Highlights

Test the real performance of your millimeter-wave (mmWave) innovations in 5G, satellite, radar, and more with our N9042B UXA X-Series signal analyzer and measurement applications. The N9042B provides the industry's widest analysis bandwidth and deepest dynamic range to help you solve your most difficult mmWave challenges — tight design margins and timelines, complex modulation, and stringent standards.

  • Ensure your designs meet the latest standards with ready-to-use measurement applications and signal analysis software
  • See signals clearly with an unbanded, preselected sweep from 2 Hz to 50 GHz and 4 GHz of analysis bandwidth
  • Test the true performance of your 5G NR transmitter with the industry's best error vector magnitude (EVM)
  • Find out-of-band emissions or spurs quickly in your radar designs with the industry's best swept displayed average noise level (DANL)
  • Develop high-throughput satellite communication designs with 4 GHz of corrected analysis bandwidth

Test Application Software

PathWave X-Series measurement applications address ever-changing measurement requirements for the latest communications standards. Get ready-to-use measurements for cellular communication, wireless connectivity, aerospace/defense, and general-purpose.

The 89600 PathWave VSA software is a comprehensive set of tools for demodulation and vector signal analysis. With support for more than 75 signal standards and modulation types, these tools enable you to explore virtually every facet of a signal and optimize your most advanced designs.

Key Specifications

Frequency
2 Hz to 50 GHz, with V3050A 110 GHz
DANL @1 GHz
-174 dBm
Maximum Analysis Bandwidth
4 GHz
Maximum Real-Time Bandwidth
Up to 2 GHz
Phase Noise @1 GHz (10 kHz offset)
-135 dBc / Hz
Type
Benchtop
Frequency
DANL @1 GHz
Maximum Analysis Bandwidth
Maximum Real-Time Bandwidth
Phase Noise @1 GHz (10 kHz offset)
Type
2 Hz to 50 GHz, with V3050A 110 GHz
-174 dBm
4 GHz
Up to 2 GHz
-135 dBc / Hz
Benchtop
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Bandwidth Options:
1 GHz
1.5 GHz
2 GHz
4 GHz
DANL @1 GHz:
-174 dBm
Form Factor:
n/a
Frequency:
2 Hz to 50 GHz, with V3050A 110 GHz
Frequency Options:
26.5 GHz
44 GHz
50 GHz
with V3050A 50 GHz to 67 GHz
90 GHz
110 GHz
Height:
6U
Maximum Analysis Bandwidth:
4 GHz
Maximum Frequency:
50 GHz
Maximum Real-Time Bandwidth:
Up to 2 GHz
Overall Amplitude Accuracy:
± 0.24 dB
Performance Level:
◆◆◆◆◆◆
Phase Noise @1 GHz (10 kHz offset):
-135 dBc / Hz
TOI @1 GHz (3rd Order Intercept):
+22 dBm
Type:
Benchtop

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Satellite Communications

Today's satellite communication systems require a more sophisticated approach to wideband signal and interference monitoring. You need a test solution with the widest analysis bandwidth and highest frequency range to characterize the performance of your satellite designs.

Finally, you can monitor up to 2 GHz of real-time spectrum anlaysis (RTSA) bandwidth with the new RTSA application software on the N9042B UXA X-Series signal analyzer.

The N9042B UXA and the M9384C VXG signal generator deliver 4 GHz of corrected bandwidth for analysis and generation. The UXA also provides the highest unbanded, preselected frequency range to help you characterize your most sophisticated satellite designs.

Cellular Communications

Testing 5G components and devices per the 3GPP 5G New Radio (5G NR) standard Releases 15 and 16 requires a solution with higher accuracy, sensitivity, and bandwidth capability.

The N9042B signal analyzer will help you test the true performance of your transmitter designs with the industry's best residual error vector magnitude (EVM) and 5G NR signal analysis software suite to perform transmitter downlink and uplink measurements with one-button simplicity.

Introducing New Wideband Applications

RTSA Real Time Spectrum Analysis

RTSA

Real-time spectrum analysis (RTSA) allows conducting continuous capture and analysis of elusive signals

Related Software

PathWave X-App: N9042RTEB, N9042RTFB

PathWave VSA: 89601200C

group delay

GROUP DELAY

Group delay is the measure of the phase distortion with respect to the frequency after passing through a device ​

Related Software

PathWave X-App: N9056EM0E

PathWave VSA: 89601200C

ccEVM cross correlated EVM (ccEVM)

ccEVM

Cross-correlated EVM (ccEVM) cancels the uncorrelated noise in your test system to compute the true EVM of your DUT

Related Software

PathWave X-App: N9054EM0E, N9054EM1E, N9077EM0E, N9077EM1E, N9077EM2E, N9085EM0E

PathWave VSA: 89601EVMC

ODI Streaming

ODI Streaming

Optical data interface (ODI) streaming allows customers to perform hours of wide bandwidth signal recording​

Streaming options:

Option ST1: 1 GHz BW corrected IQ streaming

Option ST2: 2 GHz BW corrected IQ streaming

 

 

The Idea of Digital Twin

Digit twins are virtual replicas of physical systems continually updated with their performance and maintenance information. 

In an RF digital twin setup, Keysight N9042B UXA X-Series signal analyzers provide an efficient way of creating and enhancing component behavioral models. The Keysight PathWave Vector Signal Analyzer (VSA) handles modulation and provides demodulation and error vector measurements of signals, as well as capabilities in carrier aggregation, higher-order MIMO, and constellation signal quality analysis. By connecting directly with PathWave System Design, guesswork and estimation are eliminated, while model fidelity is increased. Keysight measurement science continues to evolve as specifications change.

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N9042B

Expert Test Methods to Improve Your Innovative mmWave Designs

Millimeter-wave technology is transforming wireless communications. But it brings a set of new test challenges to the lab including excessive path loss and wideband noise that degrade measurement accuracy.

This white paper provides tips to help you improve measurements and evaluate the true performance of your innovative devices.

Do More with your Signal Analyzer

Reach even higher levels of measurement accuracy with:

  • V3050A frequency extender for an unbanded, preselected frequency range to 110 GHz (Refer to data sheet below)
  • U9361 RCal receiver calibrator for 10X improved receiver test system accuracy
  • M9384B VXG signal generator for wideband stimulus and response testing
N9042B spectrum analysis (signal analysis) solution
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