6 GHz vector network analyzer
PicoVNA
®
106
Professional and portable performance at low cost
300 kHz to 6 GHz operation
High speed > 5500 dual port S-parameters per second
> 10 000 S
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+ S
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per second
Quad RX four-receiver architecture for best accuracy
118 dB dynamic range at 10 Hz bandwidth
0.005 dB RMS trace noise at maximum bandwidth of 140 kHz
Half-rack, small-footprint, lightweight package
PC-controlled over USB from a Microsoft Windows interface
Reference plane offsetting and de-embedding
Time domain and port impedance transformations
Tabular and graphic print and save formats, including Touchstone
P1dB, AM to PM, and stand-alone signal generator utilities
Fully accessible, guided 8 and 12-term calibration processes
6 calibration modes, including unknown through and connected DUT isolation
Calibration and check standards with data guarantee condent measurements
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PicoVNA
®
106 vector network analyzer
Vector network analysis for the many
Once the domain of an elite few, microwave measurement has encroached into the lives of scientists, educators, surveyors, inspectors, engineers and technicians alike. Today’s
microwave measurements need to be straightforward, portable, accurate, cost-effective and easy to learn.
The PicoVNA 106 is an all new, UK-designed, professional USB-controlled, laboratory grade vector network instrument of unprecedented performance, portability and value for
money. Despite its simple outline, small footprint and low cost, the instrument boasts a four-receiver architecture to minimize the uncorrectable errors, delays and unreliability of
internal transfer switches.
The PicoVNA 106 delivers an exceptional dynamic range of 118 dB at 10 Hz and only 0.005 dB RMS trace noise at its maximum operating bandwidth of 140kHz. It can also gather
all four S-parameters at each frequency point in just 182 µs or S
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in 95 µs. In other words, a 201 point 2-port .s2p Touchstone le in less than 37 ms or up to two .s1p les
in less than 19 ms. Its low price makes it cost-effective as a deep dynamic range scalar network analyzer or a single-port vector reectometer as well as a full-function dual-port,
dual-path vector network analyzer. It’s affordable in the classroom, in small businesses and even in amateur workshops, yet capable of meeting the needs of all users up to the
microwave laboratory technician and expert.
Vector network analysis everywhere
The PicoVNA’s small size, light weight and low cost suit it to eld service, installation test, embedded and classroom
applications. With its remote automation capability, it’s also attractive in applications such as:
• Test automation, including multiple VNA control and measurement
• Manufacturers needing to integrate a reectometry or transmission measurement core
• Inspection, test, characterization and calibration in the manufacture, distribution and service center industries
• Electronics component, assembly and system, and interface/interconnect ATE (cable, PCB and wireless)
• Material, geological, life science and food sciences; tissue imaging; penetrating scan and radar
• Broadband cable and harness test and matching at manufacture and installation, and fault-over-life monitoring
• Antenna matching and tuning
Software development kits, including code examples in MATLAB and MATLAB RF toolbox, LabVIEW, C, C# and
Python, are available for download from Pico Technology’s GitHub pages. Examples include multiple instrument
addressing and control.