PFA-127

PFA-127 puts a 27 GHz microwave frequency analyzer and an RF peak/average power meter in the same instrument, and tracks frequency and power against time side by side on the graphic screen at up to 20 MSa/s, with sample intervals down to 50 ns. For pulsed RF it analyzes pulse width, PRI, frequency in pulse and power in pulse in real time, including pulse-to-pulse variation, and zero dead time means no event is missed. That makes it a fit for frequency-hopping signals and for FM, PWM, FSK, BPSK and AM modulation work. Power range is -30 to +30 dBm with 0.01 dB resolution in a 1 µs gate; typical CW power accuracy at room temperature is ±0.5 dB (2σ) from 1.5 to 15 GHz and ±0.8 dB (2σ) across the full range. The built-in 2-channel 400 MHz baseband analyzer shares the RF time scale, so baseband events can be correlated with RF behavior, and a baseband signal up to 400 MHz can be verified in parallel with an RF signal up to 27 GHz on channel C. In production, one PFA-127 replaces a frequency counter and a power meter, or a far more expensive spectrum analyzer, and block measurements over Ethernet at up to 170k samples/s shorten ATE test time. Pendulum targets high-speed radar, microwave components, wireless telecom and general R&D.