RF and Microwave Test and Design Roadshow Cape Town and Midrand October 2014 Stephen Plumb National Instruments
Our Mission We equip engineers and scientists with tools that accelerate productivity, innovation, and discovery.
Our Stability Annual Revenue: $1.14 billion Global Operations: Approximately 7,100 employees; operations in more than 40 countries Broad Customer Base: More than 35,000 companies served annually Diversity: No industry >15% of revenue Culture: Ranked among the top 25 companies to work worldwide by the Great Place to Work Institute Strong Cash Position: Cash and short-term investments of $327 million at March 31, 2013
Investments to Drive Service and Innovation * Represents National Instruments expected headcount, communicated April 25, 2013.
What We Do We provide graphical software with modular hardware to build measurement and control systems. Low-Cost Modular Measurement and Control Hardware Productive Software Development Tools Highly Integrated Systems Platforms
Graphical System Design A platform-based approach for measurement and control Applications Models of Computation, User Interface Math and Analysis Timing Connectivity With Third-Party I/O Measurement and Control I/O Commercial Technology Deployable Targets
Graphical System Design A platform-based approach for measurement and control
PXI - The Industry-leading Platform for Test and Measurement PXI Modules >1,500 options from over 60 PXI vendors Software Flexible driver APIs, example code, soft front panels and configuration PXI Chassis Options ranging from low-cost, 4-slot desktop to high-performance 18-slot rack-mount PXI Controllers Performance embedded Windows or RT OS Remote control via desktop or laptop
Increasing Complexity 802.11a/b/g 802.11n 802.11ac 802.11ad CDMA Bluetooth LTE-A EDGE GPS GSM NFC GLONASS RFID LTE WiMAX ZigBee
Increasing Standards Coverage 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Wireless Connectivity Bluetooth Bluetooth EDR BT HS Low- Energy 802.11a/b 802.11g 802.11n 802.11ac Cellular and WiMAX GSM (2G) EDGE EDGE+ WCDMA (3G) HSPA HSPA+ HSPA+ Adv WiMAX Mobile WiMAX Wave-2 LTE (4ish G) LTE Advanced
RF Engineering Experience NI s Investment in Microwave and RF Test Rapidly Increasing Research and Development (R&D): More than 15 times the R&D investment in RF and Microwave since 2003 RF and Microwave R&D in 6 global locations AWR, Phase Matrix, and Ettus Research Support and Services: Global Application and Systems Support Extensive System Deployment Services Products: Pioneered RF in PXI form factor Over 60 RF and Microwave Products
NI RF Test Platform Optimized APIs Cellular, Wireless, and GPS Test Toolkits (802.11 a/b/g/n, GSM/EDGE, WCDMA, LTE, WiMAX, GPS, etc.) Soft Front Panels Highly Modular Hardware & Software Reference Architectures Multicore Processing RF Signal Generators & Analyzers FPGA I/O and Coprocessing RF Vector Network Analyzer Switching, Amplifiers, Attenuators Power Meters
Soft Front Panels for RF Analysis / Generation Built in one button measurements for high performance RF characterization and debugging View / analyze / generate / save RF CW and modulated signals Analysis Built-in measurements such as TOI, CCDF, ACPR, OBW, channel power, transmit power, and spectral mask Works with NI PXI RF vector signal analyzers (NI PXIe- 566x) Generation Quickly generate modulated and continuous wave RF signals Take advantage of built-in modulation schemes such as AM, FM, and PM Sweep amplitude and frequencies using RF list mode Works with NI PXI RF vector signal generators (NI 567x)
Soft Front Panels for RF Analysis Built-in measurements such as TOI CCDF ACPR OBW channel power, transmit power spectral mask Works with NI PXI RF vector signal analyzers (NI PXIe-566x) Use markers for peak search, delta, and amplitude measurements Perform calibration through soft front panel interface Save and recall measurement setups Launch multiple instances for multiple analyzers in a system
Soft Front Panels for RF Generation Quickly generate modulated and continuous wave RF signals Save and recall generation setups Use seamlessly with touch panel screens Take advantage of built-in modulation schemes such as AM, FM, and PM Sweep amplitude and frequencies using RF list mode Works with NI PXI RF vector signal generators (NI 567x)
SFP Demo
NI Platform for Software-defined RF Test GSM/EDGE WCDMA & HSPA+ LTE WiMAX ZigBee RFID WLAN GPS Early Access Early Access AM/FM Bluetooth CDMA2000 EV-DO
*NEW* Products for Microwave Test PXIe-5668R 26.5 GHz VSA Industry-Leading RF Performance and Bandwidth World s Fastest Measurement Speed Customizable with LabVIEW FPGA Supported in RFmx and RFSA soft front panels!
*NEW * NI 26.5 GHz Vector Signal Analyzer Specifications Frequency Range Analysis BW Phase Noise (Typ, @10kHz offset) Nom RMS Noise Floor (without pre-amp*) TOI 20 Hz to 26.5 GHz 320 MHz below 3.6 GHz 765 MHz above 3.6 GHz -129 dbc/hz @ 1GHz < -155 dbm/hz (1 GHz) < -145 dbm/hz (26 GHz) > +20 dbm (20 Hz to 26 GHz) New Features No. of Slots 7 Kintex-7 410T FPGA Programmable w/ LabVIEW *Noise floor at 1 GHz is -165 dbm/hz with pre-amp engaged
NI Vector Signal Analyzers Comparison NI 5663E NI 5644R/45/46R NI 5665 NI PMI-1470 NI 5668R Frequency Range 10 MHz to 6.6 GHz 65 MHz to 6 GHz 20 Hz to 3.6/14 GHz 50 MHz to 26.5 GHz 20 Hz to 14/26.5 GHz Bandwidth 50 MHz 80/200 MHz 25/50 MHz 50 MHz 80/200/765 MHz Typ Phase Noise (10 khz offset) at 1 GHz -112 dbc/hz -112 dbc/hz -129 dbc/hz* -125 dbc/hz -129 dbc/hz* Architecture Single Stage Zero-IF Multi Stage Multi Stage Multi Stage Peer to Peer Streaming Yes Yes Yes No Yes Absolute Amplitude Accuracy ±0.65 db ± 0.35 db to ± 0.55 db ± 0.1 db +/-2.5 db ± 0.1 db Average Noise Floor -158 dbm/hz -161 dbm/hz -165 dbm/hz -150 dbm/hz -166dBm/Hz * NI 5665/5668R Phase Noise Measurement is at 800 MHz
AWR Corporate Overview
AWR - At a Glance The Innovation Leader in High-Frequency EDA Product Portfolio: Microwave Office - MMIC, RF PCB and module Visual System Simulator - Wireless comms/radar AXIEM - 3D planar EM Analyst - 3D FEM Analog Office - RFIC Global Presence (direct offices) Los Angeles, California (headquarters) California, Wisconsin, Colorado United Kingdom and Finland Japan, Korea and China
What s New with AWR?
Key Markets Aerospace / Defense Semiconductor Consumer Wireless Telecom Test & Measurement 2013 AWR Corporation. All rights reserved.
AWR - The Innovation Leader in RF EDA Innovation = benefits to the customer Time to Market: Modern design platform enables "real time design concurrency" across RF system, circuit, electrical and physical design phases. Speed and Accuracy: Reliability and dependability that designs virtually built and simulated precisely represent the designs actually fabricated, saving valuable engineering time and costs. Intuitive-to-Use: Intuitive user-interface that's been architected from the ground up by designers, for designers dramatically increases user productivity. Open architecture: Interoperability provides robust integrations with 3rd party vendors best in-class point tools such as electromagnetic solvers, circuit simulators and verification tools. 2013 AWR Corporation. All rights reserved.
Closing the RF Loop with NI - AWR System Specification RF System Simulation RF Circuit Design Libraries Device Models System Models Meas. vs Modeled Comms Standards Custom Apps specifications circuit models RF Test & Model Extraction Verification and Production Test
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