For about ten years, the UltraWave24 sub-6 GHz RF instrument has been the RF workhouse of the UltraFlex platform. A few years later, the UltraWaveMX8 extension instrument was added, extending this range to 8 GHz. In 2023, by demand, the UltraWave8G was introduced as the first RF instrument on the UltraFlex Plus (UFP) platform. This single slot instrument has similar functionality to the UltraWave24 and MX8 combination plus several new features. This presentation will provide an overview of the UltraWave8G RF instrument for UltraFLEXplus. Loopback data will highlight some of the key specifications, features, and developments. This will include CW measurements, two-tone source with IMD suppression, phase noise, and a single capture 802.11be 320 MHz bandwidth 4096 QAM modulated signal both with and without native cross correlation. This presentation will compare the UFP UltraWave8G to the UltraFLEX UltraWave24 and UltraWaveMX8 combo and will touch on the effort required to run an existing UltraFLEX program on the UFP UltraWave8G (not much!).

After this presentation, the audience will have a preliminary understanding of what this instrument architecture, performance, and new features including native cross correlation.