Signal Generation Solutions Catalog

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Contents 3 17
Innovate Technology Advances in Push the Envelope with Trusted
Communications Networks Analog Signal Generators

4 22
Generate True Performance for RF Simulate Complex Radar Threat
Receiver or Component Test Environments with Agile Signal
Generators
6
Produce the Signals You Need 25
with Our Wide Selection of Signal Accelerate Your Test and Design
Generators Workflows — PathWave Signal
Generation Software

8
Master the Most Complex Signals 26
with Vector Signal Generators Expand Your Instrument's
Capability with KeysightCare

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Innovate
Technology
Advances in
Communications
Networks
Innovation is happening everywhere,
driven by our insatiable demand for data.

Big changes across multiple systems are coming to the

wireless communication industry. Satellite networks
launched in space enable high-speed communications
from anywhere around the globe. The 6 GHz Wi-Fi band
increases peak throughput via 1.2 GHz of accessible
and unlicensed spectrum. Advanced radar technologies
support high-resolution and high-frequency applications
for safety and defense.

Achieving faster communications speeds requires

more spectrum, higher frequencies, wider bandwidths,
complex modulations, and multiple-input / multiple
output. The use of highly directional signals helps
overcome path loss associated with higher-frequency
spectrum.

Keysight offers a wide range of instruments to help

you generate a variety of stimuli to effectively test your
device. Select the signal generator and measurement
software that unleashes your insight, experience, and
creativity while meeting your design objectives.

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Generate True
Performance for
RF Receiver or
Component Test
As you evaluate your device’s behavior, you can take many
paths. Whether you’re evaluating a radio-frequency (RF)
receiver’s performance or characterizing RF components,
Keysight signal generators produce the variety of signals
you need — from simple to complex, clean to dirty — to
test your design within and beyond its limits.

Read the white paper:

Navigate the Complexity of IoT RF Receiver Testing

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RF receiver test RF component characterization
with a signal generator and
RF receiver tests quantify a receiver’s performance
in the presence of degradations on the path signal analyzer
between transmitter and receiver. An RF receiver
needs to handle various test scenarios:
To fully characterize your RF components, you need
• minimum or maximum input level to know the power characteristics of the simulated
input signal and the measured output signal.
• interfering, blocking, intermodulation, and
Stimulus-response tests, such as complementary
fading
cumulative distribution function, harmonics, third-
• radiated or conducted tests order modulation, adjacent channel power, and
error vector magnitude (EVM), help you understand
Whether you are working on a single radio format or the performance of RF components under different
integrating multiple formats into a wireless device, conditions to determine the best trade-offs in your
easy access to the right test signals streamlines design. Keysight signal generators and analyzers
validation and helps ensure interoperability. offer the following:
Accelerate your work with Keysight PathWave Signal
Generation software, a flexible suite of signal- • performance for characterizing your designs
creation tools that reduces the time you spend on • wide bandwidths for stimulating and acquiring
signal simulation. the most demanding applications
• a variety of measurement applications that
Learn more about Keysight Signal Generators simplify the creation and analysis of the signals
for characterization testing of RF components

Learn more about Keysight X-Series Signal Analyzers

Read the white paper:

3 Steps to Characterize RF Devices with
Stimulus-Response Measurements

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Produce the
Signals You Need
with Our Wide
Selection of
Signal Generators
You create test systems for a specific technology,
application, or product development phase, such as
research, validation, verification, or manufacturing. Some
test systems, such as those for smartphones, tablets, and
other consumer products, need to be fast, low cost, and
easy to configure and update. Others, such as satellite
payload test, cost several million dollars to manufacture,
are complex, and must provide high-quality measurements
to ensure functionality, accuracy, and repeatability of
the payload while in orbit. We provide a wide range of
instruments that generate the signals you need.

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 VXG Signal Generator in Benchtop
(M9384B) and Modular (M9383B)

Types of signal generators Instrument form factors

Vector signal generators: Vector signal generators or Along the product life cycle, test needs evolve
digital signal generators have a built-in I/Q modulator from unbounded to just enough. Benchtop
to create complex modulation formats such as signal generators are well-suited for research
QPSK, 1024QAM, and complex orthogonal frequency and development or design verification, because
division multiplexing. engineers need to interact with the instrument to
analyze and troubleshoot their designs. Modular
Analog signal generators: Analog signal generators PXI signal generators are ideal for applications that
supply sinusoidal continuous wave signals with the require multichannel measurement capabilities, fast
option to add AM, FM, ΦM, and pulse modulation. measurement speed, and a small footprint.

Agile signal generators: Agile signal generators are Keysight ensures consistent results across instrument
optimized for speed to quickly change the frequency, form factors. The bedrock is our commitment to
amplitude, and phase of the signal. They also measurement integrity that lets you focus on what’s Read the white paper:
have the unique ability to be phase coherent at all needed and optimize how to get there. The Essential Signal Generator Guide
frequencies, all the time.

