Aeroflex today introduced support for MIMO (multiple-input/multiple-output) testing capabilities for its PXI 3000 Series manufacturing test system with the introduction of its new PXI 3061 module, a multiport RF combiner. The initial target application for the new module is WLAN IEEE 802.11n device testing.

Aeroflex announced that it has delivered a TM500 Time Division Duplex-Long Term Evolution (TD-LTE) Test Mobile test system to the China Academy of Telecommunications Research (CATR). The TM500 will support CATR’s ongoing TD-LTE technology trials conducted by leading Chinese and international network equipment vendors. The TM500 Test Mobile is installed at the MTNet laboratory in Beijing.

Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) has recognized Aeroflex’s contributions to 4G wireless technology with a 4GWE Product of the Year award for the 7100 Digital Radio Test Set. Award recipients represent the most innovative new products brought to market during 2009.

VI Technology MMTS for production testing of new and existing components was used in the development of second-generation of Ford's SYNC system. VI Technology MMTS is an automated test system designed to improve productivity for design and test engineers needing analog & digital measurements for audio/video devices.

Altair Semiconductor, a 4G chip company developing the world’s most advanced mobile semiconductors for handheld devices, and Aeroflex, the leading global provider of Long Term Evolution (LTE) test equipment, today announced a joint LTE collaboration.

To speed up real-world testing of mobile handsets for LTE networks ahead of network deployment, Aeroflex is introducing the first one-box test system for cell phone signal fading simulation. Integrated within the 7100 Series digital radio test set, the new fading simulator option offers RF engineers an inexpensive and reliable baseband tool for signal fading profiling, a requirement for LTE (Long Term Evolution) certification.

Aeroflex announced today that its TM500 Test Mobile is the first to market to support multiple UE (user equipment, or handset) emulation in conjunction with measurements for the 3GPP W-CDMA Release 8 DC-HSDPA (Dual Cell High-Speed Download Packet Access) standard.

For high-performance, high-speed testing of RF and microwave devices, Aeroflex introduces the SMART^E 5300 general-purpose test environment. The DC to 40 GHz SMART^E 5300 is unique in its ability to test, monitor, and control any Device Under Test (DUT) within a single test environment.

The Aeroflex 3250 Series spectrum analyzers now include an optional 8 GHz tracking generator. Ideal for any kind of bench or lab environment, the new 3250 Series tracking generator has a frequency range of 100 kHz to 8 GHz and a level range from 0 dB down to -20 dB. An adjustable output level, with a setting resolution of 0.5 dB, provides additional flexibility when testing the frequency response and compression characteristics of amplifiers, fil...

Aeroflex announced today that it plans to expand its product development team in the UK and specific to Scotland and its Donibristle facility. The new staffing campaign has been prompted by the continued growth in the market for test and measurement equipment in the sectors addressed by Aeroflex, which include aerospace, defence, and wireless mobile and broadband communications applications.

Aeroflex announced today the launch of the 7000 Series Vector Analyzer Generator (VAG), a single, fully integrated RF parametric test system for RF test of wireless components and subsystems. The 7000 Series combines both vector signal generation and vector signal analysis in a single box, providing an integrated approach to measurements for complex wireless standards, including LTE. The instrument features an intuitive touch-screen user interfac...

Aeroflex has announced it will deliver a non-signaling PXI solution customized for RF production line test of Infineon’s second-generation ultra low-cost mobile phone platform. The solution, based on the Aeroflex PXI 3000 Series, will test Infineon’s second-generation ultra low-cost chipset (X-GOLD 101).

Aeroflex has announced the 3280A Series spectrum analyzers with 30MHz digital demodulator and generic vector demodulation as standard features with no price increase over its predecessor, the 3280 Series. Digital demodulation in the 3280A Series spectrum analyzers allows engineers to analyse the transmitter characteristics of wireless devices. The 3280A Series includes many optional measurement suites including WiMAX, WLAN, UMTS, CDMA2000, and GS...

Aeroflex has announced that China Mobile Communications Company (CMCC) and Motorola will use Aeroflex’s highly successful TM500 LTE test mobile at International Telecommunications Union’s (ITU) Telecom World 2009 as part of China Mobile’s TD-LTE booth demonstrations.