Once the domain of an elite few, microwave measurement has encroached into the lives of scientists, educators, surveyors, inspectors, engineers and technicians alike. Today’s microwave measurements need to be straightforward, portable, accurate, cost-effective and easy to learn.

The PicoVNA 106 is an all new, UK-designed, professional USB-controlled, laboratory grade vector network instrument of unprecedented performance, portability and value for money.

Vector network analysis everywhere

The PicoVNA’s small size, weight and cost, and high performance suit it to field service, installation test, embedded and classroom applications. With its remote automation capability, it’s also attractive in applications such as:

•Test automation

•Manufacturers needing to integrate a reflectometry or transmission measurement core

•Inspection, test, characterization and calibration in the manufacture, distribution and service center industries

 •Electronics component, assembly and system, and interface/interconnect ATE(cable, PCB and wireless)

 •Material, geological, life science and food sciences; tissue imaging; penetrating scan and radar

•Broadband cable and harness test at manufacture, installation and fault-over-life monitoring

•Antenna matching and tuning

Professional and portable performance at low cost

300kHz to 6GHz operation

High speed of > 5000 dual port S-parameters per second

Quad RX four-receiver architecture for best accuracy

118dB dynamic range at 10Hz bandwidth

0.005dB RMS trace noise at maximum bandwidth of 140kHz

Half-rack, small-footprint, lightweight package

PC-controlled over USB from a Microsoft Windows interface

Reference plane offsetting and de-embedding

Time domain and port impedance transformations

Tabular and graphic print and save formats, including Touchstone

P1dB, AM to PM, and stand-alone signal generator utilities

Fully accessible, guided 8 and 12-term calibration processes

6 calibration modes, including unknown thru and connected DUT isolation.