X-Series Signal Analyzer Updates (w/ Firmware rev. A.14.xx)

X-Series Signal Analyzer Updates
(w/ Firmware rev. A.14.xx)
Available May, 2014
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Agilent Technologies
April 2014
Agenda
• What’s new with FW A.14 launch?
– Platform new features and customer benefits
– Measurement app enhancements
• Win BIGGER against competition in mid-range
• Where to find help
Agilent Technologies
April 2014
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New platform features
Pre-AFS – Feb. 1, 2014
AFS – May 1, 2014
SHP – May, 2014
Web Go-live – May 1, 2014
FW. Rev. A.14.00 or later required
Highest freq.
coverage
• External mixing
(Opt EXM) added
on MXA
• Covers up to 110
GHz w/Agilent
smart mixer and
1.1 THz w/ VDI
extender
Best sensitivity
Highest
long-term
freq. accuracy
World’s fastest
power meas.
• Noise floor
extension (Opt
NFE) on M/EXA
• Up to 9 dB DANL
improvement
• USB smart
preamps (U7227)
for further DANL
improvement
• Atomic freq.
reference (AFR:
J7203A)
• Up to 100x better
long-term freq.
stability than
precision freq.
reference (PFR)
• Fast power (Opt
FP2) on
P/M/EXA (w/ Opt
B40)
• For ACPR, band
power, power
density, …
See backup slides for more details
Agilent Technologies
April 2014
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Measurement apps: new and enhanced
FW. Rev. A.14.00 or later required
Leadership in
LTE-Advanced
Winning in
WLAN
• N9080B/N9082B (LTE-A
FDD/TDD)
• FTD-258 (Mar. ‘14) for
details
• N/W9077A-4FP to
improve EVM and speed
for 802.11ac
• FTD-262 (Apr. ‘14) for
details
Best for generalpurpose
• N9063A (Analog
demod):
• better and more hard
specs
• 8901A/B migration
• N9069A (NF):
• Supports USB smart
preamp
April 2014
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Growing Millimeter-wave Applications
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Backhaul radio systems
Automotive Radar
Early next-generation wireless research (“5G”)
802.11ad WiGig
Aerospace/Defense
 Radar
 Secure Communication systems
Highest freq.
coverage
Adding Option EXM on MXA
Go beyond 26.5 GHz, up to 1.1 THz
External Mixing (N9020A-EXM)
• Available only on
 ALL new N9020A MXA ship w/ FW
Rev. A. 14.00 or later
Option EXM
• A 3.5 mm (f) connector providing triplex of
 LO-out/IF-in/DC bias
• Support following external mixers
 Agilent M1970 smart mixers
 11970 legacy mixers (11970K excluded)
 OML mixers
 VDI mixers
 Farran mixers
• Reference Price: $2,805
Highest freq.
coverage
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External mixers supported by N9020A-EXM
Upgradability of Option EXM
• EXM upgrade only available on the MXA w/ SN
prefix ≥ MY/SG/US5233 (i.e. with Option EP2)
introduced Aug. 2013
• There are two EXM upgrade options depending on
MXA’s vintages
1. N9020AK-EXM ($3,305) for SN prefix between MY/SG/US5233 and
MY/SG/US5328
2. N9020AK-HL6 ($5,100) for SN prefix ≥MY/SG/US5328
for newer MXA (SN prefix ≥ MY/SG/US5233)
Highest freq.
coverage
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NFE goes to mid-range signal analyzers
• Introduce NFE (2nd Gen.) to MXA and EXA by May 2014
• Up to 9-dB DANL improvement (specs to be set); longer delivery
lead-time expected at launch (~12 week SRT)
• An option (N9020A/N9010A-NFE) with price associated (Price:
$5,000)
• User upgradable (license-only) to the existing MXA/EXA’s
(N9020AK/10AK-NFE @ price $5,000)
• Shown as “N90x0A-NF2” in “Show system” license list
EXA
• Requires firmware Rev. A.14.00 or later
For ALL vintages of MXA/EXA!
MXA
Best sensitivity
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How well does NFE work on MXA/EXA?
• The preliminary result shows significant DANL
improvement:
• This specific EXA
shows >9 dB DANL
improvement
NFE: Off
>9 dB
NFE: On
• NFE “On” needs
more average to
reduce the noise floor
fluctuation
• Specifications will
only be available 2~3
months after launch
(Long delivery leadtime @ launch)
Best sensitivity
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U7227x USB Preamps
Int. preamp off
Int. preamp on
Ext. preamp on
Model
Frequency Range
Price (preliminary)
U7227A
10 MHz to 4 GHz
~$4k
U7227C
100 MHz to 26.5
GHz
~$7k
U7227F
2 to 50 GHz
~$13k
Best sensitivity
Noise Fig ~ 5dB.
