Agilent Measurement Journal - Issue 3 - 2007 - (Page 7)

• Triple-quadrupole mass range extended in spectrometer The Agilent 6410 triple quadrupole (QQQ) mass spectrometer is set for a signiﬁcant upgrade that will extend its mass range to 2,000 m/z from 1,650 m/z. Combined with the new version of the Agilent MassHunter workstation software that provides automated tuning for microﬂuidic HPLC Chips for nanoﬂow liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry (LC/MS), the 6410 QQQ enables speciﬁc small-molecule assays and can quantify peptides in serum or plasma digests at the attomole level using optimized multiple-reaction monitoring scans. The equipment also provides femotogram-level sensitivity, and ion optics enhance ion transmission and spectral resolution. The four new modules are: the N2100B PXIT 8.5 Gb/s four-slot digital communications analyzer; the N2101B PXIT 10.7 Gb/s three-slot BERT with high-accuracy clock source; the N2102B PXIT 11.1 Gb/s two-slot pattern generator; and the N2099A PXIT two-slot synthesizer covering a 2-GHz tuning range. • World’s ﬁrst BFD test solution Network equipment manufacturers and service providers now have a single-platform solution for protocol emulation and conformance testing of bidirectional forwarding detection (BFD). Agilent’s N2X BFD emulation software allows users to test an IP/MPLS device’s BFD implementation against similar emulated devices numbering in the thousands, without the need to test individual devices. The new BFD protocol provides rapid service detection and link faults in IP/MPLS networks. Particularly critical in Ethernet networks that do not have inherent fault-recovery mechanisms, the N2X is billed as the world’s ﬁrst test tool capable of measuring performance and ensuring interoperability of BFD-enabled devices in large, multivendor networks. • RF preselector helps locate EMI trouble The Agilent N9039A RF preselector offers 20 kHz (typical) frequency accuracy in a 100-MHz span and up to 8,192 data points in a single, continuous sweep. Previous frequency acquisition methods required multiple sweeps to achieve similar accuracy levels. Measurements can be acquired independent of reference level due to the device’s all-digital IF and high-frequency accuracy. When combined with an Agilent PSA Series spectrum analyzer and Agilent MXG sources, the N9039A becomes a fully CISPR-compliant EMI receiver. • Combined test solution for 3GPP protocol • PXIT modules enhance test efﬁciency Four next-generation PXIT modules for optical transceiver manufacturing promise to reduce test cost and increase production throughput. The modules, which now provide double the bit-rate coverage and improved performance over previous-generation equipment, have both a combined bit error ratio tester (BERT) and digital communication analyzer (DCA). Agilent’s wireless communications test set (E5515C) running the special high data rate W-CDMA/HSDPA lab application (E6703T) has been upgraded with 7.2/2 Mbps HSPA data connection and HSUPA RF measurement capabilities. It is the ﬁrst one-box benchtop test solution combining these capabilities with real-time 3GPP network emulation and HSPA/W-CDMA/GGE RF measurements, enabling cellular network designers to effectively evaluate a device’s ability to process HSPA IP data ﬂowing at rates of 7.2 Mb/s downstream and 2 Mb/s upstream. It also singularly provides all HSUPA functions, including RB test mode, PS data and power, ACLR, spectrum emissions mask and code-domain measurements with real-time connection status reporting and HSPA IP data. Agilent Measurement Journal 7

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Applying Ingenuity to the Measurement of Emerging Technologies Contents Emerging Innovations Department Delivering Bigger Benefits by Optimizing Customer Workflows Measuring Material Properties at the Nanoscale Utilizing In Situ Atomic Force Microscopy in Life Science, Pharmaceutical and other Bio-Related Applications WiMAX™: Plotting a New Path to Global Mobility Addressing the Triple Complexity of Triple-Play Networks What Next for Mobile Telephony? Exploring the Inner Workings of Tire-Pressure Monitoring Systems Developing, Assessing and Applying a High-Resolution Thin-Film Magnetic Probe Making Accurate Settling-Time Measurements Using a Vector Network Analyzer Applying Metabolomics Methods to the Study of Bacterial Leaf Blight in Rice Plants Measuring Stream Dynamics with Fiber Optics survey

Agilent Measurement Journal - Issue 3 - 2007

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