Agilent has introduced what it says is the industry's first solution for the WirelessHD compliance test -- the CTS-1000 automated WirelessHD test system -- designed specifically for manufacturers of WirelessHD modules and chipsets for consumer and computing products.

Agilent Technologies today announced an expansion of the use of its Advanced Design System (ADS) EDA software at Skyworks Solutions Inc., an innovator of high-performance analog and mixed-signal semiconductors. The two companies have customized the ADS platform for an integrated and efficient design-for-manufacturing flow. The expansion enables rapid development, high performance and manufacturability for Skyworks' front-end power amplifier modul...

Agilent Technologies has just announced the winner of the company's first-ever Agilent Early Career Professor Award. Dr. Boris Murmann, assistant professor of Electrical Engineering at Stanford University, has been selected to receive the prize, which provides an unrestricted research award of $50,000 per year for two years to Stanford in Professor Murmann's name.

Agilent Technologies has announced it has added new functional test features to its E6651A Mobile WiMAX test set family. Now offering support for mobile station (MS) and base station (BS) initiated handover, sleep and idle mode, and security features, the E6651A test set is well suited for Mobile WiMAX developers performing R&D, system integration and verification, or conformance test in RF, protocol and functional application test.

Agilent Technologies will demonstrate its full range portfolio of WiMAX test solutions April 28-29 at the Suntec Convention Centre, Booth 62. Agilent's test solutions address the WiMAX test requirements in design verification, pre-conformance, conformance, network deployment and service assurance. These test solutions enable engineers and managers in R&D, manufacturing and service networks to create and advance WiMAX-based communications.

Agilent Technologies has announced it has launched the Medalist i1000D in-circuit test system with digital test capabilities. The i1000D bridges a growing solution gap between high-functionality in-circuit testers and low-end manufacturing defects analyzers.

Agilent and Symwave have announced Symwave's use of the Agilent DSA91304A real-time oscilloscope and J-BERT N4903A high-performance serial BERT as part of its comprehensive USB 3.0 device testing and validation. Symwave is a leading silicon supplier of system solutions for SuperSpeed USB storage devices.

Agilent Technologies has announced that its Cover-Extend Technology for In-Circuit Test (ICT) has achieved the following awards at IPC Apex 2009 and EDN's 19th Annual Innovation Awards in San Jose: Test & Measurement World's 2009 Best in Test; SMT Vision Award; Circuits Assembly NPI Award; and EDN Innovation Award.

Agilent has introduced GS-9000 Assisted GPS (A-GPS) Design Verification Test systems designed around the 8960 wireless communications test set's new A-GPS assistance data messaging test capabilities. The capabilities support A-GPS validation, Total Isotropic Sensitivity testing and A-GPS pre-conformance testing for mobile devices. With this introduction, Agilent's 8960 test set offers the industry's best price/performance one-box tester for use i...

Agilent has introduced an extremely cost-effective digital receiver for radio frequency signal monitoring. The Agilent N6841A RF Sensor is a software-defined, network-based receiver housed in a compact, weatherproof enclosure with a wide operating temperature range suitable for outdoor deployments. Multiple receivers may be combined to form RF sensor networks to improve detection, monitoring and geolocation of emitters in commercial, radio regul...

Agilent has introduced its Signaling Analyzer Real Time (SART) for Femto. This first-to-market technology extends the test industry's most complete, end-to-end wireless analysis and troubleshooting solution to femtocells, which access wireless networks via consumer broadband connections. The platform supports both standards-based and proprietary femtocell implementations.

Agilent has introduced the test industry's latest drive test solution for Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) that allows network equipment manufacturers and wireless service providers to integrate voice-quality measurements with drive test RF data used in the optimization of wireless networks. Agilent has added the VoIP test sequence as an attractively priced software upgrade to its proven drive test platform, which supports RF measurements for ...

Agilent has announced its participation in JEDEC's Flash Storage Summits on March 31, April 2 and April 6-7. Agilent is the only test and measurement company participating in these events. An Agilent memory-applications expert, Perry Keller, memory program manager at Agilent's Digital Test Division and JEDEC board member, will discuss with computer and consumer-electronics executives how to validate the design of current and future flash-memory s...

Agilent Technologies has named Ron Nersesian senior vice president and general manager of the company's Electronic Measurement Group (EMG). Nersesian is currently vice president and general manager of EMG's Wireless Business Unit (WBU), Agilent's largest business unit with operations in the U.S., Europe and Asia. He is based in Santa Rosa, Calif.

Agilent Technologies has introduced four versions of its low-power U1071A line of Acqiris two-channel, high-speed 8-bit PCI digitizers. The new digitizers give users highly precise and cost-effective measurement data, designed specifically for small to mid-sized test and measurement applications.

Agilent has introduced a photonic application software suite that supports high accuracy and high-speed measurements in R&D and manufacturing of optical components and modules for the next generation network.

Agilent has introduced the PXIT 10G Digital Communication Analyzer (DCA), Passive Optical Network (PON) filter rate options and smart post processing for the PXIT N2100B DCA, helping optical transceiver test vendors reduce their cost of test.

Agilent Technologies has introduced three measurement solutions for testing next-generation storage and telecommunications components and systems. The new solutions are the first of their kind in the industry and are based on the 86100C digital communications analyzer (DCA). They allow engineers to easily visualize and accurately quantify the quality of their latest component and system designs.

Agilent has announced a strategic partnership with ASTER Technologies to enable integration of ASTER's TestWay Coverage Analyst with Agilent's printed circuit board assembly test platforms, enabling seamless test coverage analysis across test platforms.

Agilent has announced it has expanded its Universal Serial Bus (USB) test portfolio with the industry's first automated calibration of a USB 3.0 pattern generator required for receiver test. This enhancement will significantly reduce test system setup time and is a major step toward fully automated receiver tests.