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NI Products in RF Test and Measurement

Ozan ICIN

Applications Engineer


RF Platform with FPGA Processing

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IF Digitizer Modules for FPGA Co-Processors

2 ch. 16-bit

250 MS/s

4 Ch. 14-bit

250 MS/s

16 Ch. 14-bit

50 MS/s

•2 simultaneously sampled 16-bit

channels

•Suitable for 4th Nyquist zone

undersampling applications

•100 MHz bandwidth and unfiltered

versions

•AC coupled, 50 ohm input

•12 bidirectional general-purpose

digital I/O channels

2 ch. 12-bit

1.6 GS/s

2 ch. 8-bit

3 GS/s

•16 simultaneously sampled

50 MS/s channels 14-bit

resolution

•2 Vpp, 50 Ω single-ended

inputs with DC coupling

•8 general-purpose digital

input and output lines for

system stimulus and control

•Well-suited for applications

ranging from research to

large-scale deployment

•1.6 GS/s, 12-bit sampling in single-

channel interleaved mode

•800 MS/s, 12-bit simultaneous

sampling in 2-channel mode

•Over 2 GHz of analog bandwidth for

undersampling band-limited signals

•AC-coupled, 50 ohm input

•12 bidirectional general-purpose

digital I/O channels

NI 5761 NI 5762 NI 5731 NI 5772 NI 5771


Signal Generators for FPGA Co-Processors

14-Bit, 2GS/s Signal Generator Adapter Module

14-bit, 1.25 GS/s 2-Channel Signal Generator Adapter

• 2 GS/s sampling, 14-bit resolution

• 800 MHz analog bandwidth, single

channel

• Used with QuickSyn for RF/MW

signal generation

• 1.25 GS/s sampling, 14-bit resolution

• 480 MHz analog bandwidth, 2 channels

• 4 Vp-p differential or 2 Vp-p single

ended, DC coupled

NI AT-1212 NI AT-1120


20 GHz Synthesizer QuickSyn Technology

Frequency Range

Options

• 100 MHz - 10 GHz

• 200 MHz - 20 GHz

• 50- 100 μs switching

• AM, FM, Pulse

Modulation

• Low Phase Noise,

Fast Switching, and

Low Spurs


26.5 GHz Vector Signal Analzyer

• -118 dBc/Hz phase noise at 10 kHz offset from 1 GHz (typical)

• Wideband (350 MHz) and narrowband (30 kHz and 8 MHz) IF outputs

• YIG preselector filter and programmable attenuator

• 100 kHz to 26.5 GHz

frequency range

• Fast-tuning local

oscillator (<1 ms)

• ±1.5 dB amplitude

accuracy (typical)


NI 5772 FlexRIO Adapter Module Demo

2 channel 800 MS/s Digitizer


NI FlexRIO Peer-to-Peer Architecture

• >800 MB/s one-way

• >700 MB/s both ways

• ~10 us latency

• Up to 16 streams per

FPGA


Spectral Analysis

Swept Spectrum Real-Time FFT


Real Time Spectrum Analyzer

DEMO


The World’s First Software-Designed Instrument NI PXIe-5644R Vector Signal Transceiver

• Up to 6.0 GHz frequency coverage

• 80 MHz instantaneous bandwidth

• Integrated RF generation, RF

analysis and high-speed digital

• Low-cost, low-power, small footprint

• Based on the NI LabVIEW RIO

architecture


PXIe-5645R VST with Baseband I/Q

o Third level


PXIe-5644R & 5645R & 5646R 6 GHz VST RF (PXIe-5644R/5645R/5646R)

Configuration VSA and VSG w/ independent LOs

24 DIO lines @ 250 Mbps

Frequency Range 65 MHz to 6 GHz

Bandwidth 80 MHz-200MHz

Features • Programmable FPGA w/ LabVIEW

• Fast Tuning Mode: <400 μs

Baseband (PXIe-5645R only)

Configuration Differential Baseband I/Q

Input & Output

Input/Output 16-bits @ 120 MS/s


Vector Signal Transceiver Advantages


• First level

• Second level

o Third level


LabVIEW Application Code

RF Board 0

RF Out RF Up converter

LO

RF Board 1

RF In RF Down converter

LO

Baseband Board

The Traditional Approach

FPGA Virtex 6

LX195/240T

FPGA DAC

ADC

DRAM

BU S

CLK

DIO DIO

Open

(LabVIEW)

Processor

Instrument Driver

DSP

DSP NI-RFSG Configuration Calibration

Triggering Data Movement

NI-RFSA Configuration Calibration

Triggering Data Movement

TCLK Synchronization

SMC DRAM

Generation

Acquisition

Closed

(C++/VHDL)

