– More Performance:
create the highest performance designs
– More Capability:
gain the most insight into your devices
– More Flexibility:
obtain the best possible test system longevity
– More Compatibility:
achieve seamless migration and reduce transition risks
Keysight Technologies
Why Migrate from the PSA to the
Keysight Technologies PXA?
Technical Overview
2
Table of Contents
Reasons to Migrate to the
PXA
More Performance:
– Greatest sensitivity with
–172 dBm/Hz DANL at 2 GHz
– Improved TOI (+21 dBm) and
3rd order dynamic range
(115 dB) at 2 GHz
– Improved close-in phase noise:
–129 dBc/Hz at 10 kHz offset
(1 GHz)
More Capability:
– Supports over 25 measurement
applications, covering cellular com-
munication, wireless connectivity,
digital video, and general purpose.
– Ability to run Keysight’s 89600B
vector signal analysis (VSA) software
internally, as well as other Windows
PC programs such as MATLAB for
custom analyses of non-standard
signals
– Substantial improvements in speed
over the PSA, with measurement
rates up to 70% faster or more
– Wider analysis bandwidths up to
160 MHz available internally with
outstanding flatness and up to
75 dB SFDR
More Flexibility:
– Enhanced usability features like
Auto tune, 12 available markers,
Peak table, limit lines and more
– More high speed connectivity
options beyond classic GPIB and
10Base-T ethernet: USB 2.0 and
GBit LAN for faster data I/O and
convenient remote control
– Simpler security procedures via an
easily-removable solid state drive
for easy declassification
– Scalability for the future with seven
internal expansion slots and an eas-
ily upgradable CPU module
More Compatibility:
– Form- and fit-compatible with the
PSA, with nearly identical dimensions
and rear-panel analog/ auxiliary IF
outputs
– Functionally compatible with
excellent backwards code
compatibility with the PSA and legacy
Keysight analyzers.
Overview: PSA and PXA ..........................................................................................3
Maximize Signal Insight with the PXA ..............................................................6
Why Upgrade to the PXA
More performance to create the highest performance designs ..................................7
More capability to gain the most insight into your devices ....................................... 10
More exibility to obtain the best possible test system longevity ............................ 12
More compatibility to achieve seamless migration and
reduce transition risks .................................................................................................. 15
Web Resources ....................................................................................................... 17
The Keysight Technologies, Inc. future-ready PXA signal
analyzer is the evolutionary replacement for your cur-
rent high-performance analyzer. It helps you sustain past
achievements, enhance current designs and accelerate
future innovations.