Testing

Increasing density of components on circuit boards, and the use of finer pitch packaging, is forcing defence firms to investigate more novel forms of test

Larry DesJardin looks at the key trends in the test market and sees a need for alternate techniques in the future

Test firm also sell its stake in Lumileds, to joint owner Royal Philips Electronics for $1bn

The number of wireless communications systems operating in the 2.5GHz frequency band has prompted spectrum analyser suppliers to address their mid-range product offerings

Ethernet is one of the most widely used communications standards today, and the introduction of 10Gbit Ethernet is extending its use

Cutting the test-development cycle time means simple tools for less experienced engineers

Aeroflex has submitted for approval conformance test cases required for approvals testing of 3G mobiles supporting HSDPA

Agilent says any switch to PC-based test in the R&D lab will be gradual and will not push out bench top test

Test engineers is no longer seen as the poor relation to designers in the development team, as more and more companies wake up to...

One of the problems of working at very high frequencies is finding test instruments that work