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A variety of instruments make the PAx Test System suitable for testing today’s RF Power Amplifiers and Front-End Modules used in cellular and connectivity applications, WLAN standards up to Wi-Fi 6/6E/7, <4G to 5G sub-8.5 GHz wireless and beyond, Bluetooth plus a variety of Internet of Things (IoT) standards.
RedDragon RF - 5G NR FR1/FR2, mmWave and Wi-Fi
RedDragon RFTM
Test Module for 5G NR FR1/FR2, mmWave and Wi-Fi 6/6E/7
- Increased modulation support for 5G NR FR1 and FR2 FEM sub-8.5 GHz
- Immediate Wi-Fi 6/6E/7 including 7.126 GHz band
- Building blocks for 5G NR FR2 mmWave 23.45 – 48.5 GHz
- Configurable with up to 32 Universal RF ports
- Up to 8.5 GHz RF modulated source and 8.5 GHz RF measure
- Noise source available on all ports
- RF Harmonic measure capability from 8 to 18 GHz using HMM
- 3 Channel AWG with Envelop Tracking Option
DragonRF - Source and Receive with Scalar and Vector Measure
DragonRFTM
Test Module RF source and receive with scalar and vector measure
- Extensive suite of capabilities designed to provide the lowest cost of test without any compromise in RF test performance
- Innovative flexible architecture enables scalable configurations with optimal return on investment without trade-off in test coverage or test time
- Configurable with 16 or 32 Vector RF ports
- 6 GHz RF modulated source and 8 GHz RF measure
- <1 ms RF settling time on level and frequency change
- Quad-site and octal-site RF source with single and dual synthesizer respectively
- Up to 8 receiver paths each with an analog bandwidth exceeding 200 MHz for octal site parallel RF measurements.
- Each receiver is connected to a digitizer with 14 bit @ 105 Msps
- Full modulation capability using SWG instrument providing 16 bits @ 250 Msps
- Swept S-parameter capability
- Servo loop tracking
- Real time Dynamic Range Enhancement
HCOVI - High-Current General Purpose VI
HCOVITM
High-current general purpose VI
- 8 Channels per Board
- Voltage: -2V to +8V
- Current: 1 A continuous
- 16 bit force/measure, synchronization, analog bus
- 200 KHz digitizer capability
PADPS1 - Power Amplifier Device Power Supply
PADPS1TM
Power amplifier device power supply
- One measure FIFO per channel
- 4 Channels per Board
- Voltage: -2 V to +16 V
- Current: 2 A per channel
- 16 bit force/measure, parallel measure
- Channels can be ganged for higher currents
- 250 Ksps capture in 4096 memory
QFVI - Floating Programmable Power Supply
QFVITM
Quad high-voltage, high-current, floating programmable power supply
- Full Kelvin, has programmable voltage and current clamps and offers a 300 Ksps sample rate.
- 4 Channels per board
- Voltage: -60 V to +60 V
- Current: 5 A per channel (pulsed), 1.5 A continuous, voltage and current ganging.
FX2 - Device Control Buses
FX2TM
Device control buses, MIPI, I2C, and SPI
- Fully independent programming of timing and level on every channel
- Synchronization signaling to/from other instruments
- Read/Write memory for generating digital protocols used in RF front end applications
- Multi-site programming model
- Full pattern sequencing at 200 Mbps
- Supported with a comprehensive, next-generation program development and debug toolset
- I/O per Board: 32
- Maximum Pins: 256
- Drive / Compare: -2.0 V to 6.5 V
- Pattern Rate:
- 100 MHz / 200 Mbps
- 200 MHz / 400 Mbps
DIGHB - Hummingbird Digitizer
DIGHBTM
Hummingbird digitizer
- Four channel, 14 Bit, 400 MSPS or 16 Bit, 250 MSPS waveform digitizer
- Provides real-time features such as decimation and averaging to enable faster test times and improved dynamic performance
- Offers an analog bandwidth of up to 800 MHz
- DIGHB is supported on PAx and Diamondx
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