S Series RF Signal Generators Enter the Chinese Market

Aeroflex, a maker of microelectronics and test and measurement equipment, announced that its S-Series RF signal generators have entered the Chinese market. The S series integrates ease of use, portability, modularity, and RF performance at an attractive price, enabling Avex's outstanding reputation for continuous innovation in RF signal sources to be consolidated once again through the S series. This series of instruments uses a disruptive graphical interface design concept that meets the expectations of today’s engineers who want to operate through touch screens and get instant answers. Complex buttons, rotary controls and multiple deeply nested software menus on various traditional instruments. Have been removed. You will see a new intelligent UI design interface.

SGA Analog RF Signal Generator Introduction The first product listed in this series is the Aeroflex SGA analog RF signal generator. Not only is it attractively priced, it is also small and lightweight, and it has the advantages of low phase noise, high accuracy, and quick set-up time.

“Especially young engineers who are very familiar with the various touch screen interfaces on mobile phones and MP3 players and require the same ease of use of test instruments.” Bill Burrows, business development manager, Aeroflex added, “Aeroflex has always been a signal generator. The leader of technology. Today we have reached a new stage, and through the combination of the latest technology, signal generator products have evolved into a new era of intelligence."

SGA is a high specification, cost-effective analog RF signal generator that provides a comprehensive, reliable and repeatable signal source for a variety of general purpose, aerospace and military test applications in laboratory, factory and field environments. solution. Intuitive high-definition LCD touch screens use fewer keystrokes and times than traditional soft key modes to generate a wide variety of modulated or swept RF signals, saving engineers tremendous operating time and reducing errors risk.

By adopting a modular design with a brand-new patented AerolockTM locking mechanism, it is ensured that users can modularize and combine additional RF instruments, such as the second signal generator and combiner, with external mechanical operations. Test scenarios such as amplifiers.

The Aeroflex SGA series first introduced two models: the SGA-3 frequency range is 100kHz–3GHz; the SGA-6 frequency coverage is 100kHz–6GHz. The SGA is the first instrument in the new S-Series from Alfas, and the follow-up products will also include full-featured digital vector signal generators for use in new wireless standards such as LTE, LTE-Advance and IEEE 802.11ac. A series of digital vector signal analyzers.

Portability is a key feature of this family of signal generators. The SGA uses a half-rack width design, 4U high and weighs less than 17 pounds (8 kilograms) - less than half the weight of previous products. This makes it easy to move around in the lab or on the field.

"Our genes contain signal sources, which means that for the first time, source products have such high performance specifications in such a compact volume and at such a competitive price point." IFAS Test Systems Division Product manager David Asquith commented: “SGA has improved cost-performance standards, and is fully comparable to the industry's top signal generators, achieving low phase noise and high output power in fast frequency switching and fast level switching, while priced at only The price of the midrange signal generator device."

Performance Specifications of the SGA The phase noise of a single-sideband signal (SSB) with a frequency offset of 20kHz on a 1GHz carrier is typically -135dBc/Hz, which means that the SGA signal generator can easily measure receivers above 80dB. Sensitivity. The fast frequency setting time in the universal frequency selection mode is 1ms and the switching time in the list mode is only 100μs, making the SGA particularly suitable for applications in fast frequency hopping and semiconductor test environments, as well as maximum productivity in a manufacturing environment.

The SGA provides a maximum output power of 13dBm and a resolution of 0.01dB. It also offers a high-power option that can extend the RF level's maximum output power to 20dBm. A high-speed electronic attenuator is used in the level part to achieve fast switching of power levels. The switching time is less than 100 μs in a 0.1 dB final value range, and the repeatability is better than 0.05 dB.

The SGA also supports digitally scanned carrier frequencies, RF levels, and modulation sources in single, continuous, or external trigger modes, as well as list mode sweeps.

By loading four built-in 10MHz oscillators and two external modulation inputs, more modulation mode selections are guaranteed, including AM/FM/PM and pulse modulation.

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