Full system level calibration (levels, s-parameters, noise) Full RF source and measure capability Applications Vector network analyzer capability

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1 Semiconductor Test AXRF - Multi-Port PXI RF Subsystem Modulated Vector Source and Measurement Data Sheet The most important thing we build is trust Functionality High speed, reliable solid state design Single or parallel measurement support Full system level calibration (levels, s-parameters, noise) Full RF source and measure capability Applications Vector network analyzer capability Characterization and validation Full modulation support (optional) Multi-site automated production test Two-tone source support (optional) RF discrete components, PA, and FEM devices Features Wireless Connectivity and Cellular SOC devices Industry standard PXI 3U form factor Programming 50 MHz to 6 GHz frequency range High level sub-system commands 2,4 and 8 RF Test Port single chassis configurations Drivers for C++ and LabWindowsTM/CVI Scalable to 16 and 32 Port multi-chassis configurations Cobham IQCreator tools Universal Bi-directional RF test ports PXI Studio tools and Run Time libraries Fast settling RF source and measure High accuracy source and measure Typical 8 Channel AXRF Subsystem

2 Hardware Description The AXRF is the industry s first fully integrated multi-port PXI RF subsystem. Users have traditionally been forced to choose between expensive high end integrated ATE or discrete bench instruments that require custom integration. The AXRF fills this gap as an integrated RF subsystem based on cost-effective, standards-based PXI modular instruments. High level software provides simple user commands that control all instrument modules in the subsystem. A comprehensive automated calibration program assures that the AXRF achieves and maintains its stated specifications over time and temperature. It is designed to be used as either a stand-alone test system or it can be integrated as an RF supplement to an existing test systems. The AXRF is based on production-proven, high-speed PXI modular instrumentation that provides industry-leading test times and parallel test efficiency for multi-site applications. Each RF test port is capable of performing the following measurement types: CW or vector modulated carrier sourcing Two tone sourcing (optional) Noise sourcing RF spectral measurement RF power measurement S-parameter measurement Return loss and VSWR measurement Generic and Standards based vector signal measurement Noise figure measurement Phase noise measurement Measurement Controller Options AXRF is offered with a variety of system control options. The system controller can be external or internal to the PXI chassis. Internal system controller has high speed quad core CPU. External control supports interfacing to an existing customer supplied PC or a PC accessory from Cobham. Where the controlling PC is supplied by Cobham it is fully configured with all software. PXI Source and Measure Instruments AXRF is configurable with either 1 or 2 Vector Signal Generator Instruments and a choice of RF Digitizer measurement modules supporting wide bandwidth modulation, low phase noise and fast settling times. Optional Radio Standards AXRF is offered with a variety of optional analysis packages for different radio communication standards. These provide measurement libraries with standard compliant signal analysis functions. Details of these measurement options are listed in the how to order section. AXRF AutoCal Unit The AXRF AutoCal Unit provides portable hardware and fully automated software for RF power level, S-parameters and noise source calibration of the AXRF sub-system. It supports the calibration of up to 8 RF ports. The AXRF AutoCal Unit contains all of the references and switching to completely calibrate the AXRF sub-system at the touch of a button. Calibration factors are stored on disk and utilized by the AXRF sub-system high level driver software to assure programmed and measured values meet all specifications.

3 SPECIFICATIONS All specifications are defined following system warm up time of 30 mins and at an ambient temperature of +23 +/- 5 degrees C and within 90 days of a user runtime calibration using AXRF AutoCal accessory unit (AXRF-ACAL-8). TEST PORTS The number of test ports is option selected from 2, 4 or 8; (option 16, 17 or 19 respectively) Frequency Range 50 MHz to 6 GHz Frequency Resolution 1 Hz (<3 GHz) 2 Hz (>3 GHz) Frequency Accuracy As per reference frequency Frequency Settling Time (List Mode) <250 us to within 0.7 ppm Test Port Output Return Loss >12 db Maximum Input Level +30 dbm 50 Vdc SOURCE MODE Level Range at RF Test Ports -110 dbm to dbm (<2 GHz) -110 dbm to +12 dbm (2-3 GHz) -110 dbm to +8 dbm (>3 GHz) Level Resolution 0.01 db Level Accuracy relative to the calibration standard ±0.5 db (>-50 dbm) ±0.75 db (<-50 dbm) ±1.0 db (<-80 dbm) Level Settling Time to within 0.3 db of final value 4.5 GHz, <3 ms >4.5 GHz, <4 ms Spectral Purity Single Sideband Phase Noise Typical performance at 2 GHz when using the internal 10 MHz reference khz offset MHz offset Spectral Purity - Spurious typ-60 dbc >10 khz offset Spectral Purity - Harmonics and Sub-Harmonics <-40 dbc at -5 dbm Modulation Modes Internal AM and FM

