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Home > Manufacturing Test Center > Test How-To Use a PXIe vector signal generator to increase throughput in amplifier testing Mike Millhaem - November 1, 2012 Tweet Save & Follow Save to My Library Follow Comments Follow Author PRINT EMAIL Today’s mobile handsets contain an increasing number of radios and support new wireless standards that utilize wider bandwidths. As a result, handsets also contain power amplifiers that are becoming increasingly complex, and this trend makes testing more difficult and potentially more costly. In the wireless industry, the notion of performing several time-consuming tests at a higher total cost is contrary to typical business imperatives: get devices to market quickly while managing prices, reducing costs, and preserving profit and performance margins. As a result, engineers who test mobile power amps and front-end modules on the producti...

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