Test & Measurement

High speed 800G test options from Keysight Technologies have been expanded to include 400G and 800G validation to improve power efficiency in data centres.

The initial 800G test products enable users to verify the performance of a range of optical transceiver modules and components, including vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs), photodiodes, modulator drivers, transimpedance amplifiers (TIAs) and physical layer (PHY) chips.

The extended portfolio supports 400G and 800G design validation, in accordance with standards defined by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), across the entire product lifecycle, from early research and development to manufacturing.

As hyperscale data centres adopt 800G as a connectivity technology, there has been an accompanying rise in the use of cloud-native, 5G, AI and IoT applications as well as an increased in data-hungry applications such as video conferencing, streaming and digital entertainment. The latest addition to Keysight’s portfolio of 800G test equipment offer design and validation to support multi-mode interfaces, which are critical for an energy-efficient data centre infrastructure, explained the company. The 800G multi-mode test equipment supports data interconnect speeds of up to 100Gigabits per second.

Test capabilities include multi-mode component characterisation using the N4373E lightwave component analyser, conformance and interoperability validation using N1077B 64Gbaud multi-mode optical and electrical clock recovery options and transceiver module performance evaluation using Keysight’s A400GE-QDD and G800GE layer 1 multi-port test.

Keysight Technologies delivers advanced design and validation products to help accelerate innovation, with software-driven insights and analytics to help bring products to market faster across the development lifecycle, in design simulation, prototype validation, automated software testing, manufacturing analysis, and network performance optimisation and visibility in enterprise, service provider and cloud environments. Customers operate in communications and industrial ecosystems, aerospace and defence, automotive, energy, semiconductor and general electronics markets. 

http://www.keysight.com

Tools which generate 3GPP interference waveform patterns for testing the receiver sensitivity and throughput of both 5G and LTE user equipment (UE) and modules using the Vector Signal Generator MG3710E are available from Anritsu.

Installing the Interference Waveform Pattern for 5G NR receiver test MX371055A and Interference Waveform Pattern for LTE receiver test MX371054A software in the MG3710E used in combination with the Radio Communication Test Station MT8000A and Radio Communication Analyzer MT8821C facilitates easy interference evaluation tests required by the 3GPP RF compliance test.

The tools are designed to support both in-house pre-testing for confirming compliance of Sub-6GHz 5G and LTE UE and modules before the official 3GPP compliance test as well as for R&D to improve receiver sensitivity and throughput performance.

Anritsu developed these two 3GPP-compliant interference waveform pattern tools to help engineers without specialist skills generate interference waveforms for easy interference tests.

In parallel with increasing 5G smartphone shipments, annual shipments of 5G customer premises equipment (CPE) are increasing based on mobile operator fixed wireless access (FWA) services. Manufacturers of automotive electronic equipment are developing 5G communications modules, such as the telematics control unit (TCU). Alongside the growing market for 5G UE and modules, the same manufacturers are developing LTE UE and modules for mobile operators who have not started 5G services yet.

Anritsu provides communications test and measurement solutions for 125 years. It helps customers develop wireless, optical, microwave / RF and digital solutions for R&D, manufacturing, installation and maintenance applications, as well as multi-dimensional service assurance solutions for network monitoring and optimisation. Anritsu also provides precision microwave / RF components, optical devices, and high-speed electrical devices for communication products and systems. The company develops advanced solutions for 5G, M2M, IoT, as well as other emerging and legacy wireline and wireless communication markets. 

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