বৃহস্পতিবার, ১৪ জুন, ২০১২

Network analyzer examines S-parameters without cost of vector-based instruments

LeCroy Corporation, a supplier of oscilloscopes, protocol analyzers and serial data test solutions, today announced the launch of a new class of instrument, the SPARQ series of Signal Integrity Network Analyzers. The SPARQ measures 40 GHz S-parameters on up to 4-ports with single button press operation at a small fraction of the cost of traditional methods such as Vector Network Analyzers. With the low price and ease of use of the SPARQ, multi-port S-parameter measurements are now accessible to a much wider audience.

The SPARQ is a time domain instrument, using TDR/T technology along with patented LeCroy innovations to rapidly acquire waveforms and measure the S-parameters of a device under test. The SPARQ measures both frequency and time domain results, and outputs standard Touchstone S-parameter files that are ready to be loaded into the user’s simulation software. The unit is small, rugged, PC-based and portable, and includes all of the hardware and software tools required by the signal integrity engineer for characterizing passive devices.

The SPARQ calibrates using an OSLT calibration kit that is internal to the unit. This allows the calibration and measurement to proceed automatically with a single button click and without any need to connect and disconnect calibration standards. With the SPARQ, the painstaking, lengthy and error-prone calibration procedure is once and for all eliminated. The “E” model SPARQ units include the internal calibration capability standard, and also support manual calibration using an external calibration kit. Setting up the SPARQ is also fast and easy; all configurations for the S-parameter measurements are contained within a single setup screen.

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