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Master the
Below are applications that commonly use vector signal generators:

Most Complex
Signals with
Vector Signal
Generators
Meet your test requirements with the widest selection
Commercial Space and Satellite
of signal generators with the best performance in every
Communications Communications
class, whether you need a traceable, metrology-grade
solution or cost-effective basic signal generation.

Every signal generator purchase includes KeysightCare.

As a KeysightCare subscriber, you get unlimited access
to Keysight’s technical experts with predictable response
times on any instrument or measurement question for
these application areas.

Learn more about KeysightCare Electromagnetic Military

Spectrum Operations Communications

Radar Automotive

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Leading the way in microwave and millimeter-wave testing

Next-generation wireless systems such as 5G, emerging wireless communications, and military and automotive radar continue to push higher frequencies, wider
bandwidths, and greater modulation complexity. Excessive path loss and noise in these wireless systems decrease signal quality and increase test complexity and
measurement uncertainties. We offer signal generators to help you generate trusted performance — the signal purity, output power, and modulation you need to
accelerate your innovation.

RF bandwidth SSB phase noise Maximum output power

Form factor Product Frequency range
(internal / external) (at 10 GHz; 10 kHz offset) (at 20 GHz)

E8267D PSG 100 kHz to 44 GHz 1 80 MHz / 2 GHz –126 dBc / Hz +22 dBm Get a Quote >

Benchtop M9384B VXG 1 MHz to 44 GHz 1 2 GHz 2 / 2 GHz –126 dBc / Hz +21 dBm Get a Quote >

9 kHz to 54 GHz
M9484C VXG 2.5 GHz (10 GHz 4) / N/A –137 dBc / Hz +22 dBm Get a Quote >
(110 GHz 3)

M9383B VXG 1 MHz to 44 GHz 1 2 GHz / 2 GHz –126 dBc / Hz +21 dBm Get a Quote >
Modular
M9383A 1 MHz to 44 GHz 1 1 GHz / 2 GHz –118 dBc / Hz +20 dBm Get a Quote >

1
Extend the frequency range up to 1.1 THz with millimeter-wave (mmWave) source modules.
2
Get up to 4 GHz bandwidth with dual-channel bonding.
3
with V3080A frequency extender
4
with channel bonding

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E8267D PSG Vector Signal Generator
High performance, fully-integrated microwave vector signal generator
creates realistic wideband radar, EMSO, and satellite communications
(SATCOM) waveforms from 100 kHz to 44 GHz.

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Gain confidence in your device’s
performance with the world’s
most advanced signal generator

M9484C VXG Microwave Signal Generator

Keysight’s M9484C VXG provides the industry’s first

quad-channel vector signal generator with up to 110 GHz
frequency range and 10 GHz of modulation bandwidth to
enable your next breakthrough.

• The scalable architecture of the VXG vector signal

generator enables higher frequency coverage, wider
bandwidths, and multichannel applications with ease
and accuracy.
• The fully integrated, calibrated, and synchronized
VXG signal generation solution helps you minimize
measurement uncertainty and reduce test complexity.
• The PathWave Signal Generation software and VXG’s
M9484C VXG Vector
streamlined graphic user interface (GUI) reduce the Signal Generator
time you spend on signal simulation and accelerate
your test and design workflows.

Learn more

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Understand, characterize, and
correct RF signal paths

RF signal generators test RF components, receivers,

transmitters, and systems. Amplitude accuracy is
a critical factor for RF test systems. In an RF test
system, you extend the measurement accuracy from
the signal generator’s output to the device under
test (DUT). The nature of the cables, components,
and switches in the paths between the instruments
and the DUT can degrade measurement accuracy.

Download the white paper

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Take your devices and designs to the limit

Crafted to create signals capable of testing your very best devices and designs, X-Series signal generators and VXT vector transceivers offer best-in-class
performance and low cost of ownership. A proven, scalable platform, combined with cost-effective calibration and internal diagnostics, allows you to buy the
capabilities you need today and easily upgrade to meet future requirements.

RF bandwidth SSB phase noise Maximum output power

Form factor Product Frequency range
(internal / external) (at 1 GHz; 20 kHz offset) (at 1 GHz)

N5186A MXG 9 kHz to 8.5 GHz 960 MHz –146 dBc / Hz +26 dBm Get a Quote >

9 kHz to 6 GHz
N5182B MXG 160 MHz / 200 MHz –146 dBc / Hz +26 dBm Get a Quote >
(7.2 GHz 1)
Benchtop
9 kHz to 6 GHz
N5172B EXG 160 MHz / 200 MHz –122 dBc / Hz +26 dBm Get a Quote >
(7.2 GHz 1)

N5166B CXG 9 kHz to 6 GHz 120 MHz / 200 MHz –119 dBc / Hz +18 dBm Get a Quote >

M9381A 1 MHz to 6 GHz 160 MHz –122 dBc / Hz +19 dBm Get a Quote >

M9421A VXT 60 MHz to 6 GHz 160 MHz –112 dBc / Hz +20 dBm Get a Quote >

Modular M9410A VXT 380 MHz to 6 GHz 1.2 GHz –136 dBc / Hz +20 dBm Get a Quote >

M9411A VXT 380 MHz to 6 GHz 1.2 GHz –136 dBc / Hz +20 dBm Get a Quote >

M9415A VXT 380 MHz to 12 GHz 1.2 GHz –136 dBc / Hz +20 dBm Get a Quote >

1
Get up to 7.2 GHz with a N5182BX07 frequency extender.

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N5166B CXG X-Series RF Signal Generator
Excellent RF performance and scalable capabilities at a low-cost for engineers
designing general purpose devices, consumer electronics devices, or for
educators in teaching labs.

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M9415A VXT Vector Transceiver
A vector signal generator integrated with a vector signal
analyzer in a three slot PXIe module with frequency range
of 380 MHz to to 12 GHz and bandwidth of up to 1.2 GHz.
High performance mmWave heads enable you to extend
the frequency range from sub-7 GHz to Frequency Range 2
(FR2) for 5G NR testing.

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Learn how to make better
measurements with your
signal generator

Signal generators provide precise, highly stable test

signals for a variety of component and system test
applications. Different applications have different
performance requirements. Keysight’s signal
generators offer flexibility and diverse capabilities
to optimize performance and measurement speed.
The best solutions will come from your experience,
insight, and creativity, combined with signal
generators and measurement software that enable
you to generate the signals required to effectively
test your device.

Read the 2-part application note: 9 Best Practices for

Optimizing Your Signal Generator

Part 1

Part 2

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Push the Envelope
with Trusted
Analog Signal
Generators
Keysight’s analog signal generators are an essential part of
today’s most advanced measurement systems. They reliably
provide the signal purity, output power, and modulation
you need to push the envelope and address the demanding
needs of the test applications below:

• RF component parametric testing

• LO substitution
• receiver blocking
• ADC characterization
• transmitter / receiver intermodulation
• system calibration
• radar pulse

E8257D PSG
Analog Signal Generator

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Meet your toughest requirements in microwave and mmWave testing

To test your most advanced devices, you need signals that combine frequency and level accuracy with excellent distortion and spurious characteristics. The PSG
microwave analog signal generators offer high output power, outstanding level accuracy, low harmonics, and spurious distortion. With increased vigilance on program
efficiencies placing constraints on budget and space, the MXG and EXG microwave analog signal generators offer alternatives in size, speed, and cost.

Frequency switching SSB phase noise Maximum output

Form factor Product Frequency range Narrow pulse width
(list mode) (at 10 GHz; 10 kHz offset) power (at 10 GHz)

E8257D PSG 100 kHz to 70 GHz 1 9 ms 20 ns –126 dBc / Hz +30 dBm Get a Quote >

Benchtop N5183B MXG 9 kHz to 40 GHz 1 600 µs 20 ns –129 dBc / Hz +20 dBm Get a Quote >

N5173B EXG 9 kHz to 40 GHz 1 600 µs 20 ns –101 dBc / Hz +20 dBm Get a Quote >

1
Extend the frequency range up to 1.1 THz with mmWave source modules.

N5173B EXG X-Series

Microwave Analog Signal Generator

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Reveal the true RF performance of your device

Test radar receiver sensitivity, characterize analog-to-digital converter or mixer signal-to-noise ratio, and find receiver out-of-band rejection capability with industry-
leading phase noise and spurious performance.

Frequency switching SSB phase noise Maximum output power

Form factor Product Frequency range
(list mode) (at 1 GHz; 10 kHz offset) (at 1 GHz)

E8663D PSG 100 kHz to 9 GHz 9 ms –143 dBc / Hz +23 dBm Get a Quote >

Benchtop N5181B MXG 9 kHz to 6 GHz 800 µs –146 dBc / Hz +26 dBm Get a Quote >

N5171B EXG 9 kHz to 6 GHz 800 µs –122 dBc / Hz +26 dBm Get a Quote >

Modular M9380A 1 MHz to 6 GHz 5 ms –122 dBc / Hz +19 dBm Get a Quote >

N5181B MXG X-Series RF Analog Signal Generator

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N5181B MXG X-Series Analog Signal Generator
Fine-tuned to be your “golden transmitter” in R&D - whether you’re pushing for a
linear RF chain or an optimized link budget. Reveal the true performance of your
devices and test your designs within and beyond their limits with the MXG.

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Experience the convenience of our
portable, pure signal source for RF
characterization

Accelerate your product development and ensure success by

quickly characterizing and selecting components and sub-modules
so you can move to the next stage. These general analog signal
generators allow you to test devices up to 26 GHz quickly and
confidently with outstanding output power range, low phase noise,
and fast switching speed.

AP500xA Portable Analog Signal Generator

The AP5001A and AP5002A’s offer sweep, trigger functions, and user-programmable
external reference frequency

SSB Phase noise Maximum output

Form factor Product Frequency range Frequency switching Narrow pulse width
(at 1 GHz, 20 kHz offset) power

9 kHz to 2, 4, or
AP5001A 200 µs 30 ns −130 dBc / Hz +17 dBm Get a Quote >
6.1 GHz
Benchtop
9 kHz to 12, 20,
AP5002A or 26 GHz 300 µs 100 ns −130 dBc / Hz +15 dBm Get a Quote >
(30 GHz settable)

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Simulate Complex
Radar Threat
Environments
with Agile Signal
Generators
Creating realistic multi-emitter EMSO scenarios involves
correctly interleaving multiple pulse trains as well as
identifying, counting, and prioritizing pulse collisions.
For increased realism, you need to add antenna
radiation and scan patterns, as well as Pulse Repetition
Interval (PRI) patterns, to the pulse train. Manually
managing all these parameters can be a daunting task.

• Multiple pulse-Doppler radars efficiently maintain

pulse phase coherently as the signal generator
hops from one emitter frequency to another.
• EMSO scenarios simulate thousands of radar threat
emitters and millions of pulses per second with
unique antenna scans.
• I/Q custom complex modulation creates custom
linear and nonlinear frequency modulated chirps
over a 1.6 GHz bandwidth.
• High-pulse-density environments let you quickly
perform pulse-on-pulse simulations or multiport
angle-of-arrival (AoA) simulations.
• AoA simulations easily simulate staggering identical
pulses out of different ports in time, phase,
amplitude, or all three.

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Lower the barriers between new intelligence
and up-to-date signal scenarios N5193A UXG X-Series
Agile Signal Generator
Better testing done sooner equals deeper confidence in EMSO system
performance. The Keysight N5193A / N5191A UXG agile signal generator
allows you to accurately simulate multi-emitter scenarios for radar, antenna,
and EMSO tests with the fastest switching, phase coherency, and extensive
pulse modulation. The Keysight N5194A / N5192A UXG vector adapter
extends the UXG’s ability to simulate complex pulses with variable rise / fall
times and arbitrary modulation within the pulse, including nonlinear chirps
and comms signals.

Frequency switching SSB phase noise Maximum output power

Product Form factor Frequency range Narrow pulse width
(list mode) (at 1 GHz; 10 kHz offset) (at 1 GHz)

N5193A UXG Benchtop 10 MHz to 40 GHz 180 ns 10 ns –144 dBc / Hz +10 dBm Get a Quote >

N5191A UXG Benchtop 10 MHz to 40 GHz 180 ns 10 ns –135 dBc / Hz +10 dBm Get a Quote >

N5194A 1 UXG Benchtop 50 MHz to 40 GHz 170 ns 1 ns –144 dBc / Hz +7 dBm Get a Quote >

N5192A 2 UXG Benchtop 50 MHz to 20 GHz 101 µs 1 ns –144 dBc / Hz +7 dBm Get a Quote >

1
Extend the N5193A UXG’s capability.
2
Extend the N5191A UXG’s capability.

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N5193A UXG X-Series Agile Signal Generator
and N5194A Vector Adapter
Create realistic multi-emitter threat simulations for EMSO test with the N5193A UXG, a
powerful building block as a dependable LO or a scalable threat simulator that lowers
the barriers between new intelligence and up-to date signal scenarios. To take your
lab to the next level, the N5194A UXG agile vector adapter works with the N5193A
to simulate increasingly complex signal environments with enhanced realism and
greater confidence.

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PathWave Signal familiar with the software, the latest

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Generation
insights into measurement challenges
and emerging technologies.

Software Learn more

Whether you are working on a single radio format or

integrating multiple formats into a single device, easy
access to the right test signals streamlines validation and
helps ensure interoperability. Accelerate your work with
Keysight PathWave Signal Generation software, a flexible
suite of signal-creation tools that reduces the time you
spend on signal simulation.

PathWave Signal Generation supports a wide variety of

wireless industry applications:

• cellular communications
• wireless connectivity
• video, audio, and radio test
• detection, position, tracking, and navigation
• general purpose

Learn more:
Pathwave Signal Generation Brochure

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