Agilent Technologies Expands Offering of Wireless IC Test Systems With Focused, Low-cost Solution for Power Amplifiers.PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 30, 1999-- Model A20e, the First Semiconductor Test Product Introduced Under the Agilent Name, Incorporates HP's Extensive RFIC RFIC Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit RFIC Radio Frequency Interface Chip Test Experience Agilent Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Hewlett-Packard Company, today introduced the Agilent 84000 RFIC Series Model A20e, a low-cost test solution developed specifically for high-volume semiconductor manufacturers that make RF power-amplifier integrated circuits (ICs) used in cell phones and other wireless devices. The A20e -- the first semiconductor test product introduced under the Agilent name -- incorporates HP's five-year experience in power-amplifier test and offers the fastest, lowest risk solution on the market today. The new system expands the popular 84000 RFIC Series, now offered and supported exclusively by Agilent. The company will demonstrate the system Dec. 1-3 at SEMICON SEMICON Semiconductors Equipment and Material International Conference Japan `99. "As wireless devices explode in popularity, high-quantity chip manufacturers need low-cost, focused test solutions to stay competitive," said John Scruggs, vice president and general manger of Agilent's Automated Test Group. "We extracted proven technology from the 84000 RFIC Series to develop an off-the-shelf system that provides engineers with the most efficient and cost-effective solution available for verifying power amplifiers. To lower test cost, the system supports dual-site testing. The A20e is also designed to help customers reduce time to market. Test plans are quickly created using menu-driven templates -- the user need not write code to test a device. Hence, the A20e is ideally suited to the cost and time requirements of high-volume chip production." "We currently use many Agilent 84000 RFIC Series test systems. We needed a system that was both affordable and reliable to test the growing number of power amplifiers contained within our high-quality wireless products," said Kunihiro Satoh, manufacturing engineering supervisor for Mitsubishi Corporation. "We are the first to use Agilent's Model A20e for the volume production of CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) A method for transmitting simultaneous signals over a shared portion of the spectrum. The foremost application of CDMA is the digital cellular phone technology from QUALCOMM that operates in the 800 MHz band and 1.9 GHz PCS band. /PDC power amplifiers. We knew we could count on the experience Agilent inherited from HP. The A20e has significantly improved the time-to-market for our power amp production. The system helps us move products to market quickly and at a price our customers are willing to pay." A20e Configuration and Capabilities The Agilent 84000 Model A20e is a two-port system with a vector measurement from 750MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. to 3GHz and scalar measurements up to 8GHz. The product is compliant with the following wireless communication standards: CDMA, NADC NADC National Animal Disease Center (USDA) NADC National Arts and Disability Center NADC Nashville Auto-Diesel College NADC Naval Air Development Center NADC North American Digital Cellular , PDC (1) (Primary Domain Controller) A Windows NT/2000 service that manages security for its local domain. Every domain has one PDC, which contains a database of usernames, passwords and permissions. , PHS (Personal Handyphone System) A TDMA-based cellular phone system introduced in Japan in mid-1995. Operating in the 1880-1930 MHz band, PHS uses microcells that cover an area only 100 to 500 meters in diameter, resulting in lower equipment costs but requiring more base , GSM, DECT (Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications) A cordless phone standard mostly used in Europe; however, DECT 6.0 is increasingly used worldwide. The first DECT standards were introduced by ETSI in 1992, and DECT phones have been used as cordless home phones as , and TETRA. A20e measurements include input/output power, gain, ACPR ACPR Adjacent Channel Power Ratio ACPR Ariel Center for Policy Research (Israel) ACPR Adjacent-Channel Power Rejection ACPR Adjacent Channel Protection Ratio ACPR American Crossbred Pony Registry ACPR Advanced Core Performance Reactor , harmonics, S-parameters, current and voltage. The total solution includes installation, device handler drivers, site acceptance, operator training and "first year" uptime support. U.S. Pricing and Availability The Agilent 84000 RFIC Series Model A20e is available now. The system base price starts at under $400,000. More information about the Agilent 84000 Model A20e's features and Agilent's other Semiconductor Test solutions can be found on the Web at http://www.agilent.com/go/semiconductor. About Agilent Technologies Agilent Technologies, Inc. is a diversified technology company, resulting from Hewlett-Packard Company's plan to strategically realign re·a·lign tr.v. re·a·ligned, re·a·lign·ing, re·a·ligns 1. To put back into proper order or alignment. 2. To make new groupings of or working arrangements between. itself into two fully independent companies. With 42,000 employees serving customers in more than 120 countries, Agilent Technologies, as a subsidiary of HP, is a global leader in designing and manufacturing test, measurement and monitoring instruments, systems and solutions, and semiconductor and optical components. The company serves markets that include communications, electronics, life sciences and healthcare. The businesses comprising Agilent had net revenues of nearly $8 billion in fiscal year 1998. Information about Agilent Technologies can be found on the Web at http://www.agilent.com. 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