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PXI Test System boosts Production Test Speeds by 5X

14 February 2011—Aeroflex Incorporated announced that by deploying its PXI-based test systems, MobileAccess, a global provider of enterprise wireless solutions, significantly increased the speed of device testing while maintaining the same level of test coverage. Production test speeds increased five times (5X) over a competitor’s installed GPIB-based test system.

The vast improvement helped MobileAccess meet the increased customer demand for their products by increasing production throughput.

“I would like to emphasize that by deploying the PXI-based test system, we have achieved not only cost reduction of the product, due to the testing time reduction, but more than that—we achieved dramatic growth of the production capacity and throughput—giving us the ability to fulfill orders rapidly in the growing market,” said Yossi Gil, vice president of engineering, MobileAccess.

Aeroflex PXI 3000 Series products were configured from open architecture hardware and software modules, including fast switching synthesizers, optimized software-based measurement engines, and system triggering between the signal generator and the signal analyzer. The Aeroflex PXI solutions improved test speed at multiple frequency bands for gain, ripple, frequency response, noise, and IP3. Further test improvements were made possible by deploying a faster computer and optimized software that uses advanced features of Aeroflex’s PXI hardware.

“The speed of testing demonstrated at MobileAccess would be effective for anyone involved in power amplifier or device testing, especially where increased throughput or additional test capacity are needed,” said Tim Carey, product manager, PXI systems, Aeroflex. “The PXI 3000 Series can easily cater to mixed frequency testing.”

Aeroflex PXI Production Test Systems

The Aeroflex 3000 Series of RF modular instruments expand PXI's speed and modularity into the realm of wireless communications testing. The range includes a broad choice of PXI chassis and modular PXI instruments for wide bandwidth RF signal generation, RF signal analysis, and RF signal conditioning for signals up to 6 GHz. The PXI Studio application software supports the Aeroflex 3000 Series for waveform generation and vector signal analysis of complete wireless communications systems.

With a portfolio of libraries in continual expansion, the PXI test system is now capable of supporting multiple wireless standards, including GSM/EDGE, UMTS/HSUPA, LTE FDD, CDMA 2000 and 1xEVDO, TD-SCDMA, WiMAX, WLAN, and Bluetooth wireless technology.