R&S®ZVT Vector Network Analyzers

Frequency ranges from 300 kHz to 20 GHz, with two up to eight test ports

Specifications in Brief

Number of test ports 2 to 8 ( R&S®ZVT8 )
2 to 6 ( R&S®ZVT20
Frequency range   300 kHz to 8 GHz ( R&S®ZVT8 )
10 MHz to 20 GHz ( R&S®ZVT20 )
Measurement time per test point  
  At 1 MHz IF bandwidth <3.5 µs
  At 5 MHz IF bandwidth <2.0 µs
Sampling time per test point  
  At 1 MHz IF bandwidth 1.8 µs
  At 5 MHz IF bandwidth (with R&S® ZVA-K17 option) 430 ns
Measurement time (201 test points) 4.5 ms
Data transfer time (201 test points)  
  Via IEC/IEEE bus <2.9 ms
  Via VX11 over 100 Mbit/s LAN <1.3 ms
  Via RSIB over 100 Mbit/s LAN <0.7 ms
Switching time  
  Between channels <1 ms
  Between instrument setups <10 ms
Dynamic range at 10 Hz measurement bandwidth, between test ports 128 dB, typ. 138 dB ( R&S®ZVT8 )
120 dB, typ. 133 dB ( R&S®ZVT20)
Output power at test port >13 dBm, typ. 15 dBm
Power sweep range >50 dB, typ. up to 60 dB
IF bandwidth  
  Standard 1 Hz to 1 MHz
  With R&S®ZVA-K17 option 5 MHz (10 MHz with restrictions)
  With R&S®ZVA-K7 option 10 MHz (30 MHz with restrictions)
Number of channels, diagrams, traces >100 each
Number of test points per trace 1 to 60001
Operating system Windows XP Embedded