Keysight Technologies has announced that it has worked with MediaTek on the release of a manufacturing test solution for the MediaTek MT6735 mobile chipset, based on the Keysight E6640 EXM wireless test set. Released in October 2014, the MT6735 is an LTE 64-bit mobile SoC platform with integrated modem, RF and CorePilot™ technology, for use by global operators targeted at the emerging mid-range smartphone market called, Super-mid. The MT6735 builds upon MediaTek’s existing LTE platform by adding CDMA2000 to create WorldMode modem capability.
The Keysight E6640 EXM wireless test set is a non-signaling wireless testing platform that supports multiple cellular and wireless connectivity standards. Recent EXM enhancements include the advanced sequencing of multiple WLAN formats within one test sequence to enable faster WLAN device production test; and speed-optimized firmware to help manufacturers enhance wireless device test plan efficiency and increase production throughput.
The addition of DECT, PHS and Zigbee support adds to the EXM's already long list of multi-format measurement capabilities. The E6640 operates up to 6 GHz with a bandwidth of 160 MHz, has best-in-class power-level accuracy of ±0.2 dB at 3.8 GHz and receiver EVM noise floor of -43 dB for 802.11ac. It has multi-format measurement application support including LTE/LTE-Advanced, HSPA+, W-CDMA, cdma2000, GSM/EDGE/Evo, TD-SCDMA, PHS, DECT, WLAN 802.11 a/b/g/n/j/p/ac, Bluetooth BR/EDR/LE, GNSS (GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, Bei Dou, QZSS), Mobile WiMAX, Zigbee, PHS and digital video. The EXM wireless test set has up to four independent TRX modules that support up to 16 connections without the use of external fixtures or switching. It has independent source and analyzer on each TRX, and four RF ports configured as two full-duplex and two half-duplex ports or four full–duplex ports. It has a support for up to 32 devices-under-test through customizable multi-port adapter (MPA) technology.
