Vector Signal Transceivers

Vector Signal Transceivers combine a vector signal generator, vector signal analyzer, and user-programmable FPGA into one device. Use these products for RF and wireless applications such as cellular device testing and RFIC characterization.

Platform Modules

Platform modules integrate with modular hardware platforms that allow you to combine different types of modules in a custom system that leverages shared platform features.

NI introduced the concept of a vector signal transceiver (VST) in 2012. A VST combines an RF signal generator, an RF signal analyzer, and a powerful FPGA onto a single PXI module. The PXIe-5842 VST is the first VST to offer a continuous frequency coverage from 30 MHz all the way up to 26.5 GHz. It doubles the available instantaneous bandwidth from previous models to 4 GHz and provides overall RF performance improvements on key metrics like error vector magnitude (EVM) or average noise density.

As a result, VSTs serve a wide range of RF design and test applications and are ideally suited for applications that require an RF stimulus and RF response. Example applications include Wi-Fi 7 and 5G wireless design validation and production test, prototyping, and channel sounding for sub-THz (6G) research, RFIC validation and characterization for PAs and transceivers for Electronically Scanned Arrays (ESA) and wireless communications, ESA characterization utilizing digital transmit/receive modules (DTRM), radar system validation, and communications and signal intelligence validation test.