Keysight E5063A ENA Vector Network Analyzer

1. The E5063A starting frequency can be set down to 50 kHz.
2. Consists of conventional time domain analysis capabilities and GUI for PCB test.
3. External software (Keysight N1500A Material Measurement Suite) required.
4. Optional capability.

Proven calibration and analysis capabilities

The E5063A fully supports major calibration and data analysis capabilities that are compatible with the E5071C and required for testing RF passive components. With these proven capabilities, the E5063A provides measurements consistent with the industry standard E5071C.

• Calibration capabilities
  • SOLT cal (with known thru, or unknown thru)
  • Adapter removal/insertion
  • ECal (Electronic Calibration)
  • TRL cal
• Fixture simulator
  • Virtual matching circuit embedding
  • De-embedding
  • Port-Z conversion
  • 1-port mixed-mode S-parameters
• Data analysis
  • Equation editor
  • Point limit (for antennas)
  • Ripple & Bandwidth limit (for filters)
  • Single marker search for max, min, peak, or target value
  • Multiple marker search for peaks or target values

In addition, Chinese language support via softkey and the embedded help manual further improves usability for Chinese users.

Improve your productivity with ECal calibration

Keysight offers a variety of calibration kits with different connector types, frequency ranges, or prices. Keysight also offers electronic calibration (ECal) modules. The ECal is a solid-state device with programmable, and repeatable impedance states, and requires only one set of connections to perform a calibration. Therefore it greatly improves your productivity and minimizes operator’s error.

The Keysight N755xA series is the economy 2-port ECal family equipped with either Type-N or 3.5 mm connectors which offers the convenience of an ECal at a lower price point. The N755xA is supported by the E5063A with the firmware revision A.03.72 or above to lower your cost of ownership.

E5063A ENA Series PCB Analyzer

The best solution for PCB manufacturing test

As the operating speed of electronic circuits increase, signal integrity of printed circuit boards (PCBs) drastically affects performance and there is an increasing requirement for controlled impedance PCBs. In addition, with the proliferation of wireless devices, such as smartphones and tablets, there is a trend to integrate antennas onto PCBs. Therefore, in addition to the traditional time domain impedance measurement, there is a growing need to measure the frequency domain response of PCB integrated antennas.

The E5063A PCB Analyzer requires the E5063A Option 011 (Time domain analysis/Test Wizard). The E5063A provides frequency domain measurement capability and Option 011 adds time domain analysis capability, as well as a dedicated graphical user interface for PCB manufacturing test¹.

Compared to traditional solutions based on sampling oscilloscopes, the E5063A PCB Analyzer provides three breakthroughs for PCB manufacturing test:

• More Accuracy and R&R (Repeatability & Reproducibility) 
• More Languages Supported 
• More ESD Robustness

More accuracy and R&R

Delivers new standards in speed and accuracy

• Low noise floor for accurate and repeatable measurements 
• State of the art error correction techniques enables you to measure your device, not your measurement system 
• Fast measurement speed for improved throughput

More languages supported

An analyzer that speaks the user’s language

• Since there are many cases where tasks are solved more efficiently in one’s native language, a multi-lingual interface is provided with the graphical user interface.
• Currently available languages include English, Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Japanese, and Korean

More ESD robustness

Protection circuits implemented inside the instrument

• Proprietary electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection chip significantly increases ESD robustness, while at the same time maintaining excellent RF performance
• Highly robust architecture can minimize instrument failure from ESD and free you from worrying about instrument repair fees and downtime

1. For more details, refer to the application note, “Achieving Higher Measurement Accuracy and Better Correlation for PCB Impedance Test”, 5992-0589EN.

Wireless Power Transfer Analysis

With the evolution of cloud computing systems and highly integrated mobile terminals, various types of digital contents and applications can be enjoyed in the palm of your hand today. As a result, power consumption in mobile terminals rapidly increases, raising demands for more convenient and versatile ways of battery charging. Wireless Power Transfer (WPT) technology has drawn much attention recently as one of the realistic solutions and is widely discussed and researched.

Power transfer efficiency in WPT systems is one of the challenges for WPT technology, and it largely relies on quality of components used in these systems. To ensure system performance and interoperability, it is important to specify test requirements and perform tests of coils or resonators in both transmitters and receivers.

The E5063A offers a software solution (E5063A Option 006) to analyze voltage, current, and power transfer efficiency of WPT systems in real-time from 50 ohm based S-parameter measurements. You can also define arbitrary load impedance to simulate power transfer efficiency when batteries are connected. Measurement results of frequency, resistance (R) or reactance (X) of the load impedance can be visualized in 2D or 3D to help you more easily understand the dependency of load impedance in your system¹.

Maximize your power transfer efficiency

• Display wireless power transfer efficiency between coils or resonators in real-time
• Capable of setting arbitrary load impedance
• 2D/3D simulation of load impedance dependency to search for the maximum efficiency
• Network analysis data output for further circuit modeling and simulation in Keysight ADS simulator
• Wireless power transfer analysis available in the E5063A lowest-cost ENA vector network analyzer

1. For more details about the WPT analysis with the ENA vector network analyzer, visit the Keysight website, www.keysight.com/find/ena-wpt

Additional Software Capabilities

Materials measurement software

A dielectric materials measurement can provide critical design parameter information for many electronics applications such as complex permittivity, loss tangent or permeability. Keysight offers a variety of instruments, fixtures, and software to measure the dielectric properties of materials. The N1500A materials measurement suite is available to calculated dielectric properties from S-parameter measurements using Keysight vector network analyzers including the E5063A. For more details about materials measurement solutions, visit Keysight website, www. keysight.com/find/materials

Fixtures to hold the material under test (MUT) are available that are based on coaxial probe, parallel plate, transmission lines or resonant cavity methods. The type of fixture required will depend on the chosen measurement technique and the physical properties of the material (solid, liquid, powder, gas).

• The N1501A dielectric probe kit includes the coaxial probe, probe stand and cable
• The N1501AExx split post dielectric resonators (SPDR) for thin sheet materials.

BenchVue software

Keysight BenchVue software for the PC eliminates the many of the issues around bench testing. By making it simple to connect, control instruments, and automate test sequences you can quickly move past the test development phase and access results faster than ever before with just a few clicks. A dedicated Network Analyzer app, available with BV9001B, allows you to quickly configure the most commonly used measurements and setups. Rapidly build custom test sequences with the integrated Test Flow app to automate and visualize test results without the need for instrument programming. BenchVue supports hundreds of Keysight instrument types and models all from one easy to use software platform. Control, Automate, Simplify with BenchVue.

• Easily control, get screen captures and trace data
• Capture measurements from your network analyzer in a single click
• Automate common network analyzer controls and measurements as quickly as using your front panel