National Instruments, a leading provider of platform-based test systems that enable engineers and scientists to solve the world's greatest engineering challenges, announced its acquisition of Micropross, a company based near Lille, France, a technology innovator and leading supplier of test systems for Near Field Communications (NFC), smart cards and wireless charging test systems. Micropross will continue to operate as a wholly owned NI subsidiary under the leadership of the existing management team.
The SX probe heads' high measurement resolution allows the developer to pinpoint RF sources of between 1 and 10 GHz on densely packed printed circuit boards or on IC pins. The handy compact pin shape of the EMC near-field probes from Langer EMV-Technik GmbH provides the developer with convenient working conditions on the respective PCB.
This paper discuss the adaptation of the fast multi-probe technology to an existing classical planar near field facility through the manufacturing, installation and test of a partial demonstrator in Thales Alenia in Toulouse.