; reduce re-runs; and improve confidence when characterizing next-generation wireless, radar, and wideband systems.
The Pro XA6 SA6320A (see image above) delivers up to 8 GHz of analysis bandwidth, full preselection up to 67 GHz, and advanced RF-measurement capabilities for demanding wideband, mmWave, radar, and electromagnetic spectrum operations applications. The instrument enables engineers to validate demanding wideband and high-frequency systems with deeper signal insights.
The Expert XA5 SA6210A delivers fast swept measurements up to 32 GHz, wide analysis bandwidth up to 2 GHz, and dual-channel RF analysis in a single platform optimized for everyday wireless design and validation. It helps R&D, validation, and manufacturing teams accelerate 5G, wireless local-area network (WLAN), ultra-wideband, radar, pulsed RF, and general-purpose wireless test workflows.
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