- The R&S ZNA high-end vector network analyzer (VNA) now features models with 50 GHz and 67 GHz maximum frequencies.
- The VNA provides outstanding RF performance and innovative touch operation to new areas of application.
- A&D and 5G component and module characterization are the main applications for the new analyzer models.
- R&S ZNA is a progressive solution for research on active and passive components such as LNAs, filters, antennas, and mixers.
Rohde & Schwarz launched the R&S ZNA, the world’s first purely touch-operated high-end vector network analyzer (VNA), originally two years ago. The newly introduced models now feature frequency ranges of up to 50 GHz and 67 GHz.
The R&S ZNA enables excellent RF performance with a wide dynamic range and extremely low trace noise and is introduced with a user-friendly, purely touch-based GUI. The unique hardware platform of the model offers up to four internal, phase-coherent sources in addition to a fifth source which can be used as a second internal local oscillator or as an additional source for measurements on mixers. The R&S ZNA hardware architecture is ideal for demanding measurements on components and modules due to its combination of up to eight truly parallel measurement receivers.
Engineers working on tasks such as high-end research and development are benefitted from the R&S ZNA. The new 50 GHz and 67 GHz models support the aerospace and defense industry by enabling the characterization of radar and transmitter/receiver modules as well as supporting satellite applications such as downconverter characterization and performing antenna measurements. They also ensure diverse capabilities for both pulse generation and measurement, including a wide range of trigger functions. The original analyzer has witnessed updates, adding new features such as direct source monitor access, enabling accurate measurements even on high gain devices such as satellite down converters.
High-end R&D signal integrity measurements on differential lines up to 67 GHz, and when combined with Rohde & Schwarz mmWave converters even beyond, are a strength of the new R&S ZNA models. The R&S ZNA provides a characterization of PCB conductor structures for high-speed signal transmission, in combination with integrated de-embedding solutions (ISD, SFD, DELTA-L, and EZD). Measurement results are now free from the effects of fixtures, lead-ins, and lead-outs.
Covering the 5G frequency bands and, in association with Rohde & Schwarz mm-Wave converters, the 6G frequency bands, the R&S ZNA is a progressive solution for research on active and passive components such as LNAs, filters, antennas, and mixers. Over-the-air tests along with Rohde & Schwarz OTA test solutions benefit from the analyzer’s dynamic range. The R&S ZCxxx mm-Wave converters expand the frequencies into the range of terahertz and provide high dynamic range and output power for on-wafer device characterization and antenna measurements on 6G components and modules.
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