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/bn10...

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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