EDN

FPGA core to handle spectrum analyzer IF filtering

Signal processing house RF Engines Ltd. (RFEL—Isle of Wight, Great Britain) announces an interesting product for test instrument vendors making spectrum analyzers. The company's SpectraChip IF is ...
EDN

Using PXI RF modules to align and characterize cellular mobile phones during production

Testing is a cost-avoidance activity. The production test costs for cellular mobile phones can represent a high percentage of the item cost. Deciding the appropriate depth of test for parametric and ...
Electronic Design

Take A Peek Inside Today's Spectrum Analyzers

Like most modern radio communications devices, wireless local-area networks (WLANs), RFID tags, and 3G cellular systems rely on complex modulations that require specialized signal-analysis ...
Electronic Design

Understanding Phase-Noise Measurement Techniques

Measuring phase noise with a spectrum analyzer. The primary advantage of dedicated phase-noise analyzers. The cross-correlation method. Using a spectrum analyzer is the oldest, most straightforward, ...