Aeroflex adds 2G and 3G wireless
testing features to its PXI 3000 test platform
Aeroflex has added new communications standards to its
PXI 3000 series modular test platform, now enabling communications
test engineers to address a variety of 2G and 3G wireless
data standards with a single, flexible, software-defined
system.
"With these new and updated measurement suites, our
extremely flexible PXI offering demonstrates how adept it
is at addressing changing market requirements as technology
shifts," said Tim Carey, PXI product manager, Aeroflex.
"The PXI 3000 Series is a truly software-defined, scalable
and compact platform that addresses emerging and legacy
wireless data standards with the same hardware, making it
possible for one low-cost, reconfigurable test system to
meet all of your wireless testing needs."
Bluetooth Signal Analysis-Enabling characterization of
Bluetooth and
Bluetooth enhanced data-rate (EDR) radio signals in accordance
with the requirements of 2008 Bluetooth Specifications 1.2/2.0/2.0
+ EDR/2.1/2.1 + EDR revision 2.1E1, the new Bluetooth measurement
suite enables fast measurement of all signal characteristics
including burst power, spectrum and modulation accuracy.
CDMA2000 and 1xEVDO Reverse Link-Designed for PXI-based
RF test systems used in the development and manufacturing
of mobile radio transmitters, submodules and RFICs (radio
frequency integrated circuits), the new CDMA2000 and 1xEVDO
reverse link measurement suite from Aeroflex enables precise
characterization of CDMA2000 rev C and 1xEVDO rev A reverse
link transmissions. The new release now features phase and
amplitude error measurements accessible from within the
PXI Studio plug-in.
WLAN-The new WLAN Measurement Suite adds support for IEEE
802.11a/b/g with data rates and corresponding modulation
and encoding formats up to 54 Mb/s.
DSSS-OFDM support is now available along with new measurements
including carrier leak, skew and gain imbalance. In conjunction
with the appropriate hardware configuration, this measurement
suite is ideal for testing smart phones, which are now rapidly
proliferating with dual cellular and WLAN connectivity.
It tests multiple standards in parallel, which greatly reduces
test time.
GSM/EDGE-The GSM/EDGE Measurement Suite simplifies programming
and integration of PXI into automated test applications
for GSM handsets/devices and has been updated to include
an increased frequency lock range to 300 kHz, making it
possible to test terminal transmissions even while unsynchronized
to a down link (DL) signal.
UMTS Uplink-The UMTS Uplink Measurement Suite is designed
to perform high-speed RF measurements on UE radio transceivers,
sub-assemblies and RF
Aeroflex PXI 3000 Series Expands 2G, 3G, Wireless Testing
Capabilities…Page 3 of 4 components during R&D,
design verification, manufacturing test and quality control
and now supports phase discontinuity, IQ skew, gain imbalance,
carrier leak and phase/amplitude error. When used with PXI
302xC, it now supports receiver bit-error rate (BER) sensitivity
testing in loopback and "drive to level," making
it possible to control the device under test (DUT) output
power from the tester.
WiMAX-The WiMAX Measurement enables WiMAX PHY (physical
layer),
Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) power,
spectrum and modulation measurements in accordance with
IEEE 802.16e (2005).
The updates to this suite include user-defined SEM, and
expanded modulation measurements including IQ skew, gain
imbalance and carrier leak.
For further details visit www.aeroflex.com
