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Signal source spectral quality has become the single parameter that limits achievable performance of many modern communication and radar systems. In communication systems that utilize complex modulation to achieve spectral efficiency, the achievable bit error rate (BER) is often limited by the transmitter and local oscillator phase noise. In...

Measurements with pulsed stimulus signals are undertaken for a number of reasons. For instance, in a wide range of applications, devices under test (DUT) must be characterized by using pulsed signals instead of CW signals. Here, the DUT is stimulated either with a pulsed RF signal or the device...

Competition to attract consumers in the wireless communications market is driving incredible innovation in the design of feature-rich devices in compact packages. Geometries are shrinking and integrated circuit (IC) densities are expanding, while at the same time application frequency and bandwidth grows. In order to reduce size and weight,...

As traditional RF and microwave component designs move higher in frequency, the accuracy of physical design verification is a key enabling factor. EM solvers play an important role in the accuracy that drives high performance, small size and faster time to market for today’s designs. The Agilent Genesys environment...

The search for more efficient power amplifier technologies to address needs of the 3G and 4G base station market is a continuous one. Put simply, the efficiency of a power amplifier can be thought of as the amount of RF power it transmits divided by the amount of DC...

RF application engineers and component designers throughout the world are constantly striving to find fast and accurate design tools to enable them to reduce design cycles and speed up the development process, and thus minimize customer return times. As design engineers’ needs advance, so too must the software that...

Most applications requiring the generation of RF power depend on silicon and GaAs power transistors with typical outputs ranging from milliwatts to tens of watts. However, less visible but equally important are the wide array of industrial, scientific and medical applications that demand extremely high RF power levels to...

Acceleration Products This web site has been redesigned for those interested in bringing the power of a supercomputer to their desktop. The company’s Accelerator™ and ClusterInABox™ products harness the parallel processing power of GPUs, delivering unrivalled performance to accelerate electromagnetic simulations up to 35¥ faster. New additions to the...

Internal Pulse Modulator This internal pulse modulator, option 025, is designed for the company’s 6800 series of microwave analyzers that operate up to either 18 or 40 GHz. For Aeroflex’s 6810 series of microwave sources, this new option offers sensitivity and range measurements for radar receivers, and tests pulsed...

Technical Solutions Brochure This 20-page, full-color technical brochure provides an overview of LTE and demonstrates how Agilent solutions can help you introduce quality LTE 3GPP devices and products. Topics covered include an overview of the technology, a discussion of the physical layer as well as in-depth information on designing...