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•Product Brochure: SFU TV Test Transmitter
•Application Note: Basics And Applications Of The R&S SFU-K41 Phase Noise Option
•Application Note: Function And Uses Of The Arbitrary Waveform Generator (ARB)
•Application Note: Measuring Bit Error Rate Using The R&S SFU-K60 Option
•Application Note: Tolerance To Noise Tests For DTV Receivers With R&S SFU-K41, -K42, And -K43 -- Part 1: Impulsive Noise
•Application Note: Remote Operation Of R&S Instruments Using Remote Desktop Connection Via LAN
•Application Note: Doc.A/74 ATSC Receiver Performance Tests Made Easy With The R&S® SFU Broadcast Test System And The R&S® SFE Broadcast Tester
•Product Overview: Broadcasting Test And Measurement Solutions

General characteristics

• ATV and DTV multistandard broadcast test platform
• Output frequency from 100 kHz to 3 GHz
• Generation of internal noise and interferer signals
• Fully digital baseband signal processing
• Upgradeability to multifunctional broadcast test system
• Easy installation of most options at customer site

Intuitive, fast and easy operation

• 8.4" color display with 1024 × 768 pixels (XVGA format)
• Intuitive user interface with Windows XP Embedded
• Context-sensitive help system
• User-definable favorites for fast access

Outstanding signal quality

• I/Q modulator with 180 MHz RF bandwidth
• Very low SSB phase noise of typ. –135 dBc at 1 GHz (20 kHz carrier offset, 1 Hz measurement bandwidth)
• High optional output power of up to +19 dBm (PEP), overrange +26 dBm
• High-stability reference oscillator as standard

Unrivaled flexibility for research and development

• Multistandard platform that supports expansions
• Transmission channel simulations: Noise, Fading and Interference
• TS baseband generator and recorder with universal coder for realtime signal generation
• TRP baseband player for realtime signal generation
• Video generator for realtime signal generation
• Arbitrary waveform generator with 128 Msample, supported by R&S WinIQSIM™ software
• Internal hard disk as standard for storing waveforms and modulation data

Ideal for use in production

• Wear-free electronic attenuator provides large dynamic range in all supported frequency bands
• Minimum space requirements: generator and test transmitter are accommodated in one instrument of only four height units

Easy remote access

• Remote control via GPIB and LAN
• User-friendly remote access by Virtual Network Computing (VNC) or Remote Desktop
• USB connectors for keyboard, mouse and USB memory module

Coders

All coders are software-based; you can activate them immediately by means of an enabling code. It is thus not necessary to open the instrument.

• DVB-C: The DVB-C coder supports all QAM modulations defined in the EN 3004 9 standard. The powerful coder hardware is also able to cover high-order QAM modulations that have not yet been standardized.
• J.83/B: J.83/B is an American cable transmission standard. The coder also supports the standard enhancement with 1024 QAM.

Satellite standards

• DVB-S, DVB-S/DSNG: DVB-S (EN 3004 1/EN 301 10) was introduced in 1994 as a satellite transmission standard. DVB-S uses QPSK modulation. Since its introduction, DVB-S has established itself as the world's most widely used satellite transmission standard. DVB-S/DSNG also uses 8PSK and 16QAM.
• DVB-S2: DVB-S2 is an innovative and efficient channel coding method that is used in combination with high-order modulation modes. The method is very robust, offers safe reception and provides up to 30 % higher data transmission rates than DVB-S. The R&S SFU supports the broadcast service mode for non-backwards-compatible broadcast services.
• DIRECTV: DIRECTV (and DIRECTV legacy mode) is a proprietary standard with conditional access that is widely used in America and primarily in the United States. For transmission, a proprietary transport stream protocol with 130-byte packets is generated. After conversion to 188 bytes, DIRECTV transport streams can be replayed with the R&S SFU-K TRP player option.

Terrestrial standards

• DVB-T: DVB-T permits high-quality transmission of digital broadcast signals. Its success will continue with the conversion from analog to digital TV.
• ISDB-T: ISDB-T is a Japanese digital standard for terrestrial transmission of video, audio and data signals by means of 13 segments. ISDB-T with partial reception is for mobile operation.
• DMB-T: Developed in China, DMB-T offers highquality digital TV with excellent characteristics for mobile and portable reception.
• 8VSB/ATSC: 8VSB is a terrestrial DTV standard from the USA with vestigial sideband modulation. At a bandwidth of 6 MHz, a sideband is suppressed in the spectrum.
• DAB: Based on a COFDM transmission method, DAB was developed for digital and highquality audio transmission to mobile receivers.
• ATV: Analog standards such as PAL, NTSC and SECAM with B/G, D/K, M/N, L and I transmission systems are also available. The baseband signal is already integrated, eliminating the need for an additional signal generator.

Video goes mobile The following standards are terrestrial transmission methods for broadcast applications with mobile receivers such as mobile phones and PDAs.

• DVB-H: The DVB-T/H coder provides the following functions: the newly introduced 4k mode, use of the TPS carriers for time slicing signaling, the additional 5 MHz channel bandwidth and corresponding native and in-depth symbol interleavers as well as MPE forward error correction (FEC). Hierarchical coding is also possible.
• T-DMB/DAB: T-DMB was developed in Korea and is based on the digital audio broadcasting (DAB) standard known in Europe, which was also developed for mobile reception with radios. The T-DMB/DAB coder in the R&S SFU supports both the Korean and the European transmission standards.
• ISDB-T (partial reception): With mobile ISDB-T in accordance with ARIB 1.5, only one of altogether 13 available segments is used for transmission. The remaining 1 segments can transmit TV programs for stationary reception.
• MediaFLO™: MediaFLO™ was developed and standardized by the American company QUALCOMM. The baseband signal in this proprietary standard is based on a transport stream with 188 bytes. MediaFLO™ is currently used in a nationwide network in the USA. QPSK and 16QAM methods are used as OFDM modulation at a bandwidth of 5.5 MHz. The data rates transmitted to the mobile receiver range between 50 kbit/s and 1 Mbit/s.
• DMB-TH: DMB-TH is the Chinese DMB-T, which in a modified version is also used for handheld reception. DMB-TH has evolved from DMB-T.

Click Here To Download:
•Product Brochure: SFU TV Test Transmitter
•Application Note: Basics And Applications Of The R&S SFU-K41 Phase Noise Option
•Application Note: Function And Uses Of The Arbitrary Waveform Generator (ARB)
•Application Note: Measuring Bit Error Rate Using The R&S SFU-K60 Option
•Application Note: Tolerance To Noise Tests For DTV Receivers With R&S SFU-K41, -K42, And -K43 -- Part 1: Impulsive Noise
•Application Note: Remote Operation Of R&S Instruments Using Remote Desktop Connection Via LAN
•Application Note: Doc.A/74 ATSC Receiver Performance Tests Made Easy With The R&S® SFU Broadcast Test System And The R&S® SFE Broadcast Tester
•Product Overview: Broadcasting Test And Measurement Solutions