Signal analyser broadens reach in mobile testing
Agilent Technologies has enhanced itsN9000A CXA X-Series signal analyser to broaden its use in RF and microwave applications. The CXA platform now supports the Windows 7 operating system, giving it better performance and stability. Additional enhancements include RF CXA phase noise that now provides up to a 10 dB performance improvement, enhancing test result accuracy.
For microwave frequencies, the CXA supports new cellular telecommunications, wireless connectivity and digital video measurement applications. Also, there is now an extension to the analyser’s operating temperature range for guaranteed performance between 0°C to 55°C.
Features include 110 dBc/Hz at 10 kHz offset, 1 GHz centre frequency for up to a 10 dB phase-noise performance improvement to provide more accurate test results and 64-bit performance CPU with 4 GB RAM to maximise the benefits available from the Windows 7 operating system. Seven new measurement applications for testing cellular communications are now included. These cover GSM/EDGE/Evo, W-CDMA/HSPA+, cdma2000, 1xEV-DO, TD-SCDMA/HSPA, LTE-FDD/TDD and MSR.
There are two new measurement applications for testing Mobile WiMAX and WLAN 802.11a/b/g/n wireless connectivity devices. The five measurement applications for testing digital video techniques include digital cable tv, DVB-T/H/T2, ISDB-T/Tmm, DTMB (CTTB) and CMMB.