This application note explains how to perform automated receiver tests easily, reliably and cost-efficiently, using a signal generator. Tests include TTFF, sensitivity, and location accuracy measurements...More

For the capable RF engineer, continuous-wave (CW) and predictably-repeating signals are no great challenge—but today’s complex and agile signals and multi-signal environments are proving to be another matter. To keep up with evolving analysis needs, new types of signal analyzers and application software have emerged in recent years. Unfortunately, though, the relative benefits of these approaches are not yet widely understood....More

Description: RF signals coming from devices such as WiFi, Bluetooth, ZigBee, cordless phones, wireless game pads, toys, PC peripherals, and wireless audio devices are crowding the 2.4 GHz frequency band. This leads to greater power consumption and more requests for higher data throughput. Software-defined test instruments are changing the way engineers design and test devices to meet the evolving requirements of RF protocols. Learn more....More

It can be difficult to align the antennas in an array in phase and amplitude so they can be used together effectively...More