Description

Fast and compact solution – optimized for automated test environments
Key facts
  • Fastest vector signal generator with frequency and level switchover times of typ. 240  ?s for optimized throughput in production
  • Smallest standalone vector signal generator up to 6 GHz with integrated baseband generator (1 HU ? 19)
  • Integrated baseband generator with I/Q modulation bandwidth of up to 240 MHz (in RF) supporting all advanced digital standards, including IEEE 802.11ac
  • Excellent RF performance for EVM and ACLR
  • Easy signal generation for digital standards such as LTE and LTE-Advanced using the R&S®WinIQSIM2™ simulation software
  • Ideal enhancement for the R&S®SMW200A in MIMO applications with more than two receiving antennas

Brief description The R&S®SGT100A is an RF vector signal generator with an integrated baseband generator. It has been optimized for use in production and automated applications. Designed as a fast and compact, space-saving solution, it provides top speed to ensure optimized throughput and fits into any test system. The R&S®SGT100A has a clear focus on automated environments. Its main characteristics are high speed and a compact design. The R&S®SGT100A is the first 1 HU ? 19 vector signal generator up to 6 GHz with an integrated baseband generator. The radio frequency chain has been optimized for fastest frequency and level switchover times. In the baseband, the multisegment waveform mode helps users quickly switch from one test signal to the next. Though compact in size, the R&S®SGT100A has excellent RF characteristics (e.g. signal quality and level accuracy) that are on par with those of larger high-end instruments. Maximum output level, level repeatability and excellent EVM performance are key characteristics in production environments. Equipped with a LAN, USB and PCIe interface, the R&S®SGT100A allows remote control of test equipment in automated applications.
Specifications
 
Frequency
Frequency range CW mode and I/Q mode 1 MHz to 3 GHz
  with the R&S®SGT-KB106 option CW mode and I/Q mode 1 MHz to 6 GHz
Setting time with PCIe/Ethernet remote control < 500 ?s
Input frequency for external reference into R&S®SGT100A 10 MHz, 13 MHz, 100 MHz, 1000 MHz
Level
Specified level range   –120 dBm to +17 dBm (PEP)(peak envelope power)
Setting time with PCIe/Ethernet remote control, setting characteristic: auto < 500 ?s
Spectral purity
Harmonics level ? 8 dBm, CW, I/Q wideband off < –30 dBc
Nonharmonics level > –10 dBm, offset > 10 kHz from carrier, f ? 1.5 GHz < –76 dBc
Wideband noise 10 MHz carrier offset,level > 5 dBm, 1 Hz meas. bandwidth, CW < –145 dBc
SSB phase noise 20 kHz carrier offset, 1 Hz measurement bandwidth
  f = 1 GHz < –126 dBc, typ. –133 dBc
  f = 6 GHz < –110 dBc, typ. –117 dBc
Pulse modulation   optional, with the R&S®SGT-K22 option
On/off ratio   > 80 dB
Minimum pulse width using the integrated pulse generator 20 ns
I/Q modulation
I/Q modulator bandwidth (RF) using an external analog signal 100 MHz < f ? 2.5 GHz, I/Q wideband 2.5 GHz < f ? 6  GHz, I/Q wideband 20 % of carrier frequency 1 GHz
  using the integrated baseband source with the R&S®SGT-K521 option with the R&S®SGT-K521 and R&S®SGT-K522 options, with the R&S®SGT-K521, R&S®SGT-K522 and R&S®SGT-K523 options 60 MHz 120 MHz 160 MHz 240 MHz
Waveform length in one-sample steps 1 sample to 32 Msample
  with the R&S®SGT-K511 option 1 sample to 256 Msample
  with the R&S®SGT-K511 and R&S®GT-K512 options 1 sample to 1 Gsample
Waveform changeover time in multisegment waveform mode 50 MHz clock rate (external trigger, without clock change) 5 ?s (meas.)
Sample resolution equivalent to D/A converter 16 bit
ACLR WCDMA 3GPP FDD, TM 1-64 > 68 dB, typ. 71 dB
EVM IEEE 802.11ac, 160 MHz, MCS 9 typ. 0.4 %
Supported standards with R&S®WinIQSIM2™TM with additional options EUTRA/LTE, LTE-Advanced, 3GPP FDD incl. HSPA/HSPA+, GSM/EDGE/EDGE Evolution, TD-SCDMA, CDMA2000®/1xEV-DO, TETRA, IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/p/ac, IEEE 802.16, Bluetooth®, NFC, DVB-H/DVB-T, DAB/T-DMB, GPS, Galileo, GLONASS, BeiDou
Remote control   PCIe (single lane), Ethernet (TCP/IP) 10/100/1000BASET, USB 2.0
General data
Power consumption   65 W (meas.)
Dimensions W ? H ? D, per unit 250 mm ? 52.5 mm ? 401 mm (9.84 in ? 2.07 in ? 15.79 in) 1 HU, ? 19“ rack width
Weight when fully equipped, per unit 4.0 kg (8.82 lb)
Recommended calibration interval 40 h/week operation in the full range of the specified environmental conditions 3 years
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