5G, ADAS test solutions to feature at electronica

The company will present the first over-the-air (OTA) power measurement solution for 5G and wireless gigabit components.

These wideband communications technologies require the use of phased array antennas at access points, base stations and in wireless devices. These antennas use beamforming to control the direction of radiation of the transmit antenna so as to maximise the power level at the receiver.

The new R&S NRPM OTA power measurement solution from Rohde & Schwarz allows users in development and production to calibrate the transmit antenna's output power and test its beamforming function using a simple test setup.

The R&S NRPM operates in the frequency range from 27.5GHz to 75GHz. A compact 19in EMC test box (R&S TS7124) additionally allows shielded RF measurements.

In addition, Rohde & Schwarz assists developers around the world in evaluating their 5G implementations. The company's 5G test setup at electronica will consist of an R&S SMW200A vector signal generator and an R&S FSW85 signal and spectrum analyser.

This combination offers the flexibility and T&M functionality required to test solutions for candidate waveforms and new frequency bands, for example. Using the R&S TS-5GCS channel sounding software, the two instruments can also characterize the new wireless channels in order to determine their optimal use.

Users in the automotive sector will be able to see Rohde & Schwarz’s expertise in the field of radar testing. The R&S FSW85 signal and spectrum analyser analyses FMCW chirp signals up to 2GHz bandwidth and covers the 24GHz and 79GHz frequency bands allocated to automotive radars with a single device, requiring no additional, external frequency converters.

Also on display will be the ARTS9510 automotive radar target simulator, the R&S TS7124 shielded RF test box and the R&S NRP8S power sensor, which provide an optimised measurement solution for production tests on automotive radar sensors.

The company's R&S CMW500 wideband radio communication tester offers car manufacturers a solution for performing RF and audio tests on infotainment systems, for example.

The test platform is suitable for use in development, production and service and can be used to simulate Bluetooth, WLAN, LTE-A, WCDMA or GSM networks, for example. It can also test the effects of RF signals on communications modules located adjacent to each other.

Many highly integrated components are developed for Internet of Things (IoT) applications and are equipped with an air interface. The R&S CMW wideband radio communication tester and the R&S RT-ZVC04 probe will be on parade. These can be used to test and monitor, for example, the data throughput and volume of LTE transmissions at these interfaces, and to measure and monitor the current drain of these components with high resolution.

The R&S CMW290 is specifically designed for testing radio transmissions involving IoT components and supports diverse mobile radio and WLAN standards as well as Bluetooth.

For measurements on highly integrated embedded designs, Rohde & Schwarz will present its R&S RTO2000 digital oscilloscope, which is designed for multi-domain applications.

The oscilloscope allows developers to analyse the interaction between the various functional units of these complex designs. The R&S RTO2000 displays the correlations between time, frequency, protocol and logic analysis results like no other oscilloscope can.

The R&S RTO2000 and R&S RTE digital oscilloscopes can now be used in combination with the new, extremely low-noise R&S RT-ZP1X probe to carry out power measurements down to the millivolt range.