Performance Audio Analyzer offers wide bandwidth options.

Press Release Summary:



Suited for testing 3G, 4G/LTE, and VoIP phone and network equipment as well as HD voice test, U8903B offers configurable options for speech and voice quality measurements, extendable bandwidth, and digital audio interfaces. Solution also offers ITU-T standard perceptual objective listening quality assessment and perceptual evaluation of speech quality; option of choosing 2, 4, or 8 channels; distortion measurement with THD+N of <-110 dB; and automated test sequence control function.



Original Press Release:



Keysight Technologies Introduces Next-Generation Performance Audio Analyzer with Voice-Quality Analysis and Wide-Bandwidth Options



SANTA ROSA, Calif.



Keysight Technologies, Inc. today announced the U8903B performance audio analyzer, the next-generation model of the U8903A. The U8903B is extremely flexible with configurable options such as speech and voice quality measurements, extendable bandwidth and digital audio interfaces, enabling engineers to accurately test wireless communication, component and integrated circuit (IC) audio applications.



The U8903B offers the ITU-T standard perceptual objective listening quality assessment (POLQA) and its predecessor, perceptual evaluation of speech quality (PESQ), supporting measurements in the common audio bandwidth carried by telephone networks, and with POLQA, super-wideband speech signals up to 14000 Hz. With POLQA and PESQ, the U8903B is suited for testing 3G, 4G/LTE and voice-over-internet-protocol (VoIP) phone and network equipment as well as high-definition voice test applications.



For component and IC testing, the U8903B comes with a wide-bandwidth option, expanding the upper limit of the measurement bandwidth to 1.5 MHz with 24-bit resolution and one million point FFT. This expanded bandwidth allows the audio analyzer to maintain high accuracy, even when monitoring Class D amplifiers or switching supplies, which often produce signal spikes far outside the bandwidth limit of conventional audio analyzers (100 kHz or less). The U8903B also comes with AES3/ SPDIF and DSI formats to test and validate consumer electronics and digital audio ICs.



The U8903B offers test engineers the option of choosing two, four or eight channels, and enables accurate distortion measurement with an improved low residual THD+N of less than -110 dB, a performance that is available for all eight channels. The test sequence control function automates testing by allowing users to set up the types of measurements and define pass/fail decisions for each test parameter. This new function saves time and removes the need to write complicated code during product development.



"The U8903B is accurate, configurable and feature-rich," said Ee Huei Sin, vice president, Keysight's General-Purpose Electronic Measurement Division. "With this audio analyzer, Keysight continues to provide high-performance tools to engineers and technicians."



U.S. Pricing and Additional Information



The U8903B performance audio analyzer is available worldwide. U.S. prices are as follows:



U8903B performance audio analyzer



U890B-STD



Performance audio analyzer, 2 channels



$13,025



Measurement channel options



U8903B-AN4



Analog analyzer, 4 channels



$2,505



U8903B-AN8



Analog analyzer, 8 channels



$7,515



U8903B-DGT



Digital audio card



$3,500



Software Options (fixed perpetual license)



N3431A



Wide bandwidth option -1.5 MHz



$3,006



N3432A



POLQA measurement software



$5,010



N3433A



POLQA and PESQ measurement software



$8,500



N3434A



AES3/ SPDIF and DSI digital audio



$1,000



More information on the Keysight U8903B is available at www.keysight.com/find/U8903B_pr. Images of the wide-dynamic power sensors are available at www.keysight.com/find/U8903B_images.



About Keysight Technologies

On Sept. 19, 2013, Agilent Technologies announced plans to separate into two publicly traded companies through a tax-free spinoff of its electronic measurement business. The new company, Keysight Technologies, began operating as a wholly owned subsidiary of Agilent on Aug. 1, 2014 with a full separation anticipated in early November 2014. Keysight is expected to trade on the NYSE under the symbol KEYS.



Keysight is a global electronic measurement technology and market leader helping to transform its customers' measurement experience through innovation in wireless, modular, and software solutions. Keysight provides electronic measurement instruments and systems and related software, software design tools and services used in the design, development, manufacture, installation, deployment and operation of electronic equipment. Information about Keysight is available at www.keysight.com.



Contact:

Janet Smith, Americas

+1 970 679 5397

janet_smith@keysight.com

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