Keysight Technologies, a provider of evolutionary platform solutions for 5G-Advanced and 6G technologies, is enabling fundamental research into new integrated circuits for 6G technology with its new 6G Vector Component Analysis (VCA) at the University of Stuttgart. It is the latest collaboration in a long-standing research relationship. It has enabled the University of Stuttgart to build a versatile multiplexing platform called 'Crosslink' for synchronous analysis of ultra-wideband communication channels in the time and frequency domain.
The Keysight VCA solution supports 'Crosslink' by integrating sub-terahertz vector network analysis with wideband modulation. This enables the characterization of components under complex modulation conditions. The result is best-in-class noise and linearity performance for analyzing the broadband high-frequency modulated performance of components, circuits and transceivers. The VCA measurement solution used for Crosslink includes a PNA-X microwave network analyzer N5245B, arbitrary function generator M8199A, VNA application software for broadband modulation distortion and VSA (Vector Signal Analysis) software with Virginia Diode frequency extenders up to 330 GHz.
The collaboration supports a large-scale equipment initiative funded by the German Research Foundation. It aims to prepare for huge increases in data rates, novel electro-optical fiber optic and wireless communication systems, and the use of sub-THz radio frequency bands. It supports next-generation energy-efficient ICs with sustainable, agile, low-latency and high-speed wireless 6G communication networks.
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