Advances in RF and Microwave Measurement Technology

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3 Advances in RF and Microwave Measurement Technology Farris Alhorr Business Development Manager RF & Wireless Communication

4 New Demands in Modern RF and Microwave Test In semiconductor and wireless, technologies such as carrier aggregation and DPD require instruments to have increasingly higher dynamic range. Modern radar test systems require increasingly wider instantaneous bandwidths and signal processing capabilities. Signal intelligence and electronic warfare systems require combinations of extremely flexible instrumentation and wide instantaneous bandwidth. 4

5 Growing Number of Wireless Devices Installed Base of wireless connected devices by Vertical Market, World Market forecast,

6 Diverse Requirements Among Wireless Nodes Mobile Phone GSM/EDGE/LTE/802.11/Bluet ooth/nfc Max TX Power +24dBm 1 day of battery life Operating 0 C to 35 C Utility Meter Zigbee based protocol Max TX Power +30dBm 5 to 20 year battery life Operating -20 C to 60 C 6

7 Classic Tool Flow Disaggregate tools Many specializations Longer design cycles Increased time to result 7

8 Platform-Based Design for System on a Chip A. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, UC Berkeley. Defining Platform Based Design. EEDesign, Feb

9 A Platform Revolutionizes Your Approach to Solutions Com pute r s Music P laye r S m art P hones E -Reade r s T elevision Level W rist W atch G Desk top and Laptop s ipad iphone ipod 9

10 Why Do Ecosystems Win? 1 Million Apps, 1,000/Day 10

11 Platform Based Design Approach for Communication System Prototyping PHY Cognitive MIMO mmwave Next Gen Reconfigurable Instruments High Performance IO USRP RIO SDR USRP SDR 11

12 Platform Based Design Flow Mapping algorithms across processors Context aware float-to-fixed conversion Integration of custom IP such as.m, C, HDL Code sharing across traditional hardware boundaries 12

13 *NEW* Products for Microwave Test PXIe-5668R 26.5 GHz Vector Signal Analyzer (VSA) Industry-Leading Dynamic Range and Bandwidth Extremely Fast Measurement Speed Customizable with LabVIEW FPGA Released PXIe GHz Signal Generator Extremely low Phase Noise Advanced Modulation Features High Output Power Releasing Dec

14 *NEW * NI 26.5 GHz Vector Signal Analyzer Specifications Frequency Range Analysis BW Phase Noise khz offset) Nom RMS Noise Floor (without pre-amp*) TOI 20 Hz to 26.5 GHz 320 MHz below 3.6 GHz 765 MHz above 3.6 GHz GHz < -155 dbm/hz (1 GHz) < -145 dbm/hz (26 GHz) > +20 dbm (20 Hz to 26 GHz) New Features No. of Slots 7 Kintex-7 410T FPGA Programmable w/ LabVIEW *Noise floor at 1 GHz is -165 dbm/hz with pre-amp engaged 15

15 Using the 26.5 GHz Analyzer Onboard FPGA PXIe-5668R is LabVIEW FPGA programmable target FPGA characteristics: Xilinx Kintex-7 410T Native IP includes DDC, equalization, power triggering and so on. Can be augmented with custom IP Programmable FPGA RF in db ADC DDC I Q Custom LabVIEW FPGA Code LO 10 MHz OCXO PXIe-5624R IF Digitizer 16

16 Example: Real-Time Spectrum Analysis Gapless persistence, spectrogram, and trace statistics (max hold, min hold, average) calculated on FPGA Process up to 2 M FFTs/s using overlapped, windowed FFTs Real-time frequency mask triggering 100% probability of intercept (POI) minimum duration options: 1 µs or >15 µs Source available upon request 17

17 PXIe AE Signal Generator Specifications Frequency Range Max. Output Power Attenuation Phase Noise offset) Switching Speed Level Accuracy Harmonics (typ, +10dBm output) Pulse Modulation 250 khz to 20 GHz +24 dbm 130 db GHz GHz 100 μs ± 0.6 db < -50 dbc 80 db on/off ratio, typ 15 ns rise/fall time 18

18 Modulation Schemes Pulse Modulation 50ns min. pulse width 15ns rise/fall time 80 db on/off ratio, typ Amplitude Modulation Mod rate = DC to 100kHz AM range = ± 10 db Frequency Modulation Mod rate up to 1 MHz Freq dev up to 5 MHz 19

19 Summary *NEW* 26.5 GHz Vector Signal Analyzer Up to 765 MHz of real-time bandwidth o Radar, LTE-A, ac and DOCSIS 3.1 test Best in class dynamic range and phase noise User programmable FPGA o Custom triggering and advanced signal processing *NEW* 20 GHz Signal Generator Leading combination of tune time and phase noise o Radar, blocker/interferer and IMD test Extremely high output power level o Radar, blocker/interferer test and general IC characterization 20

20 Thank You 21