What Is This Event About?

Join Electro Rent and Keysight test experts for a dynamic seminar that will equip you with the knowledge and skills needed to excel in network and signal analysis. Whether you are an RF engineer, technician, or enthusiast, this seminar offers you a unique opportunity to explore the latest techniques, new products, and best practices for accurate RF testing and measurement. Gain valuable insights, witness live demonstrations, and network with like-minded professionals. 

Session 1: Mastering Cold-Source Noise Figure Measurements

An overview of noise figure and the two most common measurement methods: Y-factor and cold source. Learn unique methods to provide the industry’s most accurate NF measurements. Also covered are measurement and calibration optimization and ways to verify calibrations.

Presenter Bio:

David Ballo is an RF application engineer with 43 years of measurement experience acquired at Keysight Technologies in Santa Rosa, California. After graduating from the University of Washington in Seattle, he spent ten years in R&D designing analog and RF circuits for signal analyzers. Since then, he has written many seminar papers, application notes, and technical articles on a wide variety of network- and spectrum-analyzer measurement topics, and has helped develop measurement applications for the PNA family of network analyzers.

Session 2: Optimizing EVM

EVM continues to be an important “measure of goodness” for wideband transceivers, especially for higher-order QAM with dense constellations. As the industry pushes higher in frequency and wider in bandwidth, tighter EVM measurements are more important than ever. Optimizing EVM involves both the signal generator and signal analyzer enabling users to achieve industry-best EVM for wideband, noise-dominated signals.

Presenter bio:

Jennifer Stark is a signal analyzer product manager for Keysight. She has held various positions including product marketing and industry marketing. Jennifer has been with HP/Agilent/Keysight for 26 years since receiving her BS in Mathematics from Loyola Marymount University.

Hands-on Demos

During this time we will be featuring the following new products:

• E5081A ENA-X Vector Network Analyzer
• N5186A MXG Vector Signal Generator
• N9032B PXA Signal Analyzer
• N9042B UXA Signal Analyzer
• M9484C VXG Vector Signal Generator