Millimeter-wave heads for VNA

The N5261A millimeter head controller (also called Test Set) amplifies and routes the RF and LO signals to the millimeter-wave heads, and returns the down-converted reference and test IF signals to the PNA-X for processing and display. This solution provides the most complete and highest performance network analysis capability for frequencies from 10 MHz to 750 GHz. The N5261A Millimeter Head Controller can also supply +12VDC at 1.5A to each millimeter-wave head. When configured with this PNA-X and the banded millimeter-wave heads, all the features and functions of a millimeter-wave vector network analyzer (VNA) with the frequency range of the millimeter-wave heads used will be provided. The millimeter-wave heads should be provided with one mechanical or electronic variable attenuator, one calibration kit for each frequency band, cables and DC power supplies if DC voltage or/and DC current provided by the millimeter-wave head controller is not compatible. WR10, WR8, WR5.1, WR3.4 and WR2.2 millimeter-wave heads will be used to perform full 2-port measurements (also called fully-reversing 2-port measurements). The WR1.5 millimeter-wave heads will be used to perform 1-path/2-port measurements. If the +12VDC at 1.5A provided by the Agilent N5261A millimeter head controller is not usable to be able to drive the millimeter-wave heads then the external power supply has to be quoted separately. This proposal is for a Canadian Fund of Innovation (CFI) project and the suppliers should include the contribution related to this type of grant (typically a discount of 20% over the university price).