Rohde & Schwarz SMW200A
Vector Signal Generator, Up to 40 GHz

For all your needs

• Frequency range from 100 kHz to 3 GHz, 6 GHz, 12.75 GHz, 20 GHz, 31.8 GHz or 40 GHz
• Optional second RF path with 100 kHz up to 3 GHz, 6 GHz, 12.75 GHz or 20 GHz
• Versatile configuration: from single-path vector signal generator to multichannel MIMO receiver tester
• Ideal for MIMO, MSR or LTE-Advanced applications thanks to up to eight signal sources and up to 16 fading channels
• Modular architecture for optimal adaptation to the application at hand

Simplify your setup

• Easy generation of complex signals
• Max. eight baseband generators on two internal baseband modules with realtime coder and ARB
• Internal digital adding of baseband signals, even with frequency and level offset
• Support of all important digital standards such as LTE (up to Release 11), 3GPP FDD/HSPA/HSPA+, GSM/EDGE/ EDGE Evolution, TD-SCDMA, CDMA2000^®/1xEV-DO, WLAN IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/j/p/ac
• No separate PC software required for digital standards
• LTE and 3GPP test case wizards for easy base station conformance testing in line with 3GPP TS 25.141 or 3GPP TS 36.141
• Envelope tracking and AM/AM, AM/φM predistortion options for full testing and verification of ET modulator chipsets

Bring reality to your lab

• Optional integrated fading section for channel emulation with up to 160 MHz bandwidth
• All important fading scenarios available as presets
• Installation of up to four fading modules, providing as many as 16 ”logical“ faders
• Implementation of all key MIMO fading scenarios such as 2x2, 3x3, 4x4, 8x2 and 2x8 using a single instrument
• Support of complex applications such as dual-carrier HSPA, LTE carrier aggregation with MIMO and multi-user LTE
• Connection of R&S^®SGS100A signal generator modules to provide up to four RF paths
• Phase coherence option, e.g. for beamforming applications

Make your device even better

• Excellent signal quality for high accuracy in spectral and modulation measurements
• I/Q modulator with up to 2 GHz RF modulation bandwidth
• 160 MHz I/Q modulation bandwidth (in RF) with internal baseband
• Exceptional modulation quality, e.g. –49 dB EVM (meas.) with 160 MHz wide WLAN IEEE 802.11ac signals
• High-end pulse modulation with on/off ratio > 80 dB and rise/fall time < 10 ns
• Excellent spectral purity (SSB phase noise –139 dBc (typ.) at 1 GHz, 20 kHz offset)
• Phase coherence option, e.g. for beamforming applications

Speed up your development

• Intuitive operating concept and clever help functions for quick success
• Block diagram as key operating element to visualize signal flow
• Adaptive GUI for overview of both simple and complex scenarios
• Graphical signal monitoring at practically every point in the signal flow
• Context-sensitive online help system with complete user documentation
• SCPI macro recorder and code generator for generating executable remote control code from manual operating steps (for MATLAB^®, CVI, etc.)

Grows with your needs

• Customizing of instrument to accommodate virtually every application
• Advanced plug-in system for retrofitting baseband modules without instrument recalibration
• Software upgrades possible at any time, simple and quick activation via key codes