Specifications

Agilent Technologies provides many of the components you need to make accurate

antenna and radar cross-section (RCS) measurements. This Antenna Test Selection

Guide will help you select the hardware necessary to meet your antenna measurement

requirements. This note is primarily for customers who want to design, integrate, and

install their own antenna measurement system using Agilent antenna test equipment,

and for customers migrating to Agilent’s latest network analyzers. For the experienced

do-it-yourself customer, this selection guide will describe the input and output charac-

teristics of antenna measurement components available through Agilent. Your Agilent

Technologies sales engineer will be glad to assist you in procuring the instrumentation.

Agilent Technologies does not provide software or integration services for antenna

measurement systems. However, Agilent Productivity Services can provide these

services for a fee.

Some customers may prefer the design, integration, and installation of an antenna

system be performed for them by a solution supplier who has extensive antenna test

configuration experience. Agilent Technologies works with channel partners who can

provide this service. Our channel partners will work with you to understand your

measurement needs and design an antenna test system that meets those needs. They

will design the RF subsystem, the positioning subsystem, the measurement application

software, and provide system installation and training.

This selection guide is meant as an aid for those with extensive antenna test

experience. Refer to the Agilent website: www.agilent.com/find/antenna for access to

technical papers and current antenna test equipment information.

Use this guide to:

• UnderstandhowAgilentinstrumentscanbeintegratedintoyourconfiguration

• Learnaboutinterfacerequirementsbetweencomponents

• Understandissuesrelatedtoselectingtheequipmentrequiredtomakeantenna

measurements

• Learnhowtomigratefromthe8510toPNAnetworkanalyzeror8530toN5264A

PNA-X measurement receiver.

1. Introduction