Anritsu has intro­duc­ed an E-band option for its ShockLine MS46500B series of 2- and 4-port performance vector network analysers (VNAs) that add­ress the market need to reduce the testing costs for E-band components. With the installation of this option, the MS46500B series can reduce production costs and more efficiently verify the performance of high frequency passive components such as antennas, filters and duplexers during manufacturing. In addition, Anritsu has introduced 20 GHz and 40 GHz options for the ShockLine MS46500B series. With these options, the MS46500B VNAs address the time domain measurement requirements associated with microwave applications.

Cost-effective E-band solution: With the 55-92 GHz E-band frequency option, the MS46500B series delivers high performance in the E-band VNA market. Available in both 2- and 4-port configurations, it increases the frequency coverage of the ShockLine VNA family and makes the solution ideal for testing the millimetre-wave passive components used in 5G small cell networks, driver assistance/collision avoidance radar, near- and far-field antennas, and personal communication applications.

Microwave options: The new 20 GHz and 40 GHz options add power control, LRL/LRM calibration and other capabilities previously unavailable in the ShockLine microwave VNAs. The MS46500B with microwave options is ideal for testing the components used in network equipment, signal integrity and system integration applications. The ShockLine MS46500B series is particularly well suited for integration into measurement systems due to its typical dynamic range of 120 dB to 40 GHz, full remote programming capability and a small 3U rack-mountable package.

The 2-port MS46522B and 4-port MS46524B VNAs use the same software, command syntax, drivers and programming environments as other ShockLine instruments. This powerful feature enables the reuse of programme code written for ShockLine family VNAs on the E-band and micro­wave instruments with little or no alteration. Shock­Line software also provides a powerful graphical user in­terface (GUI) for manual test environments. When

at­tached to a user-supplied touchscr­een monitor, the full-feature GUI provides comprehensive capabilities, including network extraction, embedding/­de-embedding networks and time do­main with gating. Further, developing and troubleshooting test prog­rammess is made easier with advan­ced marker functionality, limit lines and other features of the software.