With Tektronix's SignalVu-PC software, the company’s 5 and 6 Series B MSO oscilloscopes can perform RF spectral and modulation analysis of multiple channels.
Discover how artificial intelligence is revolutionizing spectrum operations, offering unparalleled speed, precision, and adaptability. AI will change the way we “see” RF.
As wireless applications and frequencies ramp up, test equipment must increase measurement capabilities, even when operating as battery-powered portables, into the mmWave range...
Analysis tools that operate on both software-modeled and simulated data, as well as actual measured data from high-bandwidth test equipment, will boost reliability of 6G designs...
With the increase in demand to meet PCIe specifications, testing and validation tools are paramount for companies and industries to deliver new innovations to market faster than...
5G infrastructure is growing by leaps and bounds, with more and more capability being added to the system. However, the effectiveness of the solution is strongly based on how ...
Ideally switch-mode power supplies would behave like mathematical models. But since they don’t you need to perform thorough characterization and troubleshooting. Fortunately, ...
First industry-standard asymmetric long-reach physical layer interface enables ADAS, IVI, and other surround-sensor applications; A-PHY v1.0 forms foundation of comprehensive ...
Here are some of the latest test and measurement products that should be on your radar, ranging from power supply systems with increased channel count to portable, programmable...
Today's benchtop and lab power supplies and loads deliver tons of new features that serve design and development needs from IoT devices to grid simulation.
At IMS 2019, Wireless Telecom Group presented a few demonstrations, such as a millimeter-wave noise figure test setup as well as an over-the-air test system.
These high-performance single- and dual-channel arbitrary waveform generators set new standards for DAC sampling rates and vertical resolution, producing RF/microwave outputs ...
Working with computers and software, USB-powered RF test instruments are bringing measurements with less size and cost than traditional equipment—yet still pack a punch.
Increasing complexity in military electronic systems pushes test-equipment suppliers to deliver high-performance measurement solutions with as many functions as possible.
Visitors to the RF/microwave industry’s largest conference and exhibition can sample some of the hardware, software, and test-equipment products that are turning 5G and IoT into...
A large portion of a small industry is set to show its hardware, software, and test equipment at this year’s IMS exhibition in San Francisco’s Moscone Center.
Innovations in RF/microwave product areas continue as manufacturers prepare for higher-volume applications in mobile wireless communications products and wearable devices.
Using distributed antennas and small cells can provide continuous wireless coverage in areas that may be partially shielded from normal cellular coverage, such as within and around...
Software is available from a range of vendors in a variety of forms, providing advanced test capabilities that include everything from real-time spectrum analysis to signal creation...
Power measurements are an important part of high-frequency design, and are now available using the measurement capabilities of a USB sensor and the control of a personal computer...
Portability provides flexibility in testing. At one time, that portability might have come with some tradeoffs in performance and capability compared to larger and heavier benchtop...
Computer programs for automatic-test-equipment (ATE) applications are well established and available from numerous top suppliers. Many engineers may keep one or more of the leading...
The trend toward more integrated test instruments has improved performance at the high end while spawning a market for low-cost, portable, and PC-driven instruments.
Product advances during the year benefit customers of active and passive components, as well as test equipment, serving applications from RF through millimeter-wave frequencies...
The growing number of 77-GHz automotive radar systems has put pressure on RF/microwave test-and-measurement-equipment manufacturers to develop cost-effective measurement solutions...
At IMS 2013, Microwaves & RF presented the first-annual "Best of Microwaves" awards, recognizing companies that are at the forefront of providing resources to microwave engineers...
Recently, we reached out to our readers and asked you to let us know what your favorite online tools are for keeping up to date with your industry. After tallying all your responses...
Software has become an invaluable part of RF/microwave measurements, requiring repetitive actions or calling for a complex series of actions that can be stored in memory.
Data converters are an "end point" on a system block diagram for many RF/microwave designers—the points at which analog signals are converted to digital bits and back again. In...
Most wireless today is microwave. But it wasn't always that way. Microwave was initially associated with radar, transmission lines and other special wireless applications like...
High-frequency circuit and device designers rely on a number of different semiconductor processes, each with strengths in different applications areas.
By using mainframes and function modules, these test instruments offer a great deal of measurement flexibility with performance equal to standalone instruments.
Components provided excellent performance 50 years ago. But they have improved electrically along the way, taking advantage of material and manufacturing advances to shave costs...
Over 600 exhibitors made the trip to the Baltimore Convention Center for this years IMS, bringing news of software, hardware, test equipment, and even company acquisitions.
Borrowing a line from Contributing Editor Bob Pease of our sister publication, Electronic Design, many have been asking about MIMO. What is it, and just as importantly, why is...
High-frequency oscillators and frequency synthesizers are achieving new performance peaks in smaller packages, keeping the pressure on test equipment suppliers to lower their ...
AUSTIN, TXNational Instruments has announced the joint development of a high-speed digitizer with Tektronix. The PXI Express digitizer sets a new milestone for PXI modular instrumentati...
Every year, a large number of microwave innovators and companies share their product news and technical developments at European Microwave Week and the Association of Old Crows...
When choosing a portable benchtop spectrum analyzer, the best value is in matching the performance and capabilities of an instrument to the waveforms under investigation.
CONTRACTS Lockheed Martin and Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)Lockheed Martin has received a $5.7-million contract from DARPA to compete in Phase 1 development...
Test-equipment manufacturers are responding to the requirements of their customers with more flexible and powerful instruments that can quickly change functions by means of software...
The increasingly complex modulation formats of emerging communications standards supports a more flexible, modular approach to future measurement equipment.
The LXI Consortium (San Diego, CA) announced tremendous industry response to the initial open membership meeting held in mid-November 2004. Attended by over 20 industry-leading...
The ever-improving balance of bandwidth, resolution, and power consumption are making modern analog-to-digital converters an essential component in high-frequency systems.
The latest generation of digital oscilloscopes offers lightning-fast sampling rates and sophisticated timing and display systems to analyze hard-to-capture electronic events.
