Test & Measurement

An instrument that prepares the automotive industry and their suppliers for current and future regulations and standards regarding eCall and adjacent band interference has been unveiled by IZT. The IZT S1000 / IZT S1010 Signal Generators with the GIPSIE software combine several conventional test sources in one device and delivers highest performance.

Engineers at Narda Safety Test Solutions have successfully developed an automatic direction-finding antenna (ADFA) that delivers stable results extremely quickly. Highly insensitive to reflections, it precisely and reliably determines the direction of a detected signal.

NTT DOCOMO and Rohde & Schwarz have joined forces set up what is said to be the world's first ultra-wideband channel sounder for mobile communications exceeding 100GHz. They conducted radio wave propagation experiments at frequencies up to 150GHz.

A 64-Gbaud PAM4 Pulse Pattern Generator (PPG) and 32-Gbaud PAM4 Error Detector (ED) has been announced by Anritsu. This PAM4 BERT supports 400GbE testing when these modules are installed in the Anritsu Signal Quality Analyser-R MP1900A series to implement a bit-error-rate test solution with best-in-class signal level quality and excellent Rx sensitivity for next-generation broadband communication systems.

The Sirius/XM signal generator from IZT has a new overlay waveform. The overlay modulation which was used for the Sirius Waveform was exchanged and enhanced with the next generation overlay (NGO). IZT Signal Generators support the new broadcasting technology and are suitable as test equipment for upcoming broadcasting systems.

A test and measurement highlight at electronica was RIGOL Technologies’ addition to its UltraVision II family of oscilloscopes. The MSO5000 Series digital oscilloscope delivers transformational price/performance capability in a bench oscilloscope, says RIGOL. At the heart of the UltraVision II architecture is the Phoenix chip-set.

Test setups for new technologies such as 5G and state-of-the-art radar technology require switch and control technology with large frequency ranges and short switching times. To meet this requirement, Rohde & Schwarz has completely revised its platform and now presents the new R&S OSP220/230/320 units and the new R&S OSP-B200S2 satellite box.

A test system for conducting radiation measurements on 5G millimeterwave devices in the range from 20GHz to 87GHz using a compact antenna test range (CATR) has been demonstrated by Rohde & Schwarz. The new solution will offer 5G RF engineers a great advantage, significantly accelerating time-to-market for 5G millimeterwave cellular devices.

Successful validation of an Over-the-Air (OTA) test method for evaluating the radio frequency (RF) performance of 5G base stations has been announced by Keysight Technologies in collaboration with the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT) and Tsinghua University.

Following their successful long-term collaboration in LTE OTA measurement solutions, Anritsu and Bluetest AB are extending the relationship to 5G testing. This includes the integration of Anritsu’s Radio Communication Test Station MT8000A and Bluetest’s OTA Reverberation Test System RTS65.