Amersfoort, The Netherlands -
February 16, 2006
Mobile communication tester is fast, accurate and offers futureproof flexibility
The new Yokogawa VC3300 mobile communication tester is a high-end WCDMA/GSM mobile phone tester that is very fast, highly accurate, compact and easy to use. It also has an architecture that will allow easy migration to future mobile phone functionality.
The new tester is designed for applications in the repair, RF tuning and final testing of mobile phones, and is targeted at the mobile phone production and high-end mobile phone repair markets, for which its combination of features and functionality offers an excellent price/performance ratio.
The increasing adoption of dual-mode WCDMA/GSM mobile phones is creating a need for high throughput test equipment that can check the wireless alignment, call signalling and wireless characteristics of these phones on the production line and at repair and service centres. The VC3300 is designed to address this market by bridging the gap between the existing expensive test systems and low-cost 'go/no-go' testers.
Existing high-end testers tend to have emerged from R&D departments and - although fast and accurate - impose significant cost burdens on their users as they are large, difficult to use, and expensive. Low-end 'go/no-go' testers, on the other hand, fulfil a useful function for a limited range of basic tests, but only encompass a sub-set of the requirements of a production line or high-end service centre.
'The VC3300 can carry out all the applicable functions of a high-end tester - including alignment on the production line and service testing - but at only half the price', says Jan Haagh, Yokogawa's European Product Manager for Wireless Products: 'Furthermore, it can carry out these tests with a speed and measurement accuracy equivalent to those of a high-end tester although it is only half the size and weight. This optimum design was realised by focusing on the specifications used by high-end testers and eliminating redundancy.'
Radio characteristics are typically measured within 0.2 sec, a speed that is 50 times faster than a typical 'go/no-go' tester. The unit can also work in fully stand-alone mode, with no need for an additional PC to manage it.
The new tester supports all the relevant mobile phone standards and frequency bands including GSM (GSM850, P-GSM, E-GSM, R-GSM, DCS1800 and
PCS1900) and WCDMA (Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6), with future support planned for GPRS, EDGE (EGPRS) and TD-SCDMA. It will also measure the relevant WCDMA radio characteristics as defined in document 3GPP TS 34.121.
The VC3300 measures only 426 (W) x 177 (H) x 300 (D) and weighs 10 kg. It has an 8.4-inch colour XGA LCD display with 1024 x 768 resolution. It incorporates Ethernet, RS232 and USB interfaces plus an analogue RGB video output.
About Yokogawa Test & Measurement
Yokogawa Test & Measurement Division, which trades in Europe under the name of Yokogawa Measurement Technologies, is a major worldwide force in the test & measurement market, with products that include portable test instruments, recorders and data-acquisition systems, semiconductor-related test systems, oscilloscopes, power meters, and wireless and optical communications test equipment.
Yokogawa Measurement Technologies is the new identity that has been created for the electronic test & measurement activities of Yokogawa within Europe.
Yokogawa has recently restructured its measurement business following the acquisition of Ando Electric Co., Ltd., which has created a major world force in the test & measurement market. The acquisition is the first stage in Yokogawa's plans to become one of the top three test & measurement suppliers in the world by 2008.
For further information please contact:
Maaike Goinga
European Test & Measurement Centre
Yokogawa Europe BV
Databankweg 20
3821 AL Amersfoort
The Netherlands
Tel: +31 33 464 1645
Fax: +31 33 464 1659
E-mail: info@uk.yokogawa.com
www.yokogawa.com/eu
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