New ZTEC Instruments Offer Widest Instantaneous Bandwidth and Highest
Dynamic Range on the Market
PRNewswire
March 3, 2011
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.,- ZTEC Instruments ZT844x Series RF/IF
digitizers/baseband signal analyzers offer engineers a cutting-edge
combination of more instantaneous bandwidth to receive and process
next-generation digital communication signals, and more input signal
dynamic range to provide higher wireless data rates. With the ZT844x
Series, engineers have software-defined, synthetic modular instruments
that easily and efficiently achieve accurate design verification,
characterization and test of RF and microwave integrated devices,
circuits, and systems. The new devices address the current bandwidth and
dynamic range challenges that test engineers face in testing new
communication standards such as the 802.11ac Wi-Fi standard and WiMAX
protocols and are ideal for RF and microwave receiver applications
including wireless and semiconductor RFIC testing. |
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Emerging Standards Require New, Enhanced Tools
The new 802.11ac Wi-Fi standard will achieve a 1 Gbps data rate by
increasing the instantaneous bandwidth to 160 MHz with 80 dB
spurious-free dynamic range (SFDR). With In-Stat studies expecting one
billion 802.11ac devices to ship by 2015, engineers must be prepared to
meet market demands and test these devices with adequate and accurate
tools. To test the 802.11ac Wi-Fi standard, engineers need the ZT844x
devices, high-performance instruments that provide a combination of
instantaneous bandwidth and dynamic range.
In addition, the ZT844x can receive and analyze 802.11n (as well as
other Wi-Fi standards that use OFDM modulation, including 802.11a and
802.11g) signals. ZTEC begins with the 802.11n protocol and adds
802.11ac functionality to extend the 802.11n standard with instantaneous
bandwidth up to 160MHz, more MIMO channels, and higher density
modulation, up to 256QAM.
A Flexible Solution for Test Engineers
The ZT844x Series of RF/IF digitizers provide the core digital
communication signal processing functionality of a vector signal
analyzer (VSA) used to receive, capture and measure digital
communication signals. As a stand-alone instrument, the ZT844x can be
used as a baseband, IF, or low-frequency RF VSA covering a frequency
range from DC up to 1 GHz. When combined with a microwave
down-converter, the VSA capability of the ZT844x can be extended to
microwave frequencies of 50 GHz or more.
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