Keysight N9030A PXA Signal Analyzer

Overview

The Keysight N9030A PXA is a high-performance signal analyzer designed for advanced R&D and manufacturing test applications in aerospace, defense, and commercial communications. With frequency coverage up to 50 GHz and exceptional performance specifications, the PXA enables comprehensive signal characterization. Through external mixing with harmonic mixers, frequency capability extends to 110 GHz with Keysight mixers, and beyond with third-party solutions.

Key Features

• Frequency coverage: 3 Hz to 50 GHz (base model); extendable to 110 GHz and beyond with external mixers
• Analysis bandwidth: up to 160 MHz
• Phase noise: -129 dBc/Hz at 10 kHz offset (1 GHz, room temperature)
• DANL: -171 dBm at 1 GHz
• Spurious-free dynamic range: 75 dB at 140 MHz analysis bandwidth
• Absolute amplitude accuracy: ±0.19 dB
• Real-time spectrum analysis with 3.57 µs minimum POI duration
• Expandable architecture with seven expansion slots and removable CPU motherboard
• Windows operating system for running software applications inside the analyzer
• LXI class C compliant with SCPI and IVI-COM interfaces

Applications

• Aerospace and defense signal analysis and characterization
• LTE/LTE-Advanced and cellular standard testing (GSM/EDGE, W-CDMA/HSPA)
• 5G NR and advanced modulation analysis
• Phase noise and noise figure measurement
• EMC/EMI precompliance and compliance testing
• Pulse and transient signal capture and analysis
• Vector signal analysis with 89600 VSA software
• Flexible digital modulation analysis and MATLAB integration