Gain >17 dB (makes N Fig of SA
negligible).
USB provides power to Preamp, and reads
factory-cal data from flash. Data includes
gain, noise fig, and S-parameter data.
“X” SA app uses amp as “remote front
end”; gain data read over USB to correct
displayed abs-amp vs frequency.
“X” N Fig app uses amp to improve noise
figure; noise data read over USB to support
“Internal Cal”.
Highest long-term frequency accuracy
Why it’s important?
 Extremely high frequency accuracy,
stability and timing stability ensures the
most precise synchronizations among
multiple radio sub-systems
Key Applications:
Key Customers:
• Installation and maintenance of BTS
• NTT Docomo
• Low-cost alternative to primary house
reference
• Ericsson
• Huawei
• US Navy …
Highest
long-term
freq. accuracy
Atomic Frequency Reference
– The Atomic Frequency Reference (AFR) is a cesium-based
atomic clock that PXA/MXA/EXA can use to discipline
(adjust) the Internal 10 MHz Reference and effectively
increasing the frequency accuracy.
– Great alternative to a Primary Reference Standard which
many labs and manufacturing facilities do not have.
– Model Number: J7203A
No impact on phase noise!
To “Ref in”
on analyzer
Highest
long-term
freq. accuracy
USB power from
analyzer
Fast Power (Option FP2)
• World’s Fastest Power Measurements!
 Power measurements include
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Channel power
Adjacent channel power
Band density
Occupied bandwidth
X-dB measurement
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N90x0AK-FP2
Price: $5,000
Opt B40 required
License only
Available on PXA, MXA, EXA
Noise corrections included
Option B40 (40 MHz analysis BW) required
FW rev. A.14 or later required
Reference price: $5,000
World’s fastest
power meas.
AGILENT CONFIDENTIAL
AGILENT CONFIDENTIAL
Fast Power (Option FP2)
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Existing LXI-based test system: ACP Measurements
 Blazing fast power measurements: 76% Reduction in Test Time on
this specific customer case
1000
(ms)
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600
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AGILENT CONFIDENTIAL
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AGILENT CONFIDENTIAL
• Customer Problem
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ACP (MXA)
World’s fastest
power meas.
Current Time
New Time (ms)
Agilent Restricted
April 2014
What’s New for N9063A Analog Demod
 Tx Attack/Release view: see RF envelope & FM demod on same T-axis
 Marker Table on AF Spectrum: easily quantify multi-tone case
 Analog Out: eliminate clipping/scaling/wrapping problems for FM & PM
 Wide BW: support demod to 160 MHz BW
 Long Demod Waveform:
up to 3.6 MSa, or >100 sec at 25 kHz BW
 Improved many specs
For N9063A installed base customers the
N9063A-AFP may be required for new
enhancements
Migrate 8901A/B to X-Series
The following new enhancements
on N9063A particularly help to
accelerate the 890x to X-Series
8901A/B
modulation analyzer
X-Series with
N9063A analog
demod app
 Filters: add many post-demod filters; modify to mimic
HP 89xx
 Ref Ratio User Entry: manually enter reference for
FM Hum & Noise (like 8901)
 SNR: emulate HP 8903 SNR feature
 Warranted hard specs: add more
Agilent Technologies
April 2014
New Minor Enhancements Update (- MEU) Option
• MCD-SA introduces an unified option of
MEU to all existing applications with
minor enhancement updates
• For install-based customers, when they
need to upgrade to the latest application
SW with enhancements, they just order
<App Mode #>-MEU in hundred $
• For new buy customers, they always can
have the latest application features in the
SW
• In SA-A.14, total 9 applications move to
the new structure
• Enhanced feature description will be
listed on the application webpage with
revision number
Apps
Model #
GSM/EDGE
N/W9071A
W-CDMA
N/W9073A
TD-SCDMA
N/W9079A
Bluetooth
N/W9081A
Analog Demod.
N/W9063A
VXA
N/W9064A
Phase Noise
N/W9068A
Noise Figure
N/W9069A
Digital Cable TV
N/W6152A
Price
(US$)
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Pricing summary
Model Option
Description
Ref.
