X-Parameter Measurements
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Reduce design cycles by up to 50% with X-parameter measurements
X-parameters* are being used increasingly in place of S-parameters in the design of nonlinear, large signal devices and circuits such as complex power amplifiers, including multi-stage and Doherty circuits. Unlike S-parameters, X-parameters contain detailed and useful information including the magnitudes and phases of distortion products generated by the nonlinear component in response to large signal conditions.
Keysight’s load impedance X-parameters option on the PNA-X nonlinear vector network analyzer (NVNA), when used with Maury Microwave’s tuners and software, allows you to measure and simulate nonlinear component behavior as a function of impedance, input power, bias and frequency — at all load impedances.
This industry-first approach enables engineers to: extend X-parameter design “cascade- ability” to arbitrarily large load mismatches; automatically measure and simulate accurate, linear and nonlinear behavior over the entire Smith chart under multiple load conditions; and model devices and design multi-stage, Doherty or other complex amplifier circuits with the drag-and drop simplicity of Keysight’s Advanced Design System (ADS).
The arbitrary load impedance X-parameters option of the PNA-X takes the guesswork out of the typical “trial and error” design approach and eliminates the need to “over design” to safeguard against potential errors.
As a result designers of large signal devices and circuits no longer have to compromise on their simulation models. With this new X-parameter measurement solution from Keysight and Maury you can improve your simulation accuracy, minimize the number of design iterations and reduce your overall design time by up to 50%.