TRADE NEWS: Agilent Technologies Introduces Industry's First DigRF v3 Measurement Solutions for Mobile Handset Design.New Comprehensive Tools Enable Faster Characterization, Speed Time-to-Market SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif. -- Agilent Technologies This article needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :A) today introduced the industry's first DigRF v3 digital serial stimulus and analysis tools, which enable comprehensive cross-domain solutions for handset integration teams, RF-IC developers and BB-IC developers. The Agilent N4850A 312 Mbps digital acquisition probe and the Agilent N4860A 312 Mbps digital stimulus probe for the 16800/900 family of logic analyzers enable development teams to integrate digital and RF measurements to rapidly characterize their products and get to market faster. Handset integration teams can quickly evaluate product behavior by monitoring the digital serial bit stream between the RF-IC and BB-IC. Control flow for DigRF v3 interface is analyzed using protocol decode technology. Digital IQ analysis is achieved using the 89601A vector signal analysis package. Analysis of internal operations, as enabled by the BB-IC visibility port, provides correlation of uC and DSP (1) (Digital Signal Processor) A special-purpose CPU used for digital signal processing applications (see definition #2 below). It provides ultra-fast instruction sequences, such as shift and add, and multiply and add, which are commonly used in math-intensive operation to DigRF v3 traffic. When these capabilities are integrated with RF stimulus and spectrum analysis, handset integrators can characterize the interactions between the RF-IC and the BB-IC to isolate defects and optimize performance. In addition, these solutions enable RF-IC development teams to evaluate their components independent of the BB-IC. For transmitter evaluation, signals are created using Signal Studio software and loaded into the logic analyzer to stimulate the DigRF v3 interface. The resulting RF signal is captured with an N9020A spectrum analyzer A hardware device or software used to examine the frequency and power components of a signal. It provides more information than an oscilloscope, because it can display the signals over a range of frequencies. so that designers can characterize transmitter behavior and isolate defects. For receiver evaluation, an E4438C ESG ESG Enterprise Strategy Group (Veritas) ESG Emergency Shelter Grant (Florida, USA) ESG Expeditionary Strike Group ESG Electronic Service Guide (used in DVB) vector signal generator A signal generator, also known variously as a test signal generator, function generator, tone generator, arbitrary waveform generator, or frequency generator stimulates the RF-IC. The digital IQ generated by the RF-IC is acquired by the digital acquisition probe and analyzed using vector signal analysis. Complex RF-IC characteristics like BER (1) (Basic Encoding Rules) A set of encoding rules for ASN.1 notation, which is a method for defining data structures. See ASN.1. (2) (Bit Error Rate) The average number of bits transmitted in error. See BERT. 1. can be evaluated by operating the logic analyzer, signal generator and spectrum analyzer under control of Agilent's Advanced Design System RF EDA (1) (Electronic Design Automation) Using the computer to design, lay out, verify and simulate the performance of electronic circuits on a chip or printed circuit board. software. BB-IC development teams can capitalize on the power of the Agilent DigRF v3 solutions to evaluate and tune the behavior of their components. Using the Agilent N4850A acquisition probe, validation teams can analyze transmitted DigRF v3 control and data traffic. A protocol view of control traffic and vector signal analysis of data traffic enable cross-domain debug To correct a problem in hardware or software. Debugging software means locating the errors in the source code (the program logic). Debugging hardware means finding errors in the circuit design (logical circuits) or in the physical interconnections of the circuits. . With the addition of the Agilent N4860A stimulus probe, the receive path on the BB-IC can be exercised. When used in conjunction with analysis of visibility ports on the BB-IC, DigRF v3 traffic can be correlated to uC and DSP operations, giving the user unprecedented insight into device operation. In summary, the integration of DigRF v3 logic analysis tools and the Agilent RF portfolio provide the cross domain solutions that will enable the rapid deployment of DigRF v3-based products by the wireless industry. U.S. Pricing and Availability The Agilent N4850A 312 Mbps digital acquisition probe is available now for $14,495. The Agilent N4860A 312 Mbps digital stimulus probe for the 16800/900 family of logic analyzers will be available in April for $14,495. More information about the comprehensive cross domain solutions is available at www.agilent.com/find/DigRF. Product photos are available at www.agilent.com/find/DigRF_images. 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