PXI-based base station RF tester

Aeroflex has introduced a base station (BS) RF tester for all popular cellular and non-cellular wireless standards, including LTE/LTE-A and Wi-Fi. Designed for production test of BS and associated RF components, the tester can be used for both RF design verification and production test on small cells, as well as replacing conventional rack-and-stack instruments for macro BS RF test.

The BS RF tester measures the BS transmitter (Tx) and receiver (Rx) characteristics of LTE/LTE-A, UMTS/HSPA+, TD-SCDMA, WLAN 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, GPS and Bluetooth. A vector signal analyser, vector signal generator and optional multiple channel RF conditioning modules are integrated into a 4U PXI set. Measurement and analysis component libraries that provide low-level remote programming minimise the effort involved for the manufacturer to develop and integrate a customised ATE system, and to maximise production throughput. An easy-to-use graphical user interface (GUI) also enables benchtop manual operation, making it suitable for the R&D stage regression test and design verification or troubleshooting.