Tektronix is launching a new test application that can be used on both WLAN and WCDMA networks. Currently, manufacturers are currently using up to three test boxes, including a spectrum analyzer and a vector signal analyzer, for these measurements and need an efficient, compact test tool to speed their engineering work and maximize production output. The new FSQ spectrum analyzer, with wideband IQ demodulation, combines functions of both spectrum analysis and vector signal analysis in one box to pair best-in-class performance with integrated IQ bandwidth at 28 MHz. The FSQ, with its integrated wide-bandwidth (28 MHz) IQ demodulation features, can capture and analyze the full breadth of an 802.11a WLAN or multiple carrier W-CDMA signal.
Many of the FSQ's features work in concert to provide exceptional throughput for high-volume production test applications. For example, its resolution bandwidth setting, implemented digitally rather than the more common analog approach, can be swept over its range 2.5 times faster than other tools in the FSQ's class. Other measurement features such as the digital channel filters are similarly efficient. And an accelerated GPIB transfer rate maximizes throughput in automated test system applications.
The FSQ was developed by Rohde & Schwarz, Germany, and is marketed and supported in North America by Tektronix under a strategic alliance formed in 1993.'"
Posted to the site on 4th June 2002
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