4 Internal I/Q Linearity >55 db ACPR on WCDMA (downlink test model 1) Meets a/g spectral mask with >10 db standoff Modulation Bandwidth Up to 90 MHz (above 500 MHz) SCALAR MEASURE MODE Source Port to Measure Port Isolation* *on different Port Modules >75 db (<2 GHz) >65 db (<3 GHz) >55 db (<5 GHz) >50 db (<6 GHz) Source Port to Measure Port Isolation* *on the same Port Module >62 db (<2 GHz) >55 db (<3 GHz) >48 db (<5 GHz) >38 db (<6 GHz) Level Range Max +20 dbm (<0.1 db compression) +30 dbm (no damage) Noise Figure <8 db (<2.6 GHz) <10 db (>2.6 GHz) Third Order Intercept (Input Two-tone) >40 dbm (>500 MHz) >28 dbm (<500 MHz) Level Accuracy (CW) relative to the calibration standard ±0.5 db (>-50 dbm) ±0.75 db (<-50 dbm) ±1 db (<-80 dbm) RF Digitizer IF Bandwidth 90 MHz (above 900 MHz) NOISE MEASUREMENT Calibration Type Excess noise source Measurements Noise figure, noise magnitude Noise Figure Range >2 db for DUT Gain >10 db (f<2.5 GHz) Noise Figure Accuracy ±0.5 db (f<2.5 GHz) ±1.0 db (f>2.5 GHz)

5 VECTOR NETWORK ANALYZER MEASUREMENT Level Range +5 dbm to -30 dbm (for specified accuracy) Accuracy S11: <0.2 db, ±2 degrees at Open; with Return Loss >-20 db S21: <0.2 db, ±2 degrees Effective Directivity >40 db One Port Calibration Type Short, open, load Two Port Calibration Type Short, open, load, through VNA Measurements S11, S12, S21, S22, VSWR, return loss S-Parameter Measurement Time <2.5 ms per point LOOPBACK RESIDUAL EVM 0.5% typical for g at 0 dbm, 2.45 GHz 0.7% typical for a at 0 dbm, 5.5 GHz 0.8% typical for ac at -5 dbm, 5.5 GHz 0.8% typical for UMTS at -10 dbm, 2.1 GHz 0.3% typical for LTE FDD 10 MHz at -10 dbm, 2 GHz FREQUENCY REFERENCE Output 2 V pk-pk nominal square wave into 50 ohms Frequency 10 MHz Aging Rate ppm per day 0.1 ppm per year Temperature Stability (0 to 50 C) Typically better than ±1 x 10-8 Warm-Up Time <5 Minutes Input 0.4 V to 4 V pk-pk into 50 ohms or looped through Frequency 10 MHz ±100 Hz

6 PC CONTROLLER INTERNAL (Option 6) CPU FSB / DMI Chipset Memory DVI / VGA Ethernet RJ-45 USB 2.0 USB 3.0 GPIB IEEE 488 Trigger I/O Intel Core i7-2715qe 2.1 GHz 5 GT/s Intel QM67 Express Chipset 4 GB SO-DIMM Up to 1920 x Hz or 2048 x Hz x2 x4 x2 Micro D25 SSMB (TTL) HDD 500 GB, 7200 RPM SATA EXTERNAL (OPTION 4) PC to PXI Interface kit Software-transparent link that requires no programming 110 MB/s sustained throughput EXTERNAL PC REQUIREMENTS When supplied configured for External PC control (option 4) then a separate PC is required fitted with: PCIe Dual System Interface Card accessory 28541/173* MXIe 3M coax cable accessory 23448/911 * National Instruments equivalent Model PCIe8362 ( ). Alternatively the following interface cards are also compatible: National Instruments PCIe8361 ( ) or PCI8361 ( ) When using the Cobham Test Executive software then the following additional software applications are required: Microsoft Visual Studio C++ Express 2010 National Instruments TestStand Developers Suite DIMENSIONS (W x H x D) mm 444 x 178 x 485 (with option 01) x 178 x 465 (with option 03) WEIGHT Approx. 18 kg fully populated (excluding accessories)

