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LTE Videos Gain greater insight into LTE design and test with the new 24/7 Agilent LTE Videos page. The site is designed to give information about LTE test for greater understanding, more rapid development and design into this complex technology. To view the videos, visit www.agilent.com/find/LTEvideos , or go...

PXI RF Combiners The 3060 Series RF combiners are PXI modules designed specifically for RF component and radio terminal system test. They are high performance RF conditioning modules supplied in a compact single-slot 3U PXI package. The series is comprised of four different modules each addressing a particular application:...

An Engineer’s Guide to Automated Testing of High-speed Interfaces Jose Moreira and Hubert Werkmann Providing a complete introduction to the state-of-the-art in high-speed digital testing with automated test equipment (ATE), An Engineer’s Guide to Automated Testing of High-speed Interfaces focuses exclusively on this increasingly important topic. The book covers...

Accel-RF Corp. announced the successful shipment and installation of two advanced semiconductor reliability test systems to customers in Asia. The systems were delivered in Q4 of 2010 with installation completed in early January 2011. Shipped to both government research and commercial entities, these systems will be instrumental in the...

The global base transmitting station (BTS) transceiver (TRx) market grew by 32.3 percent in units in 2010, according to the latest report from EJL Wireless Research titled “Global BTS Transceiver Market Analysis and Forecast, 7th Edition, 2010-2015.” “Despite the continued economic uncertainty in the global financial market and the...

Skyworks Solutions Inc. is ramping production of various precision analog ICs in support of several customers launching fiber to the curb (FTTC), fiber to the home (FTTH), cable set-top boxes and wireless video systems. Cisco and Motorola, among others, are leveraging Skyworks’ industry-leading power amplifiers, LNAs, gain blocks, attenuators,...

With the move to digital television and the subsequent reallocation of UHF band frequencies in the US and other countries, some very attractive spectrum is being opened up that creates opportunities for commercial and military wireless technologies and applications in the 200 to 800 MHz frequency band. This, in...

Wireless communication systems, such as cellular mobile communication systems, wireless local area networks (WLAN) and short-range communication systems (Bluetooth), provide convenient communication services in modern society. In an airplane, when the onboard wireless communication services are provided, many other systems may be used simultaneously. Compact equipment that supports multimode/multiband...

MFG Galileo Composites announced that Tony Drake has been assigned general management responsibility for the company’s manufacturing operations in Opp, AL and Adelanto, CA. Drake was promoted to General Manager of sister company MFG West in February 2010, where he had served as research and development engineer since 2008....

Aeroflex Inc. , a wholly owned subsidiary of Aeroflex Holding Corp., and RELM Wireless announced the release of automated test and alignment capabilities for the DPHX5102X Series radios on the Aeroflex 3920 Digital Radio Test Set. The Aeroflex Automated Test and Alignment procedure provides fully automated test and alignment...