The Keysight N9038A MXE EMI Receiver is a dedicated instrument for electromagnetic interference (EMI) compliance testing and diagnostic analysis. Purpose-built for standards such as CISPR 16-1-1:2010 and MIL-STD-461, it delivers the accuracy, repeatability, and reliability required in production environments. The upgradeable platform architecture extends instrument longevity and accommodates future measurement requirements.
Technical Specifications
Frequency Coverage
• Minimum: 3 Hz
• Maximum: up to 3.6 GHz, 8.4 GHz, 26.5 GHz, or 44 GHz (configurable options)
• External mixing for higher frequencies
Bandwidth
• CISPR: 200 Hz, 9 kHz, 120 kHz, 1 MHz
• 6 dB: 10 Hz to 1 MHz (decade steps); 20 Hz to 150 kHz; 150 kHz to 1 MHz; up to 17 MHz in specific ranges
• Analysis: 10 MHz standard; 25 MHz optional (Option B25); real-time up to 85 MHz below 3.6 GHz, 40 MHz above 3.6 GHz (Option B85)
Detectors
• CISPR: quasi-peak, EMI-average, RMS-average
• Measurement: peak, negative peak, sample, normal, RMS, average
• Three simultaneous detectors with color-coded displays
Performance Metrics
• Displayed Average Noise Level (DANL): −166 dBm @ 1 GHz (with preamplifier and noise floor extension)
• Amplitude Accuracy: ±0.5 dB @ 1 GHz
• Third-Order Intermodulation: +15 dBm @ 1 GHz
• Phase Noise: −106 dBc/Hz @ 10 kHz offset, 1 GHz
• Probability of Intercept: minimum 3.7 μs signal duration for 100% POI (Option B85)
– Key Features
• Swept, stepped, and time domain frequency scanning with high-overlap FFT acceleration
• Automated scan, search, and measure functions
• Multi-trace and max hold for concurrent and historical emission display
• Built-in and custom limit lines for compliance verification
• Suspect list management with automatic out-of-limit signal capture
• Spectrum analysis, Strip Chart, markers, span zoom, and spectrograms
• SCPI and IVI-COM remote control
• USB 2.0 connectivity
– Typical Applications
EMI compliance verification, radiated and conducted emission diagnostics, rapid problem isolation, production emission surveillance.
– Compatibility & Integration
SCPI and IVI-COM command sets enable integration into automated test systems and remote monitoring architectures.