7 POWER CONSUMPTION Line Voltage: 85 to 264 VAC full range (with option 01) 100 to 240 VAC full range (with option 03) Line frequency: 47 to 63 Hz (with option 01) 50 to 60 Hz (with option 03) DC Power Voltage Rails DC Power (W) Capacity (A) Option Option Demand (A) AXRF Option Max Demand Current (A) Power (W) ENVIRONMENTAL Operating range Temperature 0 to 40 C Relative humidity <80 % 5 to 31 C decreasing linearly to 50 % at 40 C Altitude 2000 m Storage range Temperature -20 to 70 C Relative humidity: 10 to 90 %, non-condensing (with option 01) 5 to 95 %, non-condensing (with option 03) Compliance Safety BS EN (2010) EMC BS EN Class A immunity, BS EN Meets essential requirements of applicable European Directives, as amended for CE Marking: Low-Voltage Directive (safety): 73/ 23/EEC Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive (EMC): 9/336/EEC

8 AXRF AUTO CALIBRATOR (AXRF-ACAL-8) Physical Dimension (W x D x H) mm 414 x 210 x 222 (264 including handle) Weight Approx. 9.1 kg Power AC 100 V-240 V, Hz System Calibration Runtime calibration is required once per 90 days to meet warranted specification Runtime Calibration requires the use of an AutoCal unit, AXRF- ACAL-8 available as an accessory. Recommended AXRF-ACAL-8 calibration interval 12 months

9 ORDERING AXRF is configured from the combined selection of PXI chassis, system controller, number of test ports and number and type of generation and analysis resources. CONFIGURATOR Step Choice Selection Action 1 PXI Chassis Type PXI 18 slot Add opt 03 2 PXI Controller type None Internal PXI Corei7 Add opt 06 External Add opt 04 3 VSG 1 (1 MHz - 6 GHz) N Y Add opt 11 Y (High Power) Add opt 13 4 RF Digitizer Frequency 6 GHz Add opt GHz Add opt 10 5 Software options List all SW options Enter any selection from opt OR one of the option bundles opt VSG 2 (1 MHz 6 GHz) Y Add opt 12 N 7 Number of RF test ports 2 Add opt 16 4 Add opt 17 8 Add opt 19 Supplied with CDROM containing PXI ModuLe Drivers, PXI Studio, IQCreator, Measurement Suites, Documentation, AXRF Software, AutoCAL drivers Memory Stick with calibration loss compensation data AXRF LIST OF OPTIONS 1 Reserved 2 Reserved 3 18 slot PXI chassis 4 External PC Interface Requires option 1 or 3. Option 4 and 6 are mutually exclusive 5 Reserved 6 Internal PXI Corei7 Controller 7-8 Reserved 9 RF Digitizer (6 GHz) Option 9 and 10 are mutually exclusive 10 RF Digitizer (13 GHz) 11 VSG 1 (6 GHz) 12 VSG 2 (6 GHz) Requires option 11 13* VSG 1 (6 GHz) High Power Not available with option Reserved 16 RF test port x2 17 RF test port x4 18 Reserved Option are mutually exclusive 19 RF test port x8 * Option 13 is required when used in conjunction with accessory 28531/075 to configure 16 port solutions with a single VSG shared between 2 AXRF

10 AXRF SOFTWARE OPTIONS Opt 100 GSM/EDGE Opt 101 UMTS UL Opt 102 cdma2000/1xev-do rev link Opt 103 WLAN IEEE802.11a,b,g,n,p Opt 104 WiMAX (Mobile) Opt 106 Bluetooth BR/EDR/LE Opt 107 LTE FDD Uplink Opt 108 LTE TDD Uplink Opt 109 TD-SCDMA Opt 110 UMTS Slot Opt 111 Generic Analysis Opt 113 WLAN IEEE ac option Opt 117 LTE FDD&TDD Downlink Opt 999 Enable ALL Cellular & Connectivity Options AXRF ACCESSORIES 28531/075 Power Divider, DC-18 GHz, 50 ohm 1W 23448/906 GPIB cable adapter for Embedded controller 43139/738 SMA link cable 140 mm 43139/739 SMA link cable 180 mm 43139/783 SMA link cable 250 mm 43139/920 SSMC-SMA link cable 28541/172 PCIe Dual System Interface Card 23448/911 MXIe 3 m Coaxial Interface Cable AXRF-ACAL-8 AXRF AutoCal Unit AX-TC Desktop Controller PC with PCIe Dual Port Interface, WIN 7/32 NI Teststand and Microsoft Visual Studio Express 2010

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12 Cobham Wireless - Validation Part No.46891/653, Issue 7, 09/17