Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) and
Lime Microsystems has announced a custom pairing of test equipment, transceiver
technology and control software that constitutes a new method for testing and
evaluating advanced wireless systems. The evaluation platform, which includes a
suite of test equipment and software, saves today's digital and
software-defined radio designers development time and cuts optimization cycles,
helping to speed new products to market.
"Combining the transceiver
platform from Lime Microsystems with our suite of test equipment has given
designers a comprehensive, cost-effective method for design validation, even
for multi-standard radios," said Robert Drollinger, marketing manager at
Agilent. "We are delighted to offer RF designers this combination of tools
and equipment to help solve this test and evaluation challenge."
"The LMS6002D flexible transceiver
[from Lime Microsystems] is gaining traction in a wide variety of market
sectors, including cellular small cells, software defined radios, public safety
and land mobile radios," said Dale Wilson, director of marketing at Lime
Microsystems. "Our joint efforts with Agilent have enabled our customers
to evaluate our product quickly and efficiently, resulting in highly effective
customer support for a wide community of users."
The Lime Microsystems evaluation
platform and associated control software allows users to adjust the
transceiver's uplink and downlink frequencies from 300 MHz to 3.8 GHz, with no
gaps, and to set the on-chip channel filters to accommodate all cellular
standards. With Agilent test equipment and the transceiver from Lime, customers
can generate digital IQ signals using a pattern generator, convert these
signals to RF, and analyze the RF signals with Agilent's Vector Signal Analyzer
software on an Agilent Spectrum Analyzer or wideband oscilloscope.
This setup is supported by a comprehensive
set of Agilent software tools (including the company's popular Signal Studio),
coupled with the Lime user interface, for optimizing the RF parameters on a
given standard or frequency band, providing a simple and fast method for
configuring the Lime transceiver.
About Lime Microsystems
Lime Microsystems is a fabless
semiconductor company specializing in digitally configurable transceivers for
the next generation of wireless broadband systems. Information about Lime
Microsystems is available at www.limemicro.com.
About Agilent Technologies
Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) is
the world's premier measurement company and a technology leader in chemical
analysis, life sciences, electronics and communications. The company's 18,700
employees serve customers in more than 100 countries. Agilent had net revenues
of $6.6 billion in fiscal 2011. Information about Agilent is available at www.agilent.com.