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Reference clock multiplier for receiver test (07 February 2012)
New solution improves accuracy and simplifies set-up for testing of PCI Express, MIPI M-PHY and SD UHS-II. More..

Agilent Technologies Makes Field Testing Easier with New 20-GHz Microwave Handheld Spectrum Analysers (27 July 2011)
Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today introduced the N9344C and N9343C handheld spectrum analysers (HSA), two field-ready instruments designed for technicians and engineers who install, maintain and troubleshoot RF/microwave systems, monitor the spectrum or manage interference in the field. More..

Audio Analyser joins the line-up (11 July 2011)
Microlease adds next-generation Agilent U8903A Audio Analyser to expanding inventory. More..

Industry’s highest performance millimetre-wave signal analyser (04 May 2011)
Instrument covers frequencies up to 50 GHz, and 325 GHz and beyond with external mixing. More..

Download the Scalar Network Analysis Tool software (03 May 2011)
Combine it with Agilent power meters or power sensors to easily make scalar measurements, log data and analyze results on your PC. Read more... More..

Wave to Poland (15 March 2011)
Agilent has delivered and installed a 500 GHz mm-wave system at Warsaw University of Technology. More..

Boost your board test capabilities! (08 March 2011)
From LED to flash and high-power testing or boundary scan, Agilent’s Medalist i3070 Series 5 in-circuit tester helps boost your test coverage and throughput. And it’s much more affordable than you think! Read more... More..

Comparing measurements (28 February 2011)
Design margins continue to tighten as data rates increase and unit intervals (UI) shrink. However, PC board materials remain extremely ‘lossy’ in order to cut costs. More..

Express entry to PXI (30 December 2010)
The PXI standard is now well into its second decade but, having largely sat on the sidelines during the meteoric growth of this modular platform, one of the industry’s biggest T&M suppliers is joining the party. To find out why, Tim Fryer asked Larry Desjardin, Marketing Manager of Agilent’s Modular Product Operation (MPO). More..

HSA for RF (14 September 2010)
Agilent Technologies has released the N9342C handheld spectrum analyser (HSA). More..

Wide-bandwidth oscilloscope (20 July 2010)
Agilent has expanded its DCA range with the launch of the 86100D DCA-X wide-bandwidth oscilloscope. More..

3G femtocell testing (18 June 2010)
Agilent and picoChip announce a high-volume manufacturing test solution for 3G femtocell products. More..

Scope gives 32 GHz bandwidth (28 May 2010)
Agilent has introduced what it claims to be the World’s fastest real time oscilloscope. More..

Embedded measurement applications (01 March 2010)
Agilent Technologies has recently demonstrated advanced measurement applications of the N9030A. More..

Test More- More Safely (03 February 2010)
Protect yourself from high voltages and currents, often invisible threats that you may not detect until probes touch a hot line or circuit. By then, it would be too late. Read more... More..

Enhance your Power Measurements (04 August 2009)
Agilent U2000 Series USB power sensors make setup fast and simple by providing plug-and-play USB connectivity, and by eliminating the need for a separate power meter. The U2000 Series is an affordable solution that doesn't compromise on performance in multi-channel average power measurements. Read more... More..

Agilent’s X-Series will help you face tomorrow’s technology (14 July 2009)
Agilent's X products help you bring innovative, higher-performing products to market faster because they offer the best combination of speed and scalability, created and supported by renowned worldwide measurement experts. Read more ... More..

Big range from budget to bandwidth (25 June 2009)
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Engineered for the best signal visibility (11 November 2008)
Don't miss the subtle details even with deep memory, serial decode or digital channels turned on, with Agilent's InfiniiVision 7000 Series scope! See online demo and download the app note. Read more... More..

HDMI - Testing for interoperability (17 September 2008)
High-definition multimedia interface (HDMI) is a digital standard that delivers superior quality video and audio content that does not require a conversion from analogue to digital signals More..

Engineered for the best signal visibility (09 August 2008)
Don't miss the subtle details even with deep memory, serial decode or digital channels turned on, with Agilent's InfiniiVision 7000 Series scope! See online demo and download the app note... More..

A Short Wait For LTE (06 August 2008)
LTE (long term evolution) is a 3G modulation technique whereby GSM can carry on from HSPA (high-speed packet access) used for 3G mobile broadband. By CAROLINE HAYES More..

