VSG60A - Signal Hound Signal Generator

Signal Hound VSG60A Overview

Signal Hound VSG60A Agile Vector Signal Generator

The Signal Hound VSG60A offers the performance and agility of a serious vector signal generator at a fraction of the cost. A low phase noise, agile local oscillator with 200 μs switch time enables frequency hopping spread spectrum testing. A dual 14-bit DAC runs at 2x or 3x the I/Q symbol rate using digital oversampling to provide a flat, clean baseband. A digitally adjustable internal VCTCXO ensures frequency errors are kept to a minimum over temperature, or an external 10 MHz input may be used for zero ppm frequency error. A trigger output is available to synchronize your VSG60A with other test equipment.

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PREPROGRAMMED MODULATION TYPES Wi-Fi, CW AM, FM, Pulse, Multitone, Sweep, AWGN, FSK, GFSK, OOK, ASK, MSK, GMSK, BPSK, DBPSK, QPSK, DQPSK, Pi/4DQPSK, OQPSK, 8-PSK, 16-PSK, 16-QAM, 64-QAM, 256- QAM, 802.11a/b/n/ac, arbitrary

DIGITAL MODULATION IMPAIRMENTS Channel, AWGN, I/Q Offset

CUSTOM MODULATION Use the API to continuously stream I/Q data to the VSG60A at an arbitrary sample rate up to 51.2 MSPS, or use the software to load a CSV, binary short int, or binary floating point I/Q file. Corrections are automatically applied as the data is streamed to the VSG60A.

FREQUENCY RANGE 50 MHz to 6 GHz

MODULATION BW 40 MHz

FREQUENCY SWITCH TIME Queued frequency step time: 200 μs (rounded up to next I/Q sample clock)

TIMEBASE Internal 10 MHz VCTCXO with digital adjustment Stability over temperature: ±0.28 ppm Aging: less than 1 ppm/year typical

AMPLITUDE Range: +7 dBm to -55 dBm Accuracy: +/- 2 dB (0.5 dB typical) Baseband flatness (20 MHz), ±0.25 dB typical Baseband flatness (40 MHz), ±0.5 dB typical

EVM 0.3% typical (1 GHz carrier, 1 MSPS QAM 16, Alpha = 0.35, raised cosine)

SPECTRAL PURITY Typical Phase Noise (1 GHz)
Offset dBc/Hz
100 Hz -89
1 kHz -114
10 kHz -125
100 kHz -127
1 MHz -135

Non-harmonic spurious: -50 dBc

Harmonics: -35 dBc typical