Designed for bench and production use, the N5186A generates wireless signals to 8.5 GHz and includes a built-in reflectometer. Designing commercial or military wireless receivers, amplifiers, and systems means you’ll need to generate test signals. Keysight’s N5186A MXG vector-signal generator (datasheet) is available in one-channel or four-channel models with Type-N connectors. Each channel can generate […]
When battery life rules, turn off 5G
The data is clear. My phone’s battery charge life looks better with 5G turned off.
imec models semiconductor processes for sustainability
A software platform currently in beta testing creates a virtual fab to help the IC manufacturing value chain reach environmental targets by quantifying the manufacturing impact through a bottom-up approach with realistic process conditions and validated data from partners as well as imec state-of-the-art fab and equipment. Early in my career, I worked for a […]
12-bit oscilloscope reaches 65 GHz, tests high-speed links
The WaveMaster 8000HD series from Teledyne LeCroy goes where no 12-bit oscilloscope has gone before. Serial digital data streams never stop reaching for higher data rates. Buses such as PCIe Gen 6 (64 Gtransfers/sec) and USB4 V2 (80 Gb/sec) have gone to PAM4 and PAM3 modulation, respectively, to reach their current data rates. Two-level modulation […]
EMC chamber fits into small spaces
ETS-Lindgren’s SpaceSaver 26H reduces the footprint needed for 3-m emissions testing. EMC test chambers take up space. It’s what they do. Physics has something to do with that. Even so, ETS-Lindgren has developed the SpaceSaver 26H EMC chamber, which the company installed at the E3 Compliance test lab facility in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The chamber […]
EV battery tests involve lots of power
In a video, EE World spoke with a power-supply applications engineer about why RV batteries use such high voltages and how to test them. Batteries are perhaps the most expensive component of an electric vehicle. Typically producing 800 V to 900 V, batteries deliver the power needed move the vehicle. Of course, EV batteries need…
Renesas agrees to acquire Sequans
The acquisition widens the Renesas product line of IoT wireless connectivity modules and adds the chips that go into them.
Chipset, network, module partnership brings LTE connectivity to IoT devices
Engineers designing IoT devices need to focus on the hardware and software for their device’s applications such as smart meters, logistics tracking devices, and so on. For many designers, connectivity is not their area of expertise. Soracom, a provider and SIM cards and eSIM devices for IoT, has partnered with Sony Semiconductor (formerly Altair) and […]
Partnership brings iSIM connectivity to IoT modules
Companies from semiconductors to software have partnered to ease the pain for cellular connectivity for IoT design engineers. Engineers designing IoT devices need to focus on the hardware and software for their device’s applications such as smart meters, logistics tracking devices, and so on. For many designers, connectivity is not their area of expertise. Soracom,…
Expand your RF test equipment’s range to 20 GHz
Extend the frequency of RF test equipment from 6 GHz to 20 GHz. RF systems such as satellite, Wi-Fi, UWB, and radar often need to bring modulated signals up to carrier frequency before transmitting and after receiving. TMYTEK, maker of BBox has introduced its UD Module (UDM) up/down converter, which operates from 6 GHz to […]