Breaking WiMedia-based UWB radios (24 July 2008)
When a physical layer radio specification is written, it is intended to govern the design of a transceiver pair, and is often built on years of research and simulation. More..

Conformance test for mobile handsets (18 July 2008)
Single test if for measurement speed, accuracy and repeatability in a range of mobile technologies. More..

Link test for OBSAI standard interconnects (03 July 2008)
A test platform has been launched that claims to provide multichannel stimulus and real-time analysis capabilities with frame decoding for link layer test. More..

EGPS moves a step closer (27 May 2008)
Four companies are joining forces in the EGPS (enhanced global positioning system), an open industry forum. More..

Design tool automates a common environment for RF and mixed signal (16 May 2008)
As the RF element in mixed signal PCB design increases, two of the lead companies in both areas of expertise have collaborated to deliver a common design tool to open up communication between the two design camps. More..

Air interface for wireless access (14 May 2008)
While many use their mobile phones for voice calls and texting, a growing number of people are using bandwidth-hungry applications such as web browsing, music downloads and streamed video More..

Ready for triple-play deployment (06 May 2008)
At the National Association of Broadcasters, Agilent announced an industry first. More..

Agilent and NextWave Wireless accelerate Mobile WiMAX (18 April 2008)
NextWave Wireless will use Agilent’s Wireless Networking Test Set to help accelerate the deployment of Mobile WiMAX devices based on NextWave’s chipsets. More..

DSOs focus on visibility (18 March 2008)
Electronic design and test teams in nearly every electronic industry, including computer, communications, semi-conductor, aerospace/defense, automotive and wireless industries, continue to produce increasingly sophisticated hardware designs. Confidently and consistently viewing subtle signal details and infrequent events enables teams to quickly debug and test their electronic systems. More..

Analyser reduces jitter to be true (08 February 2008)
At DesignCon, Agilent unveiled a precision waveform analyser with a residual jitter <100femtosecs. More..

Reducing the cost of test (07 February 2008)
Wireless mobile phone manufacturing is an extremely competitive industry. With the explosive growth of worldwide mobile phone subscribers in emerging markets such as China and India, manufacturers feel pressure to reduce costs and improve margins to remain competitive. More..

Scope breaks 1Gpt bar to speedy HDTV (07 February 2008)
The hardware/software triggering system, InfiniiScan Plus is one of the main features of Agilent’s Infiniium 90000A oscilloscope. The triggering system enables 150psec hardware event identification and 75psec software event identification, providing better insight and superior signal integrity for infrequent events and signals. More..

Long term evolution (LTE) – an emerging solution (01 November 2007)
Jan Whitacre, LTE programme manager for Agilent’s Electronics Measurement Group (below), explains the next generation of cellular technology. More..

A second wave for WiMAX boosts appeal (01 November 2007)
The WiMAX Forum has announced Wave 2, which is the way forward for mobile wireless technology. CAROLINE HAYES looks at how a British semiconductor company and one of the biggest names in test are preparing for telecomms’ next wave More..

Analyser duo for cellular and wireless (01 September 2007)
As more products are developed for the increasingly-mobile world, Agilent has added the N9010A EXA signal analyser to its X series of instruments. More..

Trace port on PowerPC 405 cores (01 June 2007)
The use of one or more embedded processor cores in FPGA-based digital design is common. Cost and integration are both reasons to move away from the use of a separate microprocessor chip More..

Agilent powers up DC source measuring (01 May 2007)
At the beginning of this month, Agilent Technologies introduced a DC power analyser that sources and measures a device under test’s DC voltage and current in minutes instead of hours. If designs can be powered up easily and DC voltage and current measurements taken faster, without a single line of code being written, it speeds up the contribution made by the R&D engineer. More..

Multiplexing grows and WiMAX flourishes (01 April 2007)
OFDM (orthogonal frequency division multiplexing) extends from the classic technique of modulation, in which information is transmitted on a radio channel through variations of the frequency, phase or magnitude of the carrier wave More..

LXI meets challenge of test systems (01 January 2007)
LXI is the LAN-based architecture standard for automated test systems. More..

Architecture adjusts for wireless voice (01 October 2006)
Intercepting voice communications from wireless transmissions is a challenging task. System architecture can collect voice signals in the VHF/UHF range with minimum operator attendance. More..