W6152A Digital Cable TV Measurement Application for CXA

The W6152A is discontinued after June 1, 2019. The replacement model is the N6152EM0D X-Series Measurement Application with KeysightCare.

Signal analysis

• DVB-C(J.83/A), J.83/B, and J.83/C(ISDB-C) standards
• Transmitter RF measurement
• One-button measurements with pass/fail per the standard and standard default settings
• Runs inside CXA signal analyzers

Measurements

• Power measurement: Channel power, ACP, CCDF, SEM
• Modulation accuracy measurement: Constellation, MER/EVM (MER RMS/Peak), BER, frequency error, amplitude error, phase error, quadrature error, amplitude imbalance
• Channel frequency response and channel impulse response
• Provide advanced settings like symbol rate, adaptive equalizer, meas interval, out-of-band filtering, filter alpha, BER count, etc

Performance 

• Power accuracy: Up to ±0.61 dB (95th percentile)
• Spectrum emission mask dynamic range at 4.2 MHz offset: up to 84.5 dB (91.7 dB typical)
• MER floor: Up to 39.2 dB (DVB-C, 64 QAM with Adaptive EQ Off)
• Analysis bandwidth: Up to 25 MHz

Other features

• License key upgradable
• Fixed and transportable license available
• SCPI remote user interface

The DVB-C digital cable TV measurement application is one of more than 25 measurement applications in the Keysight X-Series, an evolutionary approach to signal analysis that spans instrumentation, measurements and software, transforming the X-Series signal analyzers into standards-based transmitter testers. The DVB-C application provides one-button, standard-based power and modulation analysis capabilities to help design, evaluate and manufacture digital cable exciters and transmitters. The DVB-C measurement application includes three standards of digital video broadcasting over cable TV: J.83/A (DVB-C), J.83/B (DOCSIS DS) and J.83/C (ISDB-C).

RF transmitters, modulators, and components testing

• One-button measurement helps to improve speed with the standard presets and auto detection
• Multiple modulation quality measurements help test the DUT full performance
• Advanced settings help R&D customers trouble-shooting
• Remote SCPI command increase the manufacturing test efficiency