NI Releases NI-RFmx 2.2 Measurement Software for 4.5G Test
February 27 2017 - 1:00AM
Business Wire
Latest release helps reduce measurement time
by up to 33 percent
NI (Nasdaq: NATI), the provider of platform-based systems that
enable engineers and scientists to solve the world’s greatest
engineering challenges, today announced NI-RFmx 2.2, the latest
version of its advanced measurement software for PXI RF test
systems. When used with the second-generation PXI Vector Signal
Transceiver (VST), engineers can test 4.5G and 5G RF components
such as transceivers and amplifiers using a wide range of carrier
aggregation schemes, even as the 5G standard is still being
defined.
With the second-generation VST, engineers can simultaneously
generate and measure up to 32 LTE carriers, each with 20 MHz of
bandwidth, and use the software to specify a variety of carrier
spacing schemes.
The latest release of NI-RFmx also features algorithm
improvements for reduced measurement time. Engineers performing
modulation quality and spectral measurements for wireless
technologies such as UMTS/HSPA+ and LTE/LTE-Advanced Pro can
experience EVM measurement time reductions of up to 33 percent1 by
installing the latest version of the software. The measurement
speed improvements in NI-RFmx are part of NI’s continued efforts to
help customers lower their cost of test with faster
measurements.
“By adopting PXI and LabVIEW along with NI-RFmx measurement
software, we have seen many customers in the semiconductor industry
significantly cut test time for RF measurements, resulting in lower
cost of test and faster time to market,” said Charles Schroeder,
vice president of RF at NI. “The combination of excellent
documentation, wealth of example code, and tight integration with
PXI hardware like the second generation VST has allowed our
customers to quickly and easily adopt NI-RFmx into their test
systems.”
In addition to the algorithm improvements, NI-RFmx also adds
enhanced support for measurements such as intermodulation
distortion, third order intercept, and both Y-factor and cold
source noise figure measurements. These measurements integrate
easily with the PXIe-5668R RF signal analyzer so engineers can
easily configure high-performance PXI intermodulation distortion
and noise figure test sets. Current NI-RFmx users can click here to
download and start using the latest version.
About NI
Since 1976, NI (www.ni.com) has made it possible for engineers
and scientists to solve the world’s greatest engineering challenges
with powerful platform-based systems that accelerate productivity
and drive rapid innovation. Customers from a wide variety of
industries – from healthcare to automotive and from consumer
electronics to particle physics – use NI’s integrated hardware and
software platform to improve the world we live in.
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1 Based on extensive R&D benchmarking in configurations
representative of a typical use case.
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