Price
(US$)
Notes
N9020A/AK-NFE
Noise floor extension
Upgradable to all MXA
N9010A/AK-NFE
Noise floor extension
Upgradable to all EXA
N9020A-EXM
External mixing
N9020AK-EXM
Upgrade external mixing
Serial prefix between 5233
and 5328
N9020AK-HL6
Upgrade external mixing
serial prefix ≥ 5328
N90x0A/AK-FP2
Fast Power, up to 40 MHz bandwidth
Requires Opt B40
N90x0A/AK-SF2
Security features, prohibit saving results
N90x0A/AK-SF2
J7203A
Atomic frequency reference
For P/M/EXA
U7227A
USB “smart” preamp, 10 MHz to 4 GHz
For P/M/E/CXA
U7227C
USB “smart” preamp, 0.1 to 26.5 GHz
For P/M/E/CXA
U7227A
USB “smart” preamp, 2 to 50 GHz
For P/M/E/CXA
Source control (Opt ESC) to support extn’l mixing
(Opt EXM)
• Makes mmW scalar stimulus-response tests beyond 50 GHz
possible
 Enables the P/M/mmW EXA to control the external source with frequency
extender (eg. OML, VDI module) for high-frequency stimulus
 Enables the P/M/mmW EXA with Opt EXM and an external mixer (eg. Agilent
smart mixer) to receive the high-frequency responses
Incident signal
Reflected signal
Transmitted signal
An example of measured result @ 85 GHz
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Setup for mmW scalar stimulus-response tests
Trigger-out
Trigger-in
Trigger-out
Trigger-in
LAN/USB/GPIB
PSG
RF
Wave-guide
X-Series w/ Opts
EXM and ESC*
USB
DUT
Freq.
extender
*: FW. A.14 or later required for X-Series AS
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IF/LO
External
mixer
Recap- XA14 Major Enhancements
New: Newly added
: Existing
+: Enhance on existing
-: Not available
To be introduced May 2014
Model/Opt
Description
PXA
MXA
EXA
CXA
New
New
New
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N9080B/82B
LTE-Advanced
-EXM
Ext. mixing
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New
*
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-NFE
NFE2 implementation
+
New
New
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N9068A
Analog demod
+
+
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+
U7227A/C/F
Smart preamp support
New
New
New
New
J7203A
Atomic Freq. Reference
New
New
New
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-FP2
Fast ACPR power meas’t
New
New
New
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-W7X
Win7
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New
-ESC
External source control to
support EXM
+
+
+
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*: for mmW EXA only
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X-Series Signal Analyzer Portfolio
Investment continues!
Oct 09
Sep 06
89600B VSA software
Performance
Premier signal analysis & troubleshooting
PXA
3 Hz to 50 GHz
Drive your Evolution
Sep 07
MXA
10 Hz to 26.5 GHz
Oct 09
EXA
Accelerate in Wireless
10 Hz to 44 GHz
CXA
Balance the Challenges
9 kHz to 26.5 GHz
MXE
20 Hz to 44 GHz
CISPR 16-1-1 2010
Compliant EMI Receiver
Master the Essentials
Price
New N9080B/N9082B LTE-Advanced FDD/TDD
 Analyze signal and multi-carrier LTE/LTEAdvanced FDD/TDD signals
 Downlink and uplink analysis in a single option
 Support carrier aggregation of up to 5
contiguous/non-contiguous components carriers
support for uplink & downlink:
 For TDD, all DL/UL and special subframe length
configurations
 One-button support transmitter characteristic
measurements for Base station and User
equipment
 Requires Win 7 OS on PXA, MXA or EXA signal
analyzers; does NOT support Win XP OS.
 Maximum analysis bandwidth required – B25
(25 MHz). EVM measurements are sequential
i.e. demods one CC at a time & max BW of a
CC is 20 MHz.
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N9080B-2FP – LTE-Advanced FDD
• Requires N9080A-1FP or N9080B-1FP
N9082B-2FP – LTE-Advanced TDD
• Requires N9082A-1FP or N9082B-1FP
Price for option 2FP - $4.5k
For more information please Contact:
Martha Zemede (T345-8307) or
To learn SA_258 Recording module
on March-FTD
N9077A WLAN Measurement Application Updates
 Make multi-burst capture and averaging
for modulation analysis to increase EVM
measurement speed up to 30%
 Improve RF input range and EVM floor to
win completion with FSW
 Provide unique IQ impairments per
subcarrier features per customer requests
• gain imbalance
• quadrature skew
 802.11a/n: Mask updates per recent
standards changes
 802.11p 5 MHz BW support
(10, 20 MHz BW already supported)
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N9077A-4FP – 802.11ac FDD
• Requires N9077A-2FP (802.11 a/b/g)
• Requires N9077A-3FP (802.11n)
Free Upgrade for Install-based customers
For more information please Contact:
John Harmon (T577-3983) or
To learn SA_262 Recording module
on April-FTD

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