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A reliable spectrum analyzer is essential if your daily work entails RF and microwave technologies; it must be capable of offering essential functionality and performance at an affordable price.

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By 2026, the Small Cell Forum expects that 38.3 million small cells will be deployed, with the bulk of those deployments coming from enterprises, followed by urban and rural service provider environments.

MCS Test serves a wide range of customers in the automotive, aerospace, defence, manufacturing, semiconductor, telecommunication, and data communication industries to name a few.

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Not all test and measurement equipment calibrations are created equally. There are several factors to consider when selecting a service provider to ensure you receive a quality calibration. In simple terms, Equipment calibration is the comparison of a measurement device (an unknown) against an equal or better standard, and often requires certification and documentation.

In this blog, you’ll learn about the latest Bluetooth specifications and new test requirements for Bluetooth 5.1.

Evaluating and characterizing wideband communications, radar and electronic warfare systems in real time is challenging. Lacking a commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) alternative, some radar test teams stream test data to an inherently non-deterministic computing device such as a PC or laptop, inevitably leading to lost or missing data with no ability to verify that data is being recorded as expected.

Energy storage device testing is not the same as battery testing. There are, in fact, several devices that are able to convert chemical energy into electrical energy and store that energy, making it available when required.

Radiated emissions, most often referred to as electromagnetic interference (EMI), are carefully regulated to ensure reliable operation and safety for users of electrical and electronic equipment.

One of the best ways to ensure a MOSFET is functioning properly and meets specifications is to determine its characteristics by tracing I-V curves. There are a number of output characteristics requiring I-V tests; you can derive gate leakage, breakdown voltage, threshold voltage, transfer characteristics, and drain current all by simply tracing I-V characteristics and verifying the device is working as it should.

Tektronix class leading High Performance Oscilloscopes are now available with enhanced capabilities and features included as standard. Tektronix DPO/ MSO 12.5GHZ – 33GHZ C, DX and SX models come with additional enhancements at no additional cost when purchasing a new instrument.

High speed digital signals exhibit RF behavior in real-world devices, which creates a need for RF or microwave components when routing these signals in test systems.

Controlling instruments remotely has become a part of nearly every engineer’s and researcher’s life, whether by working remotely or combining instruments into large test systems.

Throughout these posts, you’ll learn about the key RF-PHY changes made in Wi-Fi 6/802.11ax compared to Wi-Fi 5 and older generations: the addition of a new frequency band, higher modulation rates, smaller subcarrier spacing, longer guard intervals and the introduction of the OFDMA modulation technique providing capacity improvements and latency reduction.

Given the explosive growth of the communications industry, a tremendous amount of testing is being performed on the various components that make up different communications systems.

Oscilloscopes measure the voltage of an electrical signal, which is then graphically represented by waveforms. However, an oscilloscope can be used to take measurements for a number of different applications – one of which is frequency. But how does an oscilloscope measure frequency, exactly? Well, there’s a straightforward answer, and then there’s a slightly more complicated answer.

Most consumer products include electronic circuits or components, and an oscilloscope is used throughout the product design process to test those components. But what is an oscilloscope? And what does an oscilloscope measure?

Switching circuits that include reactive elements need special care to avoid problems due to transient effects. The methods used to limit transient effects depend on whether the load is capacitive or inductive.