Riding the Microwave

Sample microwave applications
 
  Signal generation
Simplifying radar testing
Digital modulation up to 40 GHz
 
  Power measurement
EIRP measurements
 
  Signal analysis
Power measurements on pulsed radar signals
Noise figure measurement
Scalar analysis with independent generation and spectrum analysis capability
Phase noise measurement – cross-correlation to reduce phase noise

The R&S FSUP-B60 option provides the Signal Source Analyzer R&S FSUP with two parallel receive paths. You can perform crosscorrelation between the two paths owing to the symmetrical structure, and eliminate the uncorrelated inherent noise of the two reference sources. This significantly increases sensitivity, which is no longer limited by the phase noise of the internal references. The degree of improvement depends on the number of averages and can be up to 20 dB.

Phase noise measurement
Improvement of phase noise sensitivity by means of cross-correlation;
the screenshot shows a phase noise measurement
without cross-correlation (yellow trace) and with cross-correlation (100 and 1000 averages)
 
  Vector network analysis
Frequency-converting frontend measurement
Antenna measurement with remote mixers