TSP #231 – Sanko BN100+ 300kHz – 6.5GHz USB Vector Network Analyzer Review, Teardown & Experiments

In this episode Shahriar reviews the Sanko BN100+ USB vector network analyzer which has been designed in partnership with Bird RF:

https://www.sankorf.com/products/bn100-plus

The review is organized as follows:

00:00 – Introductions
00:27 – Instrument front & back panels
02:15 – Teardown, internal architecture, front-end coupler design
06:03 – Firmware distribution
06:36 – VNA output signal performance, sweep types, sweep speed, harmonics (THD), power sweep
14:00 – Calibration, built-in models, calibration procedure & standards
15:35 – Port to port isolation, noise floor, minimum detectable response
16:18 – Extreme filter dynamic range measurements
18:07 – VGA measurements, dynamic s-parameters, trigger in/out
24:11 – Time domain analysis, impulse response measurements
26:27 – Frequency accuracy measurements
27:01 – Concluding remarks

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