“Our customers are looking for high-performance millimeter wave wireless solutions to bring 60 GHz applications to market,” explained Kailash Narayanan, vice president and general manager of Keysight’s Mobile Devices segment. “The E7760A and M1650A transceivers are a compact solution that meets all the requirements of the 802.11ad standard and delivers the required performance metrics. With chipset control, this solution is ideal for validating designs and manufacturing 60 GHz chipsets, modules, and devices.”.
The E7760A test solution includes:
• Integrated software that runs all the necessary 802.11ad tests, allowing users to quickly create and analyze signals on a single screen.
• A vector signal generator and vector signal analyzer to validate the IF performance of devices.
• Connectivity to remote M1650A millimeter wave transceivers via an RF cable for over-the-air testing.
• The ability to perform fully calibrated tests near the device without the need for external calibration equipment.
• The ability to connect up to six M1650A transceivers to one E7760A to validate channel shaping capabilities or maximize productivity by testing multiple devices in a single setup.
Keysight has collaborated with leading 802.11ad chipset designers to create chipset control software. These test automation tools shorten the design validation phase and increase productivity in the early stages of manufacturing.
“Over-the-air testing is key to bringing millimeter-wave technologies to market,” said Satish Dhanasekaran, vice president and general manager of Keysight’s Wireless Chipsets, Devices & Carriers Group. “There’s no longer a need to connect a cable to an RF connector to perform measurements. We’re excited to launch this solution to help the industry deploy 60 GHz technology. The flexibility of the solution, comprised of the E7760A and M1650A, to perform over-the-air RF and IF measurements in an integrated form factor makes it ideal for designers and will be critical to enabling the development of the 60 GHz mobile device ecosystem.”.
