MWC2017:1.2 GHz analysis bandwidth ushers in 5G R&D test solution
Rohde & Schwarz announced at Mobile World Congress that it is expanding the internal analysis bandwidth of its R&S FSW high end signal and spectrum analyser to 1.2 GHz by introducing the new R&S FSW-B1200 option. This test solution enables R&D users to analyse wideband signals in detail. No other instrument is needed as an external digitiser.
The 1200MHz bandwidth enables research and development for next generation mobile standards, especially in the 28GHz and 39GHz bands for 5G, as well as characterisation of wideband amplifiers for 5G.
Typical R&S FSW-B1200 measurement applications include the demodulation of wideband OFDM and single-carrier digitally modulated signals. Measuring the linearisation and predistortion of amplifiers also requires large bandwidths.
A setup consisting of an R&S FSW with the R&S FSW-B1200 option in combination with an R&S SMW200A vector signal generator is easy to operate and provides industry-leading performance and bandwidth for in-depth amplifier and predistortion measurements.
The R&S SMW200A supports signal generation up to 40GHz with up to 2GHz bandwidth.
For applications that need more than 1.2 GHz analysis bandwidth, the R&S FSW already supports up to 2GHz with the R&S FSW-B2000 option which requires an external digitiser.