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Keysight Sub-THz Device Analysis at 307 GHz: How University of Stuttgart Is Building 6G IC Test Infrastructure

Keysight Sub-THz Device Analysis at 307 GHz: How University of Stuttgart Is Building 6G IC Test Infrastructure

Center frequency: 307 GHz. Modulation bandwidth: 40 GHz. Residual EVM target: less than 1%. At the microwave show in the Netherlands, Keysight's Sub-THz Device Analysis bench — built with VDI...

May 5, 2026Brownkeys SignalByThomas
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An AI Agent on the RF Bench: The Power Budget Is the Guardrail

An AI Agent on the RF Bench: The Power Budget Is the Guardrail

At EuMW 2026, Keysight showed an AI agent driving a source, asignal analyser and a ZX60-24A-S+ amplifier through a harmonics test.The key engineering content was a written power budget: −10...

Oct 15, 2026Brownkeys SignalByThomas
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World’s Fastest Real-Time Spectrum Analysis? Aaronia’s RF Beast at Ham Radio 2025

World’s Fastest Real-Time Spectrum Analysis? Aaronia’s RF Beast at Ham Radio 2025

A deep dive into Aaronia’s triple-screen RTSA demo at Ham Radio 2025 — showcasing 3.2 THz/s sweep speed, AI signal classification, and field-ready spectrum analysis.

Jul 7, 2025Brown keys
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Affordable RF Testing for Labs and Students: R&S FPC1500 + NGE103B Powering a Multi-Channel Demo

Affordable RF Testing for Labs and Students: R&S FPC1500 + NGE103B Powering a Multi-Channel Demo

This hands-on RF test bench demo combines the compact R&S FPC1500 spectrum analyzer and NGE103B power supply to measure, power, and monitor a multi-channel RF module — all in one...

Jul 22, 2025Brown keys
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Keysight UXA + VDI WR 6.5 at 140 GHz: What a 16-QAM Constellation Actually Tells You

Keysight UXA + VDI WR 6.5 at 140 GHz: What a 16-QAM Constellation Actually Tells You

The center frequency read 140.171752297 GHz. 16-QAM. 500 MHz symbol rate. 2 Gbps raw data rate. At the microwave show in the Netherlands, Keysight's UXA and a VDI WR 6.5...

May 5, 2026Brownkeys SignalByThomas
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Keysight FieldFox at a Microwave Show: From 14 GHz Pulse Sequences to 94 GHz mmWave — What "Field Test" Actually Means

Keysight FieldFox at a Microwave Show: From 14 GHz Pulse Sequences to 94 GHz mmWave — What "Field Test" Actually Means

Two FieldFox analyzers, one table. One running 14 GHz pulse sequences for radar timing. The other capturing 94 GHz spectrum with a VDI mmWave extender and gold horn antenna. A...

May 2, 2026Brownkeys SignalByThomas
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MACOM and NI at the Microwave Show: From 250W GaN to 140 GHz SDR — What a "Complete System" Actually Looks Like

MACOM and NI at the Microwave Show: From 250W GaN to 140 GHz SDR — What a "Complete System" Actually Looks Like

Two booths, 40 meters apart. MACOM with 250W GaN and 60 dBm limiters. NI with a live 140 GHz SDR link across 40 cm of free space. Neither was showing...

May 6, 2026Brownkeys SignalByThomas
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Know the Limits of Your Own View: Spectrum Monitoring and GNSS PNT Verification at EuMW 2026

Know the Limits of Your Own View: Spectrum Monitoring and GNSS PNT Verification at EuMW 2026

Two Keysight stations at EuMW 2026 dealt with the RF world outside the lab: networked spectrummonitoring at 750 MHz with 100 MHz bandwidth, and GNSS receiver verification against a simulated...

Nov 2, 2026Brownkeys SignalByThomas
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When a Spectrum Analyzer Becomes a Surveillance System

When a Spectrum Analyzer Becomes a Surveillance System

At 26.5 GHz with GPS-synchronized direction finding, the FieldFox N9918D is no longer just a handheld analyzer. It's a node in a distributed RF sensing network. Here's what that means...

Apr 20, 2026Brownkeys SignalByThomas
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Virginia Diodes Compact W-Band VNA Extender + MilliBox at EuMW 2025: When Geometry Becomes Part of the Measurement

Virginia Diodes Compact W-Band VNA Extender + MilliBox at EuMW 2025: When Geometry Becomes Part of the Measurement

A compact Keysight P5006B VNA. Two VDI WR10+ extenders covering 67–115 GHz. A MilliBox GIM04 300E multi-axis robotic arm sweeping a W-band module through angular positions. At EuMW 2025, this...

May 10, 2026Brownkeys SignalByThomas
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Rohde & Schwarz ZNA at 67 GHz: When 16 Traces Tell You Everything — Except What You Need to Know

Rohde & Schwarz ZNA at 67 GHz: When 16 Traces Tell You Everything — Except What You Need to Know

Sixteen traces. Four Smith charts. Full S-parameter matrix from 10 MHz to 67 GHz. The R&S ZNA screen at the microwave show looked like everything you'd need. Here's what it...

May 6, 2026Brownkeys SignalByThomas
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DC to 40 GHz in Real Time: What the TDEMI ULTRA Is Actually Claiming

DC to 40 GHz in Real Time: What the TDEMI ULTRA Is Actually Claiming

A table lamp as the device under test. A spectrum from DC to 40 GHz captured in real time. The Gauss Instruments TDEMI ULTRA Series isn't modest about what it...

Apr 23, 2026Brownkeys SignalByThomas
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Delay and Doppler in Motion: What End-to-End NTN Emulation Has to Reproduce

Delay and Doppler in Motion: What End-to-End NTN Emulation Has to Reproduce

Keysight’s end-to-end NTN demo used a PROPSIM FS16 channelemulator to reproduce a LEO satellite pass: Doppler swinging from about+40 kHz through zero, and delay changing by milliseconds. These time-varying effects,...

Oct 28, 2026Brownkeys SignalByThomas
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One Oscilloscope. Four Domains. Why Modern Automotive Debugging Is a System Problem

One Oscilloscope. Four Domains. Why Modern Automotive Debugging Is a System Problem

At Embedded World 2026, one Tektronix demo captured why modern automotive debugging spans four domains: CAN bus, RF/wireless, EMI, and signal integrity — all from a single oscilloscope platform.

Apr 16, 2026Brownkeys SignalByThomas
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Aaronia AG at a Microwave Show: 3 THz/s Sweep Speed — World Record via USB, and What That Actually Means

Aaronia AG at a Microwave Show: 3 THz/s Sweep Speed — World Record via USB, and What That Actually Means

"World Record Sweep Speed via USB." That's what the red banner said on Aaronia's curved multi-panel display. 3 THz/s. 490 MHz RTBW. 40 FPS. Here's what those numbers mean in...

May 3, 2026Brownkeys SignalByThomas
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The Most Honest Line at EuMW 2026: An AI Agent’s Instruction File for Keysight ADS

The Most Honest Line at EuMW 2026: An AI Agent’s Instruction File for Keysight ADS

Keysight’s agentic AI demo built a 50 Ω thru in ADS from a chatrequest. The instruction file behind it admitted that an earlier draft usedAPI calls that do not exist,...

Oct 19, 2026Brownkeys SignalByThomas
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