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The Nonlinear Problem
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Measuring nonlinearities
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F0in
F0out
F2out
F3out
A0,P0
A2,P2
A3,P3
Wouldn’t it be nice if you could measure and display the full amplitude and phase information of each spectral component?
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Fast !Accurate !
The new industry paradigm for nonlinear measurements …
Agilent NVNA
NVNAEasy to Use !
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Calibrated absolute amplitude and relative phase (cross-frequency relative phase) of measured spectra traceable to standards lab
26 GHz of vector corrected bandwidth for time domain waveforms of voltages and currents of DUT
X-parameters provides unique insight into nonlinear DUT behavior
X-parameter extraction into ADS PHD block for nonlinear simulation and design
Standard PNA-X with Nonlinear features and capability
NVNA: Vector corrected (amplitude/phase) nonlinear measurements from 10 MHz to 26.5 GHz
… the NVNA provides industry-leading performance, accuracy, and configurability to simplify test setups and provide detailed insight into designing nonlinear components.
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Nonlinear hierarchy from device to system
Devices
Systems
Circuits
Transistors, diodes, …
Amplifiers, Multipliers, ….
Chips
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Instrument Front-endsCell Phones Military systemsEtc.
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Component Characterization
Calibrated measurements of incident, reflected and transmitted waves of DUT.• absolute amplitude and cross frequency relative phase of measured spectra traceable
to standards lab• Data displayed in frequency, time and power domains• User defined parametric displays such as dynamic I/V curves• Full A and B wave data for building models in ICcap• Integrated extension of PNA-X • Ease of use
Key Customer Benefit:
Provide strong insight into DUT behavior by measuring and displaying fundamental and harmonic input and output spectra (amplitude and phase) on a familiar, high performance PNA-X network analyzer.
Opt 510
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• Measurement based, device independent, identifiable from a simple set of measurements
• Fully nonlinear (Magnitude and phase of harmonics)
• Cascadable (correct behavior in mismatched environment)
Characterization, Design, and Modeling of nonlinear components and systems
HarmonicBalanceHB2
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HARMONIC BALANCE
PNA-X:Measure device X-parms
ADS:Simulate using X-parms
ADS:Design using X-parms
X-parameters are the mathematically correct extension of S-parameters to large-signal conditions.
Opt 514X-parameters will revolutionize:
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Pulse Envelope Domain
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Single frequency pulse with fixed phase and amplitude versus time
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Multiple frequencies envelopes with time varying phase and amplitude
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Key Customer Benefit: Analyze memory effects in nonlinear devices.
Opt 518
• Vector corrected amplitude and phase of fundamental and harmonic envelope.
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Measurement Display
• View corrected waveforms in frequency, time, power and parametric domains. Currently showing absolute amplitude of ‘a’ and ‘b’ waves from device in frequency and time domain. Can also display all formats including cross-frequency phase.
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Advantages:
•Lower temperature sensitivity
•Lower sensitivity to input power
•Smaller minimum tone spacing (10 MHz vs 600 MHz)
•Lower frequency (10 MHz vs 600 MHz)
•Much wider dynamic range due to available energy vs noise
Phase Reference:New!! Agilent
Proprietary Calibrated Phase Reference
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Agilent’s new, InP IC based phase reference is superior in all aspects to the existing phase reference technologies.
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NVNA System Configuration
Amplitude Calibration
Vector Calibration
Phase Calibration
Phase ReferenceX-Parameter extraction source
PNA-X Network Analyzer
New!! Agilent Proprietary Calibrated
Phase Reference