Modern receiving systems, be they satellite TV set-top boxes or mobile phones in low coverage areas, are increasingly required to capture and process very weak signals. The challenge for these systems is to do so despite the noise the signals pick up in the atmosphere, and from the receivers’ own electronics. Giovanni D’Amore, Marketing Brand Manager, Keysight Technologies explains.

Software-centric design and test solutions for LTE-A, 5G, IoT and Connected Car technologies will be showcased by Keysight Technologies at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona (Feb. 27 – March 2). Keysight says that visitors to its booth will have the opportunity to experience leading solutions that enable designers to transform 5g ideas into reality.

A slate of new products will be premiered by Keysight Technologies at embedded world 2017 in Nuremberg (March 14–16). Keysight’s technical experts and application engineers will be available at the event to demonstrate the company’s latest design, verification and test solutions.

Keysight Technologies has acquired Ixia in an all-cash transaction totaling approximately $1.6bn. Ixia brings to Keysight a broad IP portfolio that encompasses network communications, visibility, application and security technologies with solutions deeply rooted in software.

High-speed digital solutions will be showcased by Keysight Technologies at DesignCon 2017 at the Santa Clara Convention Centre (Feb 1-2). Keysight’s technical experts and application engineers will demonstrate the most advanced design and test solutions, developed for solving today’s most difficult high-speed digital measurement challenges.

Three new PXIe chassis with different sizes and performance characteristics have been announced today (December 1) by Keysight Technologies. The new chassis include a 10-slot Gen-3 chassis designed for high-performance bench-top and R&D applications, a cost-effective 5-slot Gen 1chassis and a redesigned 18-slot chassis with improved power supply and new features to improve system integration.

A wide range of first-to-market design, test and characterisation solutions at will be showcased by Keysight Technologies at IEEE Globecom in Washington D.C. (Dec. 4 – 7). Keysight’s technical experts will demonstrate 5G Trial System Modelling and Validation, and show will show the pre-5G trial specification physical layer algorithmic library integrated into SystemVue. This solution provides a modelling reference for the Verizon 5G co...

Keysight Technologies and CommSolid demonstrated the successful completion of a NarrowBand-IoT (NB-IoT) connection with the Keysight E7515A UXM base station emulator and wireless test set during Vodafone’s Innovation Days 2016. Establishing a Cat-NB1 device link was the result of a collaboration between Keysight and CommSolid. The Keysight UXM is the world’s first wireless test set to demonstrate connectivity with an NB-IoT device tha...

Flexible and cost-effective commercial-based electronic warfare (EW) test and verification solutions will be showcased by Keysight Technologies at the 53rd Annual AOC International Symposium and Convention in Washington, D.C. The electromagnetic spectrum (EMS) threat environment is undergoing an unprecedented rate of change.

Keysight Technologies has a diverse range of electronic design, verification and test solutions lined up for electronica 2016 in Munich (Nov. 8-11). The company will demonstrate how software solutions and measurement services can help engineers deliver electronic products to market faster, and at lower cost, in the areas of automotive and energy, embedded design, wireless communication and IoT.

In part two of his article on power integrity measurement (view part one in the November issue of Electronic Specifier Design), Erik Babbé, Marketing Brand Manager for Oscilloscopes, Keysight Technologies, offers ten tips for better power supply measurement.

The Keysight E6950A eCall conformance test solution from Keysight Technologies simulates a public safety answering point (PSAP) and uses a Keysight wireless test set and RF signal generator to emulate a cellular network to provide global navigation satellite system (GNSS) coordinates. This is required by the in-vehicle system (IVS) to compile the eCall Minimum Set of Data (MSD).

Keysight Technologies has collaborated with Virginia Diodes (VDI) to create a 1.5THz measurement solution for Chalmers University of Technology, a leading research university located in Gothenburg, Sweden. Already up and running in Chalmers’ national laboratory for terahertz characterisation, this solution provides network and spectrum analysis capabilities for research on new materials, devices, and circuits for applications at micro-, mil...

An industry-leading breakthrough in spectrum and signal analysis at millimeter-wave frequencies was unveiled with a flourish by Keysight Technologies at European Microwave Week in London. The N9041B UXA X-series signal analyser is the first to provide frequency coverage to 110GHz with a maximum analysis bandwidth of up to 5GHz.

Keysight Technologies, Inc. announced at European Microwave Week 2016, ExCel Exhibition Centre, Booth E2, an industry-leading breakthrough in spectrum and signal analysis at millimeter-wave frequencies. The Keysight N9041B UXA X-Series signal analyzer is the first to provide frequency coverage to 110 GHz with a maximum analysis bandwidth of up to 5 GHz.

Keysight Technologies has announced the volume launch of their solution for testing 802.11ad devices. The flexible and compact E7760A wideband transceiver is an integrated test solution that supports the IEEE 802.11ad wireless standard. The solution was introduced at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona earlier this year.

New capabilities have been added to Keysight Technologies’ Propsim F32 channel emulator. These capabilities enable manufacturers and mobile operators to efficiently verify the performance of devices and network equipment with LTE-Hotspots and Indoor (LTE-Hi) small cell and LTE-Licensed Assisted Access (LTE-LAA) dual connectivity technology support.

For the thirteenth year Keysight Technologies will be the platinum sponsor of European Microwave Week and for the first time a sponsor of the Defence and Security Forum. The company will have their technical experts on hand to discuss and demonstrate the latest innovations on hardware and software design and test solutions.

Automated static and dynamic maximum peak power tracking (MPPT) test to has been added to Keysight Technologies’ Solar Array Simulator (SAS) Control software for the N8900APV Series PV simulators. The static and dynamic MPPT tests are performed in accordance with the European Standard EN50530 (April 2010) procedure, which is widely accepted as the industry standard for the overall efficiency of grid-connected photovoltaic inverters.

Test and measurement solutions designed to advance communications beyond 400Gb/s—from components through data centre to telecommunications will be featured by Keysight Technologies at ECOC 2016 in Düsseldorf (Sept. 19-21). Demonstrations will include a variety of measurement solutions used in the characterisation of electrical and optical transceivers and in component test.