Atec RohdeSchwarz-SMW200A - Manual (Page 4)

Version 01.02, September 2013
4 Rohde & Schwarz R&S ® SMW200A Vector Signal Generator
Key features
For all your needs
• Frequency range from 100 kHz to 3 GHz or 6 GHz
• Optional second RF path with 100 kHz up to 3 GHz or 6 GHz
• Versatile configuration: from single-path vector signal generator to multichannel MIMO receiver tester
• Ideal for MIMO, MSR or LTE-Advanced applications thanks to up to eight signal sources and up to 16 fading channels
• Modular architecture for optimal adaptation to the application at hand
Simplify your setup
• Easy generation of complex signals
• Max. eight baseband generators on two internal baseband modules with realtime coder and ARB
• Internal digital adding of baseband signals, even with frequency and level offset
• Support of all important digital standards such as LTE, LTE-Advanced, 3GPP FDD/HSPA/HSPA+, GSM/EDGE/EDGE Evolution,
TD-SCDMA, CDMA2000 ® /1xEV-DO, WLAN IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac
• No separate PC software required for digital standards
• LTE and 3GPP test case wizards for easy base station conformance testing in line with
3GPP TS 25.141 or 3GPP TS 36.141
Bring reality to your lab
• Optional integrated fading section for channel emulation with up to 160 MHz bandwidth
• All important fading scenarios available as presets
• Installation of up to four fading modules, providing as many as 16 ”logical“ faders
• Implementation of all key MIMO fading scenarios such as 2x2, 3x3, 4x4 and 8x2 using a single device
• Support of complex applications such as dual carrier HSPA, LTE carrier aggregation and multi-user LTE
• Connection of R&S ® SGS100A signal generator modules to provide up to four RF paths
• Phase coherence option, e.g. for beamforming applications
Make your device even better
• Excellent signal quality for high accuracy in spectral and modulation measurements
• I/Q modulator with up to 2 GHz RF modulation bandwidth
• 160 MHz I/Q modulation bandwidth (in RF) with internal baseband
• Exceptional modulation quality, e.g. 49 dB EVM (meas.) with 160 MHz wide WLAN IEEE 802.11ac signals
• High-end pulse modulation with on/off ratio > 80 dB and rise/fall time < 10 ns
• Excellent spectral purity (SSB phase noise –139 dBc (typ.) at 1 GHz, 20 kHz offset)
• Envelope tracking option enables full test and verification of ET modulator chipsets
Speed up your development
• Intuitive operating concept and clever help functions for quick success
• Block diagram as key operating element to visualize signal flow
• Adaptive GUI for overview of both simple and complex scenarios
• Graphical signal monitoring at practically every point in the signal flow
• Context-sensitive online help system with complete user documentation
• SCPI macro recorder and code generator for generating executable remote control code from manual operating steps (for
MATLAB ® , CVI, etc.)
Growing with your needs
• Customizing of device to accommodate virtually every application
• Advanced plug-in system for retrofitting baseband modules without device recalibration
• Software upgrades possible at any time, simple and quick activation via key codes
• Firmware updates – keeping pace with the latest developments