Skip to content
Sections
PRODUCTS & SERVICES SUPPORT KNOWLEDGE CENTER EVENTS COMPANY INVESTORS
Keithley Instruments offers flexible RF test and measurement packages designed to meet the technical, academic, and budgetary needs of student lab and university-based research applications. Each is based upon our newest RF signal generation and signal analysis solutions.
click here to view a list of our university discount packages
click here to view our rf solutions demo
Series 2900 RF Signal Generators
  • Up to 80MHz modulation bandwidth using internally generated modulation
  • 100 mega-samples built-in arbitrary waveform generator supports downloading waveforms from software like MATLAB® or LabVIEW®.
  • Digital (ASK, FSK, PSK, QAM), Cellular (GSM/GPRS/EDGE, cdma2000, W-CDMA), GPS, and analog (CW, AM, FM, ΦM, noise, two-tone CW, and pulsed) signal generation formats
  • >30MHz modulation measurement bandwidth for capturing signals based on the latest high bandwidth wireless standards.
  • Built-in spectrum analyzer mode
  • High speed DSP delivers low noise floor for measuring signals thousands of times faster than other solutions
  • GSM, cdma2000, W-CDMA, and 802.11 signal analysis formats
  • Intuitive Graphical User Interfaces
  • Software-defined radio architectures allow updating instruments’ firmware easily
  • Remotely controllable via Ethernet, USB, and GPIB interfaces

Simplify distribution and discussion of lab experiments.

  • View the instruments' front panel displays directly on your PC.
  • Connect the instruments to a flat panel display or an LCD projector when working with larger groups of students.
  • Monitor, control, and collect data from anywhere on your local area network.

Verify RF device simulation studies using industry-standard simulation software tools.

  • Control the 2800/2900 instruments with MATLAB® or LabVIEW™ simulation tools to model and test actual devices.

Get analog and digital modulation capabilities in a single instrument.

  • Teach both analog and digital communications techniques in a single lab or share equipment among multiple labs.

Capture and decompose narrowband and wideband signals.

  • Process high data rate, wide bandwidth modulation signals of up to 40MHz.
  • Handle Mobile Video, WiMAX, 802.11a/b/g/h/i/n, and Bluetooth technologies.

Let students operate instrument intuitively with powerful Graphical User Interfaces.

  • Spend less time teaching the instrument and more time teaching the RF theory.
Key instrument Specifications
Series 2900 RF Vector Signal Generators
FREQUENCY RANGE:
2910: 400MHz to 2.5GHz.
2920-004: 10MHz to 4.0GHz.
2920-006: 10MHz to 6.0GHz.
FREQUENCY SWITCHING TIME: ≤1.8ms (Modulation on).
SSB PHASE NOISE:
2910 Phase Noise (1GHz carrier, 20kHz offset): ≤–117dBc/Hz; ≤–120dBc/Hz (Low Phase Noise Option).
2920 Phase (6GHz carrier, 20kHz offset): ≤–110dBc/Hz; ≤–121dBc/Hz (Low Phase Noise Option).
AMPLITUDE LEVEL RANGE (CW Signals):
2910: –125 to +13dBm (400MHz to 2.5GHz).
2920: –120 to +10dBm (10MHz to <330MHz), –120 to +13dBm (330MHz to <3GHz), 120 to +10dBm (3GHz to <6GHz).
AMPLITUDE LEVEL ACCURACY: (CW Signals): 2910: –110dBm to –75dBm: ±0.6dB. –75dBm to +13dBm: ±0.5dB (400MHz to 2.5GHz).
2920: –110dBm to –75dBm: ±0.6dB. –75dBm to +13dBm: ±0.6dB (330MHz to 3.0GHz).
RELATIVE AMPLITUDE ACCURACY: ≤±0.05dB.
EXTERNAL MODULATION BANDWIDTH: 200MHz.
ARBITRARY WAVEFORM GENERATOR:
Memory: 100Msamples (16-bit I, Q pairs) in 400MB of memory.
Maximum modulation bandwidth: 2910: 40MHz; 2920: 80MHz.
SIGNAL GENERATION OPTIONS: Digital modulation, WCDMA (Downlink), CDMA2000 (Forward Link), GSM/EDGE, GPS, TDSCDMA (with SignalMeister Software), Digital Modulation (ASK,FSK,PSK,QAM), Analog Modulation (AM, FM, PM, Pulse, Two-Tone, Noise).

Series 2800 RF Vector Signal Analyzers
FREQUENCY RANGE:
2810: 400MHz to 2.5GHz.
2820-004: 400MHz to 4.0GHz.
2820-006: 400MHz to 6.0GHz.
PHASE NOISE (1GHz carrier, 20kHz offset): ≤115dBc/Hz.
IF 3dB BANDWIDTH: >30MHz.
VSWR: 1:4:1.
MAXIMUM SAFE INPUT POWER: +35dBm.
DISPLAYED AVERAGE NOISE LEVEL:
2810: –141dBm/Hz, pre-amp off, –148dBm/Hz, pre-amp on (400MHz to 2.5GHz).
2920: ≤–136dBm/Hz, pre-amp off, ≤–146dBm/Hz, pre-amp on (Freq ≤ 2.5GHz)
≤–127dBm/Hz, pre-amp off, ≤–137dBm/Hz, pre-amp on (2.5GHz ≤ 4.0GHz)
≤–120dBmlHz, pre-amp off, ≤–131dBmlHz, pre-amp on (4.0GHz ≤ 6.0GHz)
CHANNEL POWER ACCURACY: ±0.6dB (typical).
AMPLITUDE REPEATABILITY: ±0.20dB (2810); ±0.15dB (2820).
SIGNAL ANALYSIS OPTIONS: GSM/GPRS/EDGE, CDMA2000 Reverse Link, WCDMA Uplink, WCDMA Downlink (2820), 802.11 (2820).