Performance verification

Modulation and distortion characterization

Direct RF sampling using high speed converters is widely spreading out. Latest technology offers data rates fast enough to synthesize up to 6 GHz and beyond with sufficient performance. This allows more compact RF concepts as IQ modulation or demodulation and frequency generation is all covered by the data converters taking traditional components as mixers or IQ modulators out of the equation. While the data converters can be seen as RF systems by themselves, more users ask for system level performance on e.g. 5G EVM performance.

Demystifying 5G – RF sampling ADCs: how to verify modulation performance?

The video demonstrates how to verify the modulation performance of a high speed ADC on the digital side.

Demystifying 5G – Testing a 5G IF transceiver

This video demonstrates how to test a discrete transceiver for 5G NR based on the latest data converters from Texas Instruments.

Demystifying 5G - Testing the true performance of ADCs

The R&S®SMA100B RF and microwave analog signal generator from Rohde & Schwarz combines highest output power, lowest phase noise and lowest wideband noise making it ideal for high-resolution ADC/DAC testing as demonstrated in this video.

Demystifying 5G - Wideband noise and its impact on testing the true performance of ADCs

We compare the wideband noise performance of conventional signal generators with the R&S®SMA100B RF and microwave analog signal generator from Rohde & Schwarz that offers an improved wideband noise performance of more than 10 dB.