VNA Delivers Precise Measurements Up to 450 MHz

The Bode 500 vector network analyzer from OMICRON Lab features a dynamic range that pushes past 120 dB.
May 14, 2025

In this video, an engineer from OMICRON Lab demonstrates the company’s latest B-TCA test fixture for the Bode 500 Vector Network Analyzer. The Bode 500 exhibits high linearity with a dynamic range that's greater than 120 dB for accurate vector network analysis, frequency response analysis, and impedance measurements.

Features include a frequency range that enables precise measurements from 10 to 450 MHz, a high-impedance setting with ac-coupled 1 MΩ and 66 dB of dynamic range on the output, and a maximum power level of 16 dBm. Offering 66 dB of dynamic range on the output and a maximum power level of 16 dBm, the silent, fanless, portable instrument can be powered by Power over Ethernet (PoE), USB-PD, or a standard power supply.  

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Alix Paultre

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An Army veteran, Alix Paultre was a signals intelligence soldier on the East/West German border in the early ‘80s, and eventually wound up helping launch and run a publication on consumer electronics for the US military stationed in Europe. Alix first began in this industry in 1998 at Electronic Products magazine, and since then has worked for a variety of publications in the embedded electronic engineering space. Alix currently lives in Wiesbaden, Germany.

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