By Bernard Ang, Keysight Imagine how engineers performed their work a hundred years ago. They had no computer-aided design (CAD) or computer-aided engineering (CAE) software to help them analyze and optimize their design work. They did pure engineering on paper. It is unthinkable an engineer would be successful today without CAD and CAE tools. Now […]
Keysight expands relationship with Ansys for wireless design workflow products
Keysight Technologies, Inc., a leading technology company that delivers advanced design and validation solutions to help accelerate innovation to connect and secure the world, announced an expanded collaboration with Ansys to integrate Keysight’s PathWave Advanced Design System (ADS) RFPro environment with Ansys HFSS electromagnetic simulation. As a result of this collaboration, radio frequency (RF) and […]
Basics of deciphering electromagnetic interference
It pays to know how RF can potentially garble the reception of signals such as those for WiFi, Bluetooth, and radar sensors. We live in a world with an increasingly crowded radio frequency spectrum that is only likely to become more stuffed with RF signals. This is particularly true for the frequencies within the ISM…
Swept source optical coherence tomography options support 1 GS/sec on 12-bit PCIe data acq. cards
Keysight Technologies, Inc. has introduced swept source optical coherence tomography (SS-OCT) application options running at 1 GS/s (-SS2) and 500 MS/s (-SS1). The new options, now available on…
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Low-Noise 12-Bit PXIe Wideband Digital Receiver hits 3.2 GS/sec with 2 GHz instantaneous analog bandwidth
Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS) today introduced the M9203A PXIe 12-bit High-Speed Digitizer/Wideband Digital Receiver running up to 3.2 GS/s, with up to 2 GHz instantaneous analog bandwidth….
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Test instrument characterizes current draws down to picoamp range
A new test instrument is said to be the world’s first analyzer able to make 100-pA level dynamic current measurement. Developed by Keysight Technologies, it has a maximum…
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Sampling scopes target 25/100/400 Gb/s optical tests
Keysight Technologies, Inc. has announced the N1092A, N1092B and N1092D DCA-M sampling oscilloscopes, which are ideal for 25/100/400 Gb/s optical test. Networks of 100 and 400 Gb/s rely…
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High-power tunable laser speeds fiber, probe alignment
Keysight Technologies, Inc. has introduced the 81602A, an extra high power tunable laser. The 81602A eases tolerance for power budgets in test setups and speeds fiber or probe…
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Differential browser head gives 12 GHz bandwidth for measuring high-speed differential or single-ended signals
Keysight Technologies, Inc. has introduced the N2839A differential browser head for use with InfiniiMax I/II Series probe amps, bringing the measurement fidelity of a solder-in probe head to…
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Indium phosphide chips expected to deliver real-time scopes with bandwidths above 100 GHz
Keysight Technologies, Inc. says it has successfully tested new chipsets that take advantage of the firm’s indium phosphide (InP) semiconductor technology. Keysight expects the new chipsets will help…
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Multiport vector network analyzer gets options for BTS, gain compression, RF pulse measurements
Keysight Technologies, Inc. has introduced a series of hardware and software options for the M9485A high-performance PXIe multiport vector network analyzer (VNA). The options further enhance the modular…
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Simulation software provides new RF PCB, laminate, module, and silicon RFIC capabilities
Keysight Technologies, Inc. has introduced the latest release of its powerful Advanced Design System (ADS) software, ADS 2016. The software improves design productivity and speeds circuit and electromagnetic…
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Simulation software helps develop RF Systems and Circuits
Keysight Technologies, Inc. has announced the latest release of its industry leading, affordable RF simulation and synthesis software, Genesys 2015. Designed for circuit and system designers, the software…
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UXM Wireless Test Set works with over-the-air software suite
Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS) today announced that the Keysight UXM Wireless Test Set is now fully integrated and supported by WaveStudio, MVG’s OTA dedicated measurement software suite…
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Scope software runs comprehensive crosstalk analysis
Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS) today announced the most comprehensive N8833A and N8833B crosstalk analysis application to assist in the diagnosis of crosstalk. The application not only detects…
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Arbitrary Waveform Generator has 25 GHz bandwidth, handles coherent optical apps
Keysight Technologies, Inc. has announced that the M8195A 65 GSa/s arbitrary waveform generator’s (AWG’s) analog bandwidth increased from 20 GHz to 25 GHz. This performance increase guarantees even…
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UXM wireless test set works with over-the-air MIMO test systems
Keysight Technologies, Inc. has announced that the UXM wireless test set, a network emulator, is fully supported by EMITE’s innovative MIMO OTA test systems. Through this collaboration, Keysight…
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Electromagnetic test software targets high-speed link performance in PCB designs
Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS) announced the launch of two electromagnetic (EM) software solutions designed to help signal integrity (SI) and power integrity (PI) engineers improve high-speed link…
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Scope-based software decodes USB 3.1 Gen 2 10 Gbps protocol
Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS) today introduced the industry’s first oscilloscope-based USB 3.1 Gen 2 10 Gbps protocol decode software with real-time triggering and protocol decode performance. The…
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Scope wireless test set gets GSM, GPRS, EGPRS and TD-SCDMA, HSPA test capabilities
Keysight Technologies, Inc. has announced the addition of GSM, GPRS, EGPRS and TD-SCDMA, HSPA test capabilities to the E7515A UXM wireless test set. With these enhancements, UE developers…
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Software for real-time scopes handles automated PAM-4 pre-compliance testing, report generation
Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS) today introduced measurement application software designed to help engineers quickly and accurately measure and quantify PAM-4 (pulse amplitude modulation with four amplitude levels)…
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DisplayPort 1.3 validation, compliance software runs on scopes
Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS) today announced the industry’s first DisplayPort 1.3 source compliance and validation software. The U7232D DisplayPort 1.3 compliance and validation test software runs on…
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Scope-based USB-PD protocol decoder software sports real-time triggering and protocol decode performance
Keysight Technologies, Inc. introduced the industry’s first oscilloscope-based USB-PD (Power Delivery) protocol decoder software with real-time triggering and protocol decode performance. The Keysight N8837A USB-PD protocol trigger and…
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Power quality analyzer checks three-phase lines—and doubles as BS detector for false energy efficiency claims
If you want to really see what’s happening on power lines, you need an instrument that can generate a phasor diagram of the line voltages and currents. An…
Audio analyzer optimized for Bluetooth measurements
Keysight Technologies, Inc. introduced the enhanced U8903B audio analyzer with new Bluetooth audio measurement capabilities. The Bluetooth option enables the U8903B to make high-performance Bluetooth audio testing for…
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