PXIe


Baseband Board

FPGA LabVIEW Application Code

RF Board 0

RF Out RF Up converter

LO

LabVIEW FPGA Code

RF Board 1

RF In RF Down converter

LO

The Software-Designed Approach

DAC

ADC

BU S DIO DIO

Processor

NI Design Library Host Code

Configuration

Acquisition

Generation

DSP

Synchronization

NI Design Library FPGA Code

Configuration

Acquisition

Generation

DSP

Synchronization

DRAM

CLK

DRAM

Open

(LabVIEW)

Closed

(C++/VHDL)

PXIe


PXIe-5644R VST Receiver Architecture

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Zero IF

Very small size, low cost, and low power

Wide analysis bandwidth

Ideal for modulated signal analysis

Alias rejection and image suppression

IQ Calibration/Equalization

40 MHz: 16-bit @ 120 MS/s

40 MHz: 16-bit @ 120 MS/s


PXIe-5644R VST Receiver Architecture

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Zero IF

Very small size, low cost, and low power

Wide analysis bandwidth

Ideal for modulated signal analysis

Alias rejection and image suppression

IQ Calibration/Equalization

Calibration is needed to

correct for I/Q gain and

phase impairments


Instrument Design Library Host and FPGA Code From NI

DSP • onboard signal processing

RF In • RF input hardware configuration and calibration

RF Out • RF output hardware configuration and calibration

Basecard • ADC and DAC configuration

Multirecord Acquisition • Multiple waveform acquisition DRAM abstraction

Waveform Sequencer • Multiple waveform DRAM abstraction for waveform sequencing

Trigger Synchronization • Multi-module sample clock synchronization, “T-Clk-like”

Embedded Configuration • FPGA dynamic reconfiguration through register sequences, LabVIEW

FPGA “list mode”


Software-Designed Instrumentation Completely Open-Source Driver Ensures Ultimate Flexibility

The vector signal transceiver is ready to run out of the box, but the driver is written

entirely in LabVIEW, giving you direct access to the instrument’s I/O.


User Application

Config. &

Calibration

Software-Designed Instrument Architecture

Host

FPGA

Waveform

Acquisition

Waveform

Generation Sync.

Instrument

Design

Libraries

Trigger

Host Interface


Component Disaggregation


Multiple Processing Architectures

Algorithm Requirements

CPU FPGA

Floating point math X

Integer and fixed point math

X X

I/O X

High parallelism X

Complex conditional branching

X

Low latency X


Channel Emulator Application


Radar Target Generation

DEMO


IP and Examples – ni.com/vstgettingstarted

Simple VSA / VSG VST Streaming


Advanced VNA Measurements with the PXIe-5632


8.5 GHz. Vector Network Analyzers

Specifications NI PXIe-5632

Frequency Range 300 kHz to 8.5 GHz

Architecture 2-port, full S-parameters

PXI Express, 3 slots

Power Range -30 to +10 dBm, 0.01 dB steps

IF Bandwidth 10 Hz to 500 kHz

Dynamic Range >115 dB below 3 GHz

>105 dB below 8.5 GHz

Measurement Time <200 µsec/pt (100 kHz IFBW)

All four S-parameters

Number of Points 20,001


NI-VNA API

• Supports LabVIEW, CVI and C/C++ ADEs

• Very Simple API

• Fewer Vis Than Other RF APIs

• Setup Sweep, Cal, and Measure OR

• Load Cal and Measure

• Can Perform Calibration via SFP or API

• Recommend Calibrating in SFP,

Saving Cal, and Loading Cal for NI-

VNA Shipping Examples

• Demonstrates SFP and LabVIEW / NI-

VNA API

• NI-VNA Shipping Examples

• niVNA_SParamMeasure.vi


niVNA_SParamMeasure.vi


Digitizers with Tektronix Enabling Technology

NI PXIe-5185 / PXIe-5186– 12.5 GS/s 8-bit Digitizer

• 12.5 GS/s 8-bit

• Analog Bandwidth

• 500 MHz, 1 MΩ

• 3 or 5 GHz, 50 Ω

• 2 channels

• Max Voltage -0.5 V – 0.5 V

• Up to 512 MB RAM

• 50 Ω (SMA) / 1 MΩ (BNC)

Note: 50 Ohm only models

are no longer orderable

Hyperlink to Model Page; Hyperlink to Specs

Price: USD Euro Yen

Prices start at: $ 25,590 € 23.000 ¥ 3.227.000

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