EMC Test Software
The model SW1006 is the latest version of the company’s radiated susceptibility, conducted immunity and pre-compliance emissions software. Model SW1006 automatically performs both calibration and immunity testing in full compliance with IEC 61000-4-3, 4-6, MIL-STD 461/462 RS103, CS114, RTCA/DO160 Section 20 specifications. The software also supplies the user with selectable test parameters and a “thresholding” mode for pre-compliance investigation of equipment susceptibility, as well as closed loop leveling. Pre-compliance emission testing can be done with the use of a spectrum analyzer and either a pre-amp or LISN. The SW1006 software is designed for use with the supplied NI PCI-GPIB interface card for instrument communication.
AR Worldwide RF/Microwave Instrumentation,
Souderton, PA (215) 723-8181,
www.ar-worldwide.com
RS No. 310.
EM Simulation
The MicroStripes 3D EM simulation solution for RF/microwave and antenna design, which integrates with Applied Wave Research’s Microwave Office“ circuit design software, has reached version 7.5. It enables users to import any desired excitation waveform during the modeling process, run the simulation and evaluate the results without any additional post-processing. This makes it possible, for example, to simulate the effect of a lightning strike, electromagnetic pulse or electrostatic discharge on a system using a pre-computed, analytic or measured waveform. In version 7.5, ground planes can also be used for models without meshing all of the space between the system and ground plane. Version 7.5 also reduces the computational resources required to model ferrite tiles.
Flomerics Ltd.,
Hampton Court, Surrey, UK +44 (0) 20 8487 3000,
www.flomerics.com
RS No. 311.
Parametric Product Search Tool
The parametric product search tool is designed for the RF engineer to specify important product parameters and view the company’s products that match a specific requirement in a specification-compliance format. Unlike conventional search engines that eliminate products that narrowly fall outside of specification, the parametric product search tool can show these products allowing the engineer to make intelligent design trade-off decisions to “fine tune” the requirement to specific needs. View this and other product software support tools including Product Cross Reference, PLL Phase Noise and Mixer Spur Chart Calculators on the company’s site.
Hittite Microwave Corp.,
Chelmsford, MA (978) 250-3343, www.hittite.com
RS No. 312
Parametric Test Software
The release of KTE V5.2 is the company’s Interactive Test Environment software for the Series S600 Parametric Test System. KTE V5.2 provides a number of features that dramatically increase throughput for circuit materials testing, such as those requiring RF level frequencies, as well as incorporating improvements in parallel test routines used for lab and production applications. In addition, the KTE V5.2 software update offers significant improvements in ease of use that simplify testing. Keithley’s KTE is a powerful wafer test development and execution environment that guides test engineers through the development of a test plan. Users can create individual electrical tests at the subsite level by drawing on pre-defined libraries of test, then defining parameters and connections.
Keithley Instruments Inc.,
Cleveland, OH (440) 248-0400, www.keithley.com
RS No. 314
Filter Synthesis and Selection Tool
Filter WizardSM has been enhanced to incorporate additional all-pole and elliptic bandreject solutions, including high-Q ceramic puck options. Filter Wizard accelerates user progress from specs to RFQ for RF and microwave filters spanning an ever-increasing range of response types, bandwidths and unloaded Q values from 500 kHz to 50 GHz.
K&L Microwave Inc.,
Salisbury, MD (410) 749-2424, www.klfilterwizard.com
RS No. 313
Microwave/RF Assembly Builder
The GORE™ microwave/RF assembly builder is an on-line interactive design guide that provides simple step-by-step instructions for configuring GORE microwave/RF cable assemblies. Gore’s new microwave/RF configurator—available at www.gore.com/rfcablebuilder —simplifies the assembly design and configuration process enabling the user to build an assembly and submit an RFQ using the simple step-by-step configuration tool, with no registration required to access the process.
W.L. Gore & Associates Inc.,
Elkton, MD (302) 292-5100, www.gore.com
RS No. 315