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Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today demonstrated new capabilities for its PNA Series network analyzer that simplify complex measurements for multiport and active device test. Key features include full N-port error correction and an integrated second source for advanced multiport measurements. The PNA's new capabilities enable RF and microwave engineers working in wireless communications, aerospace and defense, and signal-integrity markets to characterize components faster and increase production throughput while enhancing accuracy.

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced the availability of an IEEE 802.11n MIMO modulation analysis capability for its 89600 Series vector signal analysis software. Featuring a broad set of measurements, this capability is the ideal R&D tool for developers of Multiple-Input, Multiple-Output (MIMO) based IEEE 802.11n components, subsystems and systems, using general-purpose measurement tools.

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced online access to three operational instruments, compatible with the LAN eXtensions for Instrumentation (LXI) standard, through the instruments' built-in Web pages. From their desktops, visitors to the "LXI Live" Web site can interact with each product, viewing actual Web pages that display information such as product description, functionality and configuration. This type of remote, Web-based access to a measurement system illustrates the distributed, global test capabilities enabled by LXI-compliant products.

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced the development of a full-featured, MB-OFDM (multi-band orthogonal frequency division multiplexing) ultra-wideband modulation analysis capability for its 89600 Series vector signal analysis software. Featuring a comprehensive set of measurements and excellent error vector magnitude specifications, R&D developers can troubleshoot MB-OFDM ultra-wideband signals at any stage of the design process and more quickly identify the root cause of any potential problem in wireless USB and ultra-wideband (UWB) components, subsystems and systems.

A new miniature wide band frequency synthesizer has been introduced that operates from 2.25 to 18 GHz, permits 3 ms tuning, exhibits a volume of 334.3cc (20.4 in 3 ), consumes just 22 W of DC power and provides a clean RF output spectrum with an absolute accuracy better...

The setups presented are essentially of two types - thin dielectric sheet testers and z-axis testers. These are the tools that are employed to independently measure the components of the substrate dielectric constant. It is supposed that suitable propagation models may use this information to better predict propagation mode...

In recent years the VXIbus architecture has proven to be a versatile interface standard for instruments from many diverse manufacturers to operate within the same mainframe. The VXIbus incorporates the user-friendly features of instruments designed to operate within the General Purpose Interface Bus (GPIB) (for example, using ASCII-level programming)...

Today's wireless world requires unrelenting technological innovation. From cell phones that take and send photos to homeland security, the demands on wireless designers for increasing complexity at lower prices and faster time-to-market are immense. Advances in electronic design automation (EDA) over the last decade have made possible dramatic improvements...

In order to test high power amplifiers used in today's cellular base station equipment it is sometimes necessary to perform automated switching of the high power amplifiers without shutting down the system to make the RF connection. The high power RF signal must be diverted from the main signal...

Additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN) has proven itself over the years as a simple yet extremely valuable tool in measurements ranging from BER and SINAD testing to wireless link emulation and the overall characterization of communications receiver performance. The unique characteristics of AWGN are becoming even more useful now...