Vector network analyzer enabling device

A system for the collection of two or more coherent signals comprising:

• a signal switching mechanism for sequentially routing time slices of two or more signals to be coherently compared;
• wherein the signal switching mechanism selects each signal at predetermined time periods to create a combined signal;
• and wherein the time slices of each signal are multiplexed into predetermined time slots;
• and wherein the rate of switching is at least equal to or greater than a Nyquist-Shannon sampling rate for each of the signals;
• and
• a sampling device operationally coupled to the signal switching mechanism for continuously sampling the combined signal;
• wherein the sampling device maintains phase coherency between each of the signals.

A method for the collection of two or more coherent signals comprising:

• sequentially routing, with a signal switching mechanism, time slices of two or more signals;
• coherently comparing the two or more signals;
• selecting, with the signal switching mechanism;
• each signal at predetermined time periods to create a combined signal;
• multiplexing the time slices of each signal into predetermined time slots;
• switching, with the signal switching mechanism, between each of the signals at a rate that is at least equal to or greater than a Nyquist-Shannon sampling rate for each of the signals;
• and
• continuously sampling, with a sampling device, the combined signal;
• and
• maintaining phase coherency between each of the signals.