SFU - Rohde & Schwarz Signal Generators

Rohde & Schwarz SFU Overview

The R&S SFU is the all-in-one solution for broadcast and mobile TV standards. It has been designed as a platform for various applications and is open for future options. It provides multiple instrument functionality in a cabinet of only four height units and offers unrivaled RF and baseband characteristics.

Due to its modular design, the R&S SFU can be optimally adapted to the requirements of different applications. It is an ideal research and development tool for making improvements to introduced standards and for generating new standard signals. Applications that previously required many different instruments are now fully covered by the R&S SFU. The modern, intuitive concept of the R&S SFU ensures fast and easy operation.

• ATV and DTV multistandard broadcast test platform
• Output frequency from 100 kHz to 3 GHz
• Generation of internal noise and interferer signals
• Fully digital baseband signal processing
• Upgradeability to multifunctional broadcast test system
• Easy installation of most options at customer site
• 8.4" color display with 1024 × 768 pixels (XVGA format)
• Intuitive user interface with Windows XP Embedded
• Context-sensitive help system
• User-definable favorites for fast access
• I/Q modulator with 180 MHz RF bandwidth
• Very low SSB phase noise of typ. –135 dBc at 1 GHz (20 kHz carrier offset, 1 Hz measurement bandwidth)
• High optional output power of up to +19 dBm (PEP), overrange +26 dBm
• High-stability reference oscillator as standard
• Multistandard platform that supports expansions
• Transmission channel simulations: Noise, Fading and Interference
• TS baseband generator and recorder with universal coder for realtime signal generation
• TRP baseband player for realtime signal generation
• Video generator for realtime signal generation
• Arbitrary waveform generator with 128 Msample, supported by R&S WinIQSIM™ software
• Internal hard disk as standard for storing waveforms and modulation data
• Wear-free electronic attenuator provides large dynamic range in all supported frequency bands
• Minimum space requirements: generator and test transmitter are accommodated in one instrument of only four height units
• Remote control via GPIB and LAN
• User-friendly remote access by Virtual Network Computing (VNC) or Remote Desktop
• USB connectors for keyboard, mouse